you know, harry hopkins was a new dealer but he just said you can't, may be harry hopkins didn't think so t much of some f the people in the cabinet, but he said get rid of these people. him a long time. wallace was the last to go. he had to fire wallace, you know, but hend gradually let thm go and i can't tell you, and went intond 1946, i know that. and i can't remember when the last, when wallace actually got fired, but it might have -- when? >> of the fall of 46. >> the fall of 46? yes. [inaudible] >> a little over your. >> it took him a while. he gradually, the first person he hired, i think he did get rid of was frances perkins here he actually said i don't want a woman in my cabinet. he didid say that to her. yet, he did. he did, i'm sorry. >> and on that note we're going to wrap up this session. thank you very much, david. [applause] >> if you are enjoying booktv then sign-up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the schedule of upcoming programs, author discussions, book festivals and more. booktv every sunday on c-span2 or anytime online at booktv.org.

him a long time to replace new deal or the new deal cabinet that he inherited actually, it was harry hopkins who you've got to get own people in here and even. you know, harry happy's was a new dealer for the you know, but he just said, you know, you can't and maybe harry hopkins in thanks so much some of the people in the cabinet but he said get get rid of these people and so but it took him a long time and you know wallace was the last to go. he had to fire wallace and you know, but gradual he let them go. and i can't tell you. it went into 1946. i know that. and i can't remember when last when wallace actually got fired. but it might. yeah, well, when fall of 46. 45 or 46. yeah, that's when i was the same guy. and who's it went out at the same time. yeah, yeah, yeah. so it's only a little over a year. yeah. it took him a while it didn't he gradually the first person he, i think he did get rid of was frances perkins and he actually said i don't want a woman in my cabinet. you didn't say that to her. yeah he did. he did. i'm sorry. and on that note we are going to wrap up this session. than

him a long time to replace new deal or the new deal cabinet that he inherited actually, it was harry hopkins who you've got to get own people in here and even. you know, harry happy's was a new dealer for the you know, but he just said, you know, you can't and maybe harry hopkins in thanks so much some of the people in the cabinet but he said get get rid of these people and so but it took him a long time and you know wallace was the last to go. he had to fire wallace and you know, but gradual he let them go. and i can't tell you. it went into 1946. i know that. and i can't remember when last when wallace actually got fired. but it might. yeah, well, when fall of 46. 45 or 46. yeah, that's when i was the same guy. and who's it went out at the same time. yeah, yeah, yeah. so it's only a little over a year. yeah. it took him a while it didn't he gradually the first person he, i think he did get rid of was frances perkins and he actually said i don't want a woman in my cabinet. you didn't say that to her. yeah he did. he did. i'm sorry. and on that note we are going to wrap up this session. than

and he works with lord lothian and actually worked with harry hopkins on drafting this letter. opkins was in england at the time. and so this letter was delivered to rows developed by a seaplane as he's cruising through the caribbean. and churchill wrote, quote, it would be wrong in principle and mutually disadvantageous, in effect, if at the height of the struggle, great britain were to be divested of all sailing assets so that after the victory was won with our blood civilization saved in time gain for the united states to be fully armed against all eventualities, we should stand stripped to the bone. so fdr was really deeply moved and concerned by this letter but didn't say anything. he doesn't holding, doesn't have any briefings, didn't say anything to anybody. he just sort of as his harry hopkins said, he was refueling, but when he comes back to united states, you start see his master plan unfold. so on december 17th, he has a press conference starts by saying, i have much news to report, boys just got back from this caribbean cruise because there's one thing, you know, if

and he works with lord lothian and actually worked with harry hopkins on drafting this letter. opkins was in england at the time. and so this letter was delivered to rows developed by a seaplane as he's cruising through the caribbean. and churchill wrote, quote, it would be wrong in principle and mutually disadvantageous, in effect, if at the height of the struggle, great britain were to be divested of all sailing assets so that after the victory was won with our blood civilization saved in time gain for the united states to be fully armed against all eventualities, we should stand stripped to the bone. so fdr was really deeply moved and concerned by this letter but didn't say anything. he doesn't holding, doesn't have any briefings, didn't say anything to anybody. he just sort of as his harry hopkins said, he was refueling, but when he comes back to united states, you start see his master plan unfold. so on december 17th, he has a press conference starts by saying, i have much news to report, boys just got back from this caribbean cruise because there's one thing, you know, if

