SENATOR MONDALE

SPEECHES AND FLOOR STATEMENTS

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is going to vot tor Truman ..

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to t 11 you in 1948 bo

Wl • Johnaan taUght 8

a.s o t 11 t 1 HU rt Humpbr:y h.

t ttl 1.t it hu

W 1 ,Hu ri UQlphre)'" L tel tb tNt

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Ttl e 1$ noth r 1mpo 1e1 with 1948, n4

th t 1 t rolot () n1ted bor. OLi

bhln Barry Truman th n 'aU b hlM Hu1'!lPhl'sy ow, an ··

trying to t t.tn1on v t<e

controll

hey wre t ·111 the war g n th t tn y uld do t r

rolla ing

th fiE,Clt by what th

won by what unl t rd

at job 81

ou d1 your ~ob t d un!

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1'1: tU it wa

e~ El1.tng to

t d ov rwhe ngly or rry T um n.

tfOll't to t

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the tmion vote

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our f$ h Uk •

a. .111 O~lted

job t ~llng b t ue to to y

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d1d in

only' u e n do 1 I ny or yoIoU' un10

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that

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Ie! knOW lba law .,..torc ..... t 1. a 10<: 1 ,.apODal 111t1

1n t 18 COWltJiJ, t DO -tat ct

ur 1 g crt. tbarl A~ Mal"ylaftd 41: att t ¥' r

.... n 40 hOt know th18.

You. -4'1 ...... to broad-.. atrenstbM tedeal crlM lawa

and re port. baa ,.aM4 to hel loca law .olen aat

tban all Q of otlr t10n c 1aed. t o~

70Ul" 1"8 0 t.

You - M .ppeil. If.

order- tbra I'l& d 'V1o!enc., t b 1ftt datJ.o& tM court.,

and b1 violence V18ited ~ innocent pec:.pl., w11 Z"O

country ot our

wl11 "Iult

nclo~ ber!ta,. Jua ie for 11-&_

DO a.... d1 riel'. !u.t n.y ot yOtlI"

... 1'8 do ot1J

ow that 1 rea. are

at

In abort # tho8e wbo na117 beU • in" w anti oJ'd r"

1f1 u,PPQtt heU' pollce wJ;tb better pa7> by a 41 .on

police 1Ibo an atter tft11nec1 and equ.1ppe4 J by prc>vlcll .ore

court. aDd. oor~t1 1 otf1cera,; a b,- olD& r to

rolla 111 t. the cr1cMl 1nateaa ot' keeping hi. ill col atorace

if) penal inst1tution. Whicb ean on.,. be.

*cria1nal etor~ ••• •

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Iou. lao know that alnee the be lUlio of 01'& Mae4

elety '8 1111D8Jlfts8 to .apport tbe ].aw. ot be lety

of .bleb 18 par y depends 1n rt on hi.. .tak 1n bat

oc:lety ..

Un 10 ed, poorly bolla.." iU-educated, .1ek~ uDder-

nou.r18be4, t'ru tr teet A_nc n.-who ... wea1tb and

ttluenee oJ1l.y n -: V.- d whO du17 .teel the hlp t racial

lac~la1ni lOA-the .. cit!_ 0 tbe "Otber .. r1c -aN

o ItOre likely to • and to ahall a peal. tor la ana order

• or WaUace, thaD 1f 1"8 the tOWller. of:

orPft1z.ed labO "ho could not or.prd..e Meau.. or t unctl tl

ot the,lIU dog lf coot the wbol*eal; CO\1rt lnJ tl0ft8

})or, or ~b&ll

bo owMt theluiely -I'

d1 ... ter w1th no control over helr Uv ....

