Evening star., 1956-08-18

cency while our social and eco.
nomic advancement has grounc
Ito a halt and while our leader.
ship and security in the worlt
have been imperiled.
In spite of these unparalleled
opportunities to lead at home
and abroad they have. l say
been wasting our opportunitie.
and losing our world.
"Whot this country needs i,
leadership and truth"
I say that what this country
needs is not propaganda and 3
personality cult. What this
country needs is leadership anc
truth. And that's what we NEAR
to give 1t.
What is the truth?
The truth is that the Republi.
can Party is a house divided. Tht
truth is that President Eisen.
hover. cynically coveted as {
candidate but ignored as a leader
is largely indebted to Democrat.
in Congress for what accomplish.
mentS he can claim.
The truth is that everyone /.
not prosperous. The truth /.
that the farmer. especially tn.
family farmer. who matters most
has not had his fair share oi
the national income. and the Re.
publicans have done nothing tC
help him-until an election
nears.
The truth is that 80 million
Americans live today in families
trying to make ends meet or
less than $4,000 a year. The
truth is that the small farmer
the small businessman, the
teacher, the white-collar worker
and the retired citizen trying tc
pay today's prices on yesterdays
pension-all these are in serious
trouble.
The truth is that in this Gov.
ernment of big men-big finan.
cially-no one speaks for the
little man.
The truth is not that our policy
abroad has the Communists on
the run. The truth. unhappily
is not-in the Republican Presi-
dents words-that our prestige
since the last world war has
never been as high as it is this
day." The truth is that it has
probably never been lower.
The truth is that we are losing
the military advantage, the eco
nomic initiative and the mora
leadership.
The truth is not that we are
winning the cold war. The truth
is that we are losing the cold
war.
-. The country is stoIIed ;,
while the world goes whirIins
BY"
Don't misunderstand me. I
for one. am ready to acknowledge
the sincerity Of the Republican
Presidents desire for peace anc
happiness for all. But good in.
tentions are not good enough
and the country is stalled or
dead center-stalled in the mid.
die Of the road-while the worlC
goes whirling by.
America, which has lifted mar
to his highest economic state
which has saved freedom in wal
and peace, which saved collectiv,
security, no longer sparks anC
flames and gives on new idea
and initiatives. Our lights ar,
dimmed. We chat complacentl,
OF this and that while, in Car,
lyle's phrase, Death and eter.
nifty sit glaring.' And I coulc
add that opportunity, neglected
opportunity, sits glaring, too!
But you cannot surround thl
future with arms, you canno
dominate the racing world b,
standing still. And I say it L
time to get up and get movinI
again. 1t is time for Americi
to be herself again.
And that's what this election
Is all about!
Here at home we can max,
good the lost opportunities; vi
can recover the wasted years; WI
can cross the threshold to tn,
new America.
What we need is a rebirth o
leadership = leadership which
viii give us q glimpse of the no.
bility and vision without which
peoples and nations perish
woodrow Wilson said that
When America loses its ardo
for mankind. it is time to elect ,
Democratic President Their
doesn't appear TO be much ardo
IN America just now for any
thing, and its time to elect
Democratic administration an,
a Democratic Congress-yes, ant
a Democratic government ii
every State and local ono,
across the land.
-. We know thot the horizon
OF the new America ore
endless -"
In our hearts we know that tn
horizons Of the new America ar
as endless. its promise a. stag
gering In It's richness as the un
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