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I don't think there is a boy in the country who doesn't long for the 'old swimmin' hole.'

I am happy to be here this morning, and I want to assure you that this is not my first visit to Richmond.

It means that you are going to send Paul Douglas to the Senate, and Olive Remington Goldman to the House of Representatives, and Adlai Stevenson to the State Capitol in Springfield.

The reception I am getting today in Illinois means victory for Paul Douglas, your next United States Senator, and for Olive Remington Goldman, your next Congresswoman, and for Adlai Stevenson, your next Governor--and for the straight…

I found that I just couldn't estimate them at all--and found I had to measure them by the acre.

After that Congress had failed completely to give you the laws you need, this is what the Republican candidate said about that good-for-nothing 80th Congress: 'I am proud of the record of my party and of the 80th Congress.'

The American people today want peace and prosperity.

The Republicans have the money because the big corporations have found out they can get what they want from the Republican Party.

One of them is the Fair Labor Standards Act which, for the first time in our history, set a floor under wages in the form of a minimum wage.

This campaign is the people's crusade.

The Republican politicians don't like the New Deal.

The Democratic Party thinks in terms of doing things for the people--higher minimum wages, broader social security, protection in old age, better medical care, better schools and better homes, and a better life for the men and women who do…

You know, you are the Government, if you exercise your right to vote.

Let me remind you of some of the things the Republicans have been saying about this New Deal.

I have had a magnificent reception in Ohio today.

This order shall become effective upon publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, and shall thereupon supersede Executive Order No. 7298 of February 28, 1936, entitled 'Regulations Governing the Preparation, Presentation, Filing, and…

Our major effort has been to enlarge the effective field of private enterprise and to give public support only to housing for those low-income families that private enterprise cannot serve.

I am very glad to be in Albany this morning, and I want to say to you that this is the first real Democratic day we have had on this trip.