Smears Are Not Only To Be Expected

Surely The United States Senate Is Big Enough To Take Self-criticism And Self-appraisal. Surely We Should Be Able To Take The Same Kind Of Character Attacks That We "dish Out" To Outsiders.

I Speak As Briefly As Possible Because Too Much Harm Has Already Been Done With Irresponsible Words Of Bitterness And Selfish Political Opportunism. I Speak As Simply As Possible Because The Issue Is Too Great To Be Obscured By Eloquence. I Speak Simply And Briefly In The Hope That My Words Will Be Taken To Heart.

It Is Time That The Great Center Of Our People, Who Reject The Violence And Unreasonableness Of Both The Extreme Right And The Extreme Left, Searched Their Consciences, Mustered Their Moral And Physical Courage, Shed Their Intimidated Silence, And Declare Their Consciences.

My Basic Rule Is To Speak Slowly And Simply So That My Audience Has An Opportunity To Follow And Think About What I Am Saying.

Those Of Us Who Shout The Loudest About Americanism, Are All Too Frequently Those Who . . . Ignore Some Of The Basic Principles Of Americanism-the Right To Criticize, The Right To Hold Unpopular Beliefs, The Right To Protest, The Right Of Independent Thought.