anyway, he was very upset with chiang kai-shek who was hoarding -- service said in reports you've been hoarding supplies to fight his rivals, the congress, rather than to commit to stilwell's counteroffensive against the japanese. so roosevelt sent his pistachio and fellow on the right -- mustachioed fell on the right whose name is patrick early. patrick earley had been hoover's secretary of war. he had never fought a battle in his life. but homer lea you a lot more about military defense than pat heard the. but he went to try to convince china to hijack. the at the same time, john service for two years have been pushing to say look, we are all these rumors of what's going on behind enemy lines in guerrilla territory controlled by the chinese commies and we don't know how to edit. it sounds good that they're putting up an active fight against the japanese, unlike a nationalist. we got to try and get american observers in their to find it if it through to. and so, finally again, china can check didn't like john service because he was the messenger and he was the instigator of this thing

here she is entertaining madam chiang kai-shek in 1943. we all know the story of eleanor as first lady. franklin dies in 1945 unexpectedly. guess who's with him when he dies? lucy mercer, the old girlfriend. um, eleanor is appointed u.s. delegate to -- by the -- i'm sorry, is appointed u.s. delegate to the united nations by president truman, and she is instrumental in the creation of this document, one of the most important documents of the 20th century, the universal declaration of human rights. we would not have that document if it had not been for eleanor's genius in dealing with the communists and with the other political players at the united nations. so let me, um, just conclude by saying i personally think and try to make the case in the book that eleanor's ability to turn the relative passive role of first lady into a vibrant one of activism stems in part from the close relationships she has with people who are outside of the normal aristocratic circle of an upper-class woman. um, these people, well, earl miller, lorena hickok, joe