50 years ago today, Truman was on an election campaign Whistle Stop
through Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Read about his visit
in Oxford, Iowa where he gave a rear platform
speech at 8:50 am. You can also view a
copy of
that speech. Note, that, like most of his campaign
speeches, he begins with a joke and specified comments regarding the town
he is visiting. This was part of the campaign strategy.
Read a one-page
Press Release announcing the members of The
President's Committee
on
Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, dated
September 18, 1948, by Eben A. Ayers, Assistant Press Secretary, President
Harry S. Truman.
