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OCR Page 1 of 17SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN OF MISSOURI
TO BE DELIVERED AT CARUTHERSVILLE FAIR,
CARUTHERSVILLE, MISSOURI, OCTOBER 23, 1943.
TO BE RELEASED ON DELIVERY
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: It is a pleasure for me to
meet with you again in Caruthersville. In the midst of this great war we
are waging against the powerful allies of evil we can all be thankful for
the opportunity to be gathered here and to be able to discuss - amongst
ourselves -- the problems that affect each one of us, This meeting is
truly American as it typifies the rights of a free people to meet together,
at their own time, at their own will, in their own way, and to voice their own
thoughts on any subject. This is representative of the traditional American
principles of democracy and freedom.
Today the fighting men of the United States are offering their lives
that those principles shall be maintained. On land, on sea, and in the air
these fighting men of ours are carrying the war to our enemies wherever they
may be, Americans are fighting - as they have always fought in the past --
with honor and with glory.
To preserve our way of life we must today emulate the qualities of
leadership shown by our forefathers so many years ago. It was men like
Washington and Jefferson who br ought into being our great nation and showed to
the world a cause united. We must take stock of what has been done and what
still remains to be donc. The Democratic Party has been entrusted by the
American people with a solemn responsibility. As Americans and as Democrats we
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