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Taxes, taxes. I used to pay 300. You know what I pay now? 1,408 bucks.

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That's over a hundred dollars a month I've got to make Uncle Sam for it.

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-Too high.

-Here he is now. What do you think of him?

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-Mr Humphrey, I hope you get the luck.

-Thank you so much, my friend.

-Yes, sir.

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-Thank you very, very much.

-Sure. I hope to see you tomorrow.

-You betcha.

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-I'll be listening in tomorrow night.

-If you ever get in, I'm going to see you, by God!

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So you'll come on down to the White House, have a cup of coffee? OK!

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-Have a little schnapps!

-Good!

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# The farmer all around is taking a shellacking

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# The money in the till is the thing that is lacking... #

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HORN SOUNDS

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# Your troubles will cease

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# Put Humphrey in the White House and use our food for peace

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-# Yes, vote for Hubert

-Hubert

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# Hubert Humphrey

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# The President for you and me... #

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CHEERING

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-AUDIENCE:

-# Jack, Jack is on the right track

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# Cos he's got high hopes

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# He's got high hopes

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# 1960 is the year for his high hopes

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# Come on and vote for Kennedy Vote for Kennedy

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# And we'll come out on top

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# Oops, there goes the opposition - ker

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# Oops, there goes the opposition - ker

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# Oops, there goes the opposition - kerplop! #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The big handshake. The big rally.

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The wild race across the landscape searching out voters.

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All repeated endlessly for days and weeks and months.

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These are the ordeal and the exhilaration of the US presidential candidate.

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And in the entire campaign nothing is wilder than the battle of an important state primary,

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fought in every town and precinct, with the prospect that the candidate

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might be knocked out of the nomination if he loses,

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but even if he wins his victory might count for nothing at the convention.

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Now, travelling along with them, hot on the heels of two fast-moving

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presidential hopefuls, you are about to see a candidate's view of this

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frantic process, and an intimate view of the candidates themselves,

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in their cars and buses, behind the scenes in TV studios and hotel rooms,

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excited, exhausted and tensely awaiting the verdict of the voters.

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The names could be Taft, Willkie, Kefauver,

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the time any election year, the place any of several key states.

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This happens to be 1960.

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Senator John Kennedy, millionaire,

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Catholic, Easterner from Massachusetts

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is challenging a Mid-Westerner, Hubert Humphrey,

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Senator for Minnesota, in his own back yard, the State of Wisconsin.

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FRANK SINATRA: # Everyone is voting for Jack

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# Cos he's got what all the rest lack

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# Everyone wants to back Jack

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# Jack is on the right track

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# Cos he's got high hopes

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# He's got high hopes

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# 1960 is the year for his high hopes

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# Come on and vote for Kennedy Vote for Kennedy

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# And we'll come out on top

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# Oops, there goes the opposition - ker

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# Oops, there goes the opposition - ker... #

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HUBBUB OF VOICES

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I give you Senator Kennedy.

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WILD CHEERING

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If we, uh...

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If we can hold the darts till the speaker is retired.

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Campaigning is hazardous enough.

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But, uh, we want to express our appreciation

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to all of you for coming here today.

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I think it is a fair question,

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as to why I should campaign really in a sense since last summer

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and most intensively since the first of January

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in only one of 50 states.

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Well, I think the reason for that is a quite simple one.

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This is one of the few states in the United States which permits

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the people themselves in primaries to participate in the election

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of presidential candidates.

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# He's got high hopes

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# He's got high hopes... #

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Kennedy Headquarters. He's ready with your call. Go ahead.

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There was a letter saying when he can come,

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so one of the Democratic candidates to, uh...observe any moratorium

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on small nuclear arms testing that the president might agree to.

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Thank you. Hello. Thank you very much.

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-Good luck to you.

-Thanks a lot for coming over today.

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-When are you going to open it?

-Oh, I don't know!

-I mean, Nixon.

-Nixon!

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Thanks a lot. Thanks for coming today.

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-Are you going to be the next President?

-Well, we're working hard.

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-Glad you came.

-Thank you very much.

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How are you?

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-I wish you good luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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-I, uh, met your sister Eunice.

-Listen, thank you very much.

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-Glad to see you, Miss Marnie. Well, listen, you were awfully nice to have around.

-I enjoyed it.

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She's a nice girl. She's coming back today.

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-I can't get over how you two look alike.

-I know. Well, it's nice to see you. Thank you.

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-Well, I'll tell her I saw you.

-You do that.

-Right.

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INDISTINCT

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Thanks, mister.

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Thank you very much.

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-Have I got your vote?

-Yep.

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Thank you, this is a big thrill for my kids at school!

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I appreciate what you folks are doing.

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SINGING ALONG TO ACCORDIONS

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Mr Mayor, and Reverends, and my friends,

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I had really just finished the very last bite.

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That wonderful ham, mashed potatoes and string beans.

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And I was just beginning to enjoy it.

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Well, we have a surprise for you this afternoon.

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We're very fortunate this afternoon to have in our studios right now

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Senator Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota. How are you, Senator?

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I'm just fine and I've had a wonderful reception

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downtown on the streets of Tomah.

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It's been one of the most enthusiastic and pleasant I've had.

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Well, that's very fine.

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How long do you intend to be in our fair city?

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Well, Tom, I am not going to be here nearly long enough.

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And my good friend Senator Eugene McCarthy, I understand, is really plugging for you too.

