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1595 WESTERN UNION PRESS MESSAGE A. N. WILLIAMS PRESIDENT DRAFT OF SPEECH OF HONORABLE HARRY S. TRUMAN.DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR VICE/ PRESIDENT, TO BE DELIVERED AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS (SPACE) MR.CHAIRMAN,LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FARMING IS OUR GREATEST INDUSTRY.THERE CAN BE NO TRUE PROSPERITY FOR THIS COUNTRY UNLESS OUR FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS.ALL THAT THEY ASK IS A FAIR, SQUARE DEAL. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO IT, AND THEY WILL GET IT, JUST AS THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING IT DURING THE LAST TWELVE YEARS UNDER THE DEMOCRATIO ADMINISTRATION. I THINK I KNOW THE FARMER'S saye PROBLEMS AND HOW HE THINKS ABOUT THEM. I OUGHT TO.I NOT ONLY WAS RAISED ON A FARM. I SPENT TWELVE OF THE BEST YEARS OF NARA