It is time, in short, for a Democratic program - and in 1960 we are going to put it into action.

I am proud to have the support of this group of outstanding farmers and farm leaders.

Our Government owes the American people a full explanation of this situation and an explanation of what is being done to keep Russia from establishing a new satellite, this time in the heart of Africa.

It must reduce the total cost of the price-support and storage programs.

It is time for a program which views an abundance of wheat as an opportunity to provide hungry people with a decent diet - not as an unwanted stock of useless grain to be stored and forgotten.

Any program, to be successful, must be developed by and have the full support of the growers themselves.

It must protect other wheat-producing countries against unfair 'dumping.'

I am in this campaign as your candidate for President of the United States.

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

This is a great State, Michigan, but it can be a greater State.

And finally, I am here because I know we share a deep-seated belief in free collective bargaining, and in the growth and development of free and responsible unions - and unlike our opponents, we do not believe in this only on Labor Day.