All language subtitles for KennedyFilms-00274-Primary53min_English_Full_OCR

[music] (drumming)

[music] (band: "Yellow Rose of Texas")

Taxes, taxes.

I used to pay $300.
You know what I pay now?

1,408 bucks.

Over $100 a month,
I gotta pay Uncle Sam first.

- MAN: Too high.
- Too high. Well, the school...

Here he is now.
What do you think of him?

Mr. Humphrey,
I hope you get good luck.

- Thank you so much, my friend.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

- Thank you very, very much.
- Sure.

- You're very fine.
- I'll see you tomorrow.

You betcha.
I'll be listening in tomorrow night.

If you ever get in,
I will see you, by God.

Say, you come on down to the White House
and have a cup of coffee. Okay?

Maybe a Schnapps.

(laughing)
Yeah. Good.

Yeah.

MAN: [music] The farmer all around
is taking a shellacking [music]

[music] The money in the till
is the thing that is lacking [music]

(horn honking)

[music] Your troubles
will cease' [music]

[music] Put Humphrey in the White House
and use our food for peace' [music]

- [music] Yes, vote for Hubert [music]
- [music] Hubert [music]

[music] Hubert Humphrey' [music]

[music] The president
for you and me' [music]

(crowd cheering)

(applauding)

CROWD: [music] Jack is on
the right track [music]

[music] 'Cause he's got
high hopes [music]

[music] He's got high hopes [music]

[music] 1960's the year [music]

[music] For his high hopes [music]

[music] Come on and vote
for Kennedy [music]

[music] Vote for Kennedy [music]

[music] And we'll come
out on top [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the
opposition, ker... [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the
opposition, ker... [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the opposition
Kerplop [music]

(crowd cheering)

- (crowd whistling)
- WOMAN: We want Kennedy!

MAN (narrating):
The big handshake, the big rally,

the wild race across the landscape
searching out voters...

all repeated endlessly for days
and weeks and months.

These are the ordeal and the exhilaration
of the US presidential candidate.

In the entire campaign,

nothing is wilder than the battle
of an important state primary

fought in every town and precinct,

with the prospect that the candidate
might be knocked out of the nomination

if he loses.

But even if he wins, his victory might
count for nothing at the convention.

Now, traveling along with them,

hot on the heels of two
fast-moving presidential hopefuls,

you are about to see a candidates view
of this frantic process

and an intimate view
of the candidates themselves

in their cars and buses,

behind the scenes,
in TV studios and hotel rooms...

excited, exhausted

and tensely awaiting
the verdict of the voters.

The names could be
Taft, Wilkie, Kefauver,

the time, any election year,

the place, any of several key states.

This happens to be 1960.

Senator John Kennedy, millionaire,

Catholic,
Easterner from Massachusetts,

is challenging a Midwesterner,
Huben' Humphrey,

senator from Minnesota,

in his own backyard,
the state of Wisconsin.

FRANK SINATRA (on radio):
[music] They're voting for Jack [music]

[music] 'Cause he's got
what all the rest lack' [music]

[music] Everyone wants
to back Jack' [music]

[music] Jack is on the
right track' [music]

[music] 'Cause he's got
high hopes' [music]

[music] He's got high hopes' [music]

[music] 1960's the year. [music]

[music] For his high hopes' [music]

[music] Come on and vote
for Kennedy' [music]

[music] Vote for Kennedy' [music]

[music] And we'll come
out on top' [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the
opposition, ker... [music]

(chattering)

(chattering continues)

(girls chattering)

I give you Senator Kennedy.

(crowd cheering, applauding, whistling)

Uh-

If we can hold the darts
till the speaker is retired...

Campaigning is hazardous enough.

But, uh, we want to express
our appreciation to all of you

for coming here today.

I think it is a fair question

as to why I should campaign, really,
in a sense, since last summer

and most intensively
since the first of January

in only one of 50 states.

I think the reason for that
is a quite simple one.

This is one of the few states
in the United States

which permits the people themselves
in primaries

to participate in the election
of presidential candidates.

[music] He's got high hopes' [music]

[music] He's got high ...' [music]

Kennedy headquarters.

Racine's ready with your call.
Go ahead.

There was a letter pledging themselves
as one of the Democratic candidates

to, uh, observe any moratorium

on small arms...
small nuclear arms testing

that the president might agree to.

Thank you.

How do you do?
Thank you very much.

How are you?

- Good luck to you.
- Thanks a lot.

Thanks. Looking good.

- I don't know.
- I mean next time.

Next time.

- Mr. Kennedy.
- Thanks a lot. Thanks for coming today.

- Here's the next president.
- Well, I'll be... We're working hard.

Thank you very much.

How are you?

- I wish you good luck.
- Thank you very much indeed.

