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I say I just want to say a word or two before we start on the questions, and I hope that

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when you ask these questions, you'll announce your connection and your paper and your name,

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so that the rest of the customers here will understand just exactly what's behind the question.

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I'm very, very happy at the reception at the station this morning. I didn't anticipate that.

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That was Paris and Rome and New York all rolled into one on the return from the trip. But I have

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nothing of vital importance to tell you this morning. I came up or came to Chicago for the

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purpose of seeing as many people as possible. I'm naturally interested in the National Democratic

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Convention, and I have been ever since I was 16 years old when I was a page at the Democratic

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National Convention in Kansas City. So you see, I've had some experience with conventions right

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along. I hope before the convention meets to come to a conclusion and be in a position to answer

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your questions that you've been firing at me ever since I got on the train last night. I don't think

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I'll be able to answer the principal question that you're going to ask me this morning, but I'll say

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to you that before the convention meets, I'll have an answer for you, and I'll let the people

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know exactly where I stand and why I stand there. Now go ahead.