!hi 1 no 0 eOMoo 1aw1 ••••• or dlaorder J it

cannot))e rII1 t. t 1 • 1 aar1Oct8 abOOt orcs r, he

C 11IlOt ignore be 3wst • 8 ot III1Wona or eprlve4 A r1c .....

elther. !'he l •• ue 1ft the e ..... lp 1968. whet.her w. would

·rat r cune the a ..... ' .. •• or llght a candle. tt

ho eabdldat •• - !XOD

lon cur.. be r""J oftl7 one ca 14.t, btJrt IIw9bH,Y,

18 8akUt& tb1s nat!.. to 11 1 ta ean41. aM ~ t 1 wby-wi th

~.7O'U' help-be will the next Prea1dent of tbe JJn1te4 Stat •••

-y 1 make one £Urthar compar on with 1948. W1th

your h lp not only 1 eted BST w

Blatnl, nd bree n congre •• man-Wier, JCeCarthy and rah&ll.

n4 elected seve 1 new .tate leg1$lators, and then want an

to gAj.n control or the Minnesota SOU •• or It pl"8a ntat1ve and

ot MOat st te attle a 1n 1954, including t oft1ce o~ Gov mor.

W khew the that must work on all or th c ..... ~ r

to be uceeaarul 1n ny ot them. c 1date

ror th l. g1 1 tu 01' Congre.. wl11 stir up b~.-.LL-..... a and. 8ome-

times thou and f v •• tor h1u.If am! the c&ncU.4 t. tor

Pre8ident that nobOdy e1 c h brl to th po ~

Tod Y' thin e are in the 8 altuatl -w mu.t

work tor Hwuph 3, but one or the beat way. ot doing \ _1.

to u port Blatnlk" "h • r an ltAtth-they at b re ... leet. -

and our other eand14at a tor Cong .', n4 -support tor the many candl at to the 18 81 tun we at

nneaota ~ g1 lature 18 once ga1n gal to

reapond to th 884 ot he or1d.ngtll&n. ~ to ~Ob. are on

a8 good to US 1, the 8uppo.rt

nd .in t leg181atu • W. lBU

t once, knowing that they

~ bel.pa h 0 1"8.

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I heal' trom some that they aM tlNd of 'the fight f

tired ot the d1 vial n. and tired of' the bl t erne a.

that I &e't that "4i3 aoaetlM -.vaell.

centes.

But 1 am . 80 conv need that

ttll. nation only aft t,t t tiCht ••

1 a.m. oanvlnc d that th eopl ot tbi. countl'Y only

support pJ1>ti:tees by electlng tho. WbO ta\toJ! 1 8S Jrie1dent I

aClllD.Oer ot t~ COng,...... IOV.moJ's, aaeaber. ot les18 ture \

and City Jfalla. and khOol BQard • ....-.o.n1y .hen tbe1 have beooae

convlnce4 tha . J)~a. llUat be 1il\48 aft<I aacr1f1ce4 :tor",

, frogft8a by trick 1n an 111ualon. P7()gr.' 1n ou.r tree n t10n

will COiRflt orllY by d bat$ aJ'l6 c11tcu •• l.on in .. gr to c 19o.

so let u

let t., t involved 4 win it luar than we have ev.r 1If0ll an

elect! beto-re.

ago:

Let's do so remembering what John Gardner aid not long

"1 believe , " h said , "that when ware

being most true to ourselves aa Americans we re

seeking a society in Which every young person has

the opportunity to grow to his full stature; a

society in which every older person can live out

his years in dignity; a society in which no one is

irreparably damaged by circumstances that can be

prevented •••• Th release of human potential, the

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enhaneaent or in41vidual d1e;n1tl .. the Ubentlon

ot tb human pInt - theae aN t.he ... ,._t and

tru •• t goal. to be COM 1ved bt the heart. and

the JD1nd. of the Aaer10an p4IOpl.. Arid til are

the ideas that ean uata1 and .t~n&tbtb a ~at

c1 vll1za,t .lon ...

I m h r today t

f t Unit d St

r f r your supp rt r the n xt Pres d nt

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or to th point -- I a h r to a fry ur upp rt f r

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n mill t d in Au u t.

