in looking at moral responsibility, i want to put to you that we must look beyond harry truman. ose who accuse truman might refrain from putting him in some singular dock of history until they carefully consider the responsibility of the japanese leadership for the fate of their own people. post-war japanese leaders effectively played up their victim role. so as to induce a certain guilt among americans about the wars ending. this helped disguise the important reality, explained by the historian herbert biggs, that it was not so much the allied policy of unconditional surrender that prolonged the pacific war, as it was the unrealistic and incompetent actions of japan's highest leaders. blinded by their preoccupation with the fate of the imperial house, those leaders let pass every opportunity to end the war until it was too late. in moral terms, surely the japanese leadership had a responsibility to surrender at least by june of 1945, when there existed no reasonable prospect of success, and when their civilian population suffered so greatly. instead, the neosamurai who led the j

harry truman's excellent add vanture is the story of 19 a 3 after they left the white house. hey took a road trip. they lived in independence, missouri. just outside kansas city. harry had to give a speech in washington and had a daughter that lived in new york. so they decided to drive their chrysler from the east coast to missouri and then back again: it took about 2 1/2 weeks. at the time, ex-presidents had no secret service provisions, no pensions. a lot of the expenses for the white house were paid directly out of his salary. when he left the white house, he had to take a loan out. he would not take lucrative speaking fees, he would not sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. i'm glad the presidents still don't do that. so, anyway, he was kind of a poor kwie. he was the last president to become a regular citizen again, on the way. so on this last trip, they stayed at hotels and ate at roadside diners and they crashed with friends in indianapolis one night. it's the story of this trip and how being an ex-has changed. they came to new york and actually stayed at the wa

s truman -- harry s. truman. is my job to provide an overall summary of where we were in 1945. we have to go back to 1943, when president roosevelt articulated as therican ally aim unconditional surrender of the axis powers. that policy was first articulated with a mind toward germany, not japan. in the policymaking process, that extended from basically that moment to 1945, it resulted in the plans for the occupation of germany and japan. unconditional surrender became the fundamental foundation of the state department lawyers. ve-- gave gam the u.s. and its allies to do things it would not have been able to do under normal international law. so, unconditional surrender, was not indispensable. it is fundamental to what eventually transpires. joint chiefs of staff are responsible for coming up with a military strategy that was implemented. we know now that the joint chiefs achieved no more than an unstable compromise. interestingly, they divided not so much over what you might call a political issue. that was the factor that they believed undermined the will of the american peop

pical in that my grandfather was harry truman. i grew up nott thinking about nuclear weapons. that they had failsafes, that our government knew what they were doing. it is not that safe, it is not that easy. some of the stories about near misses and nuclear accidents would make your hair stand on end, how close we have come to setting one of those things off accidentally. it is a serious issue. it is something that can, even setting off a few of them could poison the atmosphere, give us nuclear winter. it is not some thing we can sit down and ignore. that job will fall to you. you have a very special opportunity here today with reiko and michi. it is a gift victim to all of us to take and do something with -- it is a gift they give to all of us. take the lessons, take the next steps. this is not only my future, but it is very definitely your future. and the future of all of your friends, colleagues, and family. thank you all for being here. thank you, it was nice to see you both again. and thank you all. [applause] >> hello. my name is reiko. i'm from hiroshima. it has been 69

in looking at moral responsibility, i want to put to you that we must look beyond harry truman. those who accuse truman might refrain from putting him in some singular dock of history until they u carefully considered the responsibility of the japanese leadership for the fate of their own people. post war these leaders effectively played up their victim role so as to induce a certain guilt among americans about the wars ending. this helped disguise the important reality explained by the historian herbert biks that it was not so much the allied policy of unconditional surrender that prolonged the pacific war as it was the unrealistic and incompetent actions of japan's highest leaders. blinded by their preoccupation with the fate of the imperial house, those leaders let pass every opportunity to end the war until it was too late. in moral terms, surely the japanese leadership had a responsibility to surrender at least by june of 1945 when there existed no reasonable prospect of system and when their civilian population suffered so greatly. instead the neosam rye who led the militar

