Draft Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic Candidate for Vice President at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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RELEASE ON DELIVERY AT P.M. NOKEMBER 2. SPEECH OF HONORABLE HARRY S. TRUMAN DEMOCRATIO CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESEDENT AT PITTSBURGH MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS IS MY LAST SPEECH BEFORE ELEC TION EXCEPT FOR A REPORT TO MY NEIGH BORS WHEN I GET BACK TO INDEPENDENCE MISSOURI. PITTSBURGH LIKE ALL OTHER GREAT INDUSTRIAL COMVUNITLES WILL GO DEMOCRATIC. EVERYONE EXPECTS THIS BECAUSE THE WORKING MEN KNOW WHICH PARTY THEY CAN RELY UPON TO WATCH OUT FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WORKING MAN. 1PAS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ALWAYS HAS CONTAINED PROMISES DES IGNED TO CONV INCE THE WORKING MAN THAT HE CAN TRUST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AARDING AND COOLIDGE AND HOOVER WERE ELECTED ON PLATFORMS THAT PLEDGED THEM AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF LABOR . BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DID NOT HELP LABOR GET BETTER WAGES OR WORKING CONDITIONS. out tope promises US