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SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN OF MISSOURI TO BE delivered AT "VICTORY DINNLR" UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ON JUNE 14, 1943 TO BE RELEASED ON delivery Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen It is an honor and a pleasure for me to join with my fellow Democrats tonight in the beautiful capital of Oklahoma. In the midst of this great war we are waging against the powerful allies of evil we can all be thankful for the opportunity to be gathered here at this Victory Dinner and to be able to discuss -- amongst ourselves -- the problems that affect each one of us. This meeting is truly American as it typifies the rights of a free people to meet together, at their own time, at their own will, in their own way, and to voice their own thoughts on any subject. This is representative of the traditional American principles of democracy and freedom. Today the fighting men of the United States are offering their lives that those principles shall be maintained. On land, on sea, and in the air these fighting men of ours are carrying the war to our enemies wherever they may be. Americans are fighting -- as they have always fought in the past -- with honor and with glory. To preserve our way of life we must today emulate the qualities of leadership shown by our forefathers so many years ago. It was men like Washington and Jefferson who brought into being our great nation and showed to the world a cause united. We must take stock of what has been done and what still remains to be done. The Democratic Party has been entrusted by the American people with a solemn responsibility. As Americans and as Democrats we es RUMAN, NARA