.;;.;.;.;;:;;;;;. b in ugur· ted in nua ry .

b caus Hubert Rumphr y

rica to y fo th OUR reat Ie d r hip

ill aslt f 1..1 s our

An rlcan Pr ident 1s th rful n on th tae of

the e and hi' off! e 1 so pow rful that ven l1ure

to ex rc s 1. j pardiz the pe c

t arId, not t G k. of mi -use of t p' ·rs.

t escr1b ju t ri f y th four reat lead rship task

1e ... it of our Presid nt -- and hle c rt L~ly will a~k of

Hu crt Humphrey -- 1 d r hi of ur p opl, UT party; th Congr

nd th world.

n A ric Pr id nt x rei th mo 1 an splrit-

leader hlp of is pIe -- of all th p opia -- of all rae s,

bell fs, on arm and cit! s, f ev ry social and eonomic

Ie must unify hi peopl and tand f r hat i b t in

th ir dr ~ and id Is.

. must Ie d hi oarty -- th D ocr tic rty -- the party

of l~p and f rogr , the arty t move mov m nts, the

rty t: son and radlcals~ d J the party long

ccu to d to avin th b~st 1 ders and b st programs.

:&: lrd .. tl Ame lean Pre 1dent ab olut ly must provid Ie der-

hi to the Congre -. 11 th 11 t r c, all the oratory, all tho

p r on magn t1sm, all th ability t motiv t p opl in th

.ill nly lead to th bitter i 1llu i nment ot disappoint d

nnd r the 1 ad r hip f

roll t approv ne progra

d1vi i n.

t h1s lea rshlp. Th Congr SSJ

Pr 1<1 nt, at s 11ls,

and st ov reo trlf and internal

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dually import t th A ric

th terrlbl se urge of

1 ad th f world In it fforts

to the w rId» ark fran ext nsion ot

f'r ed

lJorld.

er,y, and tyranny or 11 the peoples f the

I ubm1t th t t r cord sta cl ar~y th t ub rt

proven his ability a r.. Let's look t that

cord.

A a 1 ader ~n the Congr sr., h h s est bii hed an un tched

r co d of ~eg1 !atl e achi v in ducation, concern tor the

Iderl J civil right , y u 11 kn ; for agrleultur •

nty years a 0, the enat ubco he headed r port d

an imp . b1ll th t \ s th fir t 'n history to provid

rect fed ral ry chool

ubert um hr y' pr po r 1 sehol rships f3r

co~l st dents, lreat rant~ to coll ges or n ded facl1iti s,

and feral loan re ultl tely incorw

p ra- d into th

And hi c

door.

:for un

uc tion ct.

youth ext nds beyond tIl cla s 100m

he prop cone pt t job tra ning

1 ecame tb Job

orp , and 1 at ye hair n of the Pr Id nt's Council on

Youth 0 p rtunltYt directed an ffort hleh turned up

1,400,000 u r jo to l' unempl yed boy and glr s.

On 01' hi fin 1 act as a enator 'Was to s to it that

t th flnat asure act d

tor chl1dr n, laS nact d into 1 w~

~e v xy first bill he introduced s a freshman nat or

in 19119 tf s to stablah a f h lth n uranc for th

through the Social S curlty syst m.

mer 1 climat and att1tu4 s of this

n t ion. He ne rly Ingl handedly d civil rIghts nat1 al

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1 u -- a matt r of tl nal consci nc 1n our tim -- by

ut a th vole f consc! nc ot th De ocr tic

ti nal Cony nt.1 n in 1948.

ut h al old th Congr s in p in 1 I which t lea t

r mo~ d tne 1 gal b rr e~ ag !nat human rights. In part cular,

h 1'1aS th floor nager f t e Civil ights Act t 1964, and

Ie his nate a 11 s thro n SO-day f'111bust r to tinal

victory.

d iie we' talking bout minority groups, 1 t's talk

about rt yts concern for aneth r minorIty group --

tb A rlcan '£ rmer. And I can think ot no ett r plac to do

this than rlgb.t here n Iowa, th heartland t this natio 's

farm country_

Earlier tbis onth, t 0 cllebrations of the 35th anniversary

t t ral tar legislation er h Id on the sa day. On was

held in the nation' capital, th other aas eld, approprlat ly~

1n as MOines, Iowa.

