harry s. truman, president of the united states. distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort, second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leadership as chief of the famous truman committee on war, his work was a vital factor in the vast allied war effort. at last summer's national democratic convention, harry truman was chosen as candidate for vice president with president roosevelt. his brilliant record hailed at the convention included leadership in legislation for the reciprocal tariff, for the selective service act, land lease and the repeal of the neutrality act. in 1935, he had voted for the world court. and he had consistently given support to the progressive social program of the roosevelt administration. returning to washington with mr. roosevelt, harry truman was now the vice president-elect. in his first speech a

roosevelt, harry truman was nouz the vice president elect.ch after his inauguration, he said peace loving nations must band together for the preservation of human progress. this expressed the american program. roosevelt born to wealth and harry truman one-time farm boy were firmly united on that and every other world aid. as the nation is plunged into mourning by president roosevelt's death, harry s. truman becomes president, the seventh vice president to assume the office under similar circumstances and president truman announces that the san francisco conference will go ahead as scheduled. and immediately received the nation's military leaders. war secretary stinson, army chief of staff marshall and admiral king. james f. burns high roosevelt aide who took part in the crimea conference, secretary of state, british foreign secretary aidan and ambassador halifax also visit the president. arriving to the joint session of the congress, truman pledges to carry forward the work of roosevelt. >> with great humility i call upon all americans to hel

harry s. trumanates, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for 10 years and vice president since the last national election, mr. truman brings to his new high office an understanding of the gigantic american war effort, second only to that of the late president roosevelt. climaxing a long record of senatorial leader, as chief of the truman committee on war production his work was a vital factor in the war effort. ♪[music]♪ >> at last summer's democratic national convention, harry truman was chosen as vice president for president roosevelt. the selective service act and the repeal of the neutrality act. in 1935, he voted for the world court and he had consistently given support to the progressive social program of the roosevelt administration. ♪[music]♪ >> returning to washington with mr. roosevelt, harry truman was now the vice president elect. in his first speech after his inauguration, vice president truman said, in this shrinking world, no nation can live safely alone. peace-loving nati

he said why not harry truman? found there's not a a good biography of harry truman there's not a complete life and times. that part of time in his life is never been written before it comprised 20 years of his life, very important time of his life. beyond that there is an immense collection of letters and diaries which he poured himself out on paper all of his life. he left a written personal very revealing record unlike that of any president i know of. and i'm sure we will never have another president who leaves anything like that. we don't write letters very much anymore we don't keep diaries much any more. he did both his whole life. long before he ever realize he was going to be a figure in history. and one month, to give an example, in one month in 1947 when he was president and his wife was back in independence looking after her mother, harry truman, the president of united states rotor 37 times. these were not just simple how are you and the weather's turning cooler these were real letters. >> host: dig and

on toast, talking about the election, and roosevelt reaches for a pot of tea to pour it into harry truman's glass and his hand is like this. he can't get the tea in the glass. and truman, vice presidential candidate, realizes, i think, at this time where this is going. at the time of the 1944 election, 55% of americans could name fdr's running mate. isn't that extraordinary? 55%. 45% really had literally no idea who this guy was. they win the election. 82 days later, truman is walking through the white house door, right? think about this. the nation is in shock. he's in the white house. he has to walk into roosevelt's office. staffers, they don't know who this guy is. all the staffers kept diaries. a lot of them are in your lie library. it's so fascinating. a lot of them are published. and truman puts a sign on his desk. i'm going to begin to make a point here. truman puts a sign on his desk that says "always do right." this will gratify some people and astonish the rest. who knows who said that? here in missouri, we should know. mark twain. he puts a quotation in a leather portfolio on his

he said well why not harry truman? i looked into it and there was not a good biography of truman of a complete life and times this last chapter that you talk about that side has never been written before. it comprise 20 years of his life a very important part of his life. and beyond that there was a minutes collection of letters and diaries that he poured himself on paper all of his life and he left a very revealing record unlike of any president i've ever known and i'm sure will never have another president that has anything like that we don't write letters like that anymore and we don't keep diaries. he did both his whole life long before he ever realized he would be a figure in history but in one month in 1947 when he was president and his wife passe passed, harry truman wrote to her 37 times it wasn't just a simple how are you but these are real letters. >> they were all in longhand. wonder for low clear straightforward handwriting but it was very legible so there's never a problem reading his handwriting. seldom ev