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The senator's wife, Abigail,

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and my wife were raised in the same little town, Wabasha, Minnesota. You probably don't know where that is.

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I think both you and Gene McCarthy outmarried yourself.

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I'm sure they're both... I know that Abigail's a wonderful woman.

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I wouldn't be surprised. Well, Senator, now that you're here,

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and of course our community in this area is strictly farm community...

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You'll see Al's Choppers to name just a few, so, if it's farm implements you want,

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stop in at the Mac Implement Company of Camp Douglas,

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your tractor implement dealer in this area. They're waiting to serve you.

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Well, I'll be very frank with you.

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The question has been asked me

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if I think that Senator Kennedy will...er...be...

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out of the election, in other words will not win the election.

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To be very frank with you, gentlemen,

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the impression I gather at the end of the round is the answer is yes,

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I don't believe that he can win in the primary in Wisconsin.

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Senator Hubert Humphrey will be defeated

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in the primary election in the state of Wisconsin

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and Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts

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will win the primary in our state.

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I'm Senator Humphrey. Pleased to meet you. Let me give you my card.

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Nice to see you.

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I'm Senator Humphrey, just stopping by to say hello.

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OK. And how are you today? I'm Senator Humphrey.

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-Is this your boy here?

-This is my boy.

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How do you do? Hello, son. Good boy.

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What have you got - a lot of money?

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Say, that's just what I need for my campaign. Can I have that?

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-I'm running short.

-This is just play money.

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Oh, it's just play money? Well, that'll maybe work.

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I'll give you one of these. Nice to see you.

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I hope you'll be at the election booth tomorrow.

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April 5th.

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And my name is Humphrey.

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-What's your name?

-Bill Meyer.

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-And this is...?

-Mrs Meyer.

-Good. Thank you.

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If you have as good a judgement in politics as you have for your wife,

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I'll get your vote.

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LAUGHTER Goodbye.

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Hello, young man. How are you? What's your name?

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-Frank.

-Glad to meet you.

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Well, I'm glad to meet you. It's a pleasure.

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Good to see you again.

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HE LAUGHS

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INDISTINCT

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Lucky man!

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How are you? How do you do?

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How are you, princess? Take this home and show it to your mama

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and tell her hello from Senator Humphrey.

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Tell her to vote for me April 5th.

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Hello, there. How are you, young lady?

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-And how are you?

-I'm fine.

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-Are you working for Humphrey?

-Yes, I am, but I'm not voting.

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-No, but you're going to work for me?

-Yes.

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And you're going to talk to the folks about this and your neighbours?

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-Yes.

-OK. Fine. Good.

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If I can have you girls working for me, we'll win hands down.

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That's right. I want you to do that.

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You tell the folks to vote for Senator Humphrey.

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How are you? Here you are.

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You take that home to your folks, will you?

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-I'll try.

-LAUGHTER

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Senator Humphrey. How are you?

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Let me give you one of my cards.

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Vote for me, will you?

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My name is Humphrey.

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Would you like to talk to the reporter, Senator?

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I talk to the people that vote.

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What about this thing? What about this?

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INDISTINCT

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Robert Rosner, he got on the box today down there

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and had a big panel show

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and he announced that they're coming all out for you.

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Very fine.

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-But you didn't know about this?

-No, siree.

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If I can get the Kennedy committee for me,

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we can make it unanimous.

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LAUGHTER

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He's going to vote for him.

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That's wonderful.

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Hello, there. How do you do, sir? Glad to see you.

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Let me give you one of my cards, sir. Thank you.

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Hello. How do you do?

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Nice to see you. I'm Senator Humphrey.

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All right, all set. Let's go.

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Your fingers are all good. Good cuffs.

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Ease your legs.

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Intertwine the fingers a little.

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There, that's it. Right there.

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INDISTINCT

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I'm not tired of smiling yet.

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You've got it all by yourself.

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INDISTINCT

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There, there.

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Are the eyes above the camera?

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That's it. Fine.

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Now, just one more thing.

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Could you swing your body a little bit more to the camera?

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-It's different for the rest of our states in Minnesota.

-That's right.

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I don't think there are many parts of Minnesota....

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INDISTINCT

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They are the most beautiful parts of Wisconsin.

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They're very, very beautiful.

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The rolling terrain,

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wooded, you have nice fields.

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INDISTINCT

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-It makes you sleepy.

-Yeah.

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Speaking right afterwards is...

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INDISTINCT

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Put your head back, take a little nap until we get to Mindoro.

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Yes. How far is Mindoro?

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Well, it'll take half an hour to get over there.

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Now the news.

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A political bombshell has been set off in Wisconsin.

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The president committee threw its weight behind Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey.

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This brought a strong reaction from the Kennedy camp.

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The Missouri senator, however,

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is said to have had nothing to do with the action of the committee.

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HUBBUB

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May I shake your hand, please?

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HUBBUB

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Listen, now, anybody I didn't get, can I just relay to you?

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-Mine!

-Whose is this?

-Mine!

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If you would write to me,

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I'll send you a picture, an autograph

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and something about the capital.

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ALL TALK AT ONCE

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Just write to Senator Kennedy, the Senate, Washington DC.

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I'll send you all some stuff.

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Two weeks, this will be green.

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Because the snow brings with it a great amount of nitrogen for the soil.

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-That's right.

-And that fertilises it.

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INDISTINCT

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I have much more identification as an individual in Congress

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than my friend Jack does.

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Jack's identification with Congress has been through labour.

