Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman Before the Faculty Women's Club, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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OCR Page 1 of 7SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
BEFORE THE FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB,
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 14, 1944,
2:30 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Madame Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is an honor to me to be
given an opportunity to meet with you today. I appreciate your asking me to
be here to discuss a few ideas I hope will be of interest to you.
In the past three years I have had the good fortune to be Chairman
of the Senate Committee responsible for inquiring into our war program. The
work of the Committee has afforded me unusual opportunities to talk with leaders
in all fields dedicated to the prosecution and winning of the war. I have seen
our democracy arouse itself from normal peaceful pursuits in defense of our way
of life. I have seen the unparalleled mobilization of men and materials into a
mighty machine for war. In achieving this transition there have been many deci-
sions which were hastily and sometimes foolishly made and many mistakes that
were continued long after they should have been rectified. But all this only
demonstrates that no task of such magnitude can be accomplished at great speed
without great waste. War is waste - waste of manpower and material.
I believe, however, that a just and fair understanding of the war
program as a whole requires that it be emphasized that the job has been well
done.
Some hold that the American people ought not to be told of our suc-
cesses in war production or in military operations. Such an attitude is an
insult to our ideals of democracy. An intelligent people is an informed people.
Is this not the theory of education?
FRUMAN
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