what i loved about what harry truman said is that as they looked at spending the rest, he said, later when he was president, he said every $0.10 that was spent for those work relief projects, every dime that was looked into, and somebody was always against spending a nickel that would help poor people and give jobs to the men who did not have any. but the minute they start spending money on defense money, the sky was the limit, the economy boys, no questions asked. have all ourto resources needed to bring our economy back, but we do not want all of the excessive attention to, well, wait and see how the states do before we do more for the states, like harry truman said. but that is not what today is. wasy, for the purpose, that captured by soon to be president of the united states, we formed a special bipartisan oversight panel on the coronavirus. this committee will prevent waste fraud, and abuse. on makingl be focused sure that the federal response is based on the best science and guided by health experts. i am proud to appoint distinguished and accomplished leaders to the committee

. >>> when president franklin roosevelt died in 1945, then vice president harry truman assumed the roleident of the united states. up next, author a.j.baime talks about his book "the accidental president" in which he looks at the challenges president harry truman faced during his first four months in office. >> a.j.baime is a "new york times" best selling author, award-winning journalist, public speaker and occasional on screen personality. in addition to the accidental president the subject of tonight's lecture his books include the arsenal of democracy, f.d.r., detroit, and an epic quest to arm an america at war, and go like hell -- ford, ferrari, their battle for speed and glory at le mans. both the latter books are in development as major motion pictures and both won the

but one of the things that impressed me was harry truman's decision. it had been kind of a backbench to senator for 10 years. he was not expected to be on the ticket. in 1944on he was picked was literally the democratic party said, who is out there who would hurt the ticket least? not help, but hurt us the least and they figured this kind of nonentity harry truman. inhe becomes vice president january and he had spoken to truman privately. he had spoken to him privately twice in the months he had been vice president. in other words, he was basically more prepared to be president. president, a guy said he needed to talk to him privately he takes him in and says there is a program you know nothing about and which we have developed the most fearsome, terrifying weapon of all time. that was the first time harry truman had ever heard of the manhattan. that, he had to find out what it was all about. he went to winston churchill and his allies that were about to fight the war in japan. so thing that impressed me much was the lengths he went to. about repeated

he talks about nuclear weapons and bombing the mainland and the nationalist chinese and harry truman kept telling him publicly we are not doing that. this is the cold war. so for truman it is civilian control in the military. what he a lot one - - let this very popular general or the president who was the commander in chief and to get a sense of what the general is up to. but then mcarthur started to make the very aggressive comments and truman fired him when he was the offending the cost support but he always defended it and those who write the history books and i was a tremendous gamble for truman for what this president did in retrospective and president eisenhower i want to be respectful of your time and had to terms and then return to normalcy and eisenhower deliver that. and then to get along well with nikita khrushchev but he was worried during the cold war about what the soviets were up to those spy planes over the soviet union and then to shoot them down until they improve the technology with the international conference of 1960 with germany and france and the uk. and three w

harry truman's excellent adventure traced the road trip harry and best truman took in summer of 53 after they left the white house, this was before ex presidents had pensions or secret service protection. they got in their chrysler and drove from independence, missouri to the east coast, daughter margaret drove back again. kind of a sweet book, harry and best just staying in motels and speaks to a bygone era. ex-presidents now are midsized corporations unto themselves but when truman left office he was the last president return to something resembling a normal life. it was fun to do that story. the president is a sick man about the secret operation on grover cleveland to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth. how are these not bestsellers? pedestrian is, the history of competitor walking in the 1880s, america's most specular sport was a 6-day walking race, okay. a but and fido was acknowledged as the greatest biography ever written of lincoln's dog and lincoln's dog, come on, what do i have to do? we will see about this marvelous potential and how that fits into the scheme of things. t