harry hopkins on depression ravaged areas across the country. and by the way, that 1965 series is available to watch in the library on dvd. there had been caricature of ayres voice in spoofs of her traveling schedule in the movies during, the thirties and forties for example the 1939 film babes in arms with mickey rooney and judy garland, fdr in e.r. and the reverent 1945 british film great day, in which a british village plans for her visit. her visit. however, after eleanor's death in november 62, the past was open for filmmakers and documentary documentarians put her life and of franklin on film and television screens. the eleanor roosevelt story won the oscar for. best documentary in 1965 and is the seventies. dawn. they became the subject of emmy award television dramas such as eleanor and franklin. in 1976, which is how i was introduced as a girl to. the roosevelts. she's been a major or supporting in more than 50 different narrative films or television, including showtime's the first lady series in 2022 and a major topic of at least 25 do

, notably lorena hickok, the former associated journalists and intimate friend who reported to harry hopkins on depression ravaged areas across the country. and by the way, that 1965 series is available to watch here in the library on dvd. there had been caricatures of his voice in spoofs of her traveling schedule in the movies during the thirties and forties. for example, the 1939 film babes in arms with mickey rooney and judy garland impersonating fdr in e.r. and the reverent 1945 british film great day, in which a british village plans for her visit. for her visit. however, after eleanor's death in november 1962, the past with open for filmmakers and documentary documentarians about her life and that of franklin on film and television, the eleanor roosevelt story won the oscar for best documentary. 1965. and as the seventies, dawn, they became the subject of emmy award winning television dramas such as eleanor and franklin in 1976, which is how i was introduced as a girl to roosevelts. she's been a major or supporting character in more than 50 different narrative films, television shows,

harry hopkins said he was refueled when he comes comes back to united states he startet to see his masterplan unfold. he has a press conference and he said i don't have much news to report. if your neighbor's house is on fire and you asked about the garden has you're going to charge him for it. just want the garden hose back when he is done. a simple persuasive who would not land a garden hose to a neighbor's house is on fire? on december 29 he gave the fireside chat onio national security which is truly an extraordinary speech. if you like toto read speeches thissa is one to read. he starts off there's no exaggeration and all of us in the world living at the point of a gun loaded with explosive bullets economic as will his military if axis powers take over the world. there can be no appeasement. there can be no reasoning for an incendiary bomb. we must be the great arsenal of democracy. this is the core of his strategy at this point. what can we tap into america's greatest strength or industrial capacity while protecting our most precious resource, young lives. it's an idea that people c

so his foreign policy advisor, harry hopkins, came for dinner one night, slept over, never left until the war came to an end. miss ireland, his secretary lived with the family in the white house. lorena hickock, illinois's great friend, lived right next door to eleanor and princess martha came from norway and she lived with her family. the weekends and the great winston churchill lived right there on the second floor, certainly ready for the cocktail hour, night after night. so when i was working on the book on franklin eleanor, i became obsessed with wanting to see those rooms again. who? where, where was eleanor? where was franklin and i mentioned it on a radio program in washington. i'd been up there with lbj, but i wasn't thinking of franklin and eleanor in world war two at that point when i was 24 years old. so i mentioned this already program and hillary clinton was so she probably invited me to a sleepover in the white house. she said we could then the carter together and figure out where we wanted slept 50 years earlier so she followed with an invitation to a state dinner a co

the hopkins touch and ascent to power how truman emerged from roosevelt's shadow and remade the world. he's coauthor of lewis and the arming of america, along with keith mcfarland, a biography of harry truman's defense secretary. after serving as an assistant director for the bureau competition at the ftc, role practiced law as a partner. the steptoe and johnson llp and founded lex mundi foundation, a public organization that continues provide pro bono legal services to social entrepreneurs around world. he lives in washington, d.c., and he is here to present us today. will you welcome mr. role. thank you. great to be here. i think this is the third time that i've been here, so i'm great. i love to just walk around this. it's so, so. so historian have said and say that harry truman was an accidental president. i made mistake but roosevelt's death was no accident. it was expected. it was expected his own doctors told, him that he would not survive a fourth term but he ran and won anyway and harry truman knew that physically roosevelt had gone to pieces he said so to a and it was an open in washington that fdr could die at any time. truman used say to whomever would listen that he did