You know how i ortant our f deral f rm rograms are. You

know ho important t 1s that we keep them, strengthen them,

and 1 rove them. And you OU~lt to know ho difficult th!

111 b without strong leadership and upport trom the PreSident,

asp cially in tni time t ever d creasing rural repr sentatlon

in the Congr ss.

You will need a trong President, committed to arity ot

inco for farmer I c tted to equal opportunity and service

for all f rur 1 rica, d who is committed to provide

1 adershlp or American agriculture.

I thin you know hich candid t 1 co tted to these goals.

In is 15 yare in t enate, Hub rt Humphrey w nt to legislative

bat for the country

Over t re spent

Agriculture and restry C mmittee -- 22 Humphrey farm illa

1 ~. Two of the giante n th list wer the Food for

eace Act of 1954 and the Agriculture Act ot 1961.

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Food for Fe c a saved million of p pl from starv tlon

an hunger ince it as nacted -- and h s lifted tne burd n

f cru hin rk. t surplus fro the bac· 11 of the farmer of

ttl! country.

The Agricultur ct of 1961 marked the first upward turn

fro th devastat1ng farm years of 1952-1960. This Humphrey

m aeur was the key t ne of a vigorous offensive against surplu es,

o farm incom ) and rural credit Deeds, and B rved a th base

ot the landmarK tour-year farm bill enacted in 1965.

But nub rt Humphrey has not ato p t on these achievements,

and will provide leadership in building on th 8 ba e of progress.

Ahead lay the challenges of increased farm barga1ning 0 rand

dec nt income for fam11y farmers.

Today verybody 1s talking about polarization in our society --

hite against blacK, liberal against cons rvative, radical against

reactionary~ hawks against dove , and on and on. But there

1s another polarization developing -- hich equally impedes

pr greee. And that is the growing tension between rural people

and city a.ellers. To often we ee good rural people attacking

the expenditure of gOY rnment funds to eet urban probl ms

and to battl the d cay ot our central c1ty reaa. And too often

we see people from the large metropolit n areas attacking all

farm programs as devices to maKe wealthy farmers more wealthy

as payment to farmers for not wor~ing and not planting.

This 1s tragIc -- because it does not recognize the tark

truth that urban and rural are s .re inextrIcably bound t g ther

nd must ink r wi together. A healthy cIty depend upon

a healthy rural econ0rD3. 1'b.at's the fact.

Consider for a moment what has h.appened in thi country

since th close of World ar II.

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t chnol Ic 1 r v

r1cultur •

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oct 1 unr t.

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f r hay 1 pp red 1n the of

lut th t con inu to we thr ugl

n f r cu tomer n in tr et. er

nd rvlc bu r job ,

r1y 20 l110n of th

to the c1t! • And 11 too y

th t emin gb tto, lher

in tion, cong tlon, and the 1 ck

v touch doff su r nd u r f

s pf th next qu ter c ntury, xp rts tell

d 100 milllon ddit1 na1 m.er1cans pil d

up top of th 40 l110n alr dy in ur c ti s nd uburbs.

An that' hat ill happ n unl 'W do s methln

to ch he tr n •

i ot evltabl. -h v to b •

continental 1 nd

in th

country to city mlgr tory tt rn

mpty to\m and crolid d c1ty ghett e

1 no rea on to ast 9B p rcent of our

we'r doing no •

n ed nly h t h s hap, ned

Und r the imp ct 0 Nel ront 1er and

Gr t ocl ty pr~gra th trend h b n p rcept bly S101 d

ural d vel lnitlat d r xpand d by tt nnedy

new life 0 0 as

of the countrys1d , and have slowed the x dus. Your own TENCO,

h r in 10 ,i good xample of how r gional p annlng,

tion of re ources, and optlmu us o£ avallabl

ervlces r juv nated a ten-county ar

southern I w •

ther xampl s, catter d eros th country,

pro r 8S, he rt in though it is,

ginning.

