Evening star., 1940-11-03

women, individually or collec-
lively. who practice or promote
racial or religious intolerance or
persecution.
Iwant specifically to denounce.
as malicious, reckless and harm
full to all concerned, the whisper
ing campaign that Is being con-
Quoted by the opposition to con-
meet me with that kind Of in
tolerance.
That kind OF q campaign is not
a smear on Wendell willkie. II is
q smear on our American prin-
ciples.
win Defend Rights
And Civil Liberties.
I will defend and always have
defended the rights and civil
liberties OF all people, regardless
of race, creed or color. They
are America.
There is no place in this cru
sade for Communists, Fascists or
Nazis, and there will be no room
in our administration for fellow
travellers.
You all represent different ori-.-
gins. different occupations, differ.
ent interests, different hopes.
Who is the candidate who can
bring you all together?
I will pledge you q unity that
you have not knewn for eight
years.
know the leaders of American
labor. / know the leaders of
American agriculture. I know
the leaders of American indus
try. And they have confidence
In me. And I have confidence in
them.
Out of that unity will come q
confidence of man in man and in
each others motives and hopes.
Out of that confidence will grow
the new America. of which have
spoken so often during this cam
paign. Out of confidence will
grow new industries, new busi-
ness. new opportunities, new jobs.
We will bring to the solution OF
our economic and social problems
the combined wisdom of labor,
agriculture and industry. We will
modify those laws which restrict
and hamper the development OF
American agriculture and indus
try. We will see to it that taxes
are levied not for the purpose
of punishment, but for the rails
ing of revenue. according to abil-
ity to pay. And We shall levy
them with certainty and in such
q manner as to release the flow of
money into productive enterprises
which provide jobs for our people.
Confidence in one another,
confidence in our Government,
confidence in our Constitution
That is the method of democ-
racy. 1t is not the method Of
the New Deal.
Great Decision Lies
In Hands Of People.
People of America, a great de-
cision lies In your hands. 1t lies
with you to choose whether We
shall continue on the course that
leads us step by step to the de-
struction of our democratic life,
or whether We shall resume the
interrupted forward march that
made America the most produc-
tive and therefore the most pow
erful Nation in the world.
People Of America. this is your
crusade. You started it. You
carried it forward. And you
will finish it next Tuesday, won't
you?
The responsibility that faces us
is fearful and a fateful charge.
During the next four years We
shall be answerable TO our chill
dren, and to those that come
after them. We shall be answer
able to civilization for the democ-
racy that is now ours.
l want you to know that I
realize this every moment OF my
life. And I want you to real
iZe it.
When you 60 to vote next
Tuesday. you will hold in your
hands the future of this great
country of ours. You will hold
in your hands that precious, pre-
cious thing-our democratic way
of life. Within the hollow of your
hands is shielded the last un-
quenched fame of democracy. All
over the world that light has
been going out. Here We must
keep it burning-shield it. shield
it-so that the imprisoned peo-
Piles of other lands may know
that light still burns-so that
your sons and mine and the men
that come after them may have
that light to guide them-so that
a strong America may once more
see the path before it and 60
forward.
Thus we will keep America
strong.
Thus We viii keep America at
peace.
Thus, with the help of Almighty
God, we will keep America free.
lead industry. men who lead ag-
riculture, men who work in all
those groups have Joined this
great crusade is one of the most
wholesome things that has hap
pened in America in your or my
generation.
And let me say another thing
to you. I know it's almost un-
necessary to say it to you. I
stand in the same position that
I did the day after my nomina-
tion. I have not a pledge, a
commitment, an understanding
OF any kind except those made
publicly to the American people.