Evening star., 1944-06-27
Text of Gov. Worren's Keynote Speech
Roosevelt Administration Plays Power Politics World Stage
Californian Declares at Republican Convention
Ey the Associated Press,

National Convention:
We are here to do job for the
American people. And we NEAR
business.
What is our job? Ask any Amer
lean. Ask the anxious American
mother and father. Ask the anxious
wives and sweethearts of our fight
ing men. Ask our fighting men
themselves. They will tell you what
our job Is. =
Same in All Sections.
They will give you the keynote
for this convention. They will tell
you out Of their hearts and what
they say will be the same-East and
West. North and South. it will be
the same. For now the same ankle
ties are on every American heart
the same hour-to-hour concern for
what the day may bring forth. the
same steadfast courage to sustain
them, the same dreams, the same
hope that they will have a chance
to make their dreams come true.
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This is our job:
To get our boys back home again
victorious and with all speed.
To open the door for all Amer
icaIls-to open it. not just to jobs,
but to opportunity!
Plain HomeIy Story.
To make and guard the peace so
wisely and so we'll that this time
will be the last time that American
homes are called to give their sons
and daughters to the agony and
tragedy of war.
Isn't that plain and homely
story? But is there any other story
which any American would put in
place OF it? Is there any other
thing which, in his heart, any
American wants more than these?
Is there any American who would
not give everything he has to bring
these things to pass?
We know there Is only one answer
to these questions. We know, also,
that that answer makes our Job.
To get that job done is why we are
here. This convention and this
election are not time out from the
job of winning the war and the
peace. This convention and this
election are part of that job. We
are here to speed the cause-to help
America to speed the cause-for
which our fighting men are giving
their lives. We are here to make
the road on which America can
march toward victory, toward OPP
portunity. toward peace.
Nations Biggest Job.
That Is the biggest job Americans
have ever undertaken together. It
Is too big job for little Americans
lit is too big job for quarreling
America. There is room for honest
differences among us. There is no
room for disunity. We can be of
differing minds. But we must be
Of one heart.
That singleness OF heart is not
something we can wait. for. Our
boys in Normandy, in italy, in India
and China, in the far reaches of
the South Pacific-they are not
waiting for it. They are of one
heart. What a highly courageous,
steadfast heart it is.
What they ask of us-what they
have the right to expect of us-is
Of heart here at home.
Freedom Is In the balances. We
dare not be found wanting.
For so great o venture together
We must be together. Here and
now we can begin to get together
That Is our purpose. 1t is the pur-
pose Of this convention to put the
public welfare above private self
Interest; to put the Nation above
the party; to put the progress of
the whole American community
above special privilege for any part
OF 1t; to put indispensable principles
once and for all-above indispen-
sable men.
Reason for His Selection.
The choice Of me as a keynote
speaker was not made because of
any personal attribute of mine.
There were others . far abler who
could have been chosen.
The only good reason I was
chosen was because I come from the
great, hopeful, energetic West. Ours
Is the youngest part of America
My own State OF California was a
child of years when the Repub-
lican party was born.
Growth and change and adven-
ture are still a part of our daily
life.
In the West there is little fear of
failure and no fear of trying. That
spirit of youth is the spirit Of this
Certainly. We are not here to
look for a road back to some status
quo. There is no status to which
we could or should return. The
future cannot be overtaken in re-
verse. Neither are we here to work
out some easy-sounding scheme
whereby America can stand still
We believe that America wants to
get going and keep going. A for
ward-going America is what we are
here for.
Brighter Future Is Goal.
In that spirit we can be confident
OF the future. 1t will not be easy
We have. nothing easy to offer.
Dark days lie ahead. We have no
tricks to escape them. We expect
tough going and we are ready for
1t. There is no pessimism, no de-
featism, no bitterness, no jauntiness
among us. Too much that we love
and cherish is at stake. And of one
thing we are sure: America can
come through these trying, desper-
ate times finer, happier, better
spirited America. 1t is our purpose
to see to it that America does come
through that way.
That is what the American people
expect the Republican party to ac-
complish. They are already turn
ing to us for its accomplishment
That is why, in so many streams of
late, they have been changing so
many horses. That is why-in city
halls, courthouses and State capt.
tolls, where government is closest to
the people-the people have re-
turned to ReplIblican government