Press Release, Speeches of President Harry S. Truman in New York City - Union Square, City Hall, Sara Delano Roosevelt Park, Democratic Club Reception

IMEDIATE RELEASE INTEDIATE RELEASE REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT AT 37th STREET AND seventh AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 28, 1948 at 4:35 p.m., e.s.t. This is a tremendous turn-out, and it is a wonderful tribute. We are winning this election -- don't let anybody tell you anything ifferent. ... TRBMAN Anaya "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT AT UNION SQUARE, RECORDS LIBRARY NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 28, 1948 : SERVICE" 4:45 p. m., e.s.t. BOVERN WEAT This certainly is a great pleasure for me to speak a t a rally spon- sored by the Analgamated Clothing workers, one of the most forvard-looking unions in this great Nation. I am very proud to stand beside your fine leader, Jacob Potofsky. I have known him for a long time, and he is a man after my own heart. He tells you the truth, whe ther you like it or not -- and that is what I like, He is carrying on a magnificent tradition of a leader ith a great vision who was able to turn his dreams into realities -- Sidney Hillman. I wish that Sidney Hillman could be with us today to see that you still have that same fine spirit that lifted your Union up to the front ranks in the labor movement in this country. I am more than happy to be on this platform with so many good Democrats also, the Mayor of New York, the Chairman of the New York Democratic Committee, and the former Chairman of the New York Democratic Committee. I remember that the Amalgamated Clothing Workers fought side by side with me four years ago, when Franklin Roosevelt and I defeated the forces of entrenched privilege. You know who led those forces four years ago. They were led by a man who used every trick in the book in a desperate effort to pull the American people a way from liberal principles. He is still trying to do it. The same man heads the Republican ticket again today and I think you will agree that he hasn't changed a bit. The leaders of the Republican Party still stand with the National Association of Manufacturers, the big bankers, the big businessmen -- against the working people of this country. You fought a good fight to beat that gang four years ago. Now I want to congratula te you on putting up a wonderful fight -- a winning fight again this year. We re going to lick 'em, jus as sure as you stand therel You remember the whispers that the Republicans sent through the Country in 1944. The Republicans said that President Roosevelt and I had to clear everything with Sidney. It is true that TIC placed a great deal of con- fidence in Sidney Hillman, but we didn't have to clear anything with anybody. We cleared it with the American people. And they believed us, and that is what we are doing this year -- clearing it with the people is certainly a lot better than clearing up with the Tional Association of "anufacturers. What do you think about that? That is what the Republican candidate is doing in this campaign -- he is clear ing everything with the N. A. M. and the lobbies that ran the 80th Congress. The spirit of Sidney Hillman is far above that of the bosses of the Republican Party. Sidney Hillman fought for the working people, and that includes nearly all of us. I know it includes me because I work eighteen hours a day and I don't get time and a half for over-time either. The bosses of the Republican Party work for the men with millions to spend, for the men who believe they can buy your Government behind a smoke screen in hotel rooms. And I want to tell you that I don't care how much money the Repub- licans have, we have got the votes -- and that's what counts! (OVER)