Southern Oregon Miner, For What Should We Apologize?” Speech k <heridlfe, publisher of the Courier-Journal and Th« . C ( S r h o n a Democratic Courier-Journal and The Uuisvllle, (K y ^ h n e s before Convention May 15th, 1944 Accident Only E X ? ? X “ £ £ Ë ■h. «» s - n C - ä Ä v “ d Co,; s s s s l t t ä â h f S Ä are « We Electrified the Farms “ hamed that through the stimulus we to REA twice a. many Iw m ,‘ hav. ¿ We Gave Lahor Its Rights »aea water facilities f°r “»ore than 3,530 000 acres of and w« land? so il conservation ZI!® surei h»v That throuoh through s dnnoziV S & ®roded, g soil depleted K S and aban- S m u - L S T* S '?»CU?d J W !“ Of e . u ^ t£ ■■i was that the public no defense of any n “ Æ ‘^ ? u‘ 1 d° Z “ ‘ to point to the ™ P< ITP° r‘ ot ‘b® Truman committee that^s trik es in H m*“n*g- manufacturing and constrction in 1941 J c o u ,„ w « / i ¡ l e » ¡» ùme . t r i k öüve' 'ET m i , “ Ä a Danv U i d .uomp<lnT- Unfortuoateïy, the bad com- ? ny {• in ‘h* ascendancy and apparently in the driver s seat in tha Republican party this year. They Get No Farther Than “Be ing* Against Roosevelt” . . y kh?Uu to° mu5h Jf.RFication. w far w I can see, but because they hate that man In th“ White twenties^bec** th: r y’ arn for ‘he ^ o f « Ï lau£v " h . ^ cau*® they want to be "rid of bur- cy- h®cause ‘hay want to smack labor down •nd go back to the good old days of goon sauads SdÄ ? ?„r,rST ’ i?uta  »h.» , ta. »ha« £ v a ^ «— r^'~r ~ are £ £ 3 2 M f e t s x S - . A r. w e ^ h ^ e í 1- — UCt*ÍTe- and hW ~ “ "® ? we took people off súb- marginal land and that re-settled them upon good lands? We Reforsted the Natipn A~ Teammates for Teamwork! « «»e talk of Portunism. The Republican"¿«te ° \ Cp. heart It opposed this war until Pe-rl Jlde o e ^ S i u « " ^ ? S “h 2 " H arboT raad” Party equivalent to “ e Attantlc c l a X “ “ “ ? **r. Hull s outline of our fir lia n w l ° K n ^ ^ ^ c o K e ^ ^ “ 7 ” * “ “* “ « .« - » ¡» .« L I . Mr. Dewey was against deals" with Russia; by two stages he has now bo Russia and China oughf to be k tT /o n T h ö “^ ' D ew e^ 71?" ‘he world. Governor £o7J7H eaS»JEainSt Lend I- 2’‘^ when it was pro- IS 1941H »ha»ld»r®POr ,®fS in Philadelphia January i5. 1941. that it "would bring an end to free aov offiwthUr»0Pe;; ln 1944' he Wd“ t®d to discourage the ramPan» nationalism." Dewev c o n i ^ k 9“ “ "Ot right that Governor Tk? P »he answers after they are all in— Vote for Roosevelt and Truman Smith * Mahoney * Dover The Real Choice ^leamwaàk They’re Not Good Enough . . “ ‘“»“ »ration? But particularly of TVA with the to th* R«P“blic.n ‘‘ J»“ bestowed upon the people of that P»nyn tik’ * 3 l.tm ™ * „ i0W 650 md® valley? F ’ . Do *® apologize for the fact, that its influence ha> r.ad?c!^ ®l®ctricity power rates all over the coun*ry? That it has provided flood control and °P®n®d “• * lands to farm 4rs?T h.7it nrLid ad T th“ w*r 12.000.000,000 kilowatt hours of el * ^ ‘y ^ o u t which our ¿Sr ^ u c U o n could “®‘ have approached what it has been? De wa o H h e ^ OHatS J av® no “Pology on our conduct th® I * * »hat ite research department L“ . 0.^®?®3 .