in looking at moral responsibility, i want to put to you that we must look beyond harry truman. those who accuse truman might refrain from putting him in some singular dock of history until they u carefully considered the responsibility of the japanese leadership for the fate of their own people. post war these leaders effectively played up their victim role so as to induce a certain guilt among americans about the wars ending. this helped disguise the important reality explained by the historian herbert biks that it was not so much the allied policy of unconditional surrender that prolonged the pacific war as it was the unrealistic and incompetent actions of japan's highest leaders. blinded by their preoccupation with the fate of the imperial house, those leaders let pass every opportunity to end the war until it was too late. in moral terms, surely the japanese leadership had a responsibility to surrender at least by june of 1945 when there existed no reasonable prospect of system and when their civilian population suffered so greatly. instead the neosam rye who led the militar

harry truman's excellent adventure is the story of harry and bess truman in the summer 1953, about six months after they left the white house. they took a road trip. they lived in independence, missouri, just outside kansas city, and harry had to give a speech in washington, and their daughter lived in new york, and so they decided to just drive their chrysler from missouri to the east coast and back again. i think it took about 2 1/2 weeks, but at the time ex-presidents had no secret service protection. they had no pensions, and harry was not a wealthy guy by any means. a lot of the expenses of the white house were paid directly out of his salary. so when he -- actually when he left the white house in early '53, he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet, and he also refused to commercialize the presidency. he would not take lucrative speaking fees. he would not sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. i'm glad the presidents still don't do that. so anyway, he was really kind of a poor guy. he was the last president to become a regular citizen a

i was thinking, harry truman had a do-nothing congress after world war ii. they did nothing except investigate people for communism. maybe they caught one here or there, but basically, they were wasting time. they used to open with a prayer and close with a probe, as someone once said. wasting time in investigations. darrell issa right across the floor. my question is, do you think the american people are going to vote for nothing, a party that stands for nothing, because that's what the republicans are saying? we'll do nothing. >> my fear is people don't realize there's only one human being who can bring a measure to the floor in the house of representatives. it's the speaker. i appreciate for the governor of texas is saying. that sounds like something i could have said. the problem is, he needs to instead of saying congress, he ought to say the republicans in congress. and call names, because my fear is that the american public does not understand the nuances and they may not understand that it is the republicans, not the congress. it's the republicans. >>

harry truman instead was selected, and we all know what happened. he was president a few months later, when roosevelt died in 1945. given roosevelt's ill health, barkley's stance in defense of the senate may will of cost him -- may well have cost him the presidency. throughout all of these challenges, few people knew the barkley was also dealing with his wife dorothy's failing health. beginning in 1944, dorothy required constant medical attention. mounting medical expenses put the barkleys in a tough financial situation. in addition to his day job as a lawmaker, senator barkley continued to accept speaking engagements across the country , often requiring him to work and travel through the night to make extra money to pay for her health expenses. dorothy passed away in 1947, dealing a heavy blow to barkley. as one would expect, barkley used his high position to help the commonwealth. particularly western kentucky. the story goes that the gaseous diffusion plant was placed in paducah because of alben barkley. dottie barkley, granddaughter of the senat

harry truman's excellent adventure is the story of harry and bess truman in the summer 1953, about sixhs after they left the white house. they took a road trip. they lived in independence, missouri, just outside kansas city, and harry had to give a speech in washington, and their daughter lived in new york, and so they decided to just drive their chrysler from missouri to the east coast and back again. i think it took about 2 1/2 weeks, but at the time ex-presidents had no secret service protection. they had no pensions, and harry was not a wealthy guy by any means. a lot of the expenses of the

atypical in that my grandfather was harry truman and ordered the only war time use of nuclear weaponsin history but typical in the fact that i grew up not thinking about nuclear weapons. i thought that everything was fine. they had fail safes. they had locks. they had -- that our governments knew what they were doing. it's not -- it's not that safe. it's not that easy. some of the stories about near misses and nuclear accidents would make your hair stand on end, how close we've come to setting one of those things off accidentally. so it's a serious issue. it's something that can -- even setting off a few of them can poison the atmosphere, give us nuclear winter. so it's not something that we can sit down and ignore. that job is going to fall for you. you have a very special opportunity here today with reiko and michio. again, it's a gift they give to you, to all of us to take and to do something with. so i encourage you to listen to their stories and take the lessons and take the next steps because this is -- this is not only my future but it's very definitely your future and the futu

