Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman to the Kiwanis Club of St. Joseph, Missouri
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OCR Page 1 of 7Speech of Bonotor Harry 8. Truman to
The Kiwania Club of St. Joseph, Missouri,
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October BE RELEASYD 27. 1938. ON DELIVERY COPY
Gentlenen of the Kiwanis Olubt
I copsider it a privilege to appest before your distinguished organiza-
tion. The Kimanis 18 always considered emong the beat influances for good in
any community. I thorefore eppreciate your invitation.
I wondered what you would went me to telk about, and I wont over in ay
mind several aubjects. First, I thought about civie affeire because I know
Kiwenis 1a always interested in thet subject, and then I thought that, even
with my past experiense in local governaeus, it might not be the most diplo-
astic thing for a partisan Jackson County Demogret to try to tell blue-blooded
Buchanan County anything about locel civil government. So that wes out.
Then I thought of mailroads, a subject with which I've become rather fumiliar,
at least from a stendpoint of finencial looting, due to my part in the
finencial investigation of the railronds by the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committes. Then I thought that all I could Bay was alresdy e pert of the
Congressional Record, end I beceme very eure thet every member of Kivenie would
have already read what I'a seid and it would be just e repetition of a dry but
vital subject. Then I thought of the Lebor Relations Act and 1 decided that
there is so much hest on that, between william Green of the A. F. of L. and
John L. Lewie of the c. I. O., not to mention Tom Girdler and the National
Chember of Commerce, that I'd perhapa better stay away from that, too.
Then it eccurred to ma that the Internetional Situation might be a good
thing to discusa, na Kiwenia in internationel end we are all interested in
pasce -- particularly as it affects our own grest country. Lat me say in the
baginning thet I en no expert on foroign affeirs, and that what I eay is my
own opinion end is not in any way reflected in the Senate or the Administration.
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