The decorum of the convention had been interrupted slightly by the new york delegation, led, of course, by governor rockefeller of new york. Chairman clearing the way. And the photographers were dispersed. They do mean business. These sergeants at arms, by the way, are wearing red caps. Was to have plan mr. Hoover addressed the convention by Close Circuit Television from his apartment in new york. Even though he is 85, he is still pretty spry and decided to come here in person. Harry truman, the only two living expresident s, have come to be good friends the last two years and speak of each and respectffection and have even joked about forming a union. He says he takes pride in the fact that while other president s have bridges, lakes, mountains, states, in cities named for them, he alone among all americans has had his name applied to a depression. Governor rockefeller is hidden at this moment behind the new jersey banner. It would be a tired republican hearts of that is not void by this site, wouldnt it . A pretty goodsized demonstration is getting underway. There is utah back again with that same beehive we saw two weeks ago, david. The family did not know who it was, said they didnt. Prettyme for being ignorant, saying that is the state symbol. The industry. [cheers and applause] these delegates have been waiting for an opportunity to cheer. The former president. [indiscernible] [cheers] hoover my good friends [cheering] mr. Hoover your may president , if i would you take your banners back to that station please so we can listen to our beloved chief . [cheering] with all of the affection and respect we have for him, can you take your state banners back to iefs please. David we finally identified that yell. We reported earlier that the texans were going to yell viva viva whenever they were pleased. Friends,r my good your reception has been received a demonstration of great friendship. [applause] it kindles a great glow in my heart. I had not expected to speak at this convention. Th each of your last hree conventions, i paid you an affectionate goodbye. My goodbyes, however, did not stick, and i have been bombarded with [applause] again request to do it for the fourth time. Unless some miracle comes to me by the good lord, this is final, the fifth. It would be unworthy of this great gathering if i came here merely to receive your expressions of goodwill. I would tell you when i was a under certain pressures, i aas sent regularly to attend ing, mostly sessions in silence. The spiritcasionally rise amid theto silence. The benefits of right living. July, she sath of on the platform at the village crossroads, where every year, the countryside gathered with reference to hear the reading of the declaration of independence. Occasions, they even tolerated the presence of the only democrat in our village. [indiscernible] ideas thats and shape our national dusting. I do not need to tell you that today our country faces the greatest of dangers overseas in all of our history. And i want to comment on what great dangers and the ugly it ents that border on other than to urge that great unity of our freedom is in peril if the preservation of freedom both at home and abroad. [applause] and [indiscernible] lives,ffect all of our but as i look back over my long years, concerned with our national problems, i have come to believe that uncertain forces embedded in the soul of america are more important than all of these issues. Because [applause] because they lay at the base of the solution of all issues. And tonight, i will just touch on this shortly, this one issue and i hope they will be believed that i speak not alone to this convention, but to all of my country. But dont be alarmed. I can speak my mind on this subject in just 10 minutes. , america is in the midst of a frightening moral slump. During the 14 years following the end of the second world war, our statistics show that there major crimes in most of these years have increased about three times as fast as the population, riod since the same pe the end of the war, our cities have become increasingly infested with teenage gangs. Year, 740,000 of these youngsters were arrested by the police. Beyond the terrifying warnings of statistics, we could hardly believe that moral cutbacks are increasing when we witness the constant exposure of state and municipal corruption and when we daily read headlines in the press exposing corrupt practices and some of our nationwide services and fraudulent practices in some of our distributors of the daily necessities. Now all wars by their violence individuald for rights, we have as a client in a decline in morals. [indiscernible] one example will be sufficient for you. In a recent year, there were known to the fbi. And yet, there were only 170,000 convictions. That is only one in 10. Also, some part of this decline in morals is an infection from communist russia. I do not need to remind you that the doctrines of karl marx and a totalunists are destroyer of all morals. They declare there is no god, they stigmatize religious faith as an opiate of the people, and lenin declared that Foreign Policy must be based on tricks and untruths. During the 14 years since the war, these communist conspiracies have poured these poisons into our business, and we have also been brainwashed by another communist basic tenet. They insist that love of country , pride of the people in their history, their ideas and their accomplishments is wicked nationalism. Ever since the war, the fronts and the eggheads have conducted a National Chorus of denunciation of this wicked nationalism. Obviously our religious organizations are devoting service to halt this slump in morals. These agencies need every assistance. But there is a latent form in a latent course in American Life that could be of vital help. This nation needs a rebirth of a , which hastual force been impaired by its citizens and weakened by for an infection. You can call it nationalism if you will, but there is an american brand of nationalism which is neither isolationism , and embedded both at home and abroad. [applause] it is the kind of nationalism which recognizes change in the world and requires that we need withet them forwardlooking measures. But the Spiritual Force with speak is enshrined in one word. That word is america. We do not use that word merely as a geographical term. At one time, and even now, that word summons to mind the whole background of our country. This word america recalls that millions of people, over 300 years, have sought our shores as a refuge from oppression. To these millions, the word america came to mean a byilization unique on earth the fusion of attainments of scores of missions. For centuries, the word america has been an emblem of hope, of more security in life and more freedom. And this word america brings back to our minds the great men and women who won for us our independence and then created a government unique among nature. Unique among nations. And this word means that our wars were not fought for glory of war, but for freedom. It means the country where the doors of opportunity are open to every boy and girl. It means law and order, freedom of choice. It means glorious strides in the investment of civilization. Means freedom,a springing from our mountains and plains, falling into our mighty rivers, which refreshes not only our own people, but the whole of mankind. [applause] today, we alone among nations, have a multitude of citizens who have sunk to light posture of perpetual apology and seeming shame for our country, and yet today, the fires of nationalism in its higher sense are burning brightly in every nation on earth. We have witnessed the spirit of nationalism give birth to the independence of one dozen nations in the last 10 years, and within the last five years, we have seen the enormous revival of rights. Now, i do not pretend to you that a rebirth of that spirit which lies within the word america will cure all moral ills, but with it, we might have a revision enough some of our schoolbooks. The rebirth of the word america might resurrect conscience. It might make us recall the rights and ideals of our people. Rights and ideals of our people tend to curb the excessive demands of groups. It might stimulate a New Enterprise in the tens of thousands of our youth who are in fear of the future, seeking refuge in the bureaucracies of industry and government. A revival of the meaning of the word america might insist on a revision of our weakening course. It might give support to our defense of freedom. [applause] because i lament the eagles and the evils and the dangers which beset us, the evils and i would not have you believe that our nation is in decline or fall. The American People have rallied many times in our history to meet greater test than this, and they can be rallied again. [applause] my friends, you are convened here, and not alone to nominate a president and Vice President , but to declare a new the to declare a new to declare anew the principles and ideals which must guide our country. [applause] yours is the task to stop this moral reprieve, to lead the attack, and recapture the meaning of the word america. This is an opportunity and the spiritual opportunity of your children can be assured, and thus will when the win thus you will when the gratitude of posterity and the blessings of almighty god. Thank you. [applause] the Republican NationalConvention Begins tomorrow in cleveland and we continue our look at past republican inventions here on American History tv. Up next, u. S. Treasury secretary catherine or take a, who in 19 before became the first hispanic woman to give a keynote speech to the Republican National convention. That year, Ronald Reagan and his Vice PresidentGeorge Herbert walker bush beat Walter Mondale and Vice President ial candidate geraldine ferraro