“?, na* . m®ae . ®f livelihood for the b e tL « ? ““ ®r“at»onal field. I believe tha choice la <oui and a half million people on between a good peace and a bad one. *s Scotland and England? De on w< an area as big s a a f Æ a S 5 r .£ r îM ? a s ? we apologise for £ S 3 ! 5 a = : s S ~ S The Most Effective War in History Ï T  T * - W « » ¡ 3 ^ ? SSSSSSSSs <o ¿ . T o r s We Added Wealth ®f ou5 mor# anlightened treat- S S t^ l * th®,Ind»ans under John Collier? Of our new national S • national w w r v p parks i f a T i and SEm ' - h i a monument»? Of a“ ‘ w ,aIth in the way of roads, bridges, bridoef. riamc way of roads, dams. stream control public buildings, play grounds. »w“nming pools—recreation ■recreational centers of all kinda? I ln u r O J TA k*0?1 -Oi the 'ecognition that there riewey Sneered * » . • Roosevelt Acted baS ♦*« nJi.dom estic affairs.* ;s that o,°,i;r “ ldir;* » • ¡» .h . h i .,„ y ‘X “ e” ’ “ the sheerest stup- a«» not not borrowing borrowina guns min« from »nv Ah®.world* ^ ? Q' w ® are J~ W®— d m Woi ld War i* We are lending imnl*L22te L S OUJ , Alhes great parts of their ° f war- Those who sneered at the President s promise for 50,000 planes snee^ a v ea r in Anything short of the recognition th a t w o nan cludip, Mr. Dewey, have eaten K In the ‘ace of a production of 100.000 or more planes a » » « . .he « S r ^ ’u ' K r “ .»” ^ p”.7 " d « s Are wa ashamed that wa fad the poor and the J S .T J L - índ A halí years we have built an old W® “ hamed that because of us. ♦«J f ? j Pi® “ ® drawin<? pensions all over the coun- Great Decision Must Be Made We Helped the Unfortunate j ® oovernSSim? #ftd th® d lind receiv® aid from the and restored confidence, virtually eliminated fail ?hJ» L kt? Do ?T®. dar® apologize for the fact ures and insured losses? that we have, enlightened child labor laws, or minimum wage and maxim mm hours law? We Saved the Home Owners J ^ T ubl**a^ b.“. h«;si sl S"“' ew W e Iabpr i " ie “ n “"*• * h “ »“• vo?ate°f*eder2ie .?-teC° te J L ^ e _ rk 2 ^ * ? “eW Iahor legislation; I ad- hcma) hcma') while "the the ‘Republican S p L w ic a ^ L are ï 1 "talkin'’ nurt^' thtehL 7 al. Chk i5# tb® American people must make ♦h«» n? I “ Philosophies, between ideas «» ? i d*JP in tbau’ conilic»- This year is tha year of referendum upon the attitude toward tha func- Deal ? L ’ «°h/rL m»*T *.nd th° work. ol tha Naw ch«rir. kt P * y<ara' Domestically, the choice is between the destruction of the New Deal ?h«d R.i..Hrn^icatlOn. ofLito ®mPhasls. which is all L™ s L ™ ? d L 5 Z ty ,haa “° <ar off®r®d- and tha **rTa‘? on and ‘“’Plamantation of the central idea of the New Deal, which is that th ? person is more important in ■ civilisation than property* S f ie ’ frV^om’ T h ? * 11 ,houId * “¡Xi »o the inditdHuSi th8 ®*pandlng f°rce it can be whan own w i ? ha* ‘h® oPP°r‘uni‘y to develop h i. Are Democrats ashamed that the H.O.L.C. has saved some 3.000.000 homes from foreclosure by an investment, in ten years, oi only $65.000.000__ with no net cost in the long run—wheiTwe^had been willing to put . billion dolI^s S o h? Ara, we Democrats ashamed that in the process of bailing out home owners, we rescued banka and s trust s & companies, " i s i s x s savings » t o “ “ and “ loans associations, “ d *” • “Talkin’ Purty” R»« Seweeiir  ^ . V ^ ’ t o S - - m - « « « country. ~ of labor unions. u r M m^ . 