I campaign for the office of the Presidency in a very difficult and dangerous time in the life of our country.

This valley is a great natural resource, not of the State of California only, but of the United States.

And I am not satisfied as an American to see us stand still while other countries move ahead.

I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising you that if I am elected that life will be easy and the problems all solved

This is a great country, but I think it can be a greater country

We cannot possibly afford not to make a maximum effort to get fresh water from salt water, if this State and the country is going to move ahead.

I can assure you that if we are successful in January of 1961, that we are going to move ahead in this country

The conference will address itself mainly to the larger problem of jobless workers wherever they may be.

And I can assure you that if we are successful we are going to move again in this country.

This is an important campaign because it is an important country, and because all of us are anxious to see the United States move ahead.

I think it is time we elected a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President.

I think we are ready to move.

We must establish a Council of Resource and Conservation Advisers in the Office of the President himself.

It shows what we must do in the future if we are going to develop the resources of the United States.

This is no time for retreat and defeat.

This is one of the top jobs in our national campaign and one to which I am sure Governor Collins will bring his great talents and abilities.

We don't criticize the United States because we think there is something wrong with the United States.

I think this is an important election, and I think the State of Oregon is heavily involved.

Under this policy families in moderate circumstances are being priced out of the market for decent homes.

This is the most important subject that we have.

I believe that a healthy, expanding economy will enable us to build 2 million homes a year, in wholesome neighborhoods, for people of all incomes.

It was a source of regret to me that this last session of the Congress failed to pass a Federal aid to education bill.

We will reform the mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration so that it will stimulate the construction of housing at all income levels.

I run for the office of the Presidency realizing that in the next 4 years it is going to be the most difficult years that we have ever had.

We should make a real national effort to maintain our position in space, because it is going to be the dominant area in the future for military strategy.