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10-14-48 MANKATO, MINNESOTA WITH I am glad to be here in Mankato this morning and see this great turnout. HARRY is ARCHIVES 5. "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS TRUNIN AND Y GOVERNMENT It proves to me that you people here in Southern Minnesota are just as much concerned about the problems that the country faced today as the people are every place else that I have visited. Mankato is a good example of the close dependence of the farms on the cities and the cities on the farms of this country. Farm prosperity makes for more business in cities like Mankato and more jobs in the great factories of your town. By the same token, when production and employment are high, and workers are receiving good pay, the farmer is able to find a ready market for his produce.