Evening star., 1944-11-07

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whether we dare to make change.
It Is clear that we must not risk
failing to make 4 cnange.
These, then are the simple tests
that must govern the decision Of
every American tomorrow. When
you step into the secrecy Of the
polling booth, ask yourself these
questions:
How can help shorten the war?
How can I help secure lasting
peace?
How can help give useful jobs
and opportunity In the years that
lie beyond our victory?
II you will soberly ask yourself
these questions and will think the
answers through in the light Of your
own knowledge, I have no doubt Of
the outcome.
And let us agree on one more
thing. No matter how you vote-it
is the duty OF every American to
vote tomorrow.
Let no one say: MY vote will
never be missed"
Your vote does count-it counts
nightly In the result-and to you.
Your secret ballot is your badge of
citizenship. Keep 1t bright-and Sc
cure. II you neglect to vote you
leave your destiny to the decision
Of others. only you can preserve your
own freedom.
II everyone will vote, there can
be no danger to our country. OF
that I am sure-becauseI firmly be-
lieve In the eternal rightness Of the
people.
Reads Letter.
And now, may l read you a letter
I have just received from q brave
American woman whose son will
never return. 1t is brief. This is
the entire letter:
Dear Gov. Dewey:
Il am giving you my support and
I hope 1t will help you to win.
"You cannot bring back my son,
lost in the South Pacific, but you
can and will, think, bring back
the kind Of America he would have
wanted to come home to-"
1t Is to that cause that we are
dedicated.
We stand today on one of the
strange promotories of human his
tory, with the shadows of a dismal
stormy night behind us and the first
gray streaks of dawn in the sky
beyond us. For 80 years since 1914
nearly half the span of human
Ife-we have seen a series of wars
revolutions. depressions - Commu.
nism, Fascism, Naziism, cruelty and
suffering, and finally another con.
f1agration that has engulfed the
world. At home we have had /;
unhappy years of turmoil and dis.
sension, Of group conflicts and clas.
strife, Of divisions and hatred anc
antagonisms.
Nightmare Of Past Years.
Half a generation has grown ul
knowing no other atmosphere. ]
believe our children - our whole
country can again live in a world
where peace. friendship and mutual
respect abide. After we're through
with the war and get our boys back
home, then we must have a period
OF peace and calm within our own
country. Only in that way can We
build the unity and strength to meet
our problems at home-to support
our labors abroad, for the peace OF
the world.
Let us resolve to put aside these
years Of cynicism and OF conflict
Let us resolve to put aside every
antagonism. to throw of the night
mare of past years and breathe once
more the atmosphere of courage and
good will. Our people then can
have a chance once more to build
to create and get ahead.
Under divine guidance, the people
OF America are stirring with awak.
ening faith-faith in our country
IN our future-in our unity.
There Is awakening a renewed
sense of the dignity Of the individ
ual, of trust in the moral law, Once
again, may We have and always keer
that faith in ourselves and in oul
neighbors-faith of our fathers
living faith in Almighty God.
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