DEMOCRATS: No Charity

Harry Truman took up on Labor Day 1952 where he had left off in November 1948. After "giving 'em hell" at whistle-stop appearances in Pittsburgh and Crestline, Ohio, the President addressed a rally of C.I.O.-A.F.L. members in Milwaukee.

After paying warmer-than-dutiful tribute to Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman, Harry got right down to his favorite subject—the Republican Party. The Republicans, said he, "are campaigning on the idea that it is time for a change. But they don't . . . tell you what kind of a change they really want." Among the things...

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