President Truman Speech Excerpt of a national radio address delivered by President Harry S. Truman: "...which will have to serve for generations. This year we must decide whether or not we shall devote our strength to reaching the goal of full production & full employment. This year we will have to make the decisions which will determine whether or not we gain that great future, at home & abroad, that we fought so valiantly to achieve. There are voices of defeat, dismay, timidity among us. These I challenge. They do not speak in the tradition that made this country great & kept it free. They will not guide us to success, these men of little faith. We can not shirk leadership in the post-war world. The problems of our economy will not be solved by timid men mistrustful of each other. We cannot face 1946 in a spirit of drift and irresolution. The men & women who made this country great & kept it free were plain people with courage & faith. Let us justify this heritage."