and now my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and soul. and with the your help, i have no doubt that we will win. help me to do the job and this autumn of conflict and of campaign. yeah and we will justify our glorious paths and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. we will serve our great tradition greatly. i ask of you all you have. i will give you all i have. that was our contender this week, adlai stevenson accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. we are joined by historian richard norton smith here in adlai stevenson s old study in liberty bell, illinois. richard norton smith, who was this one term governor? two millions of americans, that s all he was, a one term governor of illinois. they knew nothing more about him. they had never heard a voice like his. they did not know that in some ways, a political revolution was being
your television provider. ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ applause ] and now, my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight for that office with all my heart and soul. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonight s happy vision, and we will justify our glorious past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding and for honest purpose. thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. i ask of you all you have. i will give you all i have. that was our contender this week, adlai stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. we are joined by historian richard norton smith here in adlai stevenson s o
convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonight s happy vision. and we will justify our gorgeous past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. thus we will serve our great tradition greatly. i ask of you all you have. i will give you all i have and that was our contender this week, adlai stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. we are joined by historian richard norton smith here in adlai stevenson s hold study in libertyville, illino
with miss dewy by his side. he makes another strong bid for the northwest ballots. it appears he has at least one supporter. those are some of the region s finest sentiment specimen. we ll know soon. november is just a rant the corner. president truman continues his swing around the circuit. meeting former president in texas. the chief executive gets a president which he says he passed around the white house lawn for the next four years. he goes to the home of his friend, where he has breakfast and it s a warm welcome. later in nearby san antonio heat vista alamo, historic sure i m of texas independence. in austin, a big crowd reads the president as he continues his campaign for lone star state s 23 electoral votes. civil, writes the president stuck at republican say they don t want unity. on his tour the president spoke with the former speaker of the house. at port, worth hundreds of thousands turned out as he fights to win the southern vote. do we defeats. truman the famo
it appears he has at least one ardent supporter. those are some of the region s finest salmon specimens. we will know soon. november is just around the corner. president truman continues his swing around the circuit. meeting former vice president gardner in texas. the chief executive gets a present. he rides to the home of old friend cactus jack and gets a warm welcome en route. he visits the alamo, the historic shrine of texas independence. in austin, a big crowd greets the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star state s 23 electoral votes. the president struck of the republicans saying they don t want unity. on his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam rayburn, former speaker of the house. at fort worth, thousands turned out as he worked to bring the southern vote back into line. dewey defeats truman, the famous photo of that chicago tribune headline from the 1948 presidential campaign. of course, we know harry s. truman won the election. his