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Prohibition was reserved for a closing paragraph. President Coolidge called upon all states and "all our inhabitants" to help federal enforcement...
...facts are these: A small portion of the Ivy Oration--the last paragraph--was a series of quotations from the Address, slightly modified to cover the existing situation. There was nothing startling about that. Everything from "Give me liberty or--" to the Book of Genesis has been subject to that sort of thing, with small damage to them or the feelings of sensitive listeners. The contention that I was trying to ridicule or undermine the memory of a great figure and a great occasion is unjust, and unwarranted by a single phrase, express or implied, in the Ivy Oration...
Governor Hunt has been absolutely honest. I put this statement in a paragraph by itself for it is outstanding. In all the six terms as Governor, there has never been the least suspicion ever breathed against Hunt in this connection...
...dictated and redictated a paragraph about the future: "Every man when he is elected to office is entitled to a full, fair chance to make good, and Mr. Hoover should have the assistance of every citizen...
...since 1860 and the benefits which it has brought all our inhabitants are unsurpassed. Our population which was then about 31,500,000 has risen to about 118,000,000. Our wealth of about $16,000,000,000 is now conservatively estimated at $350,000,000,000 . . . [a solid paragraph of figures]. . . . These figures illustrate our progress. . . . [nine more paragraphs of figures and material items]. . . . These figures, which would be cold and uninteresting in themselves, when we realize that they illustrate the life and development of our country cannot fail to have a deep fascination...