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Labour legislation.

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My identification is with the UN, asylum,

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foreign policy, not just most recent dates,

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but since I've been with the areas of social welfare legislation.

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But I agree that you don't project this necessarily.

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This is the heart of Senator Humphrey's strength.

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The farm areas of Wisconsin, close to the border of Minnesota.

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And though he likes to discuss everything

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from farm policy to disarmament,

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here there is only one issue to test the skill of an orator.

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HUBBUB

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-Senator, I'm president of the village.

-How do you do?

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Say, I'm glad to see you, Mr Gilbert. Thank you so much.

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-Here's Mr Piezer.

-How do you do? Glad to see you, Mr Piezer.

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-What is your name?

-Anderson.

-Anderson.

-Hey.

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How do you do? Good to see you. Good to see you. Yes, sir.

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-Nice to see you.

-What is your name?

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-Mr Michaelston.

-How do you do, Mr Michaelston?

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And you, sir?

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INDISTINCT

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There you are, then. All I know is congresses.

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You got a lot of Norwegians around here?

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Pretty good, huh? Well, that's sorted.

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How many Swedes?

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Have you got a few of them, too?

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I still have my cup of coffee here.

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After all, I've got a couple of Norwegians over here, you see.

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Since I'm only half Norwegian, they only gave me half a cup.

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And I wanted to finish it off.

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Anyway, when you're out speaking as I have been, once in a while,

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a good cup of coffee sort of braces you up for the next meeting.

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Gentlemen, I am one of the candidates

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in your Wisconsin presidential primary race.

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We're going to have an election here, Tuesday April 5th,

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and this election is of course a very important one in terms of your state.

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Now, my friends, during my service to the United States Senate

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of 12 years,

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I have given more time, more attention,

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to matters of agriculture, than any other one subject.

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Senator Humphrey is not out here just to please you by these comments.

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I say that Wisconsin

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has lost hundreds of millions of dollars of sales.

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I say that the businessmen of Wisconsin

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have lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business

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because of reduced farm income.

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I charge here that not a single candidate in this primary election

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has paid any attention to the farmer at all,

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except Hubert Humphrey.

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And I make that statement without any boast or any claims.

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Instead of you reading about who you want to have as president

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in Life magazine, you want to take a good look at them in the flesh.

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You want to hear what they've got to say.

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Because let me tell you something,

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Life, Time, Fortune, Look and Newsweek

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don't give a hoot about your dairy prices.

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And I know. They laugh at you.

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I've been down to their editorial boards, some of them,

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and I'll tell you they have no more appreciation of a farmer's problem

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than they have of what's going on on the other side of the moon.

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Frankly, they don't know the difference

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between a corncob and a ukulele.

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I can tell you that my votes aren't very popular sometimes

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in New York City, or Boston,

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because back there, what they want,

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when I read the editorials, the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe,

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New York Times, they want a price support programme that's lower.

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They say that the farmer is being subsidised,

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and they look at Hubert Humphrey's record, and they say,

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"This fellow, Humphrey, he's from the Midwest,

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"he's just for those farmers."

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That's what they say. They are right. I am.

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But I am not, if you please,

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for a farm programme that will destroy agriculture.

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I think Benson's farm programme is insane!

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And I'll guarantee you one thing,

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if I get to be president of the United States,

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I will buy that man a ticket personally

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and send him right back to Utah where he ought to live all the time.

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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much for letting me speak to you,

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you've been a fine and a good audience.

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Good luck. Safe journey home.

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We're going onto La Crosse, and by the way, tune in tonight at 7.30.

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We're going to have another one of those television shows.

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And if you've got a question you want to ask,

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pick up the phone and call me collect.

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Just pick it up and say, "I want to talk to that fellow Humphrey

0:23:030:23:05

"at the TV station at La Crosse."

0:23:050:23:07

And put that call through and ask me on the air.

0:23:070:23:11

You can make it tough, make it real tough,

0:23:110:23:12

because people like it better that way.

0:23:120:23:14

They like to see me squirm.

0:23:140:23:16

You make it real tough and I'll try to give you a good answer.

0:23:160:23:19

Thanks very, very much.

0:23:190:23:21

APPLAUSE

0:23:210:23:23

Yes, sir. Good to be with you.

0:23:310:23:34

INDISTINCT CHATTER

0:23:370:23:41

That reminds me,

0:23:500:23:52

I got to get my coat out of the bags over there too.

0:23:520:23:55

I don't want to put on the wrong coat.

0:23:550:23:58

What you have to do tonight

0:23:580:23:59

is to be sure to remind these people to call person to person.

0:23:590:24:02

-Person to person.

-Rather than the collect station to station,

0:24:020:24:05

because we just get all these extra calls, isn't that the idea?

0:24:050:24:08

All right. Well, I gave Norman... I gave Norm...

0:24:080:24:14

On this chart...

0:24:170:24:19

The way this thing works is the Lieutenant Governor says,

0:24:190:24:23

"Well Senator, there's been quite a lot of talk about the record.

0:24:230:24:26

"What's this all about?"

0:24:260:24:27

Then I say something about that I've put my campaign on the basis

0:24:270:24:30

of the public issues and the record, and I've been trying to emphasise

0:24:300:24:34

some of the differences that exist between the Democratic candidates.

0:24:340:24:38

-Here for example are some.

-All right. Will this be early in the programme?

0:24:380:24:42

Right in the beginning.