WOMAN: I, uh, had your
sister Eunice at my house.

Oh, listen. Thank you very much.
I'm glad to see you.

Listen, you were awfully nice to her.

WOMAN:
I enjoyed it.

It's nice to know.
She's coming back today.

- I can't get over how you two look alike.
- I know.

Well, good to see you.
Thanks. I'll tell her I saw you.

- Oh, you do that.
- Right.

Thank you very much.

- KENNEDY: I got your vote?
- Yup.

GIRL:
I'm thrilled I got to meet you. Yeah!

Thank you. This was a big thrill
for my kids at school.

[music] (accordions:
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett")

(man chattering)

HUMPHREY:
I appreciate what you folks do.

[music] (man singing)

CROWD:
[music] Hubert, Hubert Humphrey [music]

[music] The president
for you and me [music]

[music] (singing continues, faint)

(applause)

Mr. Mayor, representatives
and my friends,

I have really just finished
the very last bite

of that wonderful ham,
mashed potatoes and string beans,

and I was just beginning
to enjoy it.

Well, we have a surprise
for you this afternoon.

Uh, we are very fortunate this afternoon
to have in our studios right now

Senator Hubert Humphrey
from Minnesota.

- How are you, Senator?
- I'm just fine.

And I've had a wonderful reception
downtown on the streets of Tomah.

It has been one of the most
enthusiastic and pleasant I've had.

Well, that's very fine. How long
do you intend being in our fair city?

Well, Tom, I am not going to be here
nearly long enough.

And, uh, my good friend
Senator Eugene McCarthy,

I understand,
is really plugging for you too.

The senator's wife Abigail and my
wife were raised in the same town.

Wabasha, Minnesota.
You probably know where that is.

I think both you and Gene McCarthy
out-married yourselves, I'm sure.

- Yeah.
- I know that Abigail is a wonderful woman.

Well, Senator, now that you're here,

and of course our community in this area
is strictly farm community...

(man on radio, indistinct)

So, any farm implements you want,

stop into the Mack Implement Company
of Camp Douglas,

your Oliver tractor
and Gale implement dealers in this area.

They're waiting to serve you.

Well, I'll be very frank with you...
the question has been asked of me

if I think that Senator Kennedy
will, uh, be out of the election.

In other words, will
not win the election.

To be very frank with you, gentlemen,

the impression that I gather
in and around this area,

the answer is yes.

I don't believe that he can win
in the primary in Wisconsin.

Senator Hubert Humphrey will be defeated
in the primary election

in the state of Wisconsin

and the senator John Kennedy
of Massachusetts

will win the primary in our state.

I'm Senator Humphrey.
Pleased to meet you.

Let me give you my card.

Nice to see you.
I'm Senator Humphrey.

- Just stopping by to say hello.
- Hello.

You betcha.

Okay. And how are you today?

I'm Senator Humphrey.

This your boy here?
How do you do? Hello, son.

Good boy. What do you got,
a lot of money there?

Say, that's just what I need
for my campaign.

Can I have that?
I'm running short.

This is really...
It's just play money.

Oh, it's just play money?
Well, that'll maybe work.

Here, I'll give you one of these.

You bet. Nice to see you.

I hope you'll be at the election booth
tomorrow, April 5.

And my name is Humphrey.

- What's your name?
- Blair. Bill Blair.

- And this is Mrs. Blair.
- Very good. Thank you.

If you have as good a judgment
in politics as you have for your wife,

I'll get your vote.

- You'll get it.
- Bye.

- Thank you.
- Hello, young man. How are you?

- What's your name?
- Bryan.

Glad to meet you.
Well, I'm glad to meet you.

It's a pleasure.
Good to see you again.

Yeah.
(laughing)

- (no audible dialogue)
- (woman laughing)

(car horn honks)

(indistinct)

Lucky man.

How are you? How do you do?

- And how are you, princess?
- Fine.

Take this home and show it to your mama.
Tell her hello from Senator Humphrey.

Tell her to vote for me April 5.

Hello there.
How are you, young lady?

- How are you?
- Fine.

- Are you working for Humphrey?
- No. I mean, yes, I am.

- But I'm not voting.
- But you're going to work for me?

- Yes. Work hard.
- You're going to talk to the folks about me?

- Yes.
- Okay. And your neighbors?

- Yes.
- Okay. Fine. Good.

If I can just have you girls
working for me, we'll win hands-down.

That's right.
Now, I want you to do that.

(chattering)

Tell the folks, tell Daddy and Mama
to vote for Senator Humphrey.

How are you? Here you are.
You take that home to your folks.

That's right.

How do you do, sir? How are you?

Let me give you one of my cards.
Tell the folks hello for me, will you?

My name is Humphrey.

MAN: Would you like to talk
to a reporter, Senator?

I talk to the people that vote.

