October 30, 1948
The last minute revisions for the speech that day forced the team to hand it to the typist page by page. They were so " punch-drunk with exhaustion", they had little idea about the quality of the speech. By nightfall they reboarded the train for the final three stops at Bellefontaine, Ohio at 12:15 p.m., Terre Haute, Indiana 3:30p.m. and Mattoon, Illinois 4:53 p.m.
Still ahead to look forward to was the climactic address of the campaign, at 8:25 p.m. in the Kiel Auditorium in St.Louis.
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