the harry s. truman little white harry s. foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at

the harry s truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the second of two parts. it is about one hour and 40 minutes.

harry truman legacy >> panelist talk about the relationship with winston churchill. the u.s. position in berlin and the origins of nato, which mr. truman considered a signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it's about two hours.

i would like to welcome you to the harry s truman little white house.t is florida's official presidential museum and has been used by seven american presidents. it is cap david south. the little white was built as the navy commander's home in 1890. it served a number of various commanders over almost a 100 year span, but it was slightly taft,upted by presidents franklin roosevelt, harry truman , dwight eisenhower, john clinton.to bill the department of defense says we seem to have a continuum through american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. it was 9000 square feet. it was built originally as the paymaster and commander's home, but by 1911 the base commander realized things were getting snug so he merged into a single dwelling of all most 9000 square feet. at that time, key west was the command headquarters for the seventh averill district which covered key west to charleston. , admiralimitz is here chester nimitz is here expecting desk inspecting the base. he finds our base commander moved to smaller quarters because h

i am randy sole, i'm an archivist at the harry s. truman library in missouri, a long way away from here. my topic is the berlin airlift but it is more specifically harry truman and the berlin airlift. i know a lot more about truman then i do about the airlift. they obviously are connected.this summer as you may know, this will mark the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the berlin airlift in 1948. it was quite likely the greatest achievement in the history of military aviation with the land and water routes into berlin, the divided city of berlin blocked by the russians, some 2,300,000 tons of coals and -- tons of food, coal and other supplies were carried and flown into berlin most by the united states air force with help from america's british and french allies. 77 persons lost their lives in the course of that operation.to operation -- operation. to this day, many of the streets in berlin are named after the men who died on behalf of the citizens of berlin. the airlift was truly the work of thousands of people, german civilians as well

the harry s truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the second of two parts. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. [applause] >> with that we are moving into our second panel and first presenter is dr. rob from the marshall foundation. here you go. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> a very good morning. it is a great privilege and honor to be here today. my first time to key west. as you heard, i am the president of the george c marshall foundation located on the coast of the virginia military institute marshall alma mater in lexington, virginia. everyone in virginia speaks with this accent. [laughter] >> what i am going to talk to you today about is the marshall plan, but also at color to the man who lent his name to the entire endeavor, george c marshall. we are celebrating the 70th anniversar

the harry s truman presidential library and museum hosted this hour-long program. >> good evening, everybody. my name is mark adams, and education director at the harry s truman museum. welcome to our program. [applause] mr. adams: we have some excited people in the audience. i should explain that to the rest of the group. this week's the 15th annual teacher conference of the truman library and we have 55 teachers here from 17 states and they have decided to be the cheerleaders at the front of the crowd. it's great. we really do want to make sure that we pay tribute to our sponsors tonight for a program. the truman library institute is our not-for-profit partner who actually fund of the truman library teacher conference i just mentioned it also this program tonight. the national world war i museum and memorial which i will introduce a member of the staff here in a moment as a sponsor and the harry s truman library and museum all responsible for our program tonight. we are glad you could be here. a few remarks about our speaker and upcoming programs and before i do that i would like to introd

annual harry s truman symposium focuses on russia and the cold war. speakers assess a cold war to marshall plan. u.s. involvement in indochina and the buildup of the navy presence off the florida coast. the harry s

the harry s. truman little white harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at original documents, randy, we're to look at the near final draft of the iron curtain speech. his is the draft of the iron curtain speech that is in the national of the churchill museum, his train raid washington, d.c. to missouri. he is making final edits and to the great speech. we have this in our collection we had it on view in an exhibition called the power of prose. gives us an that and chance to see churchill's mind, great master of rhetoric and the great visionary when, about by thoughts of the cold war looking at the primary source document. before we do that, i thought it to s

harry truman to the segregate the military. on july tony 61948. next, ron james, author of the double v. the harry s truman presidential library hosted this discussion. our and 10 minutes. >> i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. this is another amazing set of programs. and our staff here at the truman library. tonight you will agree will be no exception. a terrific opportunity to reflect on a legacy. to desegregate america's armed forces. of think back to summer 1948, harry truman had a lot going on. forcesgregated the arms and federal workforce in july. and he ran for reelection that and toward the ends of at summer spent 2.5 months the end. it's amazing to me the number of decisions he made not just through his presidency but the number of crucial decisions he made in the run-up to that election. on whetherwill rage he did that for political purposes or he did that courageously. nevertheless it is something to consider all the same. i'm joined by retired colonel norman jean bradford. she is now a very sought-after speaker who travels countries, speaking about her military se

moment, we are in the harry s truman little white house, we call it a rec room.ou might call it a florida room. this is where the president relaxed with his staff after hours. thing in theic house is this poker table. it was made for the president in our shop in 1949. the president had already been here for four other vacations prior to that. he relaxed by playing poker with his closest staff area they played cards from 7:00 until 11:00 every night. this was a teambuilding exercise, it had nothing to do with winning or losing money. to truman staff are still living eightof them made 11 -- of the 11 trips with the president to key west. when they boarded the plane in washington, they flew -- through $50 into the pot. the banker would save the winnings so if they ran out of money, the banker advanced you more money. it was all about camaraderie. he didn't feel everyone lost more than $20 in the entire thing. truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he felt he was constantly under everyone's eye, so by coming here he could come with his ff, someo

