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Lot 35
Truman, Harry S. Mimeograph manuscript signed, 3 pages, 14 x 8 in. (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1946. The address of the President delivered to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America at Columbus, Ohio. In small part: "I like to consider this conference…as one which represents no one particuar sect or creed, but rather as one which represents the spirit of religion as a whole. We are a people who worship God in different ways. But we are all bound together in a single unity - the unity of individual freedom in a democracy….[B]oth religion and democracy are founded on one basic principle, the worth and dignity of the individual man and woman. Dictatorship…is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only thing that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the State." He states that the right of every human to live in dignity and freedom was hard-won and that we need to make full use of it. He calls for a moral and spiritual awakening in our relations at home and abroad. He is a great believer in the Judeo-Christian ethic as the answer to the world's problems, including the younger generation that suffered from neglect during the war years. Since the end of the war, the people of the world looked to the rich and powerful nations, especially the United States. "As your President, I appeal to…all Americans everywhere - to prove your faith and your belief in the teachings of God by doing your share to save the starving millions in Europe and Asia and Africa….prove yourselves worthy of the liberty and dignity which you have preserved on this earth, by helping those less fortunates who have been starved by the dictators for so many long years and who still starve even in liberation….We have this America not because we are of a particular faith, and not because our ancestors sailed from a particular foreign port. We have our America because of our common aspiration to remain free and our determined purpose to achieve for ourselves, and for our children, a more abundant life in keeping with our highest ideals. Let us determine to carry on in that same spirit - in a spirit of tolerance, and understanding for all men and for all nations - in a spirit of religion and religious unity."
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
Ex William "Bill" Steiner Collection, Manuscripts and Autographs, June 27, 2015, lot 195 (sold for $650.00 but not paid); R.M. Smythe & Co., Inc., May 11, 2000, lot 408.
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