Evening star., 1956-08-18

otC1y Ava WoAo iii uot VI tic AAo'
imam mind.
We live at q time when auto.
|mation Is ushering in q seconc
industrial revolution. and The
powers Of the atom are about Il
be harnessed for ever greater
production. We live at a time
when even the ancient spectre oi
hunger is vanishing. This is the
age Of abundance. Never in his.
tory has there been such an op.
Eportunity to show what We car
do to improve the equality oi
living, now that the terrible
grinding anxieties Of daily bread
Of clothing and shelter. are dis.
appearing.
With leadership, Democrati,
leadership, we can do justice tC
our children, we can repair thu
ravages Of time and neglect II
our schools. We can, and we will.
With leadership, Democratic
leadership. we can restore tn,
vitality of the American family
farm. We can preserve the posi-.
ton of small business without
injury to the large. We car
strengthen labor unions and col,
lective bargaining as vital insti.
tutions in a free economy. VIZ
can and our party history prove;
that we will
With leadership, Democratic
leadership. we can conserve oul
resources Of land and forest anc
water and develop them for tn,
benefit Of all. We can. and tn,
record shows that we will!
With leadership, Democratic
leadership. We can rekindle the
spirit of liberty emblazoned ir
the Bill of Rights; we can builc
this new America where the
doors Of opportunity are oper
equally to all-yes, the doors Of
our factories and the doors oi
our Schoolrooms. We can make
this a land where opportunity i.
founded only on responsibility
and freedom Of faith. and where
nothing can smother the lonely
defiant spirit Of the free intel.
ligence. We can. and by oul
traditions as q party, we will!
Other forces. growing !. Il
potency. dispute the di.
rection Of our times.
All these things we can do, ant
we will. But in the internationa
field, the timing is only PARTIAL,
our own. Here the "unrepentanr
minute" once missed, may b,
missed forever. Other forces
growing yearly in potency. dis.
Ipute with us the direction Of oul
times. Here, more than any.
where. guidance and illumina,
ton are needed in the terrifying
century Of the hydrogen bomb
Here, more than anywhere, w
must move. and rapidly, to repair
the ravages Of the past foul
years to Americas repute anC
influence abroad,
We must move with speed
and confidence to reverse thu
spread Of communism. We mus
strengthen the political and eco,
nonic fabric Of our alliances
We must launch new programs
to meet the challenge Of the vas
social revolution that Is sweep.
ing the world and turn the vio.
lent forces Of change to the sid,
of freedom.
We must protect the new ma,
tions in the exercise Of theil
full independence; and we mus
help other peoples out Of Com
munist or colonial servitudl
along the hard road to freedom
And we must place our Ma.
tion where it belongs in tn,
eyes of the world--at the heas
of the struggle for peace. Fol
in this nuclear age, peace 4
no longer a visionary ideal. 1
has become an absolute, impera.
tive. practical necessity. Human.
lity's long struggle against wal
has to be won, and won now
Yes, and I say it can be won
1T is time to speak oquiT
our ideoIs, TO be osoin ou
great selves !"
1t is time to listen again Il
our hearts, to speak again oul
ideals, to be again our owl
great selves.
There is a spiritual hunger
in the world today, and it cannot
be satisfied by material thing,
alone. Our forebears came her,
to worship God. We must moi
let our aspirations so diminish
that our worship becomes rather
OF bigness-bigness Of materia
achievement.
For century -and-a-half, tn,
Democratic Party has been tn,
party Of respect for people. O,
reverence for life, of hope TO,
each child's future, of belle.
that "the highest revelation i
that God is in every man."
Once we were not ashamed il
this country to be idealists. Ono,
We were proud to confess tina
an American is a man VIII,
wants peace and believes in /,
better future and loves his fel
low man. We must reclaim thes,
great Christian and humans
ideas. We must dare to sa,
again that the American causI
is the cause Of all mankind.
If we are to make honest citi
zens Of our hearts we must unit
them again to the ideals ii
which they have always believes
and give those ideals the cour
age Of our tongues.
Standing as we do here to
night at this great fork Of his
tory. may we never be silenced
may, we never lose our faitl
in freedom and the bette
destiny Of man.
IMorthu Roye at Home
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