Evening star., 1948-07-15
By the Assoeioted Press

dent Trunlan'S address accept
ing the Democratic nomination
for President.
Thank you, thank you very much
I can't. have to have them VI
where can see. (Referring II
microphones) I'm sorry that tn
microphones are in your way. bu
they have to be where they ar
cause I've got to be able to see wha
I'm doing. AS 1 always am able t.
see what I'm doing.
I can't tell how very much
appreciate the honor which yo'
have just conferred upon me.
shall continue to try to deserve II
I accept the nomination.
And 1 want to thank this conven
ton for it's unanimous nomination
of my good friend and colleague
Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
He is a great man and a grea
public servant. Senator Barkley ant
| will win this election and maxi
these Republicans like it, don't yol
forget that. Well do that becaus'
they are wrong and We are right
and I'll prove it to you in just
few minutes.
Differences Settled.
This convention met to express
the will and reafflrm the beliefs o.
the Democratic Party. There have
been differences of opinion ane
that's the democratic way. Those
differences have been settled by
majority vote, as they should be
Now is the time for us to get TO-
gether and beat the common enemy
and that's up to you. We WILL of
working together for victory in
great cause.
Victory has become a habit o.
our party. It's been elected 1oul
times in succession and I'm con-
vinced it will be elected a f1ttf
time next November. The reason
is that the people know that the
Democratic Party is the people
party and the Republican Party Is
the party of special interests ano
it always has been, and always
will be. ~.
The record of the Democratic
Party is written in the accomplish
ments of the last l6 years. l don
need to repeat them. They've been
very ably placed before this con-
ventlon by the keynote speaker
the candidate for Vice President
and by the permanent chairman,
Confidence and security have
been brought to the American
people by the Democratic Party
Farm income has increased from
less than s2.5OO,OOO,Oo0 in 1888 tc
more than s1o,OOO,0OO,o00 in 1947
Never in the world were the farm
ers of any republic or any king
dom or any other country as pros
porous as the farmers IN the
United States, and if they don't dc
their duty by the Democratic Party
they are the most ungrate1ul
people in the world.
Applies to Labor, Too.
Wages and salaries in this coun-
trv have increased from S29 9,0OO,-
900 900 in 1888 to more than $128,-
900 100000 in 1947. That is labor
and labor never had but one FRIEND
In politics and that was the Demo
cratic Party and Franklin D
Roosevelt.
And I'll say to labor just what
I said to the farmers: They are
the most ungrateful people in the
world if they pass the Democratic
Party by this year. The total ma
tional income has increased IRON
less than 0,0O0000,000 in 1888 tt
s2O3 900 900, 900 in 1s47, the creates
in all the history of the world.
These benefits have been Spreae
to all the people because it is the
business of the Democratic Party
to see that the people get fall
share of these things. This last
worst Eightieth Congress proved just
the opposite for the Republicans.
The record on foreign policy Of
the Democratic Party is that the
United States has been turned
away permanently from isolation
ism and we've converted the great
est and best of the Republicans to
our viewpoint on that subject. The
United States has to accept its full
responsibility for leadership in in
ternational affairs.
We have been the hackers ano
the people who organized ano
started the United Nations, first
started under that great Demo-
cratic President woodrow Wilson
as the League of Nations. The
league was sabotaged by the Re-
puolicans in 1920 and we must see
that the United Nations continues
q strong and going body so We can
have everlasting peace in the
world.
Trade Barriers Removed.
We've removed the trade bar
riers in the world which is the best
asset we can have for peace. Those
trade barriers must not be put back
into operation again. We have
started foreign-aid program
which means the recovery OF Eu-
rope and China and the Far East
We instituted a program for
Greece and Turkey and will say
to you that all these things were
done in a cooperative bipartisan
manner.
The Foreign Relations Commit
tees of the Senate and the House
were taken into the full confidence
of the President in every one OF
these moves. And don't let any
body tell you anything else.
AS I have said time and time
again, foreign policy should be the
policy of the whole Nation and not
a policy of one party or the other.
Partisanship should stop at the
waters edge and I shall continue
to preach that through this whole
campaign.
would like to say a word or two
now about what I think the Re
publican philosophy is, and I'll speak
from actions and from history and
from experience. The situation In