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
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We Electrified the Farms
“ hamed that through the stimulus we
to REA twice a. many Iw m ,‘ hav.
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We Gave Lahor Its Rights
»aea water facilities f°r “»ore than 3,530 000 acres
of and w« land?
so il conservation ZI!®
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through
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the public
no
defense
of
any n “ Æ
‘^ ? u‘ 1 d° Z “ ‘ to point to the
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ITP° r‘ ot ‘b® Truman committee that^s trik es in
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m*“n*g- manufacturing and constrction in 1941 J
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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
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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
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Party equivalent to “ e Attantlc c l a X “ “ “ ?
**r. Hull s outline of our fir lia n
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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
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»he answers after they are all in—
Vote for
Roosevelt and Truman
Smith * Mahoney * Dover
The Real Choice
^leamwaàk
They’re Not Good Enough
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“ ‘“»“ »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?
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. 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
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we apologise for
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The Most Effective War in
History
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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?
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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
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the sheerest stup-
a«» not
not borrowing
borrowina guns
min« from
»nv Ah®.world*
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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.
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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.
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of labor unions. u r M
m^ . 7 . W,.u“ haiy*d tha‘ w® have given encourage-
“"1On“' T paTtlcularly
particularly when they’ enjoy
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of
landl
‘hat
had
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> b ™ 7„d e', : advocate
d’ “ a“ ¿ legislation
g i S S 5 " , that
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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
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flPttrnv
destroy nvnan.eozl
organized labor Sa_»J
itself.
* e ashamed of TVA and its twentv-one
da*n.- Of Grand Coulee ------------
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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
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e tryÍn’
s tO StaVe
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» What
¿ccPa X a i f ¿ S i e5e WaS
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. 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.
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The Foreign Policy That Saved
Our Necks
a
Liberty Leaguers, of American Pirater.
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S We He<P«i the Small Farmer
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We Rescued the Land
The same thing happened to Willkie that h .n r J
•d to John
John the
the Bap'tist.
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We Made Wall Street Honest
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”*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
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sä tä ss ; ä ä
. c,rcum*‘anc« that ha waa made vice-
R.» ?;ìk ««.“ B’“
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We Fought the Slums
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»h» ,«.i„d
S tate.
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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-
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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
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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.
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l®ad®rship^of the President.
every
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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/
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the other things that m aki for a Z ? Ufe are not
m ? m ItteL bf left Ii9hUy to fr#® ®ntarprise, but
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°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
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