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Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House Special Files Collection Folder List Box Number Folder Number Document Date Document Type Document Description 46 22 02/18/1961 Other Document Address by Robert Finch: President's Associates Dinner at Occidental College. 18 pages. 46 22 n.d. Other Document Handwritten list: Sen., Cab., W. H., Gov., Relig., Pres., Cong., Bus., Educ. 1 page. 46 22 07/20/1960 Memo Bob Haldeman to Advance Men, re: Article examples of what not to do. 6 pages with attachments. Thursday, May 31, 2007 Page 1 of 1

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Richard Nixon Presidential LibraryWhite House Special Files CollectionFolder List

Box Number Folder Number Document Date Document Type Document Description

46 22 02181961 Other Document Address by Robert Finch Presidents Associates Dinner at Occidental College 18 pages

46 22 nd Other Document Handwritten list Sen Cab W H Gov Relig Pres Cong Bus Educ 1 page

46 22 07201960 Memo Bob Haldeman to Advance Men re Article examples of what not to do 6 pages with attachments

Thursday May 31 2007 Page 1 of 1

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M 1 Eaampher-moclbull uy attempt to cOIDYey to you w~t I bellevE the

chi H~r lu mea aod the liM it sems to rne houM

ftat lay clown OM tbullbull 11GWId rulebullbull ~~lt~

Tu fir t tbat wtIl tJte UIIdeaaacllq amphat ampliee ae ail ~~~ wut 1 am apeUl la c-nplete cuclOl wltIa tIM tIaat what my

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secoad1y I will _Rlly empt to be u objective is pos3ible oL~~~d~~4~

~_bullbull 8lH t -Y lDvolv bl tbi campaITl w 8Ueh

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FluUy 1 maat make U cMu that l ak oaly for tryself ard do

perRA pobat of view Wl1ebullbull 1 pecUlcaUy la_l it

TuaiDl fUR to wlaat -1Jb be tenDed t1w uatomy of this campaign

J k1 like to taU yoa back wWl me 0 Decem_1 of 1955 to lorlda where

Wil Hall aad 1 met wttIl N to ellacabullbull tbe 1960 oamiDation I askyll to

bntal debac1e at tbe po1la mual loa aerospound th~ natton

~ We rMaeN _I OWD -ze 0111 Mn ill CaUlolata with which oftmiddotof

you an paifull famlUal TM Eutelll plbullbullbullbull putlcu1ul tJae Ne York ~~

Time aa uralbullbull Ne1aoallockele1ler tbe WJatampe Knliht in ~tnlna

armor aDd Jlacj wrmea Nbroa off lei 1960 Tiae Oalap Poll tn Decemb~r ~ slaquo

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01 a-It attaeUfl laM Nm- alac 1952

At the CGIlCbullbullbull of tile 1951 cmp then diebullbull wen the 1amp1

ampad sa tate a1IIpa To be peeWe la 1951 ~ 1lepualica

7 tWI1y ba4 S9Z aM aly 1l aampate ~Madvbullbull

A a matt oflDte t ill lda8iticallt to IIGamp tUt in 19Sa

Republic bad 30 nor acasaat oaly 14 1958 ~ tatbullbull with twoshy

195 u aalaat S921D 1951 2109 npatlve in 1952 aa

1 tbiftk it wodll Dotl tJaaI at thla momeat Whell Dick Nixon Rill ~~b-~

ia the thr_ of hie peu declloa aa4 without aDI7Grjaabat1en Jack

KeaDlKiy barS bMalllOYlaa Ia 1 faaJoa for oYer two yur to aeek

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ad_ DIck NIaoa tile caa bullbullbulllaatlaa

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trip alae KIt Debate bullbullIly tile -lIft of Iike all

el wMcJl PI Idm wlt1l a madl 01 paltUc IICcepUac aDd

imp poaitloa la tile poIU

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pllmarie wldl a ampeabullbullbull 4IW Ja afte B_kefela-