REPORTER:
What about this Symington thing?

What about this?

Well, I would honestly read it.

Seriously, a guy named Robert Groener,
he's head of the Symington Committee.

He got on the box today down there,
and they had a big panel show.

He announced they're coming
all out for Hubert Humphrey.

- Very fine.
- But you didn't know about this?

No, sirree.

Sir, now, if I can get
the Kennedy committee for me,

we can make it unanimous.

(laughter)

Talk to them in there.

CHILD:
He's going to vote for him.

HUMPHREY: That's wonderful.

Hello there. How do you do, sir?
Glad to see you.

Let me give you one of my cards, sir.
Thank you.

Hello. How do you do?

Nice to see you.
I'm Senator Humphrey.

All right, all set.
Let's go. Yeah.

Wrap the fingers around just a touch,
Senator, just easy-like.

Kind of intertwine the fingers a little.

There. That's it. Fine there.

That's it. Easy there.

So few of my clients are Democrats,
but I like to kind of get a look in on.

(camera whirring)

It's not time to smile yet.

(man laughing)

You do it all by yourself.

A quarter of an inch.

About a quarter of an
inch of cuff, so...

There. That's it.

Eyes just above the camera.
That's it. Fine.

Now, just one more.
Then you're all free.

(coughs)

Could you swing your body
a little bit more to the camera there?

No different from the rest of our
states, you know, in Minnesota.

WOMAN:
Right.

(woman continues, indistinct)

One of the most beautiful parts
of Wisconsin.

WOMAN:
It's very, very beautiful.

The rolling, uh, terrain.

Wooded, yet nice fields.

(woman continues, indistinct)

Yeah.

MAN:
It makes you sleepy.

HUMPHREY: Yeah. Then speaking
right afterwards is, uh...

Nudge me.
I know better than that.

WOMAN: Just put your head back and take
a little nap until you get to Mindoro.

Yes. How far is Mindoro?

Well, it'll take half an hour
to get over there.

MAN (on radio): Now the news...
A political bombshell has been set off

in Wisconsin.

The Symington for President Committee
threw its weight

behind Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey.

This brought a strong reaction
from the Kennedy camp.

The Missouri senator, however,
is said to have had nothing to do

with the action of his committee.

WOMAN:
Thank you.

(chattering)

Thank you very much for coming today.

CHILD:
May I shake your hand?

May I shake your hand, please?

- Thank you!
- We can go this way.

- CHILD: Thank you!
- Now, anybody I didn't get?

- I guess we're late.
- Mine!

- Whose is this?
- Mine!

If you would write me at the Senate,

I'll send you a picture and autograph
and something about the Capitol.

(children clamoring)

Just write me... Senator Kennedy,
the Senate, Washington, DC.

Then we'll send you all some stuff.

(windshield wipers clicking)

Two weeks, this will be the end...
It'll be green though.

Because the snow brings with it
a great amount of nitrogen for the soil.

WOMAN:
That's right.

And that fertilizes it.

WOMAN: Believe it or not,
North Dakota and... where our farm is,

210 miles further north of it...

I have much more identification
with the vigilant Congress

than my friend Jack does.

He's never...
Jack's identification in Congress

has been with one group... labor.

Labor legislation.

My identification has been
with the UN, disarmament,

foreign policy,

not just most recently,
but since I've been there

with, uh... with broad areas
of social welfare legislation.

But I agree that you don't
project this necessarily.

NARRATOR: This is the heart
of Senator Humphrey's strength...

the farm areas of Wisconsin,
close to the border of Minnesota.

And though he likes to discuss everything
from foreign policy to disarmament,

here there is only one issue
to test the skill of an orator.

MAN: Senator,
I am the president of the village.

- How do you do?
- Certainly happy to have you in town.

Say, I'm glad to see you, Mr. Gilbert.
Thank you so much.

- Here's Mr. Peazer.
- How do you do, sir?

Glad to see you, Mr. Peazer.

- MAN: What is your name?
- Gunderson.

Gunderson. Gunderson.

How do you do?
Good to see you there.

Yes, sir. Nice to see you.

- What is your name? Mr. Michaelson.
- How do you do, Mr. Michaelson?

And yours, sir?

(speaking Norwegian)

Oh, yeah? (Stammering)
All I know is... (Norwegian phrase)

(man repeats phrase, laughs)

You got a lot of Norwegians around here.

Pretty good.
That's good.

How many Swedes?

- You heard of them too?
- (laughing)

I, uh, still have my cup of coffee here.

After all, I met a couple of Norwegians
over here, you see,

and since I'm only half Norwegian,
they only give me a half a cup.

I wanted to finish it off.

Anyway, when you're out speaking,
as I have been,

why, once in a while
a good cup of coffee

sort of braces you up
for the next meeting.