rita but a mer

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t th1 country need 1 fir y lished nation 1

rUT l-ur b lance, n tl a1 e,1.an to cr te

d lrabl 0 rapnlc distrIbution of eonomic op ortun1ty.

rie s chanc to l1v nly 1n this i y n

he • • • nd n

- a living.

d r cent

Ii r can do no l nt to 11 ve 1n th

l1v in th c unt y, in s 11 to ns or

cit1 •

th yfr fore d to

llup

They t to

11 to dlum-

n to r bu Id nd r vlta11z xisting t wn and citie

and creat ut here th r i clean air nd

it sture i close enou to r store renlty

to th human plrlt ..

ant to llv •

1 of this 111 r quir the best of private enterpris ,

th b t of all 1 v rnment, the best 1 adership. And

1 sder h p 10 what rt Humphr y off rs th A rican people

and t rty.

trong 1 adershlp the day ah d.

can have it

~t tor 11 f u •

'l'han you.

nd I ask you to join 'lth us in a suring

! GILLIGAN SPUCH

Mr. C lrman an frl nds.

Autumn even1ngs rt r dinner re good tim to relax and

littl. I would like to invit you to lettle b ek and

1 t your minds w n er bi t tow rc:l the futur. pecifically,

I Invit you to Pictur scene: th y r 1984$ th plaee,

Clev land high chool cl roo~ wh re student. re d1 eu aing

Georg Orwell t 1984, what it mean ••

Thes tu ta amazed t the book aa we re today.

For this book, with it vi ion of mlndles men ~lv1ng 1n an

, reg !at Society, e med aeience fIction to the

young peopl in th t room it 0 8 to U to aye

The teach r then ki!ltully turned th discussion tON rd

history. What $ it, he eked, that pt thi countrY from

turning into Gorge Orw 11'. nigh The students eat ck

in refleetion. So e frowne , iving this w an indirect

t t on th history chapter aa ig th prwvIous day.

Neverthel to come, slowly at first,

then fa. t r.

riC had been r a fulfilling Orwell's prophecy,

th tudents reed. One bright stude t pointed out th t there

had b -n p rticular turning o1nt the history of thi.

country, perl0 of bout ye r when the country was truly on

th dg of the aby • Th year 1968, year of tumult and

uphe v 1. The ss • ti n of two e country's gr atest

lea r seeme tinS waf of camp • pro

test, ghetto riots, e elating crime rates.

d soclety .eeme out of jOint. N tional for Ign

policy no long r reflected the will of the p pl. The do stic

progr ma B em4d un ble to me t u1ckly no gh the ne dy urban

an rur 1 poor. The polit1cal sy tem aeem to freeze out the

young, minority group, nd oth r whose ideas an4 1 ala might

hav promised a renewal of the American spir1t.

Political candidates mirrored th tr gmente4, disputing

elements within the socl ty. There wa man name Wallac,

who e rae1 m an militarl m brought this country the C108 at

it h d ever come to concronting th spector of ~ clem in its

midst If '!'hen waare w 3 Nixon, who e carefully conetructed. un1ty

image riled to obscur hil anti-intelleotual, elitist bia8,

his spineless fear of confronting 1 •• ue , and th dangerous

outbru ts of temper th t obscured goo judgm nt.

Finally, thee we. man whose personal 1ntegri ty was

matched by his imagination, whose courage, vIsion, and 8 nae

Of perspective pOinted toward p ac , unity, good progress, at

ho and broad, Thi man w Hubert Humphrey, who in the past

weeks of his campaign, erned the country around. HHH won the

election, dtspite the predictions of polst r and politIcal

pundits.

What followed was r n i8sance in AmerIcan 11f. The

President, ai d by men like hlmaelf in both Rous and Senate,

managed to do what they 8aid they would do. There waa peace

abroad, and at home progress. The political process did become

more inclus! ve. Old ystems began to change. The dr1 ve for

repression became urg of upport for rehabilitation,

economic evelopment both for ghettos and for rural w atelandl

acc lerated within expanding economy.