Dlck e DOt pIlyalcaDy cempelp Iaay tIaat Key to TMntbullbull

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60 pel cent 01 the

a~laae we e

ADd C1rtalalf t1elplte Uae tele18ioa

_)moa tbl Nflbullbullite -=er

eam~ la all ftfty etat of c be cUd Th alllmeat he

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he polaamped to the bulc eM plaUs bete hbzuulU and KenuMy IhvlJ ~~ ~ ~

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American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

) corunwUwn () tax mattes (6) ~iDa and QlbaA rnewal and the 1lke

lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

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middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

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f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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tbJ)~ By f2cfbeP1 H NCft

-t=gtR~1 tgttrrJ ~SOC~TESJv~Ne

~CGlb~~ Qlt-Le-6e

~u~1 J~ Iq~1

M 1 Eaampher-moclbull uy attempt to cOIDYey to you w~t I bellevE the

chi H~r lu mea aod the liM it sems to rne houM

ftat lay clown OM tbullbull 11GWId rulebullbull ~~lt~

Tu fir t tbat wtIl tJte UIIdeaaacllq amphat ampliee ae ail ~~~ wut 1 am apeUl la c-nplete cuclOl wltIa tIM tIaat what my

~~~~-

NmU-Q mlAy lack la lletcwic tMy wW up ill coovictloo r~middot

secoad1y I will _Rlly empt to be u objective is pos3ible oL~~~d~~4~

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perRA pobat of view Wl1ebullbull 1 pecUlcaUy la_l it

TuaiDl fUR to wlaat -1Jb be tenDed t1w uatomy of this campaign

J k1 like to taU yoa back wWl me 0 Decem_1 of 1955 to lorlda where

Wil Hall aad 1 met wttIl N to ellacabullbull tbe 1960 oamiDation I askyll to

bntal debac1e at tbe po1la mual loa aerospound th~ natton

~ We rMaeN _I OWD -ze 0111 Mn ill CaUlolata with which oftmiddotof

you an paifull famlUal TM Eutelll plbullbullbullbull putlcu1ul tJae Ne York ~~

Time aa uralbullbull Ne1aoallockele1ler tbe WJatampe Knliht in ~tnlna

armor aDd Jlacj wrmea Nbroa off lei 1960 Tiae Oalap Poll tn Decemb~r ~ slaquo

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7 tWI1y ba4 S9Z aM aly 1l aampate ~Madvbullbull

A a matt oflDte t ill lda8iticallt to IIGamp tUt in 19Sa

Republic bad 30 nor acasaat oaly 14 1958 ~ tatbullbull with twoshy

195 u aalaat S921D 1951 2109 npatlve in 1952 aa

1 tbiftk it wodll Dotl tJaaI at thla momeat Whell Dick Nixon Rill ~~b-~

ia the thr_ of hie peu declloa aa4 without aDI7Grjaabat1en Jack

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American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

) corunwUwn () tax mattes (6) ~iDa and QlbaA rnewal and the 1lke

lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

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tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

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mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

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implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

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actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

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appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

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into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

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GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

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JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

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the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

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~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

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aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

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drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

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aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

