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Possibly adaptable for end A moment ago I recalled that it was just 25 years since I first took my seat in this chamber. It was in that same month that I sat here fore the first time to listen to a President deliver a State of the Union address. The President then was Harry S was his lines Truman; and that address was in which he first confron ted to to) a Congress of k the opposing party. Thing Thart I remember well what he said. He noted h that on some matters the Congress and the President might have be honest differences of Then opinion, and that on some issues they would disagree. But he hx added: "But there are ways of disagreeing; men who differ can still work together sincerely for the common good. We shall be risking the Nation's safety and destroying our opportunities for progress if we do not settle any disagreements in this spirit, without thought of partisan advantage." This is an election year. The Congress and the Executive are controlled by different parties. Already members of k the 8 House and Senate have announced their candidacy for the Presidecny, and more will follow. It would be naive to assume that the debates