Speech by Vice-President Henry A. Wallace at New York City, New York

JOHN L. CHILDS JOSEPH V. O'LEARY HARRY UVILLER ALEX ROSE, Chairman State Chairman State Secretary State Treasurer Administrative Comm. news LIBERAL PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE 160 WEST 44th STREET Telephone: LOngacre 5-0500 NEW YORK 18, N. Y. FOR RELEASE ALL PAPERS, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 1944 Address by Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, prepared for delivery at the Liberal Party Rally, Madison Square Garden, Tuesday evening, October 31st, 1944 It is good weather here tonight. But ten days ago here in New York the biggest Republican campaign issue was exploded by a blizzard and a lot of rain. What a joy it is to have a leader that can rise to any emergency whether a bankrupt country in 1933, a war in 1941, or a blizzard in Greater New York. There is one more rain and one more cold in the head. But this time it will be a rain of ballots November the seventh for Roosevelt, and a dold in the head for the big money men behind Dewey. It took a rain to show up these mental whiners and snifflers. But don't forget, rain or shine to vote November seventh for victory, for permanent peace, and for full employment with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Here tonight we know "the doorway to the future is Roosevelt." Roosevelt is a vital bridge across what otherwise would be postwar unemployment, deflation, and Wall Street normalcy. But as we think of Roosevelt tonight in New York City we can't help thinking of other great New York statesmen. First there is our old friend Al Smith. Many of us worked hard for Al in 1928. Do you remember what you said when you turned away despondently from the radio that evening November 6, 1928? I remember saying, "the cup of iniquity of the Republican Party is not yet full, Al was beaten and Al is now dead but the New York brand of public service which he did so much to start has been carried on by Wagner, by Lehman, by Mead, and above all by Roosevelt. Men and women who really believe what these men stand for will work and spend their money and use their influence on behalf of any one of these four men if they need political help. Tonight the sands in the hour glass are running low. Six days of work are left. A week hence we shall all be sitting around the radio again. It will be a big night, more exciting than the seventh game of a world series, as important to the world as a big naval battle or the Grumbling of the Hitler West Wall. RUMAN (more)