Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Harry S Truman stopped briefly in Tacoma on October 19, 1944, on his way from Portland to Seattle. The local Democratic committee had arranged to have South 12th St. between Pacific and A roped off for an open-air rally. Standing on the make-shift truck platform with Sen. Truman were Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mon C. Wallgren ( left), then a U.S. Senator, and Congressman John M. Coffee. Kneeling were Wallgren's Tacoma campaign manager and (state) 27th legislative district candidate Dwight Bunnell (left) and attorney John Binns, Pierce County Democratic party chairman. The vice-presidential candidate urged voters to send Warren G. Magnuson to the U.S. Senate, to return Coffee to his district's congressional seat, and to elect Mon C. Wallgren as Washington's governor. All the Democratic candidates shown above went on to victory in November's general elections. (TNT 10-19-44, p. 1; TNT 10-20-44, p. 1, T. Times, 10-20-44, p. 1, T.Times 11-8-44, p. 1) TPL-9900
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