and to what extent is this a function of clifford's convictions.ow is it that he came to be the counter-weight to george marshall in the final arguments that were offered to truman. >> well, as i said in my paper, he was very influenced by rosaman and spent a lot of time with him and he didn't have strong feelings about zionism before him but he became a zionist -- he was extremely instrumental in what happened. and really laying out all the arguments for truman that countered state department arguments, and i think he genuinely believed in zionism. >> let me just ask one final question and then we'll turn it over to the audience and this brings us forward to the present with that remarkable statement that you read. you could argue that on many points his arguments were wholly bourne out. the arab world didn't at least until 1973 stop the flow of oil but moderate governments were overthrown in iraq, in libya, in egypt, in syria and so on replaced by extremist governments. the soviet union did gain a grip on many regimes in the region. now jews are

clifford advised truman to concentrate on winning the south and states west of the mississippi which would allow him to discount the electoral votes of new york as well as new jersey, illinois and ohio, states with a substantial jewish population. he argues a jewish vote, if it existed was only an issue in a new york city. truman would be much more likely to win if he made policy based on the issue instead of merit. clifford turned out to be prophetic, if the jewish vote was a key to victory in the 1940 presidential election, then making policy to gain the votes prove to be a dismal failure per kabbalah states with a significant jewish population, truman only one illinois. a third explanation that has been given for w why t acted as he did, is he did it because he was a religious baptist day and christian science is the belief in biblical process of -- prophecies to the return of the jews to the ancient homeland. president truman never officially use religion as a reason to support the creation of a jewish state but it manifest itself both before he became president and after he reco

i can't say enough about the importance of potential for mental healthcare, so when clifford began his work to reform how mental illnesses were treated he focused on bringing science to the field of health and psychiatry. his ultimate goal was to focus not only on a cure but also on the means to prevent mental illness in the first place so people with mental illness can live full, productive, wonderful lives with proper diagnosis and treatment and is supported network of friends, family and services like those you help provide. so come together we can continue our work towards common sense public policies, those policies combined with compassionate citizen action, and the willingness of those who can speak out about their experiences, can change prevailing attitudes and replace stigma with acceptance and entrance with understanding and fear with hope and opportunity. it has been said that a journey of a thousand miles looks begin with a single step for a 100 years ago clifford beers took a step when he wrote in his autobiography a mind that found itself "i'm not telling the story of my

forcibly truman's adviser clark clifford who had replaced rosenmen and became the first national security director told german it was really not unthinkable to reverse partition that what they should do is get the arabs to accept it and if they do not come much condemn them as the aggressors. clifford told german that warren austin speech from the state department position was completely fallacious and partitioned was in complete harmony with the policy of united states as has been stated to allow trusteeship to become policy now would actually lead to the very military involvement truman wanted to avoid. he said his position would harm the less, heart western unity and he told truman "we crossed the rubicon on this matter when the wind adopted the partition resolution largely your assistance program free backtrack to appease the arabs they will treat us "with contempt in light of our appeasement" end quote. so any way warren austin did give the speech which became as a bombshell because no one expected it, rabbi silver had speaking rights at the u.n. as a representative of the jewish age

so the shame and fear surrounding mental illnesses still do exist in a bit the way they did in clifford biers time. now, as was mentioned, when al became vice president i was determined to use the platform afforded to me to change the outdated attitudes of mental health. so i traveled around the country speaking about the issue and worked closely with many of you in your states and listened to what you had to say about what we could do to create meaningful change. so we've worked together. we've shared many milestones over the years, including your fantastic partnership in 1986, that led to your photographing homeless in america, a photographicic project, which led to the awareness of homeless and mental illness. the release in 1989 of the first surgeon general's report on mental health and suicide. it was an incredible achievement, i will lume illuminating -- i illuminating the science can lead to better treatment and prevention. the first-ever white house conference on mental health, an historic gathering of professionals and advocates and the consumers, and we all talked about what w

[laughter] one of the figure i would like you to touch upon at a little more length is clark clifford because he seems to have played an instrumental role, and to what extent is this a function of clifford's convictions? how is it he came to be the counterweight to george marshall in the final arguments that were offered to truman? >> as i said in my paper he was influenced by rosenman and spent a lot of time with him and i don't think he had strong feelings about zionism before. but he became a zionist. he was extremely instrumental in what happened and laying out all the arguments for truman that countered state department arguments. and i think he genuinely believed in zionism. >> let me ask one final question then we will turn to the audience, and this brings this forward to the present with the remarkable statement of kennan's that you read. you could argue at many points his argues were borne out. at least until 1973 it stopped the flow of oil, but moderate governments were overthrown in iraq and libya, and egypt, and syria and so long replaced by extremist governments. the sovi

when clifford biers began his work to reform how people with mental illness were treated, he focused on bringing science to the field of health and psychology. his goal was not only a cure, but treatment of mental illness. so people can lirve full, productive lives, with a supportive network of friends, family, and services. like those you help provide. together we can continue our work with common sense public policies, go to policies combined with compassionate citizen actions, and the willingness of those who can speak out about their experiences can change preveiling attitudes and change ignorance with acceptance and understanding, and fear with hope and opportunity. it has been said a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. 100 years ago clifford biers took the first step when he wrote, quote, i am not telling this story just to write it. i tell it because it seems my plain duty to do so." so like many breast cancer survivors, i didn't start out wanting to discuss my treatment for depression with anyone other than family members, but i realized if i told my story, it m