0:24:420:24:44

And then you focus in, you phase right in on that,

0:24:440:24:47

and then when I say, "All right, now we have a telephone,

0:24:470:24:49

"now we have a call here," and at that point

0:24:490:24:52

when they're saying now we have a call

0:24:520:24:53

you get off that and get back onto me.

0:24:530:24:56

You must end about one minute.

0:24:560:24:57

Now, when it comes down...

0:24:570:25:02

Before you come to me, you might...

0:25:020:25:05

INDISTINCT

0:25:050:25:09

Yeah. Just joke about it.

0:25:090:25:11

Your husband's been wondering all day long where you've been, and so on.

0:25:110:25:15

INDISTINCT

0:25:150:25:18

On the TV. Well, but you're on this show now.

0:25:180:25:20

Just take about 30 seconds to tell us where you've been,

0:25:200:25:22

then you've got to come back to me

0:25:220:25:24

and say, "Senator, I want to come on this record."

0:25:240:25:26

-We want to get on those questions.

-All right.

0:25:260:25:28

We want Muriel to have 30 seconds

0:25:280:25:30

to tell where she's been and what she's been doing.

0:25:300:25:32

Yes, sir. One minute. Suspense!

0:25:320:25:34

Senator Humphrey.

0:25:340:25:37

INDISTINCT VOICE ON PHONE

0:25:370:25:40

Well, I don't think the family farm is impractical at all.

0:25:470:25:50

In fact I would say it's highly desirable.

0:25:500:25:53

Both economically, and more so, socially.

0:25:530:25:55

The family farm has social and spiritual values to it...

0:25:550:25:59

You should realise that you are voting

0:25:590:26:01

for the most important individual in the entire free world

0:26:010:26:04

and that the welfare of our country is heavily involved

0:26:040:26:08

in his good judgement, his sense, his responsibility,

0:26:080:26:12

his competence, his integrity.

0:26:120:26:14

His ability to meet the problems head-on.

0:26:140:26:17

Though I'm not certainly the president,

0:26:170:26:18

I'm a long way from that,

0:26:180:26:20

I am one of the candidates.

0:26:200:26:22

There are about six of us.

0:26:220:26:24

I therefore felt that it would be helpful if the President

0:26:240:26:26

had at least my assurance, and I'm sure the other six...

0:26:260:26:30

What will happen here in Wisconsin today

0:26:320:26:35

will happen in the other 49 states.

0:26:350:26:37

INDISTINCT

0:26:370:26:39

Tomorrow, election day,

0:26:420:26:44

every one of the 3,446 precincts will be covered by a Kennedy worker.

0:26:440:26:49

The hardest thing to do in a Kennedy campaign is to properly

0:26:490:26:52

harness the enthusiasm he generates.

0:26:520:26:56

Everyone he meets seems to like him and they all want to help.

0:26:560:27:00

ALL: # High hopes

0:27:000:27:03

# Come on and vote for Kennedy Vote for Kennedy

0:27:030:27:08

# Keep America strong

0:27:080:27:12

# Kennedy, he just keeps rollin' a...

0:27:120:27:15

# Kennedy, he just keeps rollin' a...

0:27:150:27:19

# Kennedy, he just keeps rollin' along. #

0:27:190:27:25

Much better! You've got to put feeling into it.

0:27:250:27:29

The fire department ask all of you

0:27:290:27:34

not to smoke cigarettes or cigars for the next 20 minutes.

0:27:340:27:39

The senator is ready to arrive

0:27:390:27:44

in I'd say a minute and a half or so

0:27:440:27:46

and there have been some complaint by the women

0:27:460:27:49

that one of their dresses has been burned

0:27:490:27:53

by a man smoking a cigar at back of her.

0:27:530:27:56

So if you'll just...

0:27:560:27:57

HUBBUB AND JEERING

0:27:570:28:00

LAUGHTER

0:28:000:28:02

So if you'll please refrain from smoking, we'd appreciate it.

0:28:050:28:09

-WOMEN:

-Why?

-They won't let us take cars tomorrow.

0:28:090:28:14

CROWD CALLS OUT

0:28:140:28:16

This is the heart of Senator Kennedy's strength -

0:28:230:28:26

the heavily-populated city areas,

0:28:260:28:29

particularly the Polish Catholic fourth district in Milwaukee.

0:28:290:28:32

WILD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:28:320:28:36

WHISTLING

0:28:360:28:39

LAUGHTER

0:28:550:28:57

SNATCHES OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ARE PICKED UP

0:28:570:29:01

-WOMAN:

-Val, you rubbed him!

-I can't wash my hair!

0:29:110:29:13

LAUGHTER

0:29:130:29:14

Excuse me. Excuse me.

0:29:230:29:25

Right down here.

0:29:250:29:27

RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:29:380:29:41

# Everybody's voting for Jack

0:29:560:29:59

# Cos he's got what all the rest lack

0:29:590:30:03

# Everyone wants to back Jack

0:30:030:30:06

# Jack is on the right track

0:30:060:30:09

# Cos he's got high hopes

0:30:090:30:12

# He's got high hopes

0:30:120:30:16

# 1960's the year for his high hopes

0:30:160:30:22

# Come on and vote for Kennedy

0:30:220:30:26

# Vote for Kennedy And we'll come out on top

0:30:260:30:30

# Oops, there goes the opposition Ker...

0:30:300:30:34

# Oops, there goes the opposition, ker... #

0:30:340:30:37

# Oops, there goes the opposition, kerplop! #

0:30:370:30:42

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:420:30:45

I just want... (SOUNDTRACK DISTORTS) ..married to a Pole.

