The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Hurley Urges Crusade For Justice, Liberty
 Security In Spirited Speech OfAcceptance
Nominee Criticizes Repub- lican Party's Emphasis
 of The Ameican Way

OA AAAS AAAAA$ANeAA VVWJ present crisis as evidence that here in the United States Democracy not only lives but is determined to live on.
 Common Goal
 With our own state all our en- ergy must be directed towards the attainment of this common goal. But the spirit in which we seek to achieve unity is of the greatest importance. It is not sufficient that the various agencies of state government move year after year with no apparent breakdown. It is not enough that routine admins trative obligations are fulfilled. A social consciousness in the opera tion of agencies established for the public welfare is an essential re- quirement in the administration of our state government.
 Our state government Is more than 8 huge business enterprise where the sole criterion of success is whether operation during a fis- cal year has been conducted at a profit or at loss. Its central pur. pose must be to give reality to the American ideal, to improve the lot of the common man, to make pos sible 8 genuine freedom for the many and not a privileged license for the few. Departments engaged in the expenditure of public funds must constantly be on the search for methods and policies designed to secure the greatest value for the public dollar, with the most lasting results. Regulatory bodies must not be content to be the screen behind which the status quo is preserved. There must be con- stant re-examination of the way the states business is being car- ried on.
 Moral Purpose
 Fundamentally, government to fulfill it's purpose in a democracy must be a thinking government. Administration must be efficient and honest. But these qualitie alone will not solve the problems confronting us. Government must have a moral purpose. It must realize that the unfortunate, the weak, the unorganized, are de- pendent upon it for leadership.
 Our party has always drawn it's spirit and inspiration from the common man. Our record is one of constructive achievement. We are hostile to no legitimate interest. The long struggle merely to re- organize the mechanical opera tions of our state government was successful only after years of op- position from a party which claims a monopoly on the application of sound business principles. That party is today boasting of success, when it is obvious that the basis for such success as 1t has. had Is to be found in the Reorganiza- oAOAA AStos okOAAcO1C0 Uy SOV~4AO4 Cross and enacted by the Demo- cratic party.
 We meet today in convention to rededicate ourselves to our party's principles and to the ideals which have always inspired us. We stand before the people on a plat form based on facts and accom- plishments. We call upon all true thinking and liberty-loving citi- zens to rally to our cause. We have sought to make democracy worth preserving. In this battle for human rights we cannot be lag gards.
 I accept your call. I accept the obligation which you have placed upon me. Let us go forward as a great army crusading for jus tice, liberty and security. Let us reassert that free men can be the architects and masters of their own destiny. In this struggle, I pledge you my strength and my decotion.