Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman Before the National Association of Secretaries of State at St. Louis, Missouri
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OCR Page 1 of 9SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN,
TO BE DELIVERED BEFORE THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE, AT
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON OCTOBER 18, 1943
TO BE RELEASED ON DELIVERY
THE STATES CAN SET THE PATTERN FOR THE POST-WAR WORLD
Delegates to the Twenty-fifth Conference of the National Association
of Secretaries of State:
It is with great pleasure that I come to address you at this Annual
Convention. I am honored to welcome you all to my own native state of Missouri.
We meet today at a critical time in America's history. You are the
architects of the war-time functions of our forty-eight states. What you
decid at this convention, therefore, may shape our national destiny more than
an, us realize. I believe that your deliberation, held here in war-time,
will 00 far more than solve your own immediate problems. I believe your
decisions can affect the outcome of the war.
This is no time for petty thinking or narrow programs. Every American
is duty-bound to live and think and fight for his nation, no matter what his
sphere of Service-- no matter if he be in uniform or out. It is in this spirit
that I would like to say a few words to you.
You, and your predecessors in office, have played an important part in
the development of the State government since the beginning of our Federal Union.
As the oldest organization of state public officials, established in 1904, your
record of faithful service stands as a model of stable and efficient government.
I could speak at some length about the great contribution you are making to
the American war effort. Without fanfare or headline, you keep the wheels of
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