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Address of Honorable Harry S. Truman, Chairman Special Senate Committee Investigating the War Program. To be released upon delivery over the Blue Network Monday, October 4, 1943 at 9:30 P.M. Central War Time - Shenandoah, Iowa. THE FIGHT FOR QUALITY PRODUCTION 26.20 min, Today we are engaged in total war. Victory or defeat depends upon our armed forces, - - - but they, - - in turn, are dependent upon what we give them with which to fight. They are risking their lives. - They are en- titled to the best that we can give them. Their needs are determined by the Procurement Officers of the Army and Navy. The Army and Navy specify what war materials they want, and ask business to produce them in accordance with the Army and Navy specifications. agreestur Business contracts to supply materials that conform to these specifications. Common honesty requires that business should not foist off upon