Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman Before the Democratic Women's Club of Missouri at Jefferson City, Missouri
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OCR Page 1 of 16SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN OF MISSOURI
TO BE DELIVERED AT THE DEMOCRATIC MOMEN'S CLUB
OF MISSOURI, JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, ON
OCTOBER 7, 1943
TO BE RELEASED ON DELIVFRY
Mrs. Chairman, Democratic ladies of Missouri: It is a pleasure for
me to meet with you again in our own capitol, here in Jefferson City. In
the midst of this great war we are waging against the powerful allies of
evil we can all be thankful for the opportunity to be gathered here and to
be able to discuss -- amongst ourselves -- the problems that affect each
one of us. This meeting is truly American as it typifies the rights of a
free people to meet together, at their own time, at their own will, in
their own way, and to voice their own thoughts on any subject. This is
representative of the traditional American principles of democracy and
freedom.
Today the fighting men of the United States are offering their lives
that those principles shall be maintained. On land, on sea, and in the air
these fighting men of ours are carrying the war to our enemies wherever they
may be. Americans are fighting -- as they have always fought in the past
--
with honor and with glory.
To preserve our way of life we must today emulate the qualities of
leadership shown by our forefathers so many years ago. It was men like
Washington and Jefferson who brought into being our great nation and showed to
the world a cause united. We must take stock of what has been done and what
still remains to be done. The Democratic Party has been entrusted by the
American people with a solemn responsibility. As Americans and as Democrats we
RRUMAN
NARA JERRO
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