0:30:540:30:58

CHEERING DROWNS SPEECH

0:30:580:31:00

APPLAUSE

0:31:000:31:03

SHE ATTEMPTS A POLISH PHRASE

0:31:030:31:07

..And he taught me one sentence.

0:31:090:31:11

SHE SPEAKS POLISH

0:31:110:31:15

CHEERING

0:31:150:31:17

I give to you Senator Jack Kennedy.

0:31:210:31:25

CHEERING

0:31:250:31:27

Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,

0:31:490:31:53

I first of all want to express my appreciation to all of you.

0:31:530:31:57

I know you've been standing for quite a few minutes...

0:31:570:31:59

LAUGHTER

0:31:590:32:02

-Hours!

-I've been standing for three months, so...

0:32:020:32:05

LAUGHTER

0:32:050:32:06

..I know how tough it is.

0:32:060:32:08

I also want to express my appreciation to my old

0:32:080:32:12

and valued friend Clem Zablocki.

0:32:120:32:15

He took on the honorary chairmanship...

0:32:150:32:17

the honorary chairmanship of this campaign all over

0:32:170:32:20

the state of Wisconsin six months ago.

0:32:200:32:24

CHEERING

0:32:240:32:25

This campaign really comes to an end tonight.

0:32:300:32:32

I don't think there's anybody in the state of Wisconsin who hasn't

0:32:320:32:35

decided how they're going to vote.

0:32:350:32:37

And I must say, it is going to be a decisive campaign.

0:32:370:32:40

I've said on many occasions that I didn't think it was possible

0:32:400:32:42

to be nominated if I were unsuccessful here in Wisconsin

0:32:420:32:47

and I must say I mean it.

0:32:470:32:49

Clem Zablocki and I sponsor a bill together, the Zablocki/Kennedy Bill,

0:32:490:32:53

as he calls it, the Kennedy/Zablocki Bill, as I refer to it.

0:32:530:32:58

But that Bill, which you may not have ever heard about,

0:33:000:33:04

provides that the Battle Act shall be amended.

0:33:040:33:07

And it shall be possible for surplus food

0:33:070:33:10

and surplus things that we have in this country to be made available

0:33:100:33:14

to the people behind the Iron Curtain.

0:33:140:33:16

SHOUTS AND APPLAUSE

0:33:160:33:20

We would have passed that Bill two years ago.

0:33:200:33:22

We would have passed that Bill two years ago,

0:33:220:33:25

but it failed by one vote in the Senate when the President

0:33:250:33:29

withdrew his support on the day the Bill was coming up to vote.

0:33:290:33:33

That's how important the office of the presidency is.

0:33:330:33:36

He shall determine what shall be our policy on Berlin.

0:33:360:33:39

He shall determine whether we shall be at war or peace.

0:33:390:33:43

This is the key office.

0:33:430:33:45

And I run for the presidency because, like you,

0:33:450:33:49

I have strong ideas about what this country must do.

0:33:490:33:52

I have strong ideas about the United States playing a great role

0:33:520:33:56

in a historic moment,

0:33:560:33:59

when the cause of freedom is endangered all over the world,

0:33:590:34:03

when the United States stands as the only sentry at the gate,

0:34:030:34:07

when we can see the campfires of the enemies

0:34:070:34:10

burning on distant hills, that's what's at issue today.

0:34:100:34:14

That's what we are attempting to determine in the coming months

0:34:140:34:18

and years, all of us, as Americans,

0:34:180:34:20

are going to be called out of the ranks.

0:34:200:34:23

Our courage is going to be tested and I am confident that

0:34:230:34:27

we are going to give the same affirmative answer.

0:34:270:34:30

That's what I think this election is about.

0:34:300:34:33

That's what we're going to begin to do next Tuesday. Thank you.

0:34:330:34:37

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:34:370:34:38

CROWD: We want Kennedy!

0:34:400:34:42

We want Kennedy!

0:34:420:34:44

We want Kennedy!

0:34:440:34:46

CHEERING

0:34:460:34:49

Now, I understand that also we will be pleased to have

0:34:520:34:57

the privilege of seeing Bob Kennedy, Senator Kennedy's son.

0:34:570:35:02

-Son?!

-Brother!

0:35:020:35:04

LAUGHTER AND WHISTLING

0:35:040:35:09

Thank you very much. I'm sorry that my mother couldn't be here tonight.

0:35:190:35:23

LAUGHTER

0:35:230:35:25

And I'm sorry my sister Pat couldn't come.

0:35:250:35:29

And my sister Eunice and my sister Jean and my brother-in-law,

0:35:290:35:33

Peter and my brother Teddy.

0:35:330:35:35

Or my cousin Joe or...

0:35:350:35:38

LAUGHTER

0:35:380:35:40

But you're going to have to settle with me, thank you very much.

0:35:400:35:44

-WOMEN:

-But he looked much better last night than he did tonight.

0:35:510:35:56

-He has lost weight.

-Oh, yes.

0:35:560:36:00

He was good on the panel this afternoon.

0:36:000:36:02

We're glad to see you, too.

0:36:070:36:09

-WOMAN:

-..On his own record. If you can't run on your own record,

0:36:160:36:19

you haven't got any business running.

0:36:190:36:22

-MAN:

-That's right.

0:36:220:36:23

Thank you very much.

