Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman Before the Veterans Employment Service Conference at St. Louis, Missouri
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OCR Page 1 of 7SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
BEFORE THE VETERANS EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI, MAY 29, 1944.
RELEASE ON DELIVERY
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
I have been greatly honored by your invitation to be with you at this
important conference of employment officials from all parts of the United States.
As you may know, employment problems, particularly those relating to
Veterans, have been of intense interest to me during my public life. I had the
great pleasure to participate in the administration of the Misscuri State Employ-
ment Service prior to my election to the Senate of the United States. Through-
out my term in the Senate I have taken keen interest in all problems relating
to employment and have made careful study of the many proposals made to the Con-
gress by Federal, State and private employment service organizations. It is,
therefore, indeed a pleasure to be able to discuss matters with you which are
of such great mutual interest.
I should like to direct my remarks to the World War "G. I. Bill" now
before the Congress. No legislation has been more strongly advocated by the
veterans of World War I. The Bill has been universally supported by all Ameri-
cans in their desire to insure to our fighting sons a just treatment and the
preservation of the rights for which we have fought and for which our boys are
now fighting on all the continents of the world.
The American people are determined to provide adequately for all dis-
abled veterans and the dependents of those deceased. It is the aim of members
of Congress, as representatives of the American people, to guarantee to our
heroes and to their families a fair chance to rehabilitate themselves in civilian
life and to participate in the prosperity which is to come.
TRUMAN
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