harry truman did not fall in love with the cia. he may have created the cia, but he did not fall in love with it. by 1963, he wrote a very important op-ed describing the problems of the cia, which is relevant to today's situation. iiwas clear after world war that we were going to have a central intelligence agency for two very good reasons. one was pearl harbor. in the case of pearl harbor, we -- the japanese military code. we knew they were going to war with united states. we knew they were on to break relations with the united states. we knew that the embassy had been directed to destroy all of their sensitive information in washington, another indicator of war. this information did not get to the right people. if it had on any short list of possible targets, you would have to pearl harbor in the philippines. this is a tragedy that did not have to happen in the way that it did. six months after the war ended was when he sat down with intelligence types, most of them from the office of strategic services, and began to talk about t

i know what kind of a dream franklin delano roosevelt and harry s. truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. so as we conclude our labors, let us tomorrow turn to our new task. let us be on our way. >> with live coverage of the house on c-span, and the senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3, we complement that coverage. it is the home of american history tv, including six unique series. museums andifacts, historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal a

harry truman was the exception to this and i will discuss that. when the president's get in trouble with the cia, it is over intelligence analysis. the remarks of a couple of whatdents will demonstrate i mean. one of my favorites is richard nixon. richard nixon sent celeste and head ofbecome the cia and made it clear that he was going to clean up the place. i was on the other end. thatrd nixon said to him the cia is nothing but a sanctuary of ivy league intellectuals who do not like me very much. a typical nixon observation. he referred to them as a bunch of clowns and he wanted to know what the clowns do out there. to solve theb problem and one the first thing she did was bring together all s and said,et analyst i want this agency to stop screwing richard nixon. we knew this was going to be difficult. we did not have an impact. beennk there have fascinating remarks about everything. to explainson liked to people who came to the white house, particularly, what it is that intelligence analysts do in the cia. an understanding of that. he compared it

fdr, wilson, harry truman the only man to use an atomic weapon -- >> jake i think we understand where you're going with that. >> the cold war if it was won it was won by democrats and republicans. even carter and ford contributed to it. carter by demanding that soviet jews by released and pushing for human rights and freedom of religion in the soviet unions. reagan gets a lot of that credit because of the tough policy and the way that he very astutelyas. but to make a broad statement that democrats weren't good at it since world war ii. truman created the national dow security counsel. the cia, the whole pentagon apparatus, on and on. kennedy guiding us through the cuban missile crisis. most scholars feel he did an excellent job with that. creating the peace corp. out foxing the soviets over berlin. carter whose considered by many a failure during the camp david piece afford which still is on the books as the great event in middle east history for the last 100 years since the creation of israel meaning it's not a right/left issue. if you're frustrated with obama's policy. i do think t

harry saved all his correspondence. at the trumanbrary i found a letter, i hear you are coming to new york, we would be happy to have you as our guest." harry wrote back and he said that would be all right. he wasn't adverse to taking a few perks here and there. they did the trip on the cheap. i recreated it and was able to find people who encountered him. he got pulled over on the pennsylvania turnpike for driving in the left lane. i don't know what it is in new york but in pennsylvania you have to drive right, keep right only drive left to pass. harry just liked to get in the left lane and keep going. he got pulled over by a cop. the cop actually, state trooper, still alive, manly stampler. he's retired in arizona. there were reports he just pulled truman over to get his autograph. i asked manly about this. he said, no, i didn't. i wish i had. might be worth something today, but he never got his autograph. >> american indians rise in pedestrian? >> question was about american indians participating in pedestrian matches. i did not c

. >> i greatly enjoyed your book -- >> this gentleman talked about "harry truman's excellent adventure was -- what did you say? greatest book ever written. i think you said greatest book ever written. i'm writing that down for a blush. "harry trum truman's excellent adventure" they took a road trip. they lived in independence, speech in washington and their daughter lived in new york. they decided to just drive their chrysler from missouri to the east coast and back again. i think it took about two and a half weeks. but at the time, expresidents had no secret service protection and no pensions and harry was not a wealthy guy by any means. the expenses of the white house was paid out of his salary. when he left the white house in early '53 he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet and he refused to commercialize the presidency. he would not take lucrative speaking fees or sit on corporate boards, that sort of . i found him. he's retired in arizona. there were reported that he had just pulled true man over to get his autograph. i asked manly about thi

