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OCR Page 1 of 4TO BE RELEASED UPON
DELIVERY IN SEATTLE
AT
PACIFIC COAST TIMES
OCTOBER 19th, 1944
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Harry Truman, Democratic
candidate for Vice-President.
You people of the West always have been a straight
thinking liberal minded people. The problems that you and
your forefathers encountered in settling this territory con-
vinced you of the necessity of working together for the
common good of all.
And you were convinced that no nation can ever be
truly great unless all of its people have a chance to earn a
good living.
You supported the Democratic Administration in the
fight that it has waged since 1933 to advance the welfare of
the common man.
You helped to obtain labor legislation that brought
shorter hours, higher wages and better working conditions for
everybody in labor.
You backed our efforts to obtain social security
benefits for the aged; bank deposit insurance to safeguard
your life savings; security regulations to prevent a
repitition of the financial excesses of the twenties that
caused the depression; and a farm program that brought real
prosperity to the farmer, and helped him produce the huge
quantities of food required to win the war.
You supported the program of the Democratic
Administration to develop the great natural resources of the
West, and you have witnessed the building of the Bonneville,
Grand Coulee and other great projects. You know the tremendous
contribution they are making to the winning of the war, and
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FRUMAN NARA
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