0:36:230:36:25

Thank you very much. Thanks a lot.

0:36:250:36:28

-My pleasure.

-Thank you very much indeed.

0:36:290:36:32

Thank you.

0:36:320:36:33

Nice meeting you.

0:36:380:36:40

-MAN: ..your hand before it wears off! WOMAN:

-I can still feel it...

0:36:490:36:53

WOMEN EXCLAIM

0:36:530:36:56

INDISTINCT COMMENTS

0:36:560:36:58

Thank you. Thank you very much.

0:37:060:37:09

We've got a candidate that isn't afraid to take credit.

0:37:140:37:17

And not only that...

0:37:170:37:19

You'll have the senator all worn out!

0:37:190:37:22

Please, don't crowd the senator. Please.

0:37:260:37:30

-Let's keep moving.

-Thank you, goodbye. Thank you very much.

0:37:330:37:38

Thank you very much.

0:37:420:37:43

Thank you. Thank you. Great to see YOU.

0:37:440:37:48

-Good luck, Jack.

-Thank you.

0:37:490:37:51

'Election day.

0:37:520:37:54

'The voices of the campaign begin to turn into votes.'

0:37:540:37:57

MAN: I'm for Humphrey and that's who I voted for today.

0:37:570:38:01

I believe in the man, I believe he's sincere,

0:38:010:38:03

with his Civil Rights programme

0:38:030:38:05

and his progressive instinct that I think that he has.

0:38:050:38:10

I think it'd be a great thing for the country if he were President.

0:38:100:38:14

'A factory gate. A few last handshakes.'

0:38:160:38:19

Primaries are very risky.

0:38:210:38:23

But my judgement is, I never could have been nominated

0:38:230:38:26

if I hadn't run in primaries, so I'm taking the risk,

0:38:260:38:29

but I would say you have to keep coming up sevens.

0:38:290:38:31

-WOMAN:

-I feel quite strongly on the religious angle of it.

0:38:340:38:38

I probably would not vote for Kennedy, because of the fact

0:38:400:38:44

that he would have an allegiance outside of the United States.

0:38:440:38:48

There is no difference, either one. Humphrey or Kennedy, there's no difference.

0:38:480:38:52

We were hoping for Mr Kennedy to win today.

0:38:520:38:55

We're looking forward to a win in Wisconsin

0:38:550:38:58

and that will carry him right on through into November.

0:38:580:39:01

This will be the start.

0:39:020:39:03

I feel I'm in favour of Kennedy very much.

0:39:030:39:06

I think he's determined.

0:39:080:39:09

My husband and I met him the other night down Wisconsin Avenue

0:39:090:39:13

and I think he can give us what we need.

0:39:130:39:16

And being that...

0:39:160:39:18

I suppose I shouldn't say this, but being that he is a Catholic

0:39:180:39:21

and we're Catholic also, I think that has a lot to do with it.

0:39:210:39:24

I'm a pretty good judge of people, because I'm a cab driver.

0:39:240:39:29

Well, Kennedy... is more for the upper class.

0:39:290:39:33

I could say he's for the Eastern class.

0:39:340:39:37

Like, I had Mrs Humphrey in the cab.

0:39:370:39:39

The way she put herself to me was real nice.

0:39:390:39:43

-MAN:

-I was surprised the Catholic issue didn't come up earlier

0:39:430:39:46

-than it did.

-Bob Kennedy has stated,

0:39:460:39:49

very emphatically, that he will not be dictated by Rome...

0:39:490:39:54

-They shouldn't bring religion into politics.

-Very correct.

0:39:540:39:58

You think they have, though?

0:39:580:39:59

I look at it this way, that if he is a God-fearing man,

0:39:590:40:03

be it Catholic or Protestant or Jew, I respect him for it and I certainly

0:40:030:40:07

would rather have a man that was a God-fearing man than one who isn't.

0:40:070:40:12

WOMAN: I believe most people that are Republican

0:40:120:40:14

will be voting for Humphrey.

0:40:140:40:17

-WOMAN:

-I think Humphrey sounded pretty good.

0:40:170:40:21

I really do.

0:40:210:40:23

Doing his chair and fighting for the working people all this time,

0:40:230:40:27

and I think he's going to continue.

0:40:270:40:29

-WOMAN:

-He's younger, I don't think he's that good-looking,

0:40:290:40:33

just because his sister is married to a movie star...

0:40:330:40:36

-I don't think he's good-looking.

-Doesn't make him a glamour puss.

0:40:360:40:39

-I don't see what's good-looking about him.

-No.

0:40:390:40:42

He's just a glamour boy. Got a good head of hair on him.

0:40:420:40:46

The Humphrey and Kennedy camps at this hour

0:40:460:40:49

are almost identical.

0:40:490:40:50

Each side says it will win in six of the ten districts.

0:40:500:40:53

Each side it will win the popular vote,

0:40:530:40:56

and each side says it will stage

0:40:560:40:59

a victory celebration some time tonight.

0:40:590:41:02

The first precinct reporting in today's presidential primary

0:41:020:41:05

gave Senator Humphrey 103 votes

0:41:050:41:08

to only 16 for his opponent Senator Kennedy,

0:41:080:41:10

and on the Republican side,

0:41:100:41:12

Vice President Richard Nixon drew 35.

0:41:120:41:14

14,987.

0:41:140:41:19

You're going to be in with a chance here.

0:41:190:41:21

We've got the total now.