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harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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At the CGIlCbullbullbull of tile 1951 cmp then diebullbull wen the 1amp1

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7 tWI1y ba4 S9Z aM aly 1l aampate ~Madvbullbull

A a matt oflDte t ill lda8iticallt to IIGamp tUt in 19Sa

Republic bad 30 nor acasaat oaly 14 1958 ~ tatbullbull with twoshy

195 u aalaat S921D 1951 2109 npatlve in 1952 aa

1 tbiftk it wodll Dotl tJaaI at thla momeat Whell Dick Nixon Rill ~~b-~

ia the thr_ of hie peu declloa aa4 without aDI7Grjaabat1en Jack

KeaDlKiy barS bMalllOYlaa Ia 1 faaJoa for oYer two yur to aeek

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til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

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lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

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altern

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too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

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theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

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Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

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FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

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mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

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actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

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appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

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into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

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of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

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f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

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~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

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ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

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aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

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harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

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lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

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~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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He leUeace4 aaalBAampAat the aw of t1M ~_ tvIu4 OIl tlle Indlvl_dual JrC ~ bv~~~~ r~

American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

) corunwUwn () tax mattes (6) ~iDa and QlbaA rnewal and the 1lke

lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

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u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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I

1t-vamp

-1shy

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ThI worked tIM eAt p lIaUaatl

witIl Umited eM_ IDNt by tile plUMl ~~

8Jftlfl~middot 1M Nally DO ~ to d_tc iloP

60 pel cent 01 the

a~laae we e

ADd C1rtalalf t1elplte Uae tele18ioa

_)moa tbl Nflbullbullite -=er

eam~ la all ftfty etat of c be cUd Th alllmeat he

01 the poundwc1ual CeDe i

To Uala ampJ~ 1 would pol oaamp daat eM

lteautly

-0shy

he polaamped to the bulc eM plaUs bete hbzuulU and KenuMy IhvlJ ~~ ~ ~

He leUeace4 aaalBAampAat the aw of t1M ~_ tvIu4 OIl tlle Indlvl_dual JrC ~ bv~~~~ r~

American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

) corunwUwn () tax mattes (6) ~iDa and QlbaA rnewal and the 1lke

lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

~v~~ ~~ZZ4

Pj 21861 Final Draft

WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

-------------__-----------------------------shy

--------------~-----~-----------------------------------

I

1t-vamp

-0shy

he polaamped to the bulc eM plaUs bete hbzuulU and KenuMy IhvlJ ~~ ~ ~