Now, gentlemen,

I am one of the candidates in your
Wisconsin presidential primary race.

We're going to have an election here
Tuesday, April 5,

and this election is, of course,

a very important one
in terms of your state.

Now, my friends, during my service in
the United States Senate for 12 years,

I have given more time, more attention

to matters of agriculture
than any other one subject.

Now, Senator Humphrey
is not out here just to please you

by these comments.

I say that Wisconsin

has lost hundreds of millions
of dollars of sales.

I say that the businessmen
of Wisconsin

have lost hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of business

because of reduced foreign income,

and I charge here that not a single
candidate in this primary election

has paid any attention to the farmer
at all except Hubert Humphrey,

and I make that statement
without any boast or any claim.

Instead of you reading about who you ought
to have as president in Life magazine,

you oughta take a good look
at him in the flesh.

You oughta hear what they've got to say.

Because let me tell you something,
Life, Time, Fortune, Look and Newsweek

don't give a hoot
about your dairy prices.

And I know they laugh at you.

I've been down at their editorial
boards... some of them...

and I'll tell you, they have no more
appreciation of a farmer's problem

than they have of what's going on
on the other side of the moon.

Frankly, they don't know the difference
between a corncob and a ukulele.

I can tell you that my votes
aren't very popular sometimes

in New York City or Boston

because back there,
what they want...

when I read the editorials,
The Wall Street Journal,

Boston Globe, The New York Times...

they want a price support program
that's lower.

They say that the farmer
is being subsidized,

and they look at Hubert Humphrey's
record and they say,

"Well, this fellow, this Humphrey,
he's just from the Midwest."

"He's just for those farmers."

That's what they say.
They're right.

I am.

But I am not, if you please,
for a farm program

that will destroy agriculture.

I think Benson's farm program
is insane,

and I'll guarantee you one thing... if I
get to be president of the United States,

I'm going to buy that man
a ticket personally

and send him right back to Utah, where
he ought to have been all the time.

(applause)

Now, thank you very much
for letting me speak to you.

You've been a fine
and a good audience.

Good luck. Safe journey home.
We're going on to La Crosse.

By the way, tune in tonight at 7:30.

We're gonna have another one
of those television shows.

And if you got a question
you want to ask,

just pick up the phone
and call me collect.

Just pick it up and say,
"I want to talk to that fellow Humphrey

at the TV station at La Crosse,"

and put that call through
and ask me on the air,

and you can make it tough,
make it real tough.

'Cause people like it better that way.
They like to see me squirm.

- (laughter)
- You make it real tough,

and I'll try to give you a good answer.

Thanks very, very much.

Yes, sir. Good to be with you.

I'm going right back out there.

Thank you so much.
Thank you.

Thank you so much.

- ...coat, and we'll get, uh...
- Well.

That reminds me, I gotta get my coat
out of the bag over there too.

I was gonna put on the wrong coat.

Tell you what you have to do tonight
is to be sure to remind these people

to call person-to-person.

- Person-to-person?
- Rather than collect station-to-station.

'Cause we just get all
these extra calls.

- Isn't that the idea, Norm?
- All right.

So that we... Yeah.

Well, I gave Norm, uh...
I gave Norm, uh...

On this chart, when the...
the way this thing works,

the lieutenant governor says,

"Senator, there's been quite a lot
of talk about the record.

What's this all about?"
Or something.

Then I say something about
that I put my campaign

on the basis of the public issues
and the record,

and I've been trying to emphasize
some of the differences that exist

between the Democratic candidates.

And here, for example,
are some of them.

MAN: All right.
Will this be early in the program?

Right in the beginning.

And then you focus in,
you phase right in on that.

Then when I say,
"Now we have a call here"...

And at that point when they're saying,
"Now we have a call,"

you get off that
and get back on to me.

The answer must end about one minute.

Now, uh, when it comes down,

before you come to me...

CAMERAMAN: All right, thank you.
We're four seconds down.

Uh, five minutes down. Yeah.

HUMPHREY: Just joke about
your husband wondering all day long

where you have been and so on.

I could say that I've
come here to meet you.

On the TV.
Well, but you're on this show now.

Just take about 30 seconds
to tell us where you've been.

Then you gotta come right back to me
and say,

"Now, Senator,
I want to come on this record,"

'cause we want to get
on those questions.

You want Muriel to have 30 seconds to tell
where she's been, what's she's been doing.

HUMPHREY:
Yes, sir.

Moment of suspense.

Senator Humphrey.

MAN (on telephone): Sir, you're
advocating the family farm...

Well, I don't think the family farm
is impractical at all.

In fact, I would say
it's highly desirable,

both economically
and, more so, socially.

The family farm has social
and spiritual values to it

that are of immense...

