Evening star., 1960-07-29


front the next President of the
UNITED States and the policies
believe that should be adopted
Ito meet them.
Question Is Freedom"
One hundred years ago, in
this city, Abraham Lincoln was
nominated for President of the
United States. The problems
which will confront our next
President will be even greater
than those that confronted
him. The question then was
freedom for the slaves and sur
vival of the Nation. The ques-
tion now is freedom for all
mankind and the survival of
civilizations. And the choice you
make, each of you listening to
me makes, this November can
affect the answer to that ques-
ton.
What should your choice be
and what is it? Well, let's first
examine what our opponents
offered in Los Angeles two
weeks ago. They claimed theirs
was a new program, but you
know what it was. 1t was simply
the same old proposition that a
political party should be all
things to all men, and nothing
more than that, and they prom
ised everything to everybody
with one exception: They didn't
promise to pay the bill.
And say tonight that with
their convention, their plat
form, and their tickets, they
composed a symphony Of politi-
cal cycinism which is out of
harmony with our times today.
Now, we come to the key
question, what should our an
tswer be? And some might say
do as they do. Out-promise
them because that is the only
way to win. And 1 want to tell
you my answer. I happen to
believe that their program
would be disastrous for Amer
lea; it would wreck our econ
omy; it would dash our peoples
high hopes for a better life. And
1 serve notice here and now
that whatever the political con-
sequences, we are not going to
try to out-promiSe our oppo-
nents in this campaign.
We are not going to make
promises we cannot and should
not keep, and we are not going
to try to buy the peoples votes
with their own money. And
to those who say that this
position will mean political de-
feat, my answer is this: We
have more faith than that in
the good sense of the Ameri-
can people, provided the people
know the facts, and that is
where we come in.
Vigorous Campaign
pledge to you tonight that
we will bring the facts home
to the American people, and
we will do it with a campaign
such as this country has never
seen before. /
/ have been asked by the
newsmen sitting on my right
and left all week long, when
is this campaign going to begin. +
Mr.. Vice President? On Labor
Day or one of the other tradi-
tional starting dates? And this
is my answer: This campaign
begins tonight. here and now,
an dit goes on. And this cam
paign will continue from new
until November 8 without any
letup.
have also been asked by nv
friends in the press on either
side here: They say, "Mr. Vice
President. where are you going
to concentrate? What States
are you going to visit?" And
this is my answer: In this cam
paign we are going to take no
States for granted. and we are
not going to concede any States
to the opposition.
announce to you tonight, /.
and I pledge to you. that I
personally will carry this cam
paign into every one of the
so States of this Nation be-
tween now and November 8.
And in this capaign make a
prediction: I say that-just as
in 1852 and 1956-millions of
Democrats will join us, not
because they are deserting their
party, but because their party
deserted them at Los Angeles
two weeks ago.
Now, I have suggested to you
what our friends of the opposi-
ton offered to the American
people. What do we offer?
First, we are proud to offer the
best eight-year-record of any
administration in the history of
this country. But, my fellow
Americans. that isn't all and
that isn't enough, because we
happen to believe that a record
is not something to stand on,
but something to build on, and
building on the record of this
administration, we shall build
better America, we shall build
an America in which we shall
see the realization of the
dreams. the dreams of millions +
of people not only in America
but throughout the world for
a fuller. freer richer life than
men have ever known in the
history of mankind.
Cites Goals
Let me tell you something of
the goals of this better America
toward which we strive. In this
America, our older citizens shall !
not only have adequate protec-
ton against the hazards of i'll
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