so, he contacted the picasso administration, run by pablo picasso's son, and described by handwrittenand photos what he had. the picasso administration is the only place in the world that can certify the artist's work. le guennec wanted his box of art authenticated. >> pierre le guennec ( translated ): they answered me by telling me that claude picasso wanted to see with his own eyes what it was we had, and he gave us an appointment. so, we went up to paris, my wife and i, by train with a suitcase. >> whitaker: full of artwork? >> pierre le guennec ( translated ): yes. i organized them properly in cardboard folders so it could be presentable. >> whitaker: how were you greeted by claude? >> pierre le guennec ( translated ): he was a bit haughty. >> danielle le guennec ( translated ): impolite. >> pierre le guennec ( translated ): he's a monsieur, and we are little people. >> danielle le guennec ( translated ): he didn't even say hello. >> whitaker: like little people? >> danielle le guennec ( translated ): he looked at me and said, "you, you can sit over there." one cannot say we were

and then i began to read into the life of pablo picasso and i thought, i don't want this guy from my roommate for a next eight years. because he really wasn't -- no. he did things that were just to me unconscionable. wasn't just his lack of faithfulness to women but it was beyond that. so i called my editor and my agent and i said, it's not going to work. i decided this after about two months. so we got together for lunch at simon and shuster and michael kor da, then my editor, wonderful writer, wonderful, wonderful man, said do you realize there isn't a good one volume biography of fdr? and i had just finished several years with theodore roosevelt. excuse me. so i said, i've been with a roosevelts for about now years now and i think i'd like a little change of scene. and i said, if i were to going to write a book about 20th century president, it would be harry truman. everybody around the table right away, yes. yes, what a great thing. and i thought, why the hell did i say that? [ laughter ] and i to this day no idea why i said it. i never gave three minute's talk to doing a book ab

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albert einstein, pablo picasso and the pope appealed for clemency.before the scheduled execution, michael and robby joined demonstrators in washington, d.c., and hand- delivered a plea for mercy to the white house. but president eisenhower refused to intervene. on june 16, 1953, nearly three years after their parents had been arrested, the boys visited them at sing sing for the last time. >> michael meeropol: and as i was leaving, i started to wail, "one more day to live, one more that? >> michael meeropol: oh, yeah, absolutely. it was terrible, you know? but it was honest. i mean, basically, i was pissed off because they were kissing us goodbye like, "see you next time." and i thought, you know, "they... they should take... make... a more big deal about this because this could be forever." >> cooper: the attorney general said the couple could still save themselves by providing information to investigators, but julius and ethel rosenberg remained united in silence. as the hours of execution approached, reporters converged on the prison and protestors

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