Outline for President Harry S. Truman's Associated Press Speech

Outline for Speech, April 21 TRUMB 1. Responsibility of the press. a ARCHIVES RECORDE "NATIONAL AMD SERVICE" a. Meeting that responsibility well. b. Press can render service in present situation. 2. To preserve our way of life we must have a sound, stable prosperous economy at home. a. It is to our interest that we assist in every way in building up free, independent nations in the world. b. It is our major defense against those ideologies that would destroy the freedom of man. c. It is a matter of self-interest to us. d. Greatest aid in this effort of ours is to demonstrate that freedom works. That under our way of life we can have a stable, prosperous economy. e. The responsibility on our various segments of economy is greater than ever before - it transcends personal gain or profit - in the greater good that will inure to the country and world as a whole. f. Our free enterprise system is being tested the acid test. Will we rise to the occasion and, meet the test or will we become vietims of our own short-sightedness. THITHINHIA 3. Comparison of size of present day economy and that of 1929. a. 200 billion dollar economy today compared with 130 billion dollar economy in 1929. b. This is peace production and not war production. 4. Sharp price increases constitute a real danger to maintenance of our present prosperity.