He leUeace4 aaalBAampAat the aw of t1M ~_ tvIu4 OIl tlle Indlvl_dual JrC ~ bv~~~~ r~

American ao4weae1aiaa private aector _01 our KODOID)~dJthat the ~~ ~k-e~

~oppoaitioowe al-II__ tM Federal Government

til I~ e coHectlv6 appidR2l iLiid eoatumlty shy

eiw ppljI l leued ampom time to time durl the ~n made tbt

poi_ ~ othra oa (1) ~1eaUflc arch (Z) edueatiou (3) larm polley

) corunwUwn () tax mattes (6) ~iDa and QlbaA rnewal and the 1lke

lM ere UUljOI effens ampad lnany page ia leqth d__~ )Lt ~~ 1~~ ~~~-t-lt--~vle~_

FiuU we wo crltidaN heavUy puUcwuly by our own CathoUc

8ponr~ Lol refualca t(J dhcus the oUa108 iaaue Here the argument

cilcuJatea iaajS6 to 0 that Democratic Cathollc would aet 80 per cent a~ td~

oi the Cathojlt v~e in thu btC cities ~ 7~7 j)~cA rAovlel pa~1V7_

out ~ Caamphol~c8 wee in effect bei tuect II Niampoa as a lrAAUer of

c~vkUon -efu~cd to do thls rCaIIs he hoDtJat1y felt that a man- lmiddot1igfon

iuul uo ~liog on hiu capability for tho top offtc of the laad lie would ttow

hcd he ollowcJ the ejice of thoae 8Upport that t1w ult would have heeD J

altern

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

~v~~ ~~ZZ4

Pj 21861 Final Draft

WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

-------------__-----------------------------shy

--------------~-----~-----------------------------------

I

1t-vamp

1 beliova fire of aU that whole stem of plea1cientiaJ plefeHatial

too ian-t1ipLdtiol ill ampbe muaer iA wlUck leciioAa ue lwld ia tlwae aeveral

ctate s ~u thu reglt to be CODfItatellt1 taaUlCW1~ ~~rDa1Yibull u cc 1lcA- ~ +shy

inJiviJual iil~ of thta campDdldatjlllvolvecll too amp18 a factor

IUl-lly 1 ~Uovt that aU of our media Deed to examiM moat carefully

theil re3AJOl1Slbilttie in amp nalioaal pol1Uca1 campalall For ~plbullbull our clata

prior to th~ dectiuu Mort cil1cally aaA1a 1 believe 1amp w~ona for a1leaecl

are otill opel for tblee hour QQ the Wen Coaa (and fgr Yea loA periocla of

time il ~aJk~ and Ibwdl) placing pantal zoetuu into An electrOMic ~on~plte1 G-J on n Ch f)1 ti laquo~ Yl cJ ( ~_JL

OV e~c cf1l 4shy

Iltkl ro~atlts in odds at 1000 bull 1 for a 11_ rictoryll JA aUwr voordl

~fllI1m~ frm thio that elth~r there wu no polu ia yotma at aU ii the

tilauueJ Lv bull ole tel NiiIIQQ aet 10 to tJae peU or people who wanted to be

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

~v~~ ~~ZZ4

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nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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I

1t-vamp

middota-

they mipt __lM u_ fNm

FOUIdtly aotlti_1 could ba demoutatecl u vlaOlOWJl u W 1eetIea

tM bDportaDce 01 -cia tDdlvSdual vete~ AAlt- ~----1~ -t-eI1-r ~d~c ~~ ~--u27 ~--

WhUe 88arly 6 miW were caet lut NvemMl(whlch waa 10mllli

mon YIIt1 thu 1a the 1ut e1etlOD~ alpfir time aacJa mauor pany

IDOft 30 mUlin ~amp w 66 per cent of the ciU

to t1w poUI Of duM who were stat-red to vote 8L 5 pol cent vohd4--pound~middot~

in American Herltq Jr0QQ4atloa bu completed etocly 01 obatacJe

which it COftcWbullbull preve ly ZO mlDIOIl ptlll of votlaa hom ~

eu1daaa theJrudllbullbullbull It UIt8 as prl~ obatampc1ea ctate cOllDty aDd

ft literacy teatl poD taxbullbull ampad social presures

The Foadatf_ ea11a atteatt to the Inoblle popu1aticm of the Uultecl

States polnt1llc oat that ml1110n paople monel from OIla Jocatlon to anotbel

laatpar It cQUDta _latardal prGpOnloa of thbullbullbull amp8 execuUvee ampad proshy

tealoGal people qualltled to be fespoulb1e voter Yet In 55 states there

a ODe-year rewebullbull law wh1eh bured this croup from YoUq eU~ibU1tY1-Jgt1-lt-~ 1(~

Jt laeml plaID from thebullbull -tadtic that ther Us m_ to be doae

J Ilt~~ alate to meetc fats tide howvel~ f tIlo who an aWe to ate JOU have very

dlac _ ill tJabullbullu-p fIla n ita

bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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bull 9 bull

implicityand urdrtaodablUty In vanCN atates FOI example there i tile

Delatlve batJot lD Taaa whr vaters ue rquired to draw line thlOQP tile

nambullbull of candldats whom they do not want This result in trernelldoa-coafuion aod many ballots 18 thlown out or left to the cliacletioo of the jI~~~~~~ 0( Ctc ebullbullL--lJubullbull ~~-v ~-lt-ve~middot7

