Evening star., 1945-06-28
Truman
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anu LIleIl STARTED up tIle pain 10 LIE
door, while the photographers went
to work.
Mrs. Truman and their daughter
Margaret have been at the home
here for several weeks. getting things
in shape for his visit, which ex-
pected to be one of several this
summer.
The President rested until
o'clock, then came over from his
home to the nearby memorial build
ing erected to World War veterans
TO announce the resignation of Sec
retary of State Stettinius.
Later he was the dinner guest OF
Mayor Sermon. as a prelude to the
formal welcoming ceremony at the
Latter Day Saints Auditorium.
The auditorium seats 5000, and II
was filled long before O'Clock
when the celebration was to start
Mrs. Truman and Margaret came
early, accompanied by her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
George Wallace.
The President arrived so minutes
late, and it was revealed that he
had gone out to Grand View to visit
his 92-year- -old mother, Mrs. Mar
tina Truman.
Gives ve-Minute Talk.
Introduced by Mayor Sermon as
"our friend and neighbor. the Pres
ldent of the United States" the
President gave homely five-minute
talk. which he wound up by jok-
ingly asserting that time and
again I have tried to fill this audi
torium; this is the first time I sue
ceeded." The neighbors appreciated
that.
Mr.. Truman recalled the evening
be was called to the Presidency
when President Roosevelt died. He
told his old friends that he needed
their help and support in the prob
lems with which he must deal.
There are two things that I
must accomplish as President of the
United States, "he said earnestly.
THE first one is to win the war
with Japan, and we are winning it.
The next one is to win the peace"
The first step toward peace was ac-
complished at San Francisco, he
added.
Then he told them of the meet
ing of the so-called Big Three some
time next month, in which we shall
discuss the preliminaries for a final
peace treaty which we hope will
maintain the peace of the world for
generations to come"
Asks for Support.
I'VE can't afford to have spilled
all this blood here-and sWeat-of
these young men who are the cream
OF our population-the cream of the
population of Russia and Great
Britain and our other Allies" he as
serted.
I'VE mustn't under any circum-
stances allow that expenditure of
life to be made in vain. am tell
ing you all these things to let you
know exactly what the responsible
ties of your Chief Executive are. He
can't assume those responsibilities
unless he has the wholehearted sup
port of YOU"
The President said he believed
from what he had seen on his trip
from the Capital, in which he has
touched also at Olympia, Wash:
Portland, Greg; San Francisco and
Salt Lake City, that II think all the
people of the United States arc
just as anxious as I am to have a
peace that will work."
The crowd cheered frequently.
Then Mrs. Truman and Margaret
were presented to the audience; next
the Presidents staff-Matthew j.
Connolly and Charles G. Ross. his
ecretartes; Brig. Gen. Harry
and Capt. James K. Varda-
man, jr., his military and naval
aides.
Mr.. Ross is a product of Inde-
pendence and he also made a talk.
He said that he and some of the