| ROOSEVELT NOMINATED FOR THIRD TERM FDR is Selected by the Democrats to Stand for a Third Term as President of the USA | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6421 | |
| Catalog #: | 190856 | |
| Clip Number: | 190856-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 40/62 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:43 - 01:38:03 | |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois, United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Conventions ELECTIONS: Nomination LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois, Chicago PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) POLITICS: Political Party, USA, Democrat | |
| Description: | ROOSEVELT NOMINATED FOR THIRD TERM FDR is Selected by the Democrats to Stand for a Third Term as President of the USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (USA). VS of the nomination of Franklin D Roosevelt at the Democratic national convention. His name is put forward in speech by first by Senator Hill. He says, "...the people of the whole United States, I put forththe nomination of the valiant American Franklin Delano Roosevelt !!" Candidate Jim Farley concedes his own position and calls for a unanimous vote for Roosevelt by a shout of Aye or No. He says, " The motion of Postmaster General Farley to suspend the rules of this convention and nominate Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President of the United States by a acclaimation. All those in favor of that motion, say aye! Crowd says 'Aye.' The motion is moved, the Ayes have it and it is an unanimous vote of this convention that President Roosevelt be nominated for four years." Roosevelt is therefore selected. CU Roosevelt speaking; He says, "...like most men of my age, I have made plans for myself, plans for a private life of my own choice and my own satisfaction to begin in January, 1941. These plans, like so many other plans had been made in a world that now seems as distant as another planet. For today, all private plans, all private lives have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger. In the face of that public danger, all those who can be of service to the republic have no choice but to offer themselves for service in those capacities for which they may be fitted. Those are the reasons why I have had to admit to myself and now state to you that my conscience will not let me turn my back upon a call to service. The right to make that call rests with the people who the American method of a free election; only the people themselves can draft a president. If such a draft should be made upon me, I say, in the upmost simplicity, I will, with God's Help, continue to serve with the best of my ability and with the fullness of my strength." | |
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