eleetion Judle Macy voter did not reaUbullbull they had to nrike all but one ~

of the flve 01 six name which appeared on the prsldential ballot In Wa

respect it u lnterest1namp to note that whele maehloea were QaecI ta Texaa -------

(accowat1nc for approximately fifty per cnt 01 the votbullbull cut in that atate)

aDd tble problem wa not preent Nixon In 40000 vote ahead of KeDDedy

Then thre 18 the queation of votlDg mechanics in each state For

exampw J wotdd Utie 00Y8r8e Brown new cgmmalpn to conldbullbull

it ftriou~ I DO r OD why CaUfornia caa DOt do u many 1 state

~~ do aDd Iequlre that abbullbullntee ba11ot8)aftelilcomP1etedmailed to the home

precinct by election dy 0 that they may be CltNDted with the other vote cut

and the remIt mAAi inlmedlalely available Tble Ivebullbullevelal JMupo

For exaJnple In an ewction as close aa thie the natioaal r bullbulluk coWG bYetaft Ji ~

tumed on CUfornia aloAe and lor amp olid eiaJlt clay the abutbullbull bampl1ot ~1Yl1

were countecl the American pefp1e would not have kDOWIl who the heidbullbull

Elect we to be SecODdly it removes the posiblUty of dupUcate ballodDJ

~ J If a person is able to vote phyampieallytl~ Inspector at the election boud

can simply remove the mailed ballot if the voter haa chobullbulln to exerdae hi

vote in peron middot1he~

aJl Uprare is the queatlO11 of fraud and outrlpt irreplaritle at the

~ l-shypolla which deprive the citlaeQ of tile hou~OQDt oace he bu properly cut

~fS l~(~

16

middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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middot10 bull

actual Y cast Or In Preduct 21 AngeUa COUllty Texas there were

ho actually turtUt4 0It ampAd yet the supervlsor tL-aed ill bull total

broada it a Utt1e bUFannln County T~ wllt to Kennedy-Jo1msOll by

3 1 They corded 6138 total vote east an it 0bppeDeCl that then

~ oaly 4 8S eUlb1e votert accordlnS to th~ roUa ~~A

I am not hereby 8uuestln that the kind of haud for _leh 1a4tt shy

mDt8 were issued ill Chleaao I exc1ually the provtace of the Democratic

Party I ~ aatnl that beeaus o the wealmeee of the llltpubUean Party

10 the bia citlo 01 PhUadelpb1a Detrott Chico ad the total cODtrol of

electloa This wall certalftly true wben the RepubUcana coatloUed PhUadelphla FOIe

ei Tm yO L e- -~ a-v (~~~

T~GIlly way to plenllt lald is before eleeti01l daYM tJlts meaft8-nloroa

party Ollaalutioull OIl both eWes of the street with eveY poll rlAued

FlnaUy we come to tho quentoa of the popular YGte OISce cad aDd

coaated r bullbullultiDa ill the Prtdency betll e~lred 00 the marl eelviDIl

tJa moat -oles In othar wordbullbull the problem of the Eletoral Collebullbull ~~ tUa1-

OlfkiaUYhbtory will record that 26 states vftted tor Nixon ZZ state voted ~

tor Ke1Ua8dJ aDd 2 ute voted fo~~ Now of courbullbullbull J1hd DampIne ~r

~

appeared Oft the ballot Ie the Z lItate Neoned tor ~ For tJaat mattr

~ Mlther Nboae or (eIlDed Dame appear Oft the ballot Ihlt the akabullbullbull

Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

~v~~ ~~ZZ4

Pj 21861 Final Draft

WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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Excerpt Ashy-

into vera broad e-tegorie ehatn ba11oting ghot election board vote

of the clead dtaquaUftcatlon of valid voterbullbull qualUlcatloa of layaUd el

faleilleation of vetere aflt4avtt fallure to count abaaentee baJlota

-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

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Pj 21861 Final Draft

WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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I

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-ushy

of tile EJectoral CoDebullbull I aot til tbat dae of __ bYe

GO laamp1 clloa te m1M Cubullbull u dlaU ataampea ia eu populu ~ ltL-J F ~~ -tu~ lt--~~ euZ~ lt7

C-a It i uaamp WIlUlleadl aatebullbull_ CCNGtM Uilatl

JN UoDC tbe avelopmeza of Ieel twO-pan) RIbullbullamplt la aU the

atatea of liM uUoa Jt la itR ampb1a raoA that 11ampvolt tba Coudrt Pa-upoaa1

Web WGaW Qe tAat tile poundlectwal voampe would be CampfJt PIUpO~~ Uut ~

