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not whether the program was a good program, but now the

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people back home would think about the program and would

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they have an opportunity to educate the people to the

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point where they would support it? We lengthened the

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term of our House of Assembly and we lengthened the term

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of our Senators. We also lengthened the term of tac

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Governor.

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While I am talking about elections, I might say

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that we decided that we would not have the Governor elected

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in a year in which a President was to be selected, because

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in a Presidential year the issues are likely to be largely

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Federal in character and state issues become submerged

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and are not given the thoughtful attention which they

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frequently deserve.

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We were of the opinion that this would be a good

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idea and it was such a good lea that a person other than

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my own party succeeded me because he didn't have to run

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when Eisenhower ran.

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The duty confronting you today is not unlike

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that confronting the authors of the Declaration of

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Independence as explained by Thomas Jefferson in a letter