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BELLS, TEXAS (Rear platform, 7:30 p.m.)
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I certainly appreciate that wonderful introduction from my good
friend Sam Rayburn. Sam is one of my friends who showed me around
Washington the first time I ever went there, and I will never forget it.
And his advice was, of course, sound and solid. He was always on the right
side of the question, and I don't think I know a man in the Government of
the United States who has done more for his country than Speaker Rayburn.
And he is going to be Speaker Rayburn again next year, if I have anything
to do with it. I am going over to Bonham with Sam. He has always told me that it is the finest town in the United States, and I know I am not going to be disappointed. I don't feel like it would be fair to Sam, or fair to Bonham, for me to stand here and make the speech I am going to make at Bonham in Bells, so I am going to make a deal with you. It's only 12 miles-why don't you just get in the car and come on over to Bonham, and I will give the Republicans the gun over there. I think you will like it. I am going to stop at Sherman in the morning before breakfast for a few minutes. If any of you want to get up in time, I will say "Hello" to you then. But Texas has given me the heartiest welcome I have received on the trip. There hasn't been a city or a town or a village where everybody for miles around hasn't turned out to see and hear what the President has to say to them. That shows that you are interested in the welfare of this country. And this, my friends, is the most important campaign we have been through for generations, because it establishes the policy: We are either going to have a government that is the government of the people, or we are going to have a government that is the government of big interests. For that reason you must turn out on election day and be sure that you cast a vote for the straight Democratic ticket from President to constable. If you do that, the country will be safe. Now I hope to have the opportunity of seeing all of you at Bonham. Thank you very much for your most cordial welcome. Note: In the course of his remarks on September 27 the President referred to Ed M. Cape, Representative Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic candidate for Senator, Governor Beauford H. Jester, Mayor Tom Miller of Austin, Senator Tom Connally, Representative Sam Rayhurn, Representative Wright Patman, Attorney General of the United States Tom C. Clark, former Governor Pat M. Neff, President of Baylor University, Representatives W. R. Poage and Ken Regan, Democratic National Committeeman Wright Morrow, State Senator Crawford Marrin, Mayor Edgar Deco of Port Worth, Amon G. Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and Mayor Sim Beene of Greenville, all of Texas.
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