. >> harry truman wallings an artillery officer in the first world war. charred de gaulle was on the battlefield. and douglas mcarthur was in the war. and there was a very strong memory of that war that was carried into the later century, wasn't there. >> . >> yeah. one of the things that truman carried was a distrust of regular army officers. he was a national guardsman. and he bore animosity against regular officers, and did not think they were regularly trustworthy. and other people as well served in the first world war. mussolini was a first world war vet ran, as was hitler, and wounded a couple of times, and won the iron cross, unusual distinction for a man in the army. and certainly, what a lot of these people carry, especially on the german side is the fact that they were on the losing end of versailles, and certainly hitler was much more interested in reversing that. as well as his own expansionist idea and so on and so forth. but he certainly wanted to reverse the versailles dick tant, as it was called in germany. and other places as well. a lot

york for four nights, and i was curious how they could afford that, and then harry saved all his correspondence. and at the truman library, i found a library from the general manager of the waldorf saying, "i hear you're coming to new york. we would be happy to have you as our guest." merri harry wrote back and said he thought that would be all right. he wasn't averse to take perks here and there. they did the trip on the cheap, and then i went back and re-created it and was able to find people who encountered him. he got pulled over on the pennsylvania turnpike for driving in the left lane. i don't know what it is in new york, but in pennsylvania, you have to drive right. you keep right, only drive left to pass. harry i guess liked to get in the left lane and keep going. so he got pulled over by a cop. and the cop, state trooper, still alive. manly stampler. i found him. he's retired in arizona. and there were reports that he had just pulled truman over to get his autograph. and i asked manley about this, and he said, "no, i didn't. i didn't. i wish i had. might be worth something today." but he never got his au

. >> harry truman was an artillery officer in the first world war.charles de gaulle was badly wounded twice on the battlefie battlefield. douglas macarthur was an officer in the first world war. there was very strong memory of that war that was carried later into the century, wasn't it? >> yes, certainly one of the things that truman carried was a distrust of regular army officers. he was a national guards man and bore against regular military and did not think that they were trustworthy. mussolini was a world war i veteran. >> adolf history letter. >> he actually won the iron cross of first and second class, an unusual distinction for an enlisted man in the german army. what a lot of these people carry especially on the german side was the fact that they were on the losing side and hitler was much more interested in reversing that, as well as his own expansionist ideas and so on and so forth. certainly wanted to reverse the versailles dictat as it was called in germany, and that sentiment appealed to other places as well. a lot of successor states t

president harry truman immediately sent troops to help south korea. now its remembered as a war. back then it was called a police action. >> it's best and more accurate to call it a korean conflict. congress never declared it a war. technically, we are still in an armistice, and technically that conflict is still under way. >> whatever you choose to call it, the fighting raged for three long years, much of it in the bitter cold. at the korean war veterans memorial, 19 bronze statues represent the different military services that took part in the conflict. >> they're slightly larger than life-size to depict the hazards, the tough conditions that american soldiers experienced during the korean conflict. >> the memorial has another striking feature -- a massive wall of black granite. look closely and you'll see etched images. you'll also see your reflection in its polished surface. >> so, there's a dual focus there with the idea that you can see yourself in this situation -- see yourself in this conflict -- so as to bring the visitor much closer to what's going on. >> the effect def

harry truman pounded that to a pulp and one election in his own right. so i'm not sure republican control of the congress the next two years is going to be a great political boone to the party. >> are you making a prediction here or not? >> i think if the republicans control both ress they are going to have problems not producing themselves in 2016. >> eleanor? >> i don't think republicans are making all those calculations. right now winning isn't everything, >> no, winning is everything. >> winning is everything, it is the only thing for republicans going into november. they really want to get the senate and the way the where the races fall six of the seven races are in states that romney won by big margins. republicans are going to have to screw up to not take control. but they are perfectly capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. they are on this impeachment kick or sue the president kick. bjork is turning out to be successful, not the silver bullet, benghazi has from therred away and people hate congress. so there is a chance the democr

