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SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN FLAG DAY SERVICES, LODGE NO. 53, B.P.O.E., TOLEDO, OHIO, JUNE 14, RELEASE ON DELIVERY 1944, 8 0'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. MR. CHAIRMAN; FELLOW ELKS AND FELLOW AMERICANS: During recent months I have been forced to make many speeches which I considered work, this one I assure you is a pleasure. I wish I could feel that it will be an equal pleasure to you. On this Flag Day we are all more conscious of the history of our flag and for what it stands. Let us consider what we want it to stand for in the future. May of us who were born and raised in this most fortunate of countries take many of our blessings for granted and do not appreciate that we enjoy in our daily life scores of rights and privileges unheard of in the greater part of the world. It might be well for us to take stock of why we enjoy being Americans. I can think as I please - Speak and write as I wish - I choose my own work - Worship as I like - Vote for whom I want - Improve my opportunities - Educate my children in free schools - Have access to courts and trial by jury, if accused - and I am free to enjoy life, liberty and to share in all the benefits of the United States. These are a few of the reasons why I enjoy living my own life as an American. But, my friends, along with these joys and benefits we have grave res- ponsibilities. In the winning of the victory and in the reaping of its fruits, the chief responsibility will be ours. No greater task and no more splendid opportunity has ever come to any people in the history of the human race than now comes to us as the hour of victory draws nearer. RUMAN NARA