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Double space Stencil and mineography Return 100 to cohies High Felton Porm 447 dug. 30, 1944 SPEECH OF HARRY S. TRUMAN ON LABOR Day flowords mi Chairman; ladies and gentlemens of for many years the first Monday in September has been set aside and dedicated to labor. This is altogether fitting for modern civilization was created and can continue to exist only because we have learned to work together for our mutual advantage. The United States has been fortunate to possess a vast wealth of natural resources. But tithout labor, those resources would have been sterile and unproductive. Through labor they have the fundation been mader for the greatest civilization and the highest standard of living ever enjoyed by any nation in the world's history. This is an election year, and labor, like all other groups, in our country, is entitled to know what kind of treatment it may expect to receive from the hands of those who seek high office. candidate Nomer is ever foolish enough to declare himself to be an in politics talks,and sometimes shoutshis enemy of labor. Everyone prates of friendship for labor. Even those do is who act against you, assure you that what ev er they did it was for IP you all know that the greatest Eadiance own good. Smade in the history of labor have been mar eng ever had your Franklin junder D. Roosevelt, the administration President of of the the United greatest States. friend itor Through experience, sometimes bitter experience, labor E JMAN NARA has learned to judge a candidate or a party by accomplished fact