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STATEMENT BY SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FEBRUARY 6, 1941 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY I am pleased indeed to state for the record of the Securities and Exchange Commission some facts developed by the Senate Railroad resulted in the publication of Investigation. That investigation has to date/mbliskeit 23 volumes of hearings and exhibits, plus 25 or more preliminary and additional reports. * Naturally, I cannot summarize today all the material in the subcommittee' record pertaining to competitive bidding vs. "continuing banker relation- ships," as the present practice is sometimes described. But I can outline for you a few typical situations as developed in our record. "Continuing banker relationships" have been defended by witnesses before the Senate Railroad Investigation, and perhaps here too, on the ground that a railroad or other enterprise can "in time of need" turn to its continuing bankers for short-term accomodations or other aid. The incident Il have in mind in this connection comes from my own state, the State of Missouri. In testimony at a hearing before the Missouri Public *Hearings pursuant to S. Res. 71, 74th Congress, and continuing TRUMAN NARA resolutions.