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Governor Earl Warren Inaugural Address January 8, 1951
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| Parent | Parent Candidate |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Post Date | , 12:am |
| Description | Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor Knight, President pro Tempore Powers, Speaker pro Tempore Maloney, Mr. Chief Justice, and Members of the Legislature:
Today we start a new administration and a new century of statehood.
The conditions which face us are not what we had hoped they would be. I am sure that as we celebrated our centennial, all of us were looking forward with the keenest anticipation to the opportunity of devoting our time and energy to the peaceful development of our State.
But that pleasant approach to our duties has been denied us. We must take conditions as we find them.
Those conditions make an ominous picture, and compel us to meet in a solemn mood under the shadow not just of a possible but a probable third world war.
Eight years ago, when I addressed you at the start of my first term, our Nation was in one of the darkest hours of World War II. Our thinking throughout the Session of 1943 was cast in a serious mold, and the legislation it developed was geared to enabling the State of California and its people to make an outstanding contribution to victory and peace.
Four years later, when I again took the oath of office, we met in an atmosphere of hope. The military victory had been achieved. Our fighting men were returning home. The organization of the United Nations, representing the aspirations of the peace-loving peoples of the world, had been established. We were able, in such an atmosphere, to give our full attention to measures necessary for the continued progress of California and the integration of millions of new citizens.
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