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President Harry S. Truman's address at a dinner honoring volunteers in the Savings Bond Campaign, the Opportunity Bond Drive. The President spoke at 10 p.m. at the Statler Hotel in Washington, DC. In his opening words he referred to George Jessel, toastmaster for the dinner, John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, and Vernon L. Clark, National Director of the Savings Bonds Division, Department of the Treasury, who served as chairman of the meeting. Attending the dinner were 400 members of the National Advisory Committee of the savings bond program, including representatives of banking, industry, labor, news media, agriculture, education, and fraternal and civic organizations. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. The extemporaneous remarks which followed the address were not carried over the air. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder introduced the president.