You should realize that you are voting
for the most important individual

in the entire free world,

and that the welfare of our country
is heavily involved

in his good judgment,
his sense, his responsibility,

his confidence, his integrity,

his ability
to meet the problems head on.

Though I'm not, certainly, the
president... I'm a long way from that...

I am one of the candidates.

There are about six of us.

And I, therefore, felt
that it would be helpful

if the president
had, at least, my assurance,

and I am sure the other candidates...

What has happened... What will
happen here in Wisconsin today

will happen in the other 49 states.

MAN:
Terrific.

On tomorrow, election day,

every one of the 3,446 precincts

will be covered by a Kennedy worker.

The hardest thing to do
in a Kennedy campaign

is to properly harness
the enthusiasm he generates.

Everyone that meets him
seems to like him,

and then they all want to help.

[music] For his high hopes [music]

[music] Come on and vote
for Kennedy [music]

[music] Vote for Kennedy [music]

[music] Keep America strong [music]

[music] Kennedy, he just
keeps rollin' a... [music]

[music] Kennedy, he just
keeps rollin' a... [music]

[music] Kennedy, he just keeps
rollin' along [music]

MAN:
That was much better.

You know, you gotta
put feeling into it.

WOMAN:
...Fire Department to ask all of you

not to smoke cigarettes or cigars

for the next 20 minutes.

The senator is ready to arrive

in, I'd say, a minute and a half or so,

and there has been some complaint
by the women

that one of their dresses
has been burned

by a man smoking a cigar
in back of her.

So if you will just please...

(chattering, chuckling)

So if you'll please refrain from
smoking, we'd appreciate it.

NARRATOR: This is the heart
of Senator Kennedy's strength...

the heavily populated city areas,

particularly the Polish Catholic
Fourth District in Milwaukee.

(cheering)

WOMAN:
I can't wash my hand for a year!

WOMAN:
Right up through here. Right down here.

(cheering grows louder)

CROWD: [music] Everybody's
voting for Jack [music]

[music] 'Cause he's got what
all the rest lack [music]

[music] Everyone wants
to back Jack [music]

[music] Jack is on the
right track [music]

[music] 'Cause he's got
high hopes [music]

[music] He's got high hopes [music]

[music] 1960's the year [music]

[music] For his high hopes [music]

[music] Come on and vote
for Kennedy [music]

[music] Vote for Kennedy [music]

[music] And we'll come
out on top [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the
opposition, ker... [music]

[music] Oops, there goes the
opposition, ker... [music]

[music] Oops, there goes
the opposition, kerplop [music]

(cheering, whistling, applauding)

I just wanted to tell you
that my sister's married to a Pole,

Stanislaw Radziwill.

(crowd applauding)

His name is Stanislaw Radziwill.

(crowd laughing)

And he taught me one sentence.

(speaking Polish)

(cheering, applauding)

MAN:
I give to you Senator Jack Kennedy.

(loud cheering, applauding)

- (no audible dialogue)
- (applauding continues)

Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,

I first of all want to express
my appreciation to all of you.

I know you've been standing
for quite a few minutes.

(laughter, chattering)

I've been standing for three months,
so I... I know how tough it is.

I also want to express my appreciation

to my old and valued friend,
Clem Zablocki.

He took on
the honorary chairmanship...

the honorary chairmanship
of this campaign

all over the state of Wisconsin
six months ago.

(cheering, whistling)

This campaign really comes
to an end tonight.

I don't think there's anybody
in the state of Wisconsin

who hasn't decided
how they're going to vote,

and I must say, it is going
to be a decisive campaign.

I've said on many occasions
that I didn't think it was possible

to be nominated if I were
unsuccessful here in Wisconsin,

and I must say I mean it.

Clem Zablocki and I
sponsored a bill together...

the Zablocki-Kennedy Bill,
as he calls it,

the Kennedy-Zablocki Bill,
as I sometimes refer to it.

(laughing)

But that bill, which you may not
have ever heard about,

provides that the Battle Act
shall be amended.

And it shall be possible

for surplus foods and surplus things
that we have in this country

to be made available to the people
behind the Iron Curtain.

- The people of Poland.
- (applauding)

We would have passed that bill
two years ago...

We would have passed that bill
two years ago,

but it failed by one vote in the Senate

when the president
withdrew his support

on the day the bill
was coming up to vote.

That's how important
the office of the presidency is.

He shall determine
what shall be our policy on Berlin.

He shall determine whether
we shall be at war or peace.

This is the key office,

and I run for the presidency
because, like you,

I have strong ideas
about what this country must do.

I have strong ideas
about the United States

playing a great role
in a historic moment

when the cause of freedom
is endangered all over the world,

when the United States stands
as the only sentry at the gate,

when we can see the campfires
of the enemy

burning on distant hills.

That's what's at issue today.

That's what we are attempting
to determine.