yote iD eaea Coaalaaioaal Diatlid Tma wotUd ncOUaae rN1 ~O-pariy

~ rewo to vote bacUla they aa~DomocZauU eamplly tAe __bull

it wouW create the deairo to tr~pUtJ oraaAiampadoa at th~ aruff rootbull

bull peN cl1llaleoc gpound 1S of 1 pel coot in 69 xnllliOCl n bullbullbull cut ampad wilen ~j~

a toampampl ot 15000 popular votea woWd have comp1etel) revaeci tho Electoral

Collebullbull rawt it 1 obvioul) bullbullbull1 to po1Dt to one of the many lac whig

c~ 1gV~~ 4~ ~~~~-lt

wauld have afle~ttad the fiDampl neWt ~~~

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

IA - -tA _ ~~ IlJLLltA r~ ~j(h~i-I ) ~~ e--lt 0 --- - shyL

~v~~ ~~ZZ4

Pj 21861 Final Draft

WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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I

1t-vamp

1Z

f1q N~bullbullt bull uau aa coaomampc coueu polW 91 pe ee of

the Republinn veec 56 7 ceat of tbe Wepeedent vcate and 15 1MI ceat oa ~

the lemOClatk vote In my~ W mean that OIl tb baa1c q

i~~ of oievelopin the private Mct07 U qamp1aat 8OftrtUneDt Uarim Uae

~

~wo pl(lsldoQtia campD4iclatea provided GO p advantago to 1tbe shyif W 7certi~ ~ i4ltshy

wbUelf(enn~dy wu the DON C Nd moA political ~ pound4 ~~

UK appeal the OaUap Poll ave Nixon 51 pel ceDtampDd ~M~Y~

tho e~tensiv0 uae of telavisioa and o~r mu media Ielatively i ~

namplouwUe paual fvoters Weviewed by the Oa1l1ap ollUdcdOft at fiye

dif~reDt staaoiJ of the Proakleat1al campalga aJaowed OI11y 1 pel cent cbampaie k-~~ ~ Lo)

in the ce11idteigt staDdlD UOIU Maullt to the 1ectiGll ~7middot~ I~

But hat d~s thi e1ect1oc DOW vi6a-ria tbellepuOllcaa 1iUii~

~e-v~ bull 1 bUt ean take bullbullbullbullbullbullbull pt4 ill tU fact dlat Dicamp Hixoa cantu ~lo

and that ia tho cour of tJai campaiaa we plead ap a Del two 00eDO a

bull 13 shy

more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

-14 shy

aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

15

ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

-16shy

~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

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harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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more states 1n hlch we control both hOJsea of the statt lefiltlnture aad 3~

amotot 30 Btue senators and better tb2n-aIO stAte representatives In the

What thoee nggre and the almost ZO~ noo lett4)re wbtch Dtck Nuon

haa received since the election (mere In fact aeecrt1tnc to the 5el8te Poat

Office than hu Prellident Ketlledy) teU us Is tMt the ~_erubueu Party of t~~~~

ampoday ia idecloiically ~trODi ald vtrUe that It1) ba8fe philoeophy ~a1a to ~0~

thelmaJorlty of th4t Am~ricapound people

Thf problem of the Pepubliean Party tMay Is that orranlzatlonallr

ita muacles are tbbby As a matter of fact It can be said fairly of both-political parties that they have been almost 1dUed by ~r hatehlng aad

over civil servfdng t1 lteaponstlale patJOlUlII and responelble organbsation

whlch uoed to excite ~ood young people to go Into oUtlell ts now almost

totally absent The Oe1Toeratc Plry hae omved Itl ~rampDlzatt0Q81problem

by turlUn~ thot matteIs over to the Labor U010tl_ Btlt we RepubUeu1I1

n~u5t u~tortmiddotjtltely rely on the e-tettetl1M of election day to bPlllg Oltt thf

oberve tbtit I am sorely distressed at hat a)pearlS te be a laek of C0118t11lCshy

uvely cridcal(~oD1mGntfwen 38 tactical eomment)on the part or Repubshy

licans lnce the oaset of he YeuMet)- AdmlnlstTatlon Cendnly the Democrat

in the early dayz ead weeke of the Eisenhower Admbu3tratlOft let Ilot a day go

conmcts of interest or nit pleldn~ at the Htpost dleparlty betweell the

pJampderm of the RepabJlcaaa aDd tJaebo perloce

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aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

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ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

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harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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aDd hi perfoJInampDCe to 4ate

that the tW() men eeted to head tlM Ylta1 officbullbull (both nomlQal RepaWlc_)