i want to say, the question was about harry truman rising above his initial belief. many are not aware that president harry s truman was a first u.s. president to appoint an african-american woman to a presidential commission. he appointed sadie tanner mozel alexander in 1946 to a presidential commission. >> thank you all very much. colonel bradford, mr. james it , has been a pleasure to have you here. great discussion. ron will be in the lobby to sign some books. thank you for being here and please do come again. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [crowd talking] >> interested in american history tv? visit c-span.org/history. view our tv schedule, crazy upcoming programs and watch college lectures, museum lectures, archival films and more. c-span.org/history. tuesday we will be live at 9:00 p.m. eastern with arizona state university professor jonathan park to take calls come ets ands -- call, twe emails on injured jackson's presidency. i ne

harry truman to the segregate the military. on july tony 61948. next, ron james, author of the double v. the harry s truman presidential library hosted this discussion. our and 10 minutes. >> i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. this is another amazing set of programs. and our staff here at the truman library. tonight you will agree will be no exception. a terrific opportunity to reflect on a legacy.

harry truman's order to desegregate the u.s. military on july 26, 1948. next, ron james, author of "the double v.: " -- theate the military harry s truman presidential librarynd easy him hosted this -- library and museum hosted this discussion. it's about an hour and 10 minutes. >> it's a great pleasure to have your. i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. it is always wonderful to see you all out here. i think this is another in an amazing set of programs we do it the truman

next on the presidency, harry s truman archivist tammy williams talks about harry and best truman. she reads from their love letters and discusses their 53 year marriage. the truman library hosted this event. it is 45 minutes. today's special guest is our

next on the presidency, harry s truman archivist tammy williams talks about harry and best truman. she reads from their love letters and discusses their 53 year marriage. the truman library hosted this event. it is 45 minutes. today's special guest is our archivist tammy williams. she has been with us for many years. she started as an intern, so if your kids need something to do next summer, encourage them to look into our internship program. tammy is going to share with you the story of the trumans' love and devotion to one another, using their love letters back and forth to share that story. without further ado, i will welcome kelly williams -- tammy williams to the stage. tammy? [applause] tammy: i joke around. i am the person who gets to talk about this because i am the chick on the staff. [laughter] tammy: i have a very close affinity for harry and bess. it is important to the truman story. we will talk about harry and bess and how they came to be married and some of the letters they wrote back and forth to each other. this is their high school graduation picture. they attende

this one, when harry s. truman won the president, the richard nixon white house.ow him from the front, but never from the back. oh, yeah. so mr. president, not all ideas are new ideas, just like tv, sometimes you get reruns u but if you're really bothered by it, maybe it's time to change your slogan. >>> that's all for tonight, we'll be back tomorrow with more. "the beat" starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, chuck, i appreciate that history lesson. i'm surprised you didn't dig up who was the first president to say china the pway the president -- >> deadteddy roosevelt was knowr that. >>> we're covering several developing stories tonight, ahead i'm going to talk to the wife of the trump aide who pleaded guilty in the mueller probe, her first interview since the michael cohen news broke. and democratic megadonor tom steyer joins me on his new ad campaign. >>> "the washington post" reporting late today

was.ver forgot who he are in thent, we harry s truman white house. presidentere the relaxed after hours. probably one of the most iconic things is the poker table. the president had already been here for four other vacations. cars -- cards until about 8:00 at night. two of the staff are still living. trips.e eight of the 11 when they boarded the plane, threw $60 per pot. it was all about teambuilding in camaraderie. present truman regarded the big white house as a jail. let staff grows their beard for a few days. they certainly had a glass of bourbon and visited back-and-forth and forth without the press. we know present truman shared his decision not to run to the election with his closest staff sitting at this table and for the next six months, not one story.leak the .e had great fun with his staff he would go out fishing with his staff. casertswear company said a of hawaiian shirts with the thought if the president is wearing our shirts, we would sell a lot of shirts. he organized what they called contest.shirt seenresident was often wearing these

i'd like to welcome you to the harry s. truman little white house.t is florida's official presidential museum and has been used by sevenl american presidents. it's camp david south. the little white house was built as the navy commander's home back in 1890. it served a number of various commanders over almost 100-year span, but it was slightly interrupted by presidented taft and franklin roosevelt and harry truman and dwight eisenhower and jimmy carter and bill kennedy, the department of defense. so, we seem to have a continuum through american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. this was 9,000 square feet. and consequently it was built originally as the pay master and commander's home, but by 1911 our new base commander realized things were getting a little snug and so he merged it into a single dwelling of almost 9,000 square feet. and at that time key west was the command headquarters for the 7th naval district which covered everything from key west to charleston. admir admiral nimitz was here inspecting the base and

truman once harry was very angry about the fed. trump is not the first in line. onis more vocal about it twitter and everything else, but look. he is a child of the 1960's.he policy of the 1960's, like everything else, big deficit, any money, is a policy that responsible nation wants to go through. he pushed through a huge tax cut of $1 trillion in year one and an economy going on all cylinders. cars, housing starts at one point 3 million, decades low rates of unemployment. it's hard to argue for cheap money. you have any concerns about central bank independence? rate hike this a year and possibly two or three next year? --ex i don't, but >> i don't, but the problem trump now creates for himself, let's say in the fourth quarter the numbers start looking a little weaker, perhaps because of the strong dollar and concern over trade and capital spending starts to slow down, and he , now i becomes a question of whether or not he skips on his own vote or because of pressure from the white house. that's the danger. it's not so much independence, but perception. thingsdavid, among other , donald trump job owned and almost threatened the possibility of doing some