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very forthright very blunt about these things democrats have lost this and it wasn't just that harry truman also you know focused you know always zeroed in on the economic issues that's what democrats did in those days very labor oriented president today it's you know that's as though that as though that never happened you know the democrats that we're living with today simply aren't aren't interested in those issues and so my critique of them is first of all they have to be interest in those issues and second all they have to stop these guys we're look at this is an election year you know we're going through the primary season right now open up your washington post everybody is saying now the republicans are probably going to retake the senate this fall that's a shocking thing they're going to retake the senate this fall when you look at the headlines out there the economic headlines what's happening to middle class families it's unbelievable in large part because republicans because a lot of public in the sixty's well of course they keep blocking the trick for the democrats is to beat the

truman. the state department is named for harry s truman, and there has been a bill introduced in name union station because he needs a building. well, he has a building. i don't know. i don't remember exactly. abouttalking to someone the jefferson memorial, and fdr that memorial. apparently, it is because jefferson was a democrat, and there had been a huge memorial to lincoln, the republican. there is a little bit -- when the state department was named for harry truman, the executive office building was named for eisenhower, and that's a real mouthful. i try to adhere to that, but it is a real mouth full. four-term president, and i think you probably have to go back and look at which party controlled congress. >> we have another question, yes, in the back. >> from time to time, the l'enfant plan is disrupted by some tacky office building. how does this happen? it'sll, you know, i mean, true, but even mentioning the and iower memorial -- have not followed all the ups of downs of that, but one the latest revisions is apparently to take down this huge metal curtain that would have obstructed t

seems to be the trend at the moment, you know, there's been discussion about truman, the state department is named for harry s. truman. there's been a bill introduced in congress named union station. i don't know, i don't remember exactly. i think i was talking to someone about the jefferson memorial and fdr pushed that memorial and apparently, it is because jefferson was a democrat and there had been a huge memorial to lincoln, the republican, so there's a little bit when the state department was named for harry truman. the executive office building was named for eisenhower and that's a real mouthful. i try to adhere to that but it is a mouthful. you would probably have to go back an look at which party controlled congress. >> in the back. >> from time to time, the lafong plan is disrupted by some tacky office building, how does this happen? >> well, you know, i mean, it is true, but i mean, even, you know, mentioning the eisenhower memorial and i have not followed all of the ups and downs of that, but one of the latest revisions is apparently to take down this huge metal curtain that would have obstructed

far only passing 142 bills, harkening back to another when historical political gridlock when harry truman coined the infamous term, do-nothing. >> this country can't afford another republican congress. >> reporter: but even they pushed through seven times more bills than these lawmakers. >> absolutely. this congress has gotten much less done than even the do-nothing congress of the 1940s. >> reporter: the president has said he will take executive action on the border crisis and issue of immigration reform. some advocates are urging him to take bold action which could allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the u.s. a decision's coming soon. lester. >> kristen welker tonight. thanks. >>> overseas, israel's prime minister said today the ground operation against hamas militants in gaza will continue as long as necessary and with as much force needed to stop hamas from attacking israel. at least 112 more palestinians were reported killed today, bringing the total to more than 1,700 while 63 israeli soldiers have died. more tonight from nbc's ayman mohyeldin in gaza. >> reporter: after

she caused a stir with pictures with then president harry truman and quickly became hollywood's darlingtarred in three more firms with bow got, they had two more children and were married until his death in 1957. she appeared in dozens of films and won two tonies for her performances in theater. perhaps her greatest artistic achievement came late in her career when she was 73. she was nominated for an oscar and won a golden globe for best supporting access in a mirror has two faces. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: and in 2009 he was given an a honorary academy awad for her 70 year career. >> i can't believe it. a man at last. >> reporter: lauren bacall reportedly died of a extra oak tuesday at the age of 89, leaving behind her three children and the legacy as one of the last iconic actors of hollywood's golden age. >> a number of u.s. corporations are claiming foreign countries as their home to save money on tacks. perfectly legal and politically explosive, these tax inversions are want "inside story." >> hello, i'm libby casey.