7 . W,.u“ haiy*d tha‘ w® have given encourage- “"1On“' T paTtlcularly particularly when they’ enjoy ^ “.zJS î î ! or_ M îa‘‘on of landl ‘hat had b £ n hrin„ f “" ^ z ? J i i ’ - u u . - ; > b ™ 7„d e', : advocate d’ “ a“ ¿ legislation g i S S 5 " , that ~ ; s ¿ in s baron,? Or that a good deal of reforestation! S S k th S o ^ M ° U J ‘h<S racke‘eers-' ‘hat will make them was done by CCC boys we took off the blind bag w 3°'i9Iidy d«n»ocratic and responsible in every , g . o railroad cers—c c a r b o y y . , who who were were prowling prowling s A ^ k l 7 7 ^ “'L T ’ ’? “?1? “ snymg that 1 wan‘ »o X .T -u . 7 ” ” ‘h,m ? .',^ '5 ' ? . « . . d n , ^ „ b& t ^ " “ d“h^ ^ flPttrnv destroy nvnan.eozl organized labor Sa_»J itself. * e ashamed of TVA and its twentv-one da*n.- Of Grand Coulee ------------ - then d“ a yaar of major decisions. This is c h ik i* t i» w J ^ .a HhOM*' h®‘w®®n- Personalities; a hi? m«H. dashing young gang buster who D te s X n t n * ,qTadT “ ?>T*rno’ and • charming rhtei .a u n vl • ch°»ce of commanders in chief to carry on tha war. I shall discuss Mr Roo “ 7 n ch iif / WJ L ? Ur'ubu,‘ “ U not “ com^aLd- er in chief, as good as he is in that role, that he has primarily claim upon tha affections and re spect of the people of this country.............. We Saved the Banks we1 a n v th iZ ^ iinal. q¥®»‘ion of Democrats: Have Ar« ¿1 apologize for in our foreign policy? , U4 We ashamed that long before we knew wo should need their friendship the republics oiTthi! Dlf^«SJ here' abandoned imperialism and dollar c i- pthcy wh^h h!" ^ Up° a the Cood Neighbor policy which has been so productive for all of us? l e » down ieri« waU, „ hjeh * cömVdownZf “t h r ^ ^ Ä v ^ T ^ » A « we ashamed that Mr. Foosevelt saw so fa r Jhead of the rest of us? That h? s X a £ a d L h " ??'te,r had tn mind, what Japdn had ‘hat from 1936 „„ ■ . . . - --------m mind and «. , . on‘ he tried desparately to warn us 10 g be e tryÍn’ s tO StaVe e » What ¿ccPa X a i f ¿ S i e5e WaS ™ . Wæ Bu,It the (ireat Dams M*w »»«Huoiu:. HA V - t they stand for. They care no more for Dewev as a ner. cooniie il.thh y d° f°ir Roo*®,,®lt; i* i. »hit they^e- o ^ th . N .w ln,trum™ ‘ ‘h® destruction i.aZ *11ki’on®Jtty J ha‘ Fd infinitely rather hi?.* had Franklin D. Roosevelt for the j>aat twelve year, than Harding Coolidge and f?oov.r7and their twelve years. In theory I didn't like third Snnd« ± f » thJ T i mA bH! ™ ‘aka a f o u r t h ? . , ^ Hoos.voh w «h ¡¡..¿ k . - . o - £ d ä / s : ¿ ¿ E P 5 fer®"c* to a .11" 1 »•'"! for Dewey with all the forces that are behind him I sense every now and than a note of apoloov in »k?»°7ka? C k J,?ices- I d lik® for »owabody Mi’u * m ® h®U W? ,hould apologise for; or. since Mike Monroney is an Oxford graduate, for what the hell should we apoligize. 