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Senator Harry S. Truman St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Friday, Feb. 7, 1936, at 8:00 P. M. MR. PRESIDENT or TOASTMASTER: I an highly gratified to be a guest of this organization. It is a pleasure to be here at the same table with the President of the American Bankers Association and the Pres- ident of one of our great Southwestern Rail- roads. I an anxious, as a public servant, to have the point of view of these well informed gentlemen on public affairs, especially as Government and Governmental activities affect business; particularly as to the effect of Governmental activities on the banking and railroad business. My good friends in Kansas City, T. Kemper and K. F. Swinney, suggested to me when I went to Washington in January, 1935, that I would do well to get acquainted with Mr. Fleming. Well, I went up to his bank to see him, and as those of you who are familiar with Tashington know, his bank is right across