[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 76 (Thursday, May 8, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H3189-H3190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRY S TRUMAN

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, in remembrance of President Truman's 
birthday today, I want to share a speech my grandfather, Representative 
A.S.J. Carnahan, made on this floor over half a century ago in April 
1945 after Truman assumed the Presidency:
  ``Mr. Speaker, my own native State, Missouri, bows with the Nation 
and the world in sorrow at the loss of the late

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President Roosevelt. As we bow in the presence of divine providence and 
have committed a national leader to the ages, we must carry on. New 
hands must take up the task of national leadership. Missouri is honored 
to present to the Nation and the world the new American leader, 
President Harry S Truman.
  ``Born and reared on a Missouri farm, elected county judge, sent to 
the U.S. Senate, selected by President Roosevelt as a running mate, 
elected vice president and now President of the United States, it's 
typically Missourian and typically American. What could more truly 
represent the American tradition and spirit than from farm boy to 
President?
  ``This is the first time my beloved State of Missouri has furnished a 
President. We are happy it is Harry Truman. His honesty, ability, 
frankness, experience, and humility fit him for the very heavy tasks 
which lie ahead. He is equal to the occasion.''

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