Speech of Senator and Democratic Candidate for Vice President Harry S. Truman in Seattle, Washington

TO BE RELEASED UPON DELIVERY IN SEATTLE AT PACIFIC COAST TIMES OCTOBER 19th, 1944 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Harry Truman, Democratic candidate for Vice-President. You people of the West always have been a straight thinking liberal minded people. The problems that you and your forefathers encountered in settling this territory con- vinced you of the necessity of working together for the common good of all. And you were convinced that no nation can ever be truly great unless all of its people have a chance to earn a good living. You supported the Democratic Administration in the fight that it has waged since 1933 to advance the welfare of the common man. You helped to obtain labor legislation that brought shorter hours, higher wages and better working conditions for everybody in labor. You backed our efforts to obtain social security benefits for the aged; bank deposit insurance to safeguard your life savings; security regulations to prevent a repitition of the financial excesses of the twenties that caused the depression; and a farm program that brought real prosperity to the farmer, and helped him produce the huge quantities of food required to win the war. You supported the program of the Democratic Administration to develop the great natural resources of the West, and you have witnessed the building of the Bonneville, Grand Coulee and other great projects. You know the tremendous contribution they are making to the winning of the war, and KRUMAN (c) NARA