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deepest roots here in the Middle
West.
There is one thing we must
learn he continued. 1T is to be
most distasteful thing for us to
learn 1t, and that is that it is
absolutely necessary for the great
est republic that the sun has ever
shone upon to live with the world
as a whole. and not by itself"
Receives Honorary Degree.
Again, as he told of his speedy
passage through the Far West by
plane during the 10 days he has
been away from the Capital, the
President hammered this thought
at the audience of 5000 to 10000
gathered in the Municipal Audi
forum to see him receive the hon.
oratory degree of doctor of laws from
the University Of Kansas City.
Il am anxious to bring home to
you that the world Is no longer
country size, no longer state size,
no longer nation size. 1t is one
world, as Willkie said"
Mr.. Humans speech climaxed a
busy day rounding out the two
day Homecoming celebration which
Jackson County arranged for its
most distinguished son.
Will Confer With Landon.
Mr.. Truman had been scheduled
to rest at his home at nearby 1nde-
pendence today, but instead, he
came to Kansas City. He planned
to remain in town all day, and at 4
o'clock to 60 to the Muehlbach
Hotel to receive Mr.. Landon, who
is paying the call that was sched-
uled in Washington.
Mr.. Landon, along with Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York, was
invited several weeks ago by the
President to drop in and see him
whenever they were in Washington
The President spoke extemporane-
ously last night, and at the outset,
he carried on the light vein that
has characterized his appearance
here before the home folks.
He expressed his appreciation for
the welcome, and for the first hon.
orary degree the school has con-
ferred. Then he grew serious as he
told of the tremendous task" he
faces in the presidency, in winning
war and making peace He argued
the need OF world cooperation in a
world where distance has been
erased-"to carry out the ideals of
Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D.
Roosevelt"
Constitution sold" to States.
ut was my privilege to be pres
ent at the signing of the Charter
in San Francisco, which is the first
step toward the accomplishment of
world peace" he said. Way back
our forefathers wrote the Consti-
tuition for Is individual States. They
considered that Constitution imper-
feet.
They had to go out on a selling
program to get the States to ratify
that. to put it into effect. One
of those Is States didn't ratify that
Constitution until after it was in
effect. We are going to have to
ratify this constitution at San Fran
cisco and I want to say to the
United States. do it first"
Attends Alumni Reunion.
The President attended a law
school alumni reunion yesterday and
recalled humorously then that he
didn't get to finish his course-he
went to night school az years
because job-hunters took up so
much of his time. He was then
county judge, an administrative, and
not judicial position, for the east
ern district of Jackson County.
The President said he was at a
loss to understand why he receives
so much excited attention from the
public. In Jackson County, he said,
he wanted to be treated like the
county judge he used to be.
II can't be President of the United
States in Jackson County" he told
the audience at the law school cere-
monies. He added that the enthusi-
astic greeting given him '.swells me
up like pizened pup"