cooperation of almost every country in Latin America in isolating
Cuba in this hemisphere. He led the United States into a record-
breaking stage of economic expansion which pushed wages and profits
to new highs and unemployment to the lowest point in more than
four years. He approved the most significant legislation in education,
including school and college construction and student loans, since
the land grant colleges were established nearly a century ago. In
short, President Johnson has accomplished more in the past 300 days
than we could expect of the Republican Party, under its present
leadership, in the next 30 years.

To my mind, the essential problem we face now is one of apathy—
the commanding lead now enjoyed by the President may discourage
many from going to the polls to cast their votes and this, my friends,
is dangerous. It is our job in the remaining days of this campaign
to unify the Democratic and responsible Republican forces that exist
throughout this land behind the candidacy of President Lyndon
Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.

It is perhaps as difficult to do this here in Kentucky as it is in
my native State of Maryland. We had a bruising Democratic primary
in Maryland earlier this year, as we usually do. But I am happy to
report that following that primary election, the various factions of
our Party united and we have every confidence that Maryland will
be overwhelmingly Democratic on November 3rd.

I was pleased to note that, when President Johnson visited Ken-
tucky on October 9th, five former Democratic Governors of Kentucky
shared the platform with him. This is the kind of unity that will
not only elect President Johnson and Senator Humphrey but will
also carry to victory such eminently qualified congressional candi-
dates as your own Frank Stubblefield, here in the First District; Bill
Natcher in the Second; Charles Farslety, whom I remember as the
Mayor of Louisville, in the Third; Frank Chelf in the Fourth; the
charming and attractive Mrs. Frances Mills in the Fifth; John Watts
in the Sixth; and Carl Perkins in the seventh. I'm interested in the
success of these candidates not only because of their proven ability
to serve the people of Kentucky but also because they are the type
of individuals that all responsible citizens desire as lawmakers in
Washington. They can do much to assist the President and they can
do much to promote peace and prosperity in this country and
throughout the world.

In working for a large Democratic victory on November 3rd, by

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