harry truman pounded that to a pulp, the no-good, do-nothing 80th congress and won re- election, or election in his own right. i'm not sure that republican control of the congress the next two years is going to be a great political boon to the party. >>> are you making a prediction here, or not? >> i think if the republicans control both houses of congress, they will have problems not producing themselves in 2016. yes. >>> eleanor? >> well, i just don't think republicans are making all those calculations. i think right now, winning isn't everything. it's the only thing actually. >> eleanor, winning is everything! >> winning is everything. it's the only thing for republicans going into november. they really want to get the senate, and the way, where the races fall, six of the seven most competitive races are in states that romney won by big margins. so the republicans are really going to have to screw up to not take control. but they are perfectly capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, because they are on this kind of impeachment kick or let's sue the president kick. obama care

like in our lifetime you talk about the one nine hundred forty eight do nothing congress that harry truman ran against they passed nine hundred pieces of legislation this congress has passed less than one hundred fifty so the do nothing congress passed you know seven times as much legislation as this convo you going to get anywhere with immigration no we're not going to get anywhere with anything as long as the tea party has a strangle hold on john boehner will not get anywhere i mean to obama's going to try to do as much as he can do through executive action but then there's that guy. so him over using executive action and then when they have a border crisis they say use executive action to go after the border crisis it's it's it's hypocritical beyond belief i guess is rob reiner as you know in the past and so hard to draw him out to run of the mill down the middle and so in the next segment we'll talk about his latest movie and so it goes a stars michael douglas and diane keaton it's out now and he's a master in the director's chair we'll talk about the film when we come back. you know i

this was one of the most famous photos of bacall, sitting atop a piano, and vice president harry truman played "the missouri waltz." >> reporter: she taught men what to do wit

congress's overall record is dismal, so far only passing 142 bills, harkenning back to another -- when harry truman coined the infamous term. >> this country can't afford another republican congress. >> reporter: but even they pushed through seven times more bills than these lawmakers. >> absolutely. this congress has gotten much less done than even the do-nothing congress of the 1940s. >>> overseas, israel's prime minister said today the ground operation against hamas militants in gaza will continue as long as necessary and with as much force needed to stop hamas from attacking israel. more palestinians reported killed today, bringing the total to more than 1700, while 63 israeli soldiers have died. more tonight from nbc's ayman mohyeldin in gaza. >> reporter: after 27 days of war, israel's shelling of gaza is showing no signs of slowing down. tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling the world, the operation will go on until security is returned to the people of israel. and as the war drags on, hamas officials are calling israel's attacks a massacre and a war crime saying israel prevente

this was one of the most famous photos of bacall, sitting atop a piano, and vice president harry truman played "the missouri waltz." >> reporter: she taught men what to do with women. >> what's wrong with you? >> nothing you can't fix. >> reporter: she taught women what to do with men. >> you don't think he's a little old? >> oh, grow up will you, men with that much dough are a little old. >> reporter: and she taught us all in a most unforgettable way what to do with your lips. >> you know how to whistle, don't you, steve? you just put your lips together and blow. ( whistling ) >> i had no idea, no idea that it would have that effect. >> reporter: lauren bacall had that effect for more than 60 years on stage, on tv, and in the movies, not bad for someone who started off as betty joan persky, from new york city. director howard hawk saw this photograph, gave her the name lauren and cast her in her first movie "to have and have not." that's where the bacall look was born, if by accident. >> i would always shake. i really was nervous. i was like this-- i had no confidence in myself, and i

. >> i greatly enjoyed your book -- >> this gentleman talked about how he thought my book "harry truman'sellent adventure was -- what did you say? greatest book ever written. i think you said greatest book ever written. i'm writing that down for a blush. "harry trum truman's excellent adventure" they took a road trip. they lived in independence, speech in washington and their daughter lived in new york. they decided to just drive their chrysler from missouri to the east coast and back again. i think it took about two and a half weeks. but at the time, expresidents had no secret service protection and no pensions and harry was not a wealthy guy by any means. the expenses of the white house was paid out of his salary. when he left the white house in early '53 he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet and he refused to commercialize the presidency. he would not take lucrative speaking fees or sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. i'm glad the presidents still don't do. that so anyway. he was really kind of a poor guy. he was the last president to b