Milford chronicle., 1952-10-03
address Of ]. Caleb Boggs Re-
publican Candidate For Governor,
At Meeting Of The Republican
WOmen,s Clubs Of Sussex County
Z. F. ". Home, Georgetown,
Wednesday Evening, Sept. n, 1852

It is always a great pleasure and
privilege to be in Sussex County
and to meet with the women. Sus-
sex County is one of the greatest
strOngholds Of loyal, patriotic Am
ericanism in the United States. Ev-
cry element which has cOntri buted
to the material, spiritual and cul-
tural strength of our state and ma
tiDn is found within the borders Of
our State of Delaware. All Della
wareans are proud of Sussex COun-
ty, and the people of Sussex County
because they typify so great the
sturdy, hard working, Independent,
self-reliant, God-fearing people so
greatly needed in this world today
Every one Of us is fully conscious
Of the great responsibility we share
as Americans and as Republicans
in this campaign year. We all rec
ogniZe that as Americans and as
Republicans we have before us
NOW an opportunity to serve our
state and nation in greater measure
than ever before.
We can fulfill that responsible
ty-we can take full advantage of
this unpars lleled opportunity, only
by working twice as hard or three
times as har5 as we ever worked
before for a Republican victory in
November.
And this know in my hearth
all the elements in the Republican
Party work with the same enthus-
iasm and the same loyalty as the
women, we will be victorious i'm No
vember and go on to accomplish
the things which must be done TO
make Delaware an ever continuing
better place in which to live.
In the days ahead there is much
to be done, which includes, among
other things. the building of
sOunder prosperity for all; to
strengthen our proven competitive,
free-enterprise system; to encOur-
age a better standard of living; to
further our rapid chronological ad-
Vances; to see to it that our great
industrial initiative and the in
creasing skills of our people have
an ever-cOntinuing opportunity to
expand, that there might be better
and more things for all of us: to
protect and promote the good
health of our people; to give our
children the best opportunities of
becoming well-trained. happy, use
full and prosperous citizens; to hein
toward good homes and cOmmun-
tiles, and strengthen an atmosphere
for spiritual and moral well-being.
These are some of our detectives.
which an efficient and economic ad-
ministratiOn of our state govern
ment can help to accomplish.
Local and state is the last line
of defense against an all-pOwerful
central government 1t is the bull
waTk of freedom of the individual.
1t is self-gOvernment; it is home
rule; it must be preserved and de-
VelOped if we are to retain our Am
erican way of life.
The actions we take in the few
weeks ahead will greatly influence
the eventual shape of our American
governmental system. Experience
has shown that the people will not
tolerate indifference to their needs.
If new needs arise, the people first
turn to local government, then to
state government, and finally, when
their desires are not answered else
where, to national government.
If we meet the needs of our peo-
pie, state government will remain
strong and the danger Of centraliz-
ed government will be minimized.
On the other hand if we are indif-
ferent to the peoples necessities,
they will certainly turn to Wash
ington for remedies.
For my part, stand squarely for
that type Of state government which
seeks out and meets the problems
and needs of our people
In this campaign it is our prime
obligation and opportunity not
simply to oppose, but to propose the
right things to do, and then to do
our utmost to carry out the right
things. This is our Republican OBJ
jective in this campaign
have already brought out in this
campaign that if elected Governor,
I would certainly do everything
within my power to give women a
greater opportunity for more voice
and realistic part in public affairs.
As have said. I would appoint,
among other advisory committees.
an advisory committee composed.
entirely of representative women of
our state, in order that I might con-
suit them regularly and that thew
may have a definite, first-hand