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at their side, like Steve Young.
Men like Mike Kirwan, the Chairman of the Congressional
Campaign Committee, whose work to assure the election of a
Democratic Congress will never be forgotten in the history of the
Democratic Party.
Men like your own great Mike Feighan, who is unopposed,
and like Walter Huber.
The Republicans can't win against candidates like these
men when the people get out and vote.
And they can't win with a candidate for President who
dodges the issues.
The American people want to know what kind of government
thèy can expect from the men and women they elect to office. And,
thanks to the record that has been made, this is one time the
voters can tell what to expect.
The record of the Democratic Party is blazed across the
face of the Nation in a story of a better, healthier, happier life
for all Americans. It is a record of performance, not a record
of false promises.
The record of the Republican Party was a story of
obstruction, objection, and reaction from the days of the Hoover
Depression to the end of the 80th Congress.
And then there came a faint ray of hope -- a suggestion
that it might mend its ways.
In June of 1948, the Republican Party wrote its platform
at Philadelphia. That platform failed to mention many of the
issues, but it almost caught up with the Democratic platform of 1932.
For two years I had been urging the Republican Congress
to do something about high prices and housing, and to bring social
security and other welfare measures up to date. All this time,
the situation had been getting worse. Prices had become unbearable
for most people. Now in this 1948 platform the Republican Party
had indicated that it might be willing to do something.
Encouraged by this platform, I called a special session
of the 80th Congress. The Republicans had. a. chance to promise
in Philadelphia. "I gave them a chance to perform in Washington.
I did this because I believe that it is a President's
job to get decent laws for the benefit of the American people and
because the people were demanling action.
Seldom in history has a party had such an opportunity
to show good faith by converting its platform promises into
legislative performance.
But did the Republicans take advantage of that opportunity?
They did not. They cared nothing for their platform promises or for
the legislation which was so urgently needed for the public good.
Let me remind you what the Republicans said when they found
out what my recommendations were. The Republican leaders issued an
official statement. This is what it said: "The President's quarrel
with the 80th Congress is not its failure to enact legislation, but a
fundamental difference in government philosophy between the President
and Congress."
To put that in plain English, it means that I believe in one
kind of government; and the Republicans believe in another. And the
question in this election is -- which of these two kinds do you want?
Now let's get one thing clear. When the Republican
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