former vice president wallace swears in harry truman, new vice president.sident roosevelt takes the oath of office. >> i, franklin roosevelt solemnly swear i will faithfully execute the office of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> the president delivers a brief inaugural address. >> we americans of today together with our allies are passing through a period of supreme test. it is a test of our courage, of our resolve, of our wisdom, of our essential democracy. if we meet that test successfully and honorably, we shall perform a service of historic importance. of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all time. as i stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office, in the presence of my fellow countrymen, in the presence of our god, i know that it is america's purpose that we shall not fail. in the days and the years that will come, we shall work for its just and honorable peace, a durable

the next book was harry truman's excellent adventure enwhich trace the road trip that harry s truman took in the summer of 53 after they left the white house for ex-president had pensions or secret service protection so harry and best just got in their chrysler and drove from independence to the east coast to visit their daughter margaret who lived in new york at the time and drove back again and it's a sweet book. harry and best are just staying in motels and eating diners and it's really speaks to a bygone era. i don't think ex-president now are basically inside corporations under themselves what when truman left office he was the last president to treturn to something was ambling a normal life so it was a lot of fun to do that story. real quickly ti did the president is a sick man which is about the secret operation on grover cleveland to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth. how are these not bestsellers, i can't believe it. pedestrian is him, a history of competitive walking in the 1880s, america's was popular spectator sport was the six a walking race and ava and fido which w

harry truman's excellent adventure retraced the road trip harry and this truman took in summer of 53 ter they left the white house, pensions and secret service protection. harry and best got in the chrysler and drove from independence missouri to the east coast to visit their daughter margaret who lived in new york and the second time. it is a sweet book, eating at diners, speaks to a bygone era. when truman left office, he was the last president to return to something resembling a normal we -- life. a sick man, the secret operation in grover cleveland to remove a cancerous tumor from his mouth. how are these not bestsellers? pedestrian is him, the history of competitive walking in the 1880s, the 6-day walking race and, okay. abe and fido, the greatest biography ever written of lincoln's dog. lincoln plus dog, what do i have to do. we will see about this marvelous potential and how well that fits into the scheme of things. this came in 2016 after the presidential election. you are aware donald trump is president and a lot of people were surprised when he was elected and they looked at

when president franklin roosevelt died in 1945, harry truman assume the role as president of the united states. up next author ha bayne talks about his book. the accidental president and which he looks at the challenge singe which truman faced in his four form first four months of office. >> aj bayne is the new york times bestselling author and public speaker and occasional on screen personality in addition to the accidental president, his book includes the arsenal of the democracy, fdr detroit. an ic

he said why not harry truman? so i looked into it. there wasn't a good biography of your he truman. a complete life and times this last chapter that you talk about the his part of life has never been written before comprising 20 years of his life. so there was elements collection of letters and diaries he pulled himself out on paper all his life when i'm sure we'll never have another president we will have to write letters or keep diaries and he did both and that he would be a figure in history. and when his wife was back and independents looking after her mother truman wrote to her 37 times. not just a simple how are you the weather is turning cooler but real letters. >> and strong handwriting but to be very legible there's never a problem reading his handwriting. >> but at some point he and his wife call their daughter margaret every night? >> yes. they are very close. the same people as secret service agents and how they said the closest family they have ever known in the white house. although they don't want to be quoted in person but they all say truman is their favorite presid

brian: why did harry truman go home and stay home? richard: that is a fair question. there is a myth that the presidency changes people. you knew that richard nixon would leave office and as soon as he could would spend every , breath trying to rebuild his reputation, particularly through foreign affairs. everything he did. you knew when gerry ford left office, he would play as much golf as he could, and he would sit on boards because he happened to believe in the private sector. what people do not pay much attention to, he also did 200 college campuses free of charge. he enjoyed that. but there is no doubt, the first week he was president, he asked someone, he said, when do i get my first check? because he was literally living from check to check. brian: in the last couple of minutes we have, talking about the same thing, mount vernon is paid for entirely by private money, run by the mount vernon ladies association. rutherford b. hayes has a state-funded library in the middle of ohio. every other library is funded by federal taxpayer dollars. plus the foundations. wh

