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Now here's the Governor of Arizona earnest W. Mcfarland,

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Distinguished guest and friends. I
want to express to you my appreciation

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for being here upon this occasion. I
particularly want to express my

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appreciation

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to Bishop Gorky and reverend long for
their participating here.

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Yeah. And also are vesting governors
from our neighboring states and our

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neighboring nations Governor over gone
off Sonora and his official party

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governor Maldonado and his official
party from lower California. Your

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present chair is further expert
expression of the friendship that exists

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between the peoples of our states and
our nation. I want to likewise

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express my appreciation.

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Are they part of our own boy scouts
from Florence? The thunderbird post

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from phoenix and the Tempe american
legion post here today. The college,

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the bands from the colleges and the
university. I want you to know that I

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greatly appreciate the trouble that
you have made in coming here today

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has occurred two years ago. We have
brought to the people of this state

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rain.

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Mm. I of course also appreciate the
presence of all of you. I noticed that

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a large crowd is inside the capitol.
They seem to like this capital better

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today than they do on other occasions

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the people of Arizona for the second
time have conferred upon me the

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greatest honor in their power to
bestow.

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Two years ago I accepted this honor
with a profound sense of humility. I

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do so again,

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you have made me very happy and I want
you to know that I am most grateful

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for the confidence you have expressed
in me by electing me governor, Re

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electing me governor of this great
state. I hope that I may read into your

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action the step of approval

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on the services rendered during the
last two years.

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Two years ago I told you it was a
governor's job to formulate policy and

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administer the law. The law that
protects a weak against the strong and

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promotes the well being of all
citizens. I have unbelief, attempted to

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keep that play. God willing. I will
work unceasingly toward that end. In

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the future being governor of our state
is more than just an honor

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conferred. It is a challenge that
carries with it grave responsibility.

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Our population in 1912,

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when our state was admitted into the
union was 216,

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600

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and 216,000 639.

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We have grown to the extent that we
now have a population of almost five

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times that number.

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We have now passed The one million
mark. The greatest increase has come in

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the last few years as more and more
newcomers enter our gates to find

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happiness and security in our way of
life. This great influx of new

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citizens added to the list of those
who have successfully fostered our

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great growth and development. Makes
our goals stand out more clearly. They

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are of greater magnitude than ever
before. These objectives are, and

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should be to bring prosperity and
happiness to all of the people of our

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state. An opportunity for every able
bodied man and woman alike to obtain

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a job at good wages, proper care and
security for the agent blind

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dependent and handicapped, equal
opportunity for education, health and

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recreation. In order to obtain these
objectives, our natural resources

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must be developed for the benefit of
all of the people, not just a few.

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The growth of Arizona has given us
many opportunities but has also

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multiplied our problems. We tackle
these problems two years ago with a

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determination to meet the objectives
which I have just enumerated. I know

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and you know that the process of
growing up

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Is a complicated one. We must count
our possibilities along with our

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problems which are many and varied.
Take, for example, our school two

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years ago we were challenged by a
situation that was threatening the very

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foundation of our school system. Many
impoverished school districts. We're

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hanging on by the ropes, so to speak,
settled by mounting debts and

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soaring taxi. It was no longer a local
problem but one that deserved and

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needed the assistance of state
government. We acted upon the mandate of

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the people and by increasing
substantially every average daily attendance

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payments on the state and county level
brought this much needed assistance

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to our school district. This
assistance, I know, and you know, is not the

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final solution to the perplexing
financial problems of education. But it

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was the healthy start on a program
which will assure all arizonans equal

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opportunity for education in the years
ahead. We in government, we'll

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continue to explore every avenue at
our command in our quest for sound

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educational planning as we continue to
go forward, adjustments and

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improvements in our school system must
necessarily be made. Another

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example of gains made in the last two
years was improvement in the care of

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agent blind and the dependent
Children. The Lien law, which was a constant

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harassment to the welfare of
recipients,

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wasn't and was netting little return
to this state was repealed. Many of

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these people, our pioneers who helped
build our great state, but we're

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living in constant fear that they
would be buried in a pauper's grave.

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They wanted their little homes free of
leans far security. Similar

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legislation also eliminated the
obnoxious quarterly reports, payments were

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increased for dependent Children. The
welfare of these people must

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continue to have our study the
humanitarian aspect should be part and

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partial of every official acts. No
state which fails to recognize this

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concept of humanity can expect to
prosper.

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You will also recall that the lot of
our working people was improved by

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the passage of legislation, which
increased benefits for the unemployed

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and for those who had contracted
silicosis. Me, what we must continue to

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study legislation designed to meet the
changing conditions of our working

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people. They help of our citizens will
always remain of paramountimportance