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SPEECH OF HONORABLE HARRY S. TRUMAN FOR RELEASE TUESDAY VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MORNING PAPERS DEMOCRATIC VICTORY DINNER JANUARY 30, 1945 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA JANUARY 29, 1945 7:00 PM EWT UNITY It is a special pleasure to be here in Philadelphia, the cradle of American independence, to greet you and the Honorable Francis J. Myers, your distinguished new Senator, the outstanding result of Pennsylvania's most recent Declaration of Independence. Progressive statesmen of your great Commonwealth always have been among the leaders in the endless fight for freedom. I am sure that your junior Senator will become known as another champion of constructive liberalism from the keystone state. You industrious people of Pennsylvania have already accomplished a tremendous war task, thereby aiding the cause of liberty throughout the world. Your sons have fought valiantly to defeat powerful enemies on the battlefields. You have produced the vital war materials which, by sheer weight, will ultimately crush the aggressors. Your farms, mines, and factories are providing America, and our fighting Allies, with a substantial part of the modern supplies so essential for final victory. Today, in addition to your heroic men and valuable materials, America needs your moral and spiritual strenght to help guide suffering humanity to a sound and lasting peace. More than ever before, the world must have statesmen with vision -- wise and tolerant men, who can rise above all local and petty prejudices, and serve mankind in the light of lasting interests. America needs statesmen like Benjamin Franklin, the kindly humanitarian from Philadelphia, whose deep understanding, wise philosophy, and practical diplomacy, helped vreate and preserve our national independence. It was Franklin, the Elder Statesman, whose sound advice and extens: experience inspired confidence and harmony among the Founding Fathers, making possible political agreement, resulting in that keystone of democracy, our great Constitution, adopted here in Philadelphia at Independence Hall. This world of ours has been seriously ill for many years. In desperation, a few nations have turned to political "quacks", who promised prompt NARA