from 1960, a dark cloud over ge, boulware and boulware's propaganda bill. justice department was investigating the company. in 1961 the new attorney general whose name was robert kennedy, pulled together a strong case. ge was colluding with other companies like westinghouse to fix high prices on what it sold to the tba. the justice department went to court and the judge said they ge of executive to jail. the real value it -- reality was undeniable, the propaganda department was mouthing off about free markets even as ge cheated the american taxpayer. it was a terrible blow for g and from boulware. the company looks like the worst hypocrite in the world. nationwide people felt betrayed by their trusted company. it was like the black fox scandal of 1919. a national betrayal, ge stock went to the toilet. the actor was fired, ge theater was canceled and lemuel boulware got pneumonia and did required to delray beach. the years that followed the subject of the great society only deepened this sense of failure for such a venture. ge itself's cooperation, as many c

boulware was approaching retirement. he would be out anyhow, let him rant from his recliner in delray beach. still, boulware determined to use his final years to make his own long-term investment in saving the future, ge's america. he wanted to teach americans to guess the nature of the gift they had in capitalism. he spends millions of ge money mimeograph and pamphlets explaining the value of markets. he warned the town square ge operated that the high wages and all the extra social benefits would force companies eventually to leave red one such town was pittsfield massachusetts, and industrial center. he warned the people grass will grow in pittsfield. if pittsfield didn't wake up to the importance of competitive prices, wages and costs. boulware used new media and in his case that would be television to reach the people reading a tv show some of you have seen call ge theater to showcase traditional american values. he hired staff including that aging actor to be ge's postman. remember the actor was a union man, a demo

boulware believes growth took place when a lonely scientist in a dumpy lab had an idea. ..world. ideas like the light bulb. i ge idea. ..... even a little bit of socialism could do damage. the recent are 1959 kitchens were better than the russian kitchens was those old long-term investments of inventors at the beginning of ge. the reason the companies thrived was good were affordable but the high wages in prices would render ge uncompetitive. in the end of the russians would make better kitchens. nobody could quite imagine japan at this point back. that was a scope but imagination. it was in the god-given assignment in his view of a pristine company like general electric am a national hero, to inspire america to return to old capitalism of edison. and the problem was urgent he said. i'll read a quote from him. the current rapid trend has got to be changed. are we through with everything we cherish? the younger executives at general electric found him ludicrous. he wasn't modern. this apartment is irritated them -- superlatives. many agree. "fortune" magazine described him this vi

david boulware is listening. >> he posted it this morning. he'll be flooded soon. >> good.hough, to be able to be a part of a study like this or donate yourself. how difficult is the screening process for that? >> um, it's an interesting question. it varies from study to study. for a plasma donation, they are looking for people who are ideally at least two weeks symptom free, but really ideally 28 days. we are seeing that the virus is still showing up in people's bodies even after two weeks symptom-free. and the longer you wait from the resolution of symptoms, the higher the count of anti3w0dies are in your body. so when i contracted the virus, mea body naturally created the antibodies to fight it off. those are super-power skills. we as survivors can use that to transfer those super powers, those antibodies into the very sickest. be we can also participate to figure out which drugs are responding to antibodies, method of transmission, how long the virus stays in the system, how long we are shedding the virus. we can answer the questions that will move science ahead. i want

david boulware who teaches medicine in the university's division of infectious decisions. doctor, glad to have you back. last weekend you told us you were expecting potentially new information this week. i think the date, april 8th is what you said. did you get the information and if so, what can you tell us? >> well, our trial is running quite well and continue to enroll patients but certainly need more volunteers and had our first analysis on wednesday, april 8th and had an external review panel that reviewed the data and so our team remains blinded to the actual data itself but reviewed it and thought the trial was being run well and thought the intervention was there was not evidence of any harm and there was -- it was not unethical to continue so there was not overwhelming evidence of benefit it would -- so the trial continues to run. >> that is very good news thus far. how long would you expect it to be until you could find some conclusive information? when we might be able to start using hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure? >> yeah, so really the main limitat

david boulware from the university of minnesota is leading two fda-approved trials. >> we've been able0 patients in the last three weeks and hope to get a result in the next three weeks. >> reporter: this morning a democratic lawmaker from michigan is thanking the president for making it easier to prescribe the drug after she says it helped her overcome the virus. >> it actually saved my life within a couple hours. made all the difference in the world. >> reporter: not everyone responds well to this course of treatment. jim cassas is still fighting for his life on a ventilator after he was given the drugs. his daughter begging for alternative treatment. >> so many thousands of people's lives are at risk because there is nothing set in place for people like my dad. this is a plea and a cry for help. >> reporter: there are many clinical trials and off label use of this promising medication out there. doctors remind us, if you are severely ill with covid-19, this drug will be considered for your treatment, but they have to do that on a case by case basis taking very careful consideration