Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-02

Our time of national debate is
almost ended. The clamor Of
these days will soon subside. And
your day of thoughtful decision
swiftly nears.
We meet tonight. of course. in
the name of a political party
and / am this party's leader.
/ Yet, before all else, am your
President-responsible not to
Republicans or to Democrats, but
to Americans. And ! believe it
|fitting-in this, my final formal
address of this political cam
paign-to speak to you in this
role and in this spirit. I speak to
you of the faith and convictions
that have guided me in these
past four years. And ! make this
my personal pledge: This faith
and these convictions will rule my
future conduct-if it be your will
that / serve you for the next
-four years.
OF the Material Things
We have spoken, these last
weeks. of many of the serious
labors Of your Government
some achieved, some still in the
seeking.
We have spoken of our album
dance and productive power
providing more secure and re-
warding work-for more people
than any people have ever
known, anywhere in the world,
any time in history.
| We have spoken of the ways
1--we strengthen the physical re-
sources of our land; highways to
Ijoin our cities, dams to harness
our rivers, ports and waterways
Ito carry our commerce. And we
have spoken of all things deeply
affecting the welfare of our
people: social security and slum
|clearance-public housing and
|ipublic health--civil rights and
Education.
We have spoken, too, of the
basic marks and methods of your
Government these last four
|years. I mean: the integrity OF
|public service-commanding the
Prospect of all citizens-and the
INTEGRITY of economic policies
Iguarding the real value of the
earnings of all our citizens. And
I mean also: the steady strength
ening-not of central power
but Of State and local govern
|ment-upon which depends the
livery life of our constitutional
lsystem.
| All these things are true and
vital to many of our great ma
tional purposes.
The Greater Things-Principles
And yet--even all these are not
enough. For they are not enough
truly to define for what we live
and by what we live. All the his
toric precedents. the soaring
lIgraphs, the staggering statistics
these measure size more than
substance. And the largeness and
greatness Of our Nation would be
almost monstrous-without a
matching greatness of heart and
largeness Of vision as we look
Ilout upon the world.
OF these greater things. ]
I|speak tonight.
It seems to me right to do SC
here, in Philadelphia, where oul
hforefathers defined the principles
by which our Nation was born
land has ever lived.
Il There is further reason for
such thoughts this night. Over
all the din Of our domestic de-
bate, these last weeks, We have
heard other sounds-louder still
and urgent with meaning
sounds from across the world
We have heard-with admira-
ton and with hope-the chal-
longing cry for freedom Of the
IIpeoples Of Hungary and Poland
We have been reminded once
again: This love Of man for his
freedom is the thing that nc
bullet can kill, nor any gallowc
strange.
And now, in these last days
we have heard other sounds Of
less happy portent. We have
heard-with deep dismay-the
crack of rife fire and the whine
of jet-bombers over the deserts
of Egypt.
Declaration Of Principles
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