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OCR Page 1 of 7SPEECH TO BE DELIVERED BY SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
BEFORE THE IRISH FELLOWSHIP CLU3, AT PALMER HOUSE, CHIOAGO ILLINOIS
ON MARCH
17, 1943, AT 12:15 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. Scranton, Pa
TO BE RELEASED ON DELIVERY
Mr. Chairman and fellow Americans: You have extended to me the
great honor of joining with the members of the Irish Fellowship Club in
observance of the feast of Saint Patrick. It is our good fortune in this
country to be privileged to continue traditional celebrations even in
time of war. It is to your credit as Americans that you have voluntarily
iven up your formal banquet and are confining remenbrance of your 42nd
rsary to this gathering.
It is a particular pleasure for me to share in a Saint Patrick
01 lebration in the great State of Illinois, a state where I have so
riends--the state of my distinguished colleague, Senator Scott Lucas,
ond McKeough and of Chicago's own Mayor Kelly.
S. TRUNAN
Your club may well be proud of the name it bears. That name
"RATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECOROS
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and re-echoes courage, loyalty and devotion to God and country.
Through the ages we Irish have always fought for freedom. (Yes,
to say that some of the blood of old Erin flows through my veins.)
of America--it fight for freedom, its growth to the country
nd love--and the history of the Irish in America are one and
Irish have always answered the call to arms in defense of
our count
from the five O'Briens of the Revolution to the five Sullivans
in the present struggle. And now the names of Colin Kelly, Butch O'Hare,
and only the other day Lt. Colonel Brian O'Neill, who led the fight against
the Japs at Bismark Bay, take their places alongside the immortal Colts
whose undying deeds of bravery enshrined their names in the hearts of all
Americans.
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