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him to take long and hazardous
trips to far parts of the earth. The
strain of these trips and the con-
ferences greatly weakened his
physical strength. However, all OF
these missions were attended with
| great success. 1t is doubtful if we
could have reached so advantage
Gus a point in international har-
mony and a united effort to prose
cute the war, had it not been for
the particularly personal contribu-
ton that the President made in his
dealings with the heads of other
nations.
"All of us will deeply regret
that his hand will not be at the
helm to direct our course until the
day when victory over both Ger
many and Japan has been COM
pletely achieved.
eve are fortunate, however, in
the man who will take his place.
Harry Truman is not a spectacular
man, not one given to quick
handclasp with stirring drama.
/ Rather, he is the careful thought
full, common-sense Ameri lean
While he will lack the daring and
boldness which characterized the
acts of President Roosevelt, he will
bring to the office of the presidency
thoughtful consideration which,
now that the war is going well, will
be very desirable in the days that
are to come.
president Truman is well liked
by the men who served with him
in the Senate He is respected
very highly. While he was never
one of the men active in debate on
the floor, or in the fashioning of
legislation, he did render a partic-
ularly outstanding service as the
Chairman of the so-called Truman
Committee He devoted a ire
mendous amount of his time to this
work. He saved billions of dollars
to the government by turning the
light of publicity on wasteful and
extravagant governmental prac-
tees and in securing sounder bust
ness administration of the govern
ments great war effort. It is not
too much to say that as a United
States Senator, Truman contributed
as much to the efficiency of the ma
TONS war effort as did any man in
government, and that is saying a
lot.
1T will be the disposition of the
Congress to close ranks behind our
new President and to give to him
the help and support which he will
sorely need, to carry this war
/ through to an early and victorious
conclusion. That President Tru-
man will dedicate himself heart
and soul to this task is certain.
That he has a sense of deep respon-
slbility as to his part in meeting
the eXigencies of the present and
future, no one doubts. In short, he
will try and do his best. He will
! apply an old-fashioned, common
sense approach to the problems
that will come before the nation
from time to time.
Everybody here in the Capitol
feels that the end of organized
fighting in Germany is but a
question of days, or of weeks at the
outside. More and more, men high
up in our Army and Navy are now
saying just that. So we may look
for very, very dramatic develop
ments in the immediate future, the
end of organized resistance in
Europe.
Following that, our attention
will swing with increasing swift.
ness toward the Pacific, when the
United Nations will begin an all
out attack to bring an end 10 the
japanese war. Shipping, weapons
and munitions, planes and person
mel, as fast as they can be spared
and transported, will be concen-
trated against Japan. If the Japa-
nese, war threatens to extend very
far into the future, we will look
forward to the day when Russia
will throw her considerable strength
into that struggle.
! THUS it seems clear, that in
spite of the hard fighting that has
gone on, and which is now going
on, there can only be one final end
to our war with Japan and that end
is victory. Japan cannot hope to
stand up against the combined as
saults of the United States( Great
! Britain and China, and later on,
Russia. Once Germany has fallen,
this realization should become
more and more apparent to the
japanese. What will Japan do