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President Truman opened the 1952 Democratic presidential campaign with a speech at Bull Shoals Dam, Arkansas, attacking special interests like private power groups and the AMA for opposing administration policies, and appealing to Southern voters by crediting the New and Fair Deals for regional prosperity.
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BULL SHOALS DAM, Ark., (AP) - President Truman opened up the Democratic presidential campaign Wednesday with a slugging attack on "special interests" and a blunt suggestion to the South that it owed its prosperity to the New and Fair deals.
He accused the private power interests, the American Medical Association and the "real estate lobby" of using the "lying slogan" of "Socialism" in fighting administration efforts to help the people.
Reporters who read Truman's speech in advance, told him it sounded like a "preview of the Democratic campaign."
"That's what's intended," he said with a grin.
His appeal for Southern votes was a reminder to the South of its improvements.
The New and Fair Deal have done a lot for the whole country, but "I believe that they have done more for the south than any other part of it."
He described his appearance as "The number one whistle stop of 1952. There are going to be a lot more of them."
He added, however, this year, "Ill be working for somebody else."
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Bull Shoals Dam, Ark.
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President Truman opened the Democratic presidential campaign with a speech attacking special interests including private power interests, the American Medical Association, and the real estate lobby for using the slogan of Socialism against administration efforts. He appealed to the South by noting improvements due to the New and Fair Deals, describing the event as the number one whistle stop of 1952, and mentioned he would be working for somebody else this year.