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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT, EMPIRE ROOM
SERVICE
HOTEL UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,
September 21, 1948, 7:15 p.m., m.s.t.
Governor Maw, President Smith: I noticed ve ry carefully that
when the Governor addressed you, he said "Fellow Democrats." That
included President Smith. (laughter) That made me very happy.
I can't tell you how very much I appreciate the cordial welcome
which has been extended to me in the great State of Utah. At Price and
at Provo and all the cities in between, it looked as if everybody in the
neighborhood had come out to greet the President of the U. S. and his
family. That really does warm your heart. When we came on the streets
here in Salt Lake City this afternoon, it looked to me as if everybody in
Utah was there; and I rather think maybe half of them were.
A little later on in the evening, I am going to talk to you on
one of the fundamental political issues of the day and try to explain
to you the fundamental differences between the two Parties on this
subject.
You know, one of the great things in our country is the fact
that we have a two-party system of government. We have party responsibility
in government, and the reason for our successful Republic is because that is
the case in this country.
We have one set of principles which one party adheres to, and we
have another set which the other party adheres to, and you have a chance
to carefully S tudy the issues and then decide what you think is best for the
country, because in the long run every citizen in this country is a part of
the Government.
I think our own ancestors back in 1787, when they assembled to
write the Constitution of the U. S. were not only among the wisest men in
all the history of the world, but they were also practical men, who under-
stood human emotions and human desires. And I always have been, and I always
shall be, in my political career, a supporter of the Constitution of the
U. S., because it is the greatest article of government that has ever been
written in the history of the world, a nd so long as I adhere to that, and so
long as we have our two-party system, with principles of one kind on one side
and principles of another kind on the other side, you need not be uneasy about
this old Republic. It will continue to exist because I think Almighty God
intended this Republic to assume the leadership in the world. We refused it
in 1920. We did not refuse it after this last conflagration, and we must
continue to push forward as the leader for the moral well-being of the world
as a whole. And then, some time, I don't know when, but we will have peace
in the world, and we will have a situation where nations can live together
just as these great States of our Union live together now.
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