all he has to deal with his kefauver. truman gets mad enough to allow his name to stay in the new hampshire primary, against the advice of all of his aides, and kefauver beats him. out right, square. one myth that is untrue is that truman wanted to perpetuate that he did not run in 1952. he did. he allowed his name to stay on the ballot. this is kefauver reading the ballots. i don't know how he can suppress his smile, it is only been done -- it has only been done three times in history. truman decides, even though he the amendment that said you could not vote on anything before the convention if you were contesting delegation. they changed the rules, and it was masterful. it was all henry cabot lodge. eisenhower wins the nomination, but it wasn't the draft. it wasn't even close. this was not a last-minute choice by any stretch of the imagination. tom dewey had met with young richard nixon early in 1952 in a suite in new york city, and offered -- eisenhower isn't even running yet, and dewey offered him the vice presidentia

all he has to deal with his kefauver. truman gets mad enough to allow his name to stay in the new hampshire primary, against the advice of all of his aides, and kefauver beats him. out right, square. one myth that is untrue is that truman wanted to perpetuate that he did not run in 1952. he did. he allowed his name to stay on the ballot. reading theuver ballots. i don't know how he can suppress donemile, it is only been -- it has only been done three times in history. truman decides, even though he doesn't have an heir, he is in the middle of the steel strike, he finally decides that the , aterson/jackson day dinner the old armory in d.c., he announces that he will not be a candidate. it is interesting how he words it, because he had already been a candidate, but he will not be a candidate in 1952. all of the reporters at the event -- it's like, we are looking at truman and everybody who was there said all the reporters looked and found stevenson in the room and started staring at him. there were others who decided that t

kelsey, we have the kefauver amendment. we have a branch of the f.d.a. dedicated to testing and investigating new drugs. who became head of it? dr. kelsey. over a 45-year career, she helped to rewrite our drug and medical testing regulations. she strengthened patient protections. she cracked down on medical conflicts of interest. her rigorous standards were not only instrumental in improving drug safety, they also set the standard -- drug safety in the united states, they also set the world standard for drug safety. the united states is known all over the world as having the gold standard to protect the public by rigorous testing and rigorous examination, to protect the public against drugs that can do damage. everybody thought thalidomide was harmless except dr. kelsey. because she had the authority at the f.d.a. to do it right and was able to expand that authority working with congress, uncounted lives, innumerable lives, we don't know how many lives were saved and how many more people have been protected against harmful drugs. she had a 45-year career