Many ktnds of peop were leaders of this Renaisaance, but

none more important than the leadership of the Congress_ They

were rate men indeed.

They were men who cared more for peace more than war; men

not seduced by the Simplistic charm of lion-Win" strategy argu­

ments.

They were color-blind men who wo£ked with equal viCor for

the rights of whites l blacks, browns, yellows, and re.s to the

opportunities American prop1sed.

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They were men ho cared as much about progress toward

social freedom and justice as they did about law and order

for the suburbs.

They were men who knew the dif~erence b tw en liberty and

license~ but who feared r pression as much a they did $narchy.

They were men ho d confidenc in men, not machines ~ and

who r slized that hum development required relevant . ducation

to the maximum potential for 11 Americans.

They wer men of exper1 nce, whose breadth of vi8ion en~

compasse cities as well as suburbs, the middle west as well

s east and west coasts.

Finally, they were men who ither fear d nor c tar d to

any single se~ent of society- business, gov rnment, or th

univer ities- but who in te d nliste 11 in the quest for

means to conquer the soc~ problems c nfronting the nation.

o were these men? Men like Don Pr .er of Klnne.ota an

John Brad mas of Ind1 • An there W 8 another name in the

history bookS that meant & gre t deal to the young peopl in

this Ohio c esroom, for thi man, w s from Ohio himself. Hi

name? John J. Gilligan, th U.S. Senator from Ohio.

G1lllgan h s shown the kind of man h

mad duriIlg the camp 19n.

8, ani by at tern nts

He valued peace: 1IDi8c81' ding judgments bout the wisdom

of the past," he said II we m t now act to secure an enrich

our fUture by bringing the war in Vietnam to dift conclus1on.

It is to this cause of early peace th t we must devote our b&st

efforts."

He v lued law and order but also valued justice: While

calling for strengthening police, court , and pen 1 institution ,

be also s i4 "just1c should be 80S I believe it i8, our highest

objective ••• lawand the machinery of law enforcement cannot be

u ed as weapon of rep res ion by one segment of the society

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ga1nst another. tf

H welcomed the caalleng 8 of yough: It We h ve more to

1e from the yo of America th we car to admit ••• We

hould welcome their cancern~ th ir energy. and their enthu81a m.

But ost of 11, we shoul welcome their v lue nd the ideals

th y wish our socl ty to achiev ••• th keynote of th r spon lble

youth of toc y 1s partlclpatlon ••• I~ is how our r spona1blty to

se that abundant opportunlties to p ~t1clp t in the democr tic

proc s v 11able to th responslble young peopl et today. tI

He w s a man tlho v 1 ad p ople, and who s w the many

interrelated needs they had: '~e cannot af£ord to waate any

talent in our society, n he 1" flTo d velop our human

res ce matt r of gre t national cone rn ••• There 1 no

qu stion t t the pri ry domestic issues of our time inc Iud

educat1on, loyment, health, crime, housing, poverty, n4

rel t d t ns10n. It is cle r too that th 8 probl~ are

cloa ly rel ted - no on of them can b 'olv d without de ling

with 11 the other. The common thr d rwming throughout th fie

issues i th need of peopl: Their ne for dignity in work,

19nity in e u 1 opportun1tt to hare in the b nerit. of our

we&lthy oCiety., and ignity in th 1r whol way of life."

Sen or Gilligan's p t h d pr pares him well for

the tremendous job there wa t h nd. H knew the probl of th

cities at first han , h ving rv ms as ember

of the C1ty Council Cf Cincinnati. H alr dy knew whAt it

looked like from the Hous id of the Congr , hav1ng served

bly represent tiv of the irat Congressional Distriot in

OhiO, and meniber of tlB House Coromi tte on Foreign Commerce.

His voting r cord urlng that first 8 s810n of Congre.

ha set the precedent tor hi en torla.l record. Gillig h

voted tor 11 of the jor he lth, ducatlon, economic opportunity

and other bills des1gne to improve American life that c me

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before th Congre s during his t rm. As Congrea J he had

helped the Congr B pas important legisl tion in ~ield. iog

from lementary d S condary Idue tion to Water Resource.

