Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman to the Young Democratic Club of Carroll County at Bogard, Missouri

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Spesth of Senator Harry 8, Truman to the Young Democratie Club of Carroll County at Bogard, Miscouri, TO BE RELEACZO ON DELIVARM LADIES AND GANTLIAN: It is a pleasure to be with you this evening. I en always happy when I'a with the Young Democra ta. Young Democrota ere the hope of the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party is the hope of the nation. You yourg Democrate have a very great responsibility resting upon your shoulders. It is your duty to tako up the burden or the Party of Jefferson, Jacisson, Wilson and Tranklin D. Roosevolt - a Party that has out- lived the Federaliste, Whige, Kaow-Nothinga, and is now witnessing the pessing of the Republicans. The Regublienns have noither leader nor policy. Thay know not if they are Hooverites or Lendonites. They have Glenn Trank on one limb and Vendenberg on the other. Thoy are against everything and for nothing the Perty of Progress proposes. Their sympathizers atili control the metropol- Itan preas and the big money sources of the nation. Thet situntion la not unknown to the sveryday citizan. Thay fool no one but theuselves. They acquso us in one broeth or wanting to oreate a dictator, and in the next of delivering the country to communiem. They nake the most of the Prosident'a deairo to have a Congress elected in syapathy with the 1deala and pletfora of the Democratic Party. They raise every possible to obacure the reel issue, which 1a the titenie struggle between the resetionary forces and the progressive or liberal forces of this netion. What 1a left of the Republieans, and the followors of greed end ogpreasion, are trying by every means at their to regein control of the Government. It 15 necessery that wo have e Congress in syapathy TRUMAN with the asuse of the common people. All the high sounding phrases a readion- ery cen une will not make hir a liberal. I John Recoans ADMING E