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    "ocrText": "PAGE THREE\nMADISON SQUARE GARDEN\n(AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED)\nI must say, though, that some of you are partly to blamo for this, because\nyou didn't voto in 1946: That Ropublican do-nothing 80th Congross did all\nit could to start us back down that dismal road.\nBRAND\nNATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDS\nAUVUNT\nHoro's another one. At Baltimoro just beforo the 1944 oloction tho\nSERVICE\"\nRopublican candidato said: \"Wo must havo a Prosidont who can and will work\nwith Congross. Ho said ho \"would liko to start the largost houso-cloaning\nWashington ovor had.\" That sounds familiar, too, docsn't it? Now ho is\nplaying the same old rocord again, and the rocord is stuck in the same old\ngroovo. What a wondorful thing it was for tho pooplo of this Unitod States\nthat they didn't have a Prosident who would go along with that good-for-nothing\n80th Congross! Now, ho was spoaking of the war-timo administration of one of\nthe groatost man in history, who was leading a unitod poopló to victory in tho\ngroatost war of all timo. Roosovolt bolioved in the pooplo, and tho pooplo\nbelioved in Roosovolt -- and so did I. Evon with millions of mon oversoas and\naway from thoir homos the Roosovolt tickot won in 1944. Lot mo unt it\ndifforontly: The Ropublicens lost and the pooplo won again in 1944.\nYou know what happened thon. Wo won the war in tho most completo military\nvictory ovor rocorded in history. And since the war wo have onjoyed the\ngroatost poaco-timo prospority in our history.\nMy friends, that's the rocord. And as A1 Smith said, \"If you look at the\nrocord, you can't go wrong. The rocord of Ropublican lure and Democratic\nsuccess -- that's why tho Rovublican candidato won't follow no whon I talk\nabout tho rocord.\nThoro sanothor place also where ho won't follow mo. Ho won't follow mo\nin discussing the issuos of this compaign.\nHo can follow nro into Framingham, Massachusotts, but ho won't follow me\nin raising the minimum wago to at least 75 conts an hour. Ho said in this\ncampaign that ho is for a minimum wago -- and I think the smallor tho,\nminimum the bottor it suits him.\nHo can follow no into Clovoland, but ho won't follow me and broadon the\ncovorago of our social socurity insurance laws and incroaso thoir bonofits\nby 50 por cont. You know, an old couplo now only got $40 a month, and that's\nmighty littlo -- just like that minimum wago -- $16 a wook. I'vo said time\nand again around this country that I wish that the Ropublicm Congrossmon could\nhave to livo in Washington for a while on $16 a wook or $40 a month. I think\nthoy would change thoir minds just a littlo bit.\nHe can follow no into Chicago, but hc won't follow no in donanding that\nCongross pass laws for hoalth insurance and modical caro. You know, it's a\nshamo and a disgraco that a Country as rich and as important as this groat\nCountry is today the leader of all' the world -- is not ablo to givo the\npeople in tho middlo the propor kind of modical care. I'vo asked for hoalth\ninsurance because hoalth insuranco is tho answer to a hoalthy Nation -- and\nsomo day wo! ro going to got it.\nHe can follow mo into Boston, but ho won't follow mo in calling for\nFodoral aid to oducation so that teachors can got a living wago, and so that\nmodern schools can be built, and so that our childron can got a docont oducation\nThat' S anothor disgrace on this groat Country. And our Ropublican opponont\nhas said that tho teachers' lobby -- ho callod it \"Tho Toachers' Organization\";\nhe's trying to work against tho teachors' lobby -- ho says it's the most\nvicious thing in this Country. Vicious because the teachors want to got a\nliving wago and because thoy want to get docont housing for our school childron!\nNow, we give money to tho Statos to build roads. Why can't we also give monoy\nto tho Statos from the Foderal Govornment to build school houses and pay\nteachors? I think it's much more important to see that the childron that ridc\nin the busos over those roads got the proper kind of schooling and the proper\nsort of teachers than it is to build tho roads, myself. Ho doesn't go ong\nwith me on that.\nHo can follow no to Pittsfiold and Providenco, but whon ho gots thòre thoy\nnoodn't expect him to givo thom any help on low-cost housing. You know, low-cos\nhousos have been before the Congross for throo years. It passod the Sonato\ntwico. First it was the Wagnor-Ellondor-Taft bill. That was killod. And thon\nthoy introducod a now bill in the 80th Congress and thoy callod it the Taft-\nEllondor-Wagnor bill. And when it cano up for considoration the Rópublican\nlondorship in the Houso of Roprosontativos wouldn't even lot it in, and tho\nMombors of Congress in the Lower House couldn't ovon voto on it; and whon it\ncamo back for roconsidoration in the Senato Mr. Taft ran out on his own bill.\nI don't undorstand that.\n(OVER)"
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