eddie jacobson was a very old friend of truman from biz they had met then.ing world war i, they ended up in the same bat alian. jacob son did so. it was very successful. it helped truman get promoelted in the army. during the war, they were both kind of at loose ends and they decided to go into business together. it only lasted one or two years. then there was the depression. the two men always maintained their friendship with each other. >> this was a close friend. jacob son passed away. he was the only friend like a brother who considered him like family. he said he could not imagine him without. he was a reformed jew who quickly began reading the newspapers. he 9/11ly said this is the fate of my people, my ñbretheran in europe. on his own expense. he took all of his money to constantly travel back and forth to kansas city to washington, d.c. in this time critical meeting, truman was at times fed up from the pressure he is getting. he made a strict rule. no more zionists coming to see me. i just can't take it anymore. truman respected weisman. he was a sci

>> an important role -- what role did eddie jacobson play? >> an important role. together, they exert a positive pressure toward favoring -- >> you to explain who he is. >> he is a very old friend of truman's from missouri. they had met when eddie was 14 years old and truman was 21. they did not see each other after that. during world war one, they ended up in the same battalion and truman asked jacobson to help him set up a canteen and it was very successful. it helped truman get promoted within the army. after the war, when there were coming back in 1919, there were both at their loose end. it only lasted about one or two years and then there was a depression that is all but the two men always maintained their friendship with each other. >> this was a close friend jacobson passed away -- this was a close friend. check of some passed away. truman said he could not imagine having live without him being part of it. jacobson was not a scientist. he was a reformed do. he was reading the newspapers and educated himself from became a supporter and sympathetic to the cau