In the coming months and years,
all of us, as Americans,

are going to be called out
of the ranks.

Our courage is going to be tested,

and I am confident that we are going
to give the same affirmative answer.

That's what I think
this election is about.

That's what we're going to begin
to do on next Tuesday.

- Thank you.
- (cheering, applauding)

(chanting) We want Kennedy!
We want Kennedy!

We want Kennedy!

We want Kennedy!

MAN:
Now I understand also

we will be pleased
to have the privilege

of seeing Bob Kennedy,

Senator Kennedy's son.

- KENNEDY: Son?
- Brother!

(crowd laughing)

(whistling)

Brother.

(applauding)

Uh, thank you very much.

I'm sorry that my mother
couldn't be here tonight.

(crowd laughing)

And I'm sorry that my sister Pat
couldn't come,

and my sister Eunice,
and my sister Jean,

my brother-in-law Peter Lawford,
or my brother Teddy,

or my cousin Joe Gargan.

(laughing)

So you're going to have to settle
with me. Thank you very much.

MAN:
Thank you, Bob.

WOMAN: He looked much better last night
than he did tonight.

He has lost weight.

And he was on that panel this afternoon.

He was good on that panel.

And the best to you too.

Good to see you.

MAN: Even for you,
I must say no visiting, please.

- WOMAN: Work on his own record.
- MAN: That's right.

If you can't run on your own record,
you haven't got any business running.

- That's right.
- KENNEDY: Thank you very much.

Oh, thanks a lot.
My best to you.

- MAN: My pleasure.
- Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Very glad to see you.
Thank you.

- Thanks for coming through that long line.
- WOMAN: I just know you'll win.

WOMAN 2:
I can still feel it!

Thanks for coming. Thanks to you.

KENNEDY:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

MAN:
It's all right.

MAN 2: We've got a candidate
that isn't afraid to take criticism.

- Listen, not only that...
- MAN: Stop this now.

You'll have the senator all worn out.

Please don't crowd
the senator, please.

- No visiting. Let's keep moving there.
- KENNEDY: Thank you. Hi.

Very kind. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you.
And to you.

- Thank you.
- Good luck, Jack.

NARRATOR:
Election day.

The voices of the campaign
begin to turn into votes.

MAN: Senator Humphrey,
and that's who I voted for today.

I believe in the man,
I believe he's sincere

on the civil rights program
and his progressive... instinct

that I think that he has.

And, uh, I think it would be a great thing
for the country if he were president.

(car horn honks)

NARRATOR:
The factory gate.

A few last handshakes.

KENNEDY:
The primary got very risky.

But my judgment is,
I never could have been nominated

if I hadn't run in the primary,
so I'm taking the risk.

But I would say
you have to keep coming up sevens.

WOMAN: I feel very... quite strongly
on the religious angle of it,

so I... I, uh, probably
would not vote for Kennedy

because of the fact that he
would have an allegiance

outside of the United States.

There is no difference, either one.

Humphrey or Kennedy.
There is no difference.

We're hoping for Mr. Kennedy
to win today.

We're looking forward
to a win in Wisconsin,

and that'll carry him right on
through into November.

This will be the start.

I feel I'm in favor
of Kennedy very much.

I think he's a tremendous man.

My husband and I met him the other night
down on Wisconsin Avenue,

and, uh, I think he can give us
what we need.

And being that...

I suppose I shouldn't say this, but being
that he is Catholic and we are Catholic also,

I think that has a lot to do with it.

I'm a pretty good judge of people,
because I'm a cab driver.

Well, Kennedy,
he's more for the upper class.

You could say he's for
the East... Eastern class.

Like, I had Mrs. Humphrey in the cab.

The way she put herself to me
was real nice.

MAN: I was surprised that the Catholic
issue didn't come up earlier than it did.

Uh, Kennedy has stated,

uh, very emphatically

that he will not be dictated by Rome.

MAN 2: They shouldn't bring
religion into politics.

- MAN 3: Very correct. Mm-hmm.
- REPORTER: Do you think they have?

MAN 4: I look at it this way,
that if he's a God-fearing man,

if you're a Catholic or Protestant
or Jew, I'd respect him for it.

And I certainly would rather have a man who
is a God-fearing man than one who isn't.

WOMAN: I believe most people
that are Republican

will... will be voting for Humphrey.

WOMAN 2: I think Humphrey
sounded pretty... pretty good.

I really do.

He's been doing his share

and fighting for
the working people all this time

and I think he's going to continue.

WOMAN 3: What's glamorous about him?
He's younger...

I don't think he's good-looking just because
his sister is married to a movie star.

- WOMAN 4: I don't think he's good-looking.
- Doesn't make him a glamor puss.

WOMAN 4: I don't see what's
good-looking about him.