Planning.

His 1968 Senatori&l camp ign ha show d hat fighter he

was. Accardi t the N w Rep lic "Oilligan t 8 histor1c up_ t

of ( \1sch 1'.. swelled the conti nc of the new

De oeratic-LAbor lliance in Ohio. tt

Those ho worked with him knew the fight hAd been tar trom

e y. Gill.igan ha se med particul rly threat ned 1n Cleveland

tone pOint.by the high regiatr tion of Wallac -supporting

whites. In f ct~ in early Octob r~ Obeervers had e timated

all ce's support in Ohio high. 25~ of th total.

The New Republic ba.d declared that "Gilligan'. di~emma is

the toughest, 11 pointing out that to win" he 11 d to orne.ow g in

the upport not only of af ct! bl e collar worker., but of

activist former Nce rthy support TS and p rty union hierarchies.

e rticle bad go on to pra! e Mr. Oill for speak­

ing out forthrightly again t Wall ce, nd wh t ~ventually

cam tru and for h1le y vot rs had indeed upported Wallace

for the Presidency, the

Gilligan.

$am$ p ople ha al.o voted for Mr.

B t the h1sto~ book Iso d1 cussed aometh1ng I.e that

ppened in the st critical t<le k of th campaign I! And th t

was the tram ndou upsurge in eeffort that ae m d to have b gun

Gctoh r 17th fter a seemingly routine te tim 11 dlnn r for the

candidate. Sad enly, the rune f"lre that had burn in Oalligan's

spectacular up et of enator Lausche was r kindle •

Those attending the dinner remembere thattr m ndous erie.

of t levlsion documentaries on Gilligan's li£e-Silver Star Winner,

Notre Dame scholar, Xavl r University Ing11sh proCea or: man

immersed in th rban ctisls; man who realized ther g ners-

t10n gap; man 1ho argued that Congre 8 must d velop new foreign and

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do stlc pollcles relevant to fttoday's re lltles." ltb new

enthuslas , they set out to prove th poll ters rong. Gilllg s

golng to win--d splt , the polls, I8spit th odd, y t-even d spite

the ~ y Bome Ohio vot rs hould go on the Pre idency.

And so they trled h rder. They e money, and their vole s.

Tbey enlisted others in the fight. It they who did it-- ith

tele ho e c 11a, speech s, shoe-l ther,

of eo 1 who kno they re rlght, and ha

th irpositlon.

d the sheer perau&slven 8S

the f'acts to b clt up

d they did in-and y a health margin t t t. Those peopl

had every r son to be proud, not only b use at the part d

played in helping Gillilan to b elected, but Iso becaua it

the part or h t senator Gillig w doing. or these same peop1

dld ot stop with one c mp 19n or one vote. They conttnu d on to

carry our similar fights for oth I' of im1lar sentIments, d

to carry the Gi111pn ss on 188 e8 Y families and frlend •

These support rs becam part of the ne renaissance in

m ric lif thay be th t ye r. For they h d found n w tocu

in tb ir live •

But now, ladle nt, I h v spun thls tory 10

enough. Th message of this par ble 1 clear. We are on t

brink of Orw ll's image.

I believe thls ven1ng' 8 iiI' am ot/dlf'terent tutur can and

at become tomorro. t reali ty •

This ne d not be the ar d bubbl br t tor th DeLll9C:ratic

party. This need Dot be ahe year the u broo cloud ot dete tl

despair decenis upon us.

I am convlnc d th t Hubert H. Humphrey d Ednund sk1e can

t the national leve1--- d that John G1lligan c n in in Ohio.

The odds ar 11 inat us I !mo. But polls can be wrong

and people can chang ..

d

The ne sp per d magazlnes show us the nature ot the chall nge

we feel in every recidct, in every state ot the Unlon.. But overco

we n, end overcome e must.

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"Gilligan I S the name It " Humphrey-Mu.tie need you too.

I know I can count on all of you in this room to join in the

fiCht.

Thank you.

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