Evening star., 1960-10-29

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and personalities of this cam.
paign. We are thankful thai
we vote secretly in America
that regardless of party affilia.
ton or party registration We
can freely and conscientiouSly
choose the best leader for oul
country.
Almost eight years have gone
by since millions Of us-Repub-
licans, Democrats and independ.
ents - enthusiastically joined
together to build a better Amer
lea. We have had, I feel, 9
happy and fruitful partnership
Measured In the dollars thai
have remained relatively stable
these past eight years, you
the American people have
come Q long way since 1852
You have increased personal
income by $1S2 billion-by a
per cent.
You have increased average
weekly earnings from $68 q
week to $91 q weekly over a
third.
Increased Savings
You have increased your in
dividual annual savings by 81
billion-up 81 per cent.
You are building 70 thousand
elementary classrooms this year
alone. That is % thousand
more than were built in 1852
almost As per cent more.
You have increased college
enrollments from 2 million to
almost ga million-up rs per
cent.
You have tailt 8 million new
homes-more than were ever
built in the same length of
time.
You have added $3.50 billion
in capital expenditures on
plants and equipment-more
in the job-making field than
in the preceding 80 years.
You have increased the gross
national product by $158 bill
lion-4S per cent.
Our interstate highway sys-
tenn was talked about for many
years, but not started Now we
are building 41.000 miles Of
these great new avenues of
commerce and transportation
and paying for them as we 60.
When complete, they will save
1000 American lives a year.
The st. Lawrence Seaway was
for decades q dream: finally, it
came true. At last we have
brought the oceans Of the world
to the very heart Of America.
Other Accomplishments
In the meantime. you ex-
panded social security, i'm
proved our national parks.
forced passage Of q good labor
reform law, and took the only
significant steps in civil rights
in 80 years. You kept imitation
down. balanced the budget four
times, with another one on the
way. You did these and a null
titude Of other thingS-and all
this with a reduction Of q quar-
ter Of a million in government
tai positions.
Now, in all these years, q
primary contribution of Gov
eminent and national leader
ship was to create a climate
fostering confidence, enterprise
and q willingness to venture
and risk. At the same time, we
stopped a wasteful war and
prevented others, always with
honor. BY removing sitting
economic controls, we allowed
the men and women Of America
once again to concentrate on
getting ahead. Under enlight-
ened governmental policies you
have been responsible for all
this Surging progress.
And what about our military
strength?
1t is the most powerful on
earth.
Into our armed forces we
integrated weapons of tremen-
dous difference. many OF them
unknown eight years ago,
through a program more than
three times larger, in dollar
amount, than only 10 years
ago. And we have proof of
the respect Of the Soviets for
our power and our resolution:
The Communists have been
turned from a strategy of mill
tary penetration to a strategy
OF infiltration by political and
economic means.
Is Proud Of Results
So, I am proud Of YOU
proud Of what you have done,
and proud Of what has been
done by America. Let no one
diminish your pride and con-
fldence in yourselves or belittle
these accomplishments. Never
have Americans achieved so
much in so short a time.
In glib political oratory we
have heard this progress called
Standing still"
II the great things you have
done are standing STILL" then
I say America needs more Of IL
Now. shortly you must select
a new leader for our country.
Because I know what he must
face-because I feel so earnestly
that your choice will have far
reaching effectS-possibily for
decades trust you will think
1t fitting that I share with you
my deep personal convictions.
There are four key qualities
by which I believe America
would like to measure the can
didateS in this election. They
are:
Character; ability; responss-
bility; experience.
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