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OCR Page 1 of 3SPEECH TO BE DELIVERED BY SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
BEFORE THE UNITED RALLY TO DEMAND RESCUE OF DOOMED
JEWS AT CHICAGO STADIUM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON
APRIL 14, at 8:00 O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING -
"NATIONAL
APCHIVE AND
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Some twenty-three years ago when we men of America returned to this
nation's shores, we dedicated ourselves to the principles for which our comrades
had laid down their lives. In our hearts was a consuming hatred for the forces
of oppression which had sought to crush the free people of the world. In our
memory was an undying horror of war. We laid aside our weapons and turned to
the pursuits of peace. But we knew we could never keep our trust with those who
had given their lives on the battlefiedls of Europe, unless we undertook to bring
into actual being the liberty and freedom for which we had fought. That war was
waged not only that nations might be free but also that the people who make up
those nations might be free.
During this time we strove to achieve these ends through the arts of
peace, relying on an honor that we hoped existed between nations. Today, again,
we find the forces of oppression seeking to crush the free peoples of the world.
Today the flag of freedom and liberty for which those comrades of mine
gave up their lives has been trampled into the dust by the iron heel of the
barbarian. In conquered Europe we find a once free people enslaved, crushed and
brutalized by the most depraved tyrants of all time. Through the edict of a mad
Hitler and a degenerate Mussolini, the people of that ancient race, the Jews, are
being herded like animals into the Ghettos, the concentration camps, and the
wastelands of Europe. The men, the women and the children of this honored people
are being starved, yes! actually murdered by the fiendish Huns and Fascists.
Today these oppressed people, still with spirit unbroken look for succor to us,
we people of the United States, whose flag has always stood for liberty, freedom
and justice for all.
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