0:41:210:41:23

We've got a total of 44% of precincts reported.

0:41:230:41:25

44?

0:41:250:41:27

44% reporting at 9pm.

0:41:270:41:29

Will you ask him one question?

0:41:290:41:31

What did Nixon do in the Fourth and Fifth?

0:41:310:41:34

In the Fourth and Fifth, give me Nixon.

0:41:340:41:36

Well, I know, but you didn't take him down.

0:41:370:41:40

PHONE RINGS

0:41:400:41:42

3,914.

0:41:420:41:45

Yeah. Yeah.

0:41:450:41:48

5,078 in the Fifth.

0:41:480:41:50

5,078. Thank you. Keep this advice.

0:41:500:41:52

Pierre said it's not a correct quote.

0:41:550:41:58

Now that is an exact quote.

0:41:580:41:59

It just says I would find it difficult to be nominated.

0:41:590:42:04

If I lost here, I'd find it extremely difficult to be nominated.

0:42:040:42:07

I don't care whether they print it or not.

0:42:110:42:14

24 for Humphrey. 63.

0:42:170:42:20

-RADIO:

-'First returns in the Wisconsin primary.

0:42:200:42:22

'Senator Humphrey is leading Senator Kennedy

0:42:220:42:26

'by a margin of two to one,

0:42:260:42:29

'and he's outdrawing Vice President Nixon three to two.

0:42:290:42:33

'These, however, are very early returns.

0:42:330:42:36

'They include one precinct where Humphrey was conceded to be strong.'

0:42:360:42:40

-RADIO:

-'..in the 2nd district.

0:42:400:42:41

'Kennedy, of course, is a Roman Catholic,

0:42:410:42:44

'Humphrey is Congregationalist,

0:42:440:42:45

'and Nixon a Quaker, and some observers think

0:42:450:42:48

'that the election has resolved into a religious struggle.'

0:42:480:42:51

Ignore that religious thing.

0:42:510:42:53

Whatever, if it breaks you wider.

0:42:530:42:55

See, it makes religion to be of disproportionate importance.

0:42:550:42:59

It makes it a front page story when under ordinary conditions

0:42:590:43:03

it wouldn't have been even printed in the paper.

0:43:030:43:06

-Well, it's endemic.

-It is. I see it every week.

0:43:060:43:09

After all, Jack came out here.

0:43:090:43:12

This place was locked down for Humphrey.

0:43:120:43:14

LAUGHTER

0:43:140:43:16

When is Red Skelton on?

0:43:160:43:18

He's on right now.

0:43:180:43:19

Let's get him.

0:43:190:43:20

We like him. That's our favourite.

0:43:200:43:22

Oh, here we are.

0:43:230:43:24

What do you know?

0:43:250:43:27

HE LAUGHS

0:43:340:43:36

This would be eight of the ten districts down.

0:43:360:43:40

4th and 5th are not yet. Nothing from Milwaukee yet.

0:43:400:43:43

And which show Humphrey leading in the 3rd, the 9th and the 10th.

0:43:430:43:48

PHONE RINGS

0:43:520:43:54

Have you heard about the 2nd?

0:44:000:44:01

Yeah.

0:44:030:44:04

All right. What's happened, of course,

0:44:070:44:10

is that these Republicans are voting for maybe Nixon,

0:44:100:44:13

voting from Humphrey, is that it?

0:44:130:44:14

(Hi, Jerry! How are you?)

0:44:210:44:23

It'd be all right if this was November you're going through this.

0:44:290:44:33

You'd have liked to go through this six times, do you? Five times?

0:44:330:44:37

And then November. The 9th is gone.

0:44:370:44:41

The 3rd, we have a chance in, but just a chance.

0:44:410:44:47

It really depends on the cross.

0:44:470:44:50

The 10th, we have a chance in.

0:44:510:44:53

Just a chance. The 7th is quite close.

0:44:550:44:58

Listen, don't let these guys get you congratulating too early.

0:44:580:45:02

They run it, and then afterwards they say,

0:45:020:45:04

"He thought he was in, but he wasn't."

0:45:040:45:06

HE LAUGHS

0:45:060:45:08

Do they do that?

0:45:080:45:09

-I've seen this before.

-They seem so friendly.

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They are, but they're... Copydesk boys are not always...

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They're all right.

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When I first ran for mayor,

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I was ahead till six o'clock in the morning.

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-Oh, my God.

-And then I ended up losing.

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-RADIO:

-'Polls are now saying

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'that Humphrey possibly may carry five districts,

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'but it's now clear that the chances of a Kennedy sweep

0:45:310:45:34

'have almost slipped away.

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'But it could be a long night for newspaper and radio men

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'covering the election,

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'and that one of the most elaborate and intense campaigns

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'in the state's history could wind up meaning almost nothing.'

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This guy. Yes, they...

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Hi. Hi.

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How are you? Good to see you.

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Well, we'll see what happens.

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-PHONE RINGS

-The 11th ward.

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227 for Jack.

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92 for Humphrey.

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35 for Nixon?!

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That's the greatest ever!

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How you can eat is more than I know.

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Kennedy, 21,190.

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190.

0:46:250:46:26

Hubert, 18,571.

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571.

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The worst we'll get...the worst we can get tonight is six to four

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with the popular vote,

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and that would end up with 20 and a half to 10 and a half,

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counting the National Committeeman for Humphrey

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and the National Committeewoman for Jack.