1 The Foreign Policy That Saved Our Necks a Liberty Leaguers, of American Pirater. S E * ® * ¿ « X í t í í S nJL_ S We He<P«i the Small Farmer S8K w s & 8 W S tt ä x ä ä Ä 1 » * " ..................'r— ~ Ä £ ’ £••• We Rescued the Land The same thing happened to Willkie that h .n r J •d to John John the the Bap'tist. Baoti.t UIk*® tbat * W * n - Ä We Made Wall Street Honest x ä a v Rr® * * ”*nt,d him »-> °< **T® ? ä s f i 1 *?“ ™ ‘° r®d Jand. “11 this created wealth, all h r it W» J » °U ‘ Zf “• da,pairing people to »how 1 «m.JL.zJJ have physical resources, human re- teh a * « ? y C ie‘ and splI ltual ’’«sources to put unto teh asset column and dwarf the liability. ,“ r ’ - bu* «11 zfw W? "ot proud that through housing projects rZ.0. ? ' V*“ Cou,ntf y- * • hav. taken p .o j u o¿? of íív e iT th im “nd. illth 0/ rat-inJested «fuma and f giren them a chance to breathe good air and x SS sä tä ss ; ä ä . c,rcum*‘anc« that ha waa made vice- R.» ?;ìk ««.“ B’“ „ We Fought the Slums " ! “ ",’ "> ‘~ “ « Ä X n a »h» ,«.i„d S tate. . . .— Im u s i¿ioi - seagoing ship, landing crafts and KwS&Uto“ ! ? ^ « ’:* the*ir COUr.S® ‘° Tarawa and ».waieiem. No nation in world hietorv has so quickly summoned it natural and physical re- sources, its factories and its manpower to its de- A ------ -«von t, yiuviae io r it, oov mus»* We must know in our hearts th a t «,<» u.;n "®V®T back on the standards of f ï î ¿ o r S o co“diaions or wages that wa h»«A A . « 7 °rking know in our hearts that we will S®^* ?^® mus» l*‘‘on’ made in the public good-JJreouiat’laX fkgu" We’ye Made the Farmer Rich If we have no apology to labor, we certainly ï h - i *> -S X 2 chief b e n e fic ia l «? »k° ‘armer. He has been the ® are 80 We“ aware of our purpose and BefoVe r S ^ v .H r administration. S .Æ L S ¡ i S ^ M S ï: had increased 300 percent in 2 0 ^ .5 ? ? « «Sc'nn nnn’ 000i mortgage inUrest - ° 7 to W'600 000- “ f t » « “ »>“ « .« • ■"’ ••ion. U due P ,i. ™ n » ten T dollare ’ : M n (11. rr v i S ,!'h.”: ' ^ 1 ’’’■ i , “ * . 0' _____ » V ? ..a ,e _____________________ l®ad®rship^of the President. every g s s j ^ , .<hy . « mi1” » » " » ■ » * • “ * _ >» true, what » is “ thei____ huge debt? Certainly we Are we ashamed that we lent public c r sd it__ rescue homes, to build new homes through the FHA, to rescue farms, to buy farms, to reduce ten ancy. to stimulate cooperatives—things that cost tha government nothing, but m eent everything to cents/ «te ” ’ - ' - w - ...............- '*— » *», - . «■ ' n . aaaa M IC a llv a s lU ll/ IS vvnunuva ot .i the h .d . h i , erosion d.h , W h S i soU and of a people. A ’ W f t s s X “ in the rural areas_ w ill n ot z <! a • dical security Ü S i S a f S T - î i <hj . u n t o d . ol h .^ i K ’ h Î X i ï ? . Ï Ï S Æ L n S the other things that m aki for a Z ? Ufe are not m ? m ItteL bf left Ii9hUy to fr#® ®ntarprise, but 1 ®J? J °f concern to all of us as a people who iTJkL e i .9? Vernrn®nt; as B P®°Pl® determined to LelfM? and Veenrh ^ ent.kS k” a?®ncy to secur® ‘h® > „ ® and enhance the happiness of all of us. ♦k^ 9 , ‘ d®c“ lon « to be made this year. Both X T t e V D ^ X ' r . ' S ' . ' f e * ” **• of " " m Jackson County Democratic Central Committee Paid Political Advertisem ent