Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
Excerpts From Pep Reilly
Speech by Eisenhower

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heights that his ambitions and
talents permit, without infringe
ment of his fellow citizens equal
rights; to protect the individual
against falling into the depths
of poverty and misery through
no fault of his own: to foster
the individuals will to join with
his neighbors in making their
community and State worthy
and respectable members of the
Republic and to assist them in
the achievement of that objec-
tive when on their own resources
alone they cannot do the job.
The Republican Party stands
for thrift and integrity in gov
eminent and against centraliza-
ton Of power in big government.
But it believes that government
must neither pinch pennies
where the security of the Nation
is concerned nor weakly COM
promise principle under' pres
sures, however massive or power
full they may be.
The Republican Party insists
that the conduct of American
world leadership be marked by
an open diplomacy that permits
no secret treaties, no covenants
that violate decency or justice or
the rights of even the weakest
nation. For peace can be
achieved and preserved only by
international agreements based
on moral principles that can
stand the scrutiny Of mankind.
Finally, to the Republican
Party from its very beginning,
one man is equal in his dignity
and in his rights to all other men.
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Voter Support Stressed
AS to purposel ! think our
fundamental effort should be
this: Every Republican, every
independent, every discerning
Democrat, every thinking citizen
regardless of his past or present
political record can, should, must
be persuaded to vote Republican
on November sixth.
Our initial action must be to
get every potential supporter
registered in the next few weeks.
This years entire campaign will
be an appalling exercise in flu
tility if during its course we get
people to the boiling point, brim-
ming with enthusiasm and zeal,
only to find out on election day
that they cannot vote because
their names are not registered
on the polling books. Crusaders
without ballots are like soldiers
without bullets.
The first order of business for
all of us, everywhere, must be
the greatest registration in our
history-in numbers and in
percentage of potential voters.
Let me read you from this
piece of paper something on
registration. This is the way it
goes:
IF you live behind the Iron
Curtain. you do not have to
register-you vote as you're told,
when you're told.
III you are an American
citizen, you do not have to
register. Period.
I'm both cases somebody else
runs your country"
We should neglect no means
to persuade people that they
should register-the machinery
of our organization: the help of
all civic-minded groups, news
papers, radio and other media.
And each of us should take time
out for individual effort by phone
calls to friends, for instance,
making sure they are registered,
getting each of them to call ten
of his friends in the same pur-
pose working for a chain reac-
ton that will fill the poll books
with the names of earnest
citizens.
I believe everybody should be
registered. and this includes all
Between now and election, We
might convert them. In any case
Id rather they voted against us
than not at all.
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Urges Fight Everywhere
Then, with a vast army Of
American citizens registered, our
next purpose is:
Write of no county, no State
as hopeless, for victory is the