have earlice atateci vie a wlao Variety olwbjecta completely

seemed to be chiefly coacerua wltA th fact that a PrbullbullWeat Iv tile fU

01 bllportant glMada oI JIlItIae~ Bobby Kouedy wbullbull legaUr compete to

head the chie law aforl- me asellCY of tile Federal Govermnellt Or

3010 irnportADUy whether he weWd bull w aabaa aoae YUal bull flcelJ la

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ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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ulgbullbull a hibeI- mlabmun widell ouly add to the 1abOI coda futile

drive Amerie_ priM r ~

What kind of morality I It that call lor IDcnaM4 diKlpll_ -1shy

next five years

afaUIJ ndoed ~ ec oaly Slat to we have amp public r bullbullpoaalbWty to cIo M

Ol one thiAS we call M ceala Uutut the EiJo~daowr Mmlat8tlat

the ~ltennedy PdmlabtratloD will cGlllCJl every move itA An eye toward it

into supporting the XelUl8dy Attmlnlstatloamiddot1aUve prOllam U4aUu

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~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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~IJU1atIaa~F fua lam

cnticl tJab tee1ual 1 am 1y aaybaa tbampt with tM lCey Adadbullbull

latntka act b INCh all Uateully pamplUlan climate theN rauat lIlevitably

COClUt a cOllDtr8ampCtioa with put COlnment rom tho lepJb1icanaraquo

daampt this rhou(d ~ accountaI coutruetle It ah1il4 be 1M It

bMW CQIIW frOn) tii sua fOCia up Aiid tJii iGOulr aft of - It __

I have covereJ reat dampamp1 o111oampnl1 here to ta7 too mol1 a ttme

I have attempted to apply oft- broad bltufJh Iltr to ttllTlbly complea

~ms But SA the lUa1 aally61s U of fhat I kaVe been aayml ~

Iu ~kah 1 JuJlollil lihtl to homiddotjro ~veral ~notatLlb wltll th4

Cinpound~

obItnation thU tl me U1~6e linelJ ioall~ doraquoIli to ulj lin e k 011tlca

-~

aD4 bowraquo rJ1ol1l par1lCl yelltics thal illi t have eVl eeen

It WOol J un Farley whoald In the ftnal aualyeh the pol1ttetaa haa

lalns the j~vcUou or his Crlenie ad the r~epect of his lOnlI bull bull The

piDa of OM WON I the exeltlItiOQ of a tla~red ~ bullbull and the ~ II

01 that hoGd Ie tlw hallmark of a ample politicl

tSCcond r~ aid -eo He VIho choaNa politics u ~ CamprHlr wiU Iaaft

the eqerieru of aabullbull to auWe him ba reacblng for blgher 11 1UttalDampbJa

bull 17 bull

there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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there i comfort in knowllll that are pr0ri4iDI experillCe to be drawn

upon by thobullbull to come We are the prosenitor of the perfect ruler of

the future man in whom thousht and action are delicately balanced and

I from whoe rl1~polltica1 blessings will flow

Finally I would like to quote from one of my favorite political

authors of whom 1 am sure you have never heard His name is Andrew

Oliver He lived in the Amelican colonies at the time of the Revohrtton I

and he hedmanYipubUc offiees He was not only active politically he

was the father of 17 children

He said bullbull ttpolitici 18 the moat hazardous of all professions

There is not an~er in which a man can hope to do 80 much good to his

fellow cr~atures bullbull neither Is there any in which he may do mcre wideepread I

1

harm bullbull nor ie there anothel in which he may 0 easily lose his own soul _

nor b there another in which a positive and IJtrict veracity is 80 difficult

But dbg is the inlleparable companion of honor With all the temptation

aDd deg~~ationB that beset it politics is sUll the noblest career that any

man can choose I

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WEMOBAJDUM bullbull L 1 Fr bullbullbull J

u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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u altacU t al1lc1 Well MYe_ad ~ bull wau back la u bullbullbullbull amp dan _ad bull~ IrA 1I e et toe bulla Die KnaMy udca 1Aa AlIa will bullbull If lMal Ia e 1tJ fiI

nIe I ewe M __Ik

ne lal t~ willbullbull U a I_ -lNaa f au 111 when u4 bull lM 4 ca ytaa - 1

P S TU ri lIMa Ibullbull bull Ilbull e ef what te Dealt pIMa 1M bullbulld bull well wW lap eM VIce __ aw

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