Evening star., 1945-10-08
' IL Assnciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
| CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo, Oct.
S.-FolloUing is the tert OF PreSi-
dent Tru1nan's speech yesterday
at the Pemiscot County Fair:
| My friends of Southeast Missouri,
Northeast Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Illinois:
| 1t is a pleasure to be here today
Once again I'm your guest at the
American Legion fair. 1t is a Gus
tomary procedure with me. This is
No. -. I came down here the first
time, as I remember correctly, in
1884.
Judge of the County Court Of Jack
son County, and a candidate for
United States Senator. The next
time I came I was the United States
Senator from Missouri, and for
nine times I came down here as the
Senator from Missouri because !
like to come.
I have almost as many friends in
this part of the great State of
Missouri as I have in Jackson
County, and that is really saying
something.
Last year I came as the candidate
for Vice President of the United
States. Mr.. Roosevelt and myself
were the candidates on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Roosevelt's Death a Shock.
We won that election, as you
know, and I settled down as Presi-
dent of the Senate and its presiding
officer to happily enjoy four-year
term. Then suddenly. like a bolt
out of the blue, Mr.. Roosevelt passed
away-a great leader, great hu-
manitarian, the greatest of our war
Presidents.
The greatest responsibility that
ever has fallen to a human being
in the history of the world fell tc
me. In my first address to the Con-
gress after that happened, I ex.
planned to them that I had not
sought that responsibility, nor hac
I sought the honor which goes with
that responsibility, but had beer
a public servant in one phase ol
another for past 80 years, and
have never shirked job.
I shall not shirk this one.
I told the American Congress:
and the Nation that if we were
to be successful, and we will be un.
doubtedly, it would require the CO.
operation not only of the Congress
but of the country as whole, for III
to accomplish the things which
Almighty God intended this grea
nation to accomplish.
Reviews Events Since April.
just to rehearse for your benefi
few of the things that have hap
pened since April II, 1945-jus
about six months ago. The Sal
Francisco Conference was con
; vened on the 25th day Of April
just 13 days after 7 was sworn IL
as President of the United SLAVES
That conference was successful
, and Just about four months afte
, it was convened the United State
approved the charter of the United
Nations by an overwhelming ma
jority. There were only two Sen
J, ators against it, and I never dit
understand why they were agains
!. it.
l At any rate, the United State
entered on an entirely new develop
ment of its foreign policy.
j Some three months after that
went to Berlin to meet with tht
heads of the governments of Russi;
and Great Britain in order to dis
cuss the world outlook for the com
ing peace.
The deliberations Of that confer.
tence will be felt for generation!
in the final peace.
/, just a little less than month
after I became President-that /.
26 days after I was inaugurated-
the Axis powers in Europe folded up
On the 18th day of August, Japar
folded up. In the meantime thu
most earthshaking discovery in thu