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So that actually the 20 and a half to 10 and a half

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would be a two to one victory to Jack on delegates.

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It would be a great victory, actually.

0:46:500:46:53

The only ones who stood are the people who've been talking

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about Jack taking all 10.

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Which, er...is impossible at this point.

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I mean, here in Wisconsin.

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I say we go ahead.

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INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

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PHONE RINGS

0:47:110:47:13

Hello?

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Jack's right by my side.

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Wait a minute.

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It's...

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Senator Kennedy?

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Could you turn on the other...?

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We'll never make CBS unless he really rings you.

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-RADIO:

-'The trend is becoming clear.

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'Senator Humphrey's early lead from the rural areas

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'is being wiped out as the big city vote comes in.'

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-RADIO:

-'Boy, what a thrill it is, what excitement,

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'watching these important races tonight.

0:48:260:48:29

'It's a moment of slight commercialism.

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'I will mention that some other very exciting things are happening

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'right here in our city these days.'

0:48:350:48:37

Kennedy first. The senator will come over here.

0:48:370:48:40

Not yet, Senator, not yet.

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Yeah.

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'The Wisconsin primary.'

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-Senator, good evening.

-Good evening, Sandy.

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How does the evening look to you?

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Well, as all these election nights are,

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it's a very interesting evening.

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How has the vote as it's been thus far shaped up

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according to your expectations?

0:49:000:49:02

Well, I was hopeful we could take six districts,

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and I think we have a good chance to do that, which would give us,

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and I hope, the majority of the popular vote,

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which would give us a very good result.

0:49:100:49:12

Senator, how do you feel after this exhaustive campaign?

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I've campaigned many months, but I think if we're successful,

0:49:150:49:19

I've run against a very hard-working, formidable opponent,

0:49:190:49:22

my colleague and friend Senator Humphrey,

0:49:220:49:25

and if I can be successful against him I'll be delighted,

0:49:250:49:28

particularly in Wisconsin, which is, of course,

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the heart of the Midwest next to Minnesota.

0:49:300:49:32

So we've had a very long, gruelling campaign.

0:49:320:49:35

-What are your plans after tonight?

-Well, to continue on.

0:49:350:49:39

The next primary, of course, is Indiana

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and the first part of Maine, then I hit West Virginia, Maryland

0:49:410:49:45

and Oregon and Nebraska, all in the short space of two and a half weeks.

0:49:450:49:48

Very typical of the whole thing. It makes good.

0:49:480:49:51

Smile here.

0:49:510:49:53

If you wait a little while, I may smile even more!

0:49:530:49:56

-You're going right into West Virginia.

-Oh, sure.

0:49:570:50:00

INDISTINCT QUESTION

0:50:000:50:03

Well...the Voice of America,

0:50:030:50:06

I'm always glad to say something for them.

0:50:060:50:08

This has been a great election, and the people of Wisconsin

0:50:080:50:11

are to be congratulated on their genuine interest in this election.

0:50:110:50:15

This is the best voice America can have,

0:50:150:50:18

when the people participate in their government and their politics.

0:50:180:50:22

How are you going to come out of this election?

0:50:220:50:25

I'd say I've been in politics too long to make any predictions

0:50:250:50:28

with one third of the precincts in.

0:50:280:50:30

Only reckless people do that, and radicals,

0:50:300:50:33

and I'm a conservative, prudent man.

0:50:330:50:36

You look awfully satisfied right now, Senator.

0:50:360:50:39

I'm pleased. I'm pleased.

0:50:390:50:41

You see, if somebody relegates you to what you call a hard bread

0:50:410:50:46

and cold water diet and you come up with bouillon and biscuits,

0:50:460:50:50

it seems pretty good.

0:50:500:50:52

I always said I wanted to win the majority of the popular vote

0:50:550:50:58

and a majority of the delegates.

0:50:580:51:00

# K-E-double-N-E-D-Y... #

0:51:000:51:03

'Senator Kennedy is headed for a two to one victory,

0:51:030:51:06

'but this is short of the margin he needs

0:51:060:51:09

'to get his bandwagon rolling.

0:51:090:51:11

'Neither man has been knocked out, and in national standing,

0:51:110:51:14

'they remain about where they stood before the primary.'

0:51:140:51:17

# He's got high hopes... #

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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# Kennedy for the President

0:51:380:51:40

# Kennedy for the President

0:51:400:51:42

# Kennedy for the President

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# USA. #

0:51:440:51:47

I feel that we've done well. Great.

0:51:470:51:49

I truly feel that we've done as well or maybe better

0:51:490:51:52

than we had a right to expect.

0:51:520:51:53

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

0:51:530:51:57

You know, just imagine if we'd have won

0:51:590:52:01

how much noise there'd have been here!

0:52:010:52:03

We won, we won.

0:52:030:52:04

You know, West Virginia's a very interesting and beautiful state,

0:52:040:52:08

just hills and valleys, see.

0:52:080:52:09

-You just work the valleys.

-Just on a walk like this.

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# We're going to stick with him all the way to the end

0:52:130:52:18

# He used to come over just to help us out

0:52:180:52:22

# It's our turn to help him without any doubt

0:52:220:52:26

# So vote for Hubert

0:52:260:52:27

# Hubert!

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# Hubert Humphrey

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# The President for you and me... #

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BRASS INSTRUMENTS PLAY

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# High hopes

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# He's got high hopes

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# 1960's the year for his high hopes

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# Come on and vote for Kennedy... #

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