Evening star., 1948-09-22

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ton In 1e47, Mr.. Truman tibed, the
response OF the Republican chair
man of the House Appropriations
Committee" Representative Taber
OF New York; was that "the West
was squealing like q stuck pig"
An earlier speech ut Price, Utah,
before q coal mining crowd, sound
ed as though Mr.. Truman might be
dragging the military service issue
into the campaign.
Recalling his World War I rec
ord as an artilleryman, Mr.. Tru-
man told the story Of his efforts
to get into World War II while he
was still in the Senate and the
refusal of Gen. Marshall, then
chief of staff, to let him don the
uniform again at the age OF Sc.
The President leveled his final
blast of the long day from q spe-
cially built platform at Ogden
Union Station, where large crowd
had stayed after II o'clock to greet
him.
President Seems Annoyed.
This time it was "the blood suck
ers with ofiices Wall Street" who
drew his fire as he hit at the in
terests."
Some boys jabbering away IN
nearby trees seemingly annoyed the
President and he stopped speaking
to tell the interrupters sharply ii
you want to make q speech Ill ab-
dicate and let you do it,"
While the President was continu-
ing to subject his throat to severe
strain, Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham,
his physician, said the inflamed con-
dition which had bothered him
earlier had cleared up.
The 5000 seats in Mormon Taber-
nacle were filled for the Presidents
address long before he came into the
building and there were ISLANDERS in
aisles and doorways. The omcial at
tendance estimate was 1880.
While church officials had ad-
monished that "only applause In
moderation should be expressed"
because Of the character Of the tab
ernacle, which is only opened to pub
lie affairs on unusual occasions, the
crowd didn't let that stand in the
way OF their noisy approval what
Mr.. Truman had to say.
Had 'Warm" Audience.
It was the third major speech Of
his 9,500-mile campaign trip and the
audience was easily the "warmest"
he has encountered.
When he wound up with promise
to bring every possible Western acre
under irrigation and to develop to
the fullest extent the hydro-electric
resources Of this region" and asked
If he could count on support for his
fight, he got . roaring affirmative
Of applause.
The presidential special pulled
into Salt Lake at 5 pm, and
crowd running high in the thou
sands greeted Mr.. Truman on the
short ride to the Utah Hotel, where
he attended a dinner with other
Utah Democrats and spoke briefly,
having a word of praise for the two
party system and telling his hopes
for peace.
Democrats are taking some courage
out of the appearance in Salt Lake
City last week of Gov. Warren. The
Republican vice presidential candi-
date failed to fill q high school
auditorium which seats 1000. How
ever, Gov. Dewey will be in the
Utah Capital September 80 and
speak also in Mormon Tabernacle,
so the cautious are waiting until
then to draw any comparisons be-
tween the pulling power Of the party
spokesmen. "
When President Truman comes
into California today it will be his
second visit to the State in three
months, and he will retrace much OF
his former route, with Sacramento,
San Francisco and Los Angeles on
the two-day program.
He will be in the San Francisco
area from 7 o'clock PDT tonight
until 3 in the morning. with
speeches scheduled at both San
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