WOMAN 3: No. He looks like a farmer boy.
He's got a good head of hair on him.

REPORTER (on radio): The Humphrey
and Kennedy camps at this hour

are almost identical.

Each side says it will win
in six of the 10 districts.

Each side says it will win
the popular vote.

And each side says it will stage
a victory celebration sometime tonight.

REPORTER (on TV): The first precinct
reporting in today's presidential primary

gave Senator Humphrey 103 votes

to only 16 for his opponent,
Senator Kennedy.

And on the Republican side,
Vice President Richard Nixon drew 35.

Fourteen thousand, nine...

nine hundred and eighty-seven.

At 9200 PM.

That's a total of 44%
of the precincts reporting.

Forty-four?

44% reporting at 9:00 PM.

Charlie, ask 'em one... one question.

Uh, what did Nixon do
in the fourth and fifth?

CHARLIE:
In the fourth and fifth, give me Nixon.

I know,
but he didn't take him down.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?
- We're up 3,914.

- Just a minute, Bob.
- Uh-huh. Yeah.

CHARLIE:
5,078 in the fifth.

And keep us apprised.

- What?
- Pierre said it's not a correct quote.

No, that isn't a direct quote.

I just said I would find it
difficult to be nominated.

If I lost here, I'd find it
extremely difficult to be nominated.

I don't care
whether they print it or not.

Yeah, it's Jack.

Forty-four for Humphrey, 63...

REPORTER (on TV):
First returns in that Wisconsin primary.

Senator Humphrey
is leading Senator Kennedy

by a margin of two to one

and he's outdrawing Vice President Nixon
three to two.

These, however,
are very early returns.

They include one precinct where
Humphrey was conceded to be strong.

REPORTER (on TV):
Waukesha is in the second district.

Kennedy, of course,
is a Roman Catholic,

Humphrey a Congregational/st
and Nixon a Quaker.

Some observers think that the election
has resolved into a religious struggle.

KENNEDY:
That religious thing.

The primary
is what breaks it wide apart.

It makes religion to be
of disproportionate importance.

Imagine it being a front-page story

when under ordinary conditions it
wouldn't even be printed in the paper.

It's endemic.

I see it every...
I see it every week.

After all, listen, when Jack came out here,
this place was locked up for Humphrey.

(people laugh)

- HUMPHREY: Good. When is Red Skelton on?
- WOMAN: He's on right now!

Well, let's get him.
We like him. That's our favorite.

Oh, here we are!

Billy, what do you know?

[music] (TV: orchestra)

Ah!

- (TM woman speaking, faint)
- (all laughing)

This would be eight of the 10 districts .
.. uh, fourth and fifth are out yet.

Nothing from Milwaukee yet.

And it would show Humphrey leading
in the third, the ninth and 10th.

(phone rings)

- WOMAN: Thanks a million for calling.
- What about the second?

Yeah?

I suppose what's happened,
of course,

is that these Republicans are leaving
Nixon and voting for Humphrey.

Is that a...

JACKIE (whispers):
Shit.

(whispering)
Hi, Jerry. How good to see you.

(Jackie laughs)

It would be all right if this was
November you're going through this.

You don't like to go through this
six times, do you? Five times?

And then November.

The, uh, ninth is gone.

The, uh, third we have a chance in.

The, uh... Well, just a chance.
It really depends on La Crosse.

The 10th we have a chance in.

MAN:
Yes, sir.

KENNEDY: Just a chance.
The seventh is quite close.

HUMPHREY: Listen, don't let these guys
get you congratulating too early.

Then afterwards they say,
"He thought he was in, but he wasn't."

(Humphrey laughs)

I've been through this before.

- They seem so friendly.
- They are.

But their copy desk boys
are not always.

(people chattering)

They're all right.

When I first ran for mayor,
I was ahead till 6:00 in the morning

- and I... I ended up losing.
- Oh, my God.

REPORTER (on TV): Polls are now saying that
Humphrey, possibly, may carry five districts.

But it's now clear that the chances of a
Kennedy sweep have almost slipped away,

that it could be a long night for newspaper
and radio men covering the election,

and that one of the most elaborate and
intense campaigns in the state's history

could wind up meaning almost nothing.

- (people chattering)
- Now, get the, uh...

Hi. Hi.

- How are you? Nice to see you.
- (woman, indistinct)

Well, we'll see what happens.

MAN:
Hey, Jack. How you doing?

- (phone rings)
- MAN: Appleton, the 11th ward.

327 for Jack.

Ninety-two for Humphrey.

Thirty-five for Nixon?

- That's the greatest... (laughs)
- (chattering continues)

- Well, I don't know...
- (chattering)

How you can eat is more than I know.

Kennedy at 21,190.

- 190.
- Well, fuck.

Hubert... 18,571.

