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FUTURE RELEASE PLEASE NOTE DATE TRUMAN COMMITTEE Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. FUTURE RELEASE FOR RELEASE AFTER DELIVERY, SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 8:30 P.M. E.S.T., SAT RDAY JULY 19, 1941. RADIO ADDRESS BY SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN OF MISSOURI, CHAIRIAN OF SPECIAL SENATE COMYITTEE INVESTIGATING NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM OVIR STATION KHOX, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI JULY 19, 1941 For Sunday Morning Newspapers LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE RADIO AUDIENCE: "Nothing now is more important than the defense program. Our very existence as a democratic nation depends on that and the speed and efficiency with which it is carried out. "A great deal has been accomplished to date, but not nearly enough, and not nearly as much as we shall have to have in the future in order to insure the success of our undertaking "The Under Secretary of War, Mr. Patterson, testified recently before the Senate Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, of which I am Chairman, that not more than "15 per cent of America's endeavors is devoted to defense work. it That is a relatively puny effort when contrasted with Germany's use of half her total production for war purposes. The time has long since passed when the ability and power of the German nation can be treated lightly. We are now in general agreement in the United States that we must devote an ever - -increasin share of our resources to the defense effort, no matter how mach that may dislocate our normal production for everyday needs. That is easy to say, but I doubt if very many of us appre- the ADMIN U.S.