The worst we'll get...
The worst we can get tonight

is six to four
with the popular vote,

and that would end up
with 20 and a half to 10 and a half,

according to the national committee man
for Humphrey

and the national committee woman
for Jack.

So, actually the 20 and a half
to 10 and a half

would be a two-to-one victory for Jack
on delegates.

It'd be a great victory, actually.

The only ones disturbed
are the people

who've been talking about
Jack taking all camps.

- Which, uh...
- (chattering continues)

is impossible for a Massachusetts boy
coming in to Wisconsin.

I say we go ahead.

- (chattering continues)
- (phone ringing)

Hello?

Jack's right by my side.

Wait a minute.

Telephone.

- Did you try coming on the other...
- Yeah.

We'll never make CBS
unless he really rings it.

NARRATOR:
The trend is becoming clear.

Senator Humphrey's early lead
from the rural areas

is being wiped out
as the big city vote comes in.

(chattering, laughing)

ANCHOR:
Boy, what a thrill it is...

what excitement watching
these important races tonight.

In a moment
of slight commercialism,

I will mention that some other
very exciting things are happening

right here in our city these days.

MAN: Kennedy first.
The senator will come over here.

Not yet, Senator, not yet.

- Watch from right here?
- Yeah.

FLOOR DIRECTOR:
Stand by.

ANNOUNCER:
...on the Wisconsin primary.

- Senator, good evening.
- Good evening, Sandy.

How does the evening
look to you?

Well, as all these election nights are,
it's a very interesting evening.

How has the vote,
as it's been thus far,

shaped up according
to your expectations?

Well, I was hopeful
we could take six districts.

I think we have a good chance
to do that, which would give us...

And I hope then the majority
of the popular vote,

which will give us, I think,
a very good result.

Senator, how do you feel
about this exhaustive campaign?

KENNEDY: It's been a long campaign.
Many months.

But if we're successful at running against
a very hardworking, formidable opponent...

my colleague and friend,
Senator Humphrey...

If I can be successful against him, I'd
be delighted, particularly in Wisconsin,

which is, of course, in the heart of
the Midwest and next to Minnesota.

So we've got a very long,
grueling campaign.

REPORTER:
What are your plans after tonight?

KENNEDY:
Well, we, uh, continue on.

The next primary, of course,
is Indiana in the first pan of May.

And then I hit West Virginia, Maryland,
Oregon and Nebraska

all in the short space
of two and a half weeks.

Those things... it makes it good.

MAN:
Don't smile yet.

You wait a little while.
I may smile even more.

(all laughing)

- We're going right into the interview.
- Oh, sure. You bet.

MAN:
I wish you'd give me...

Well, my goodness!

The Voice of America. I'm always
glad to say something for them.

This has been a great election.

And the people of Wisconsin
are to be congratulated

on their genuine interest
in this election.

HUMPHREY: This is the best voice
that America can have,

when the people participate
in their government and their politics.

MAN:
How are you gonna come out?

HUMPHREY: I say, I've been in politics
too long to make any predictions

with one-third of the precincts in.

Only reckless people do that,
and radicals,

and I'm a conservative, prudent man.

You look awfully satisfied
right now, Senator.

I'm pleased. I'm pleased.

You see, if you're...
if somebody relegates you

to what you call
a hard bread and cold water diet

and you come up with bouillon
and biscuits, it seems pretty good.

KENNEDY:
I always said I wanted to win

the majority of the popular vote
and the majority of the delegates.

[music] (people singing "High Hopes")

NARRATOR: Senator Kennedy
is headed for a two-to-one victory.

But this is short of the margin he needs
to get his bandwagon rolling.

Neither man has been knocked out,

and in national standing they remain about
where they stood before the primary.

(people)
[music] He's got high hopes [music]

(cheering)

[music] (people singing)

[music] Kennedy for the president
Kennedy for the president [music]

[music] Kennedy for the
president of USA [music]

HUMPHREY:
I feel that we've done well.

I truly feel that we've done as well or
maybe better then we had a right to expect.

(crowd cheering, applauding)

You know, just imagine if we'd have won
how much noise there'd have been here.

- MAN: We won, we won. We won.
- (crowd laughing)

HUMPHREY: You know, West Virginia is a
very interesting and beautiful state.

Just hills and valleys.
You just work the valleys.

- You sort of walk like this.
- MURIEL: We're used to it.

- [music] (guitar strumming)
- MAN: [music] We're gonna stick with him [music]

[music] All the way to the end [music]

[music] He used to come over
just to help us out' [music]

[music] It's our turn
to help him [music]

[music] Without any doubt' [music]

- [music] So vote for Hubert [music]
- [music] Hubert [music]

[music] Hubert Humphrey [music]

[music] The president
for you and me [music]

[music] (brass band continues)

[music] (ends)