talking about bringing the nationalist chinese in to help which was an outrage to the chinese and harry truman kept telling him publicly , we're not doing that. where we might bring the soviets into this. this is a cold war, we don't have a wider war so for truman it became a concept of civilian control of the military. is he going to let this popular general run the war the way he wanted or is the president who's supposed to be our commander-in-chief run the war so truman went and met macarthur on wake island in the pacific to get a sense of what the general was up to rid the meeting went okay, they didn't get along very well but macarthur started to make these very aggressive bellicose comments and again and truman fired him and it caused a huge firestorm. historians basically feel it was the right thing to do. he was defending the constitution principle of civilian control of the military and it was on the popular at the time and cost truman a lot of support but he always defended and now in revisionist history people who write the history books feel it was the right thing to do but at the

harry truman becomes president. true. had a lot to prove. a lot of people didn't think he was up to the job. people felt if we had have had president roosevelt for four terms. how are re going survive without franklin roosevelt. during the truman period we had the korean war. this is an example of what the soldiers went through, very terrible, difficult conditions. initially the war did not go well. and then the war started to get better, partly because we had a general who so many americans admired from world war ii in the pacific, douglas macarthur, i suggested to illustrate harry truman was firing general macarthur. a lot of historians will do define moments of presidents in terms of military conflict but presidents have to teal with so many things now i've chosen to illustrate this book with examples that are not just war and pastless but other things that were -- war and peace and other things that were defining moments and this one was firing mccar thunder. took a -- macarthur. he was one of the most popular people in the country. dull

harry truman kept telling them publicly, we are not doing that. were not bringing the soviets into it's a cold war we don't have a wider war's over truman it became a concept of civilian control of the military is seeking length is very popular general run the war the way he wanted or the president his best be the commander-in-chief's poster run the war. so truman met mccarthy in the pacific to see really what the general was up to. the meeting went okay, they did not get along very well. then macarthur started to make these very aggressive comments again and truman fired him. the huge firestorm. now historians basically feel it was the right thing to do, he was defending the constitution with principles and control. very unpopular at the time. the cost truman a lot of support but he defended it. people who write the history books feel it is was the right thing to do. at the time it was a tremendous gamble for truman but this is an example of a political military related defining moment that this president did and the representative's respective d

harry truman kept telling them, publicly, we are not doing that. we'll bring the soviets into that this is a cold war we don't have a wider war so for truman it became a concept of civilian control of the military. is he going to let this very popular general run the war the way he wanted or is the president who was supposed to be a commander-in-chief going to run the war. so truman went and met macarthur on wake island in the pacific to get a sense of really what the general is up to. the meeting went okay. they did not get along very well. but then macarthur started to make these very aggressive comments and truman fired him. it was a huge firestorm. historians basically feel it was the right thing to do, he was defending the constitution the principle of civilian control of the military. it's very unpopular the time it cost truman a lot of support. the people who write the history books feel it was the right thing to do. at the time it was a tremendous gamble for truman. this is an example of a political military related defining moment that i th

this proactive approach is what then senator harry truman spearheaded at the dawn of world war ii to ensure federal dollars spent then saved lives on the battlefield. today the battle is much different. it is against a worldwide pandemic currently without a vaccine or preventive treatment. but our aggressive oversight should be the same. democratic governors and republican governors all over the country are pleading for more tests despite the billions we have allocated to provide them. the republican governor of maryland has said the lack of available testing is, quote, the number one stumbling block in america. end quote. he's absolutely right. the president talks about reopening america, but, madam speaker, how about first testing america? without that we can't fully track and contain this virus. we need to make sure that the money we provided for testing is actually going to testing. we need to make sure that our hospitals have all the p.p.e. equipment that they need. in my home city of worcester in massachusetts, we recently opened up a field hospital in our convention center. th

blind in one eye but that publisher insisted on calling it last man standing but next word is harry truman's excellent adventure with a road trip harry and bess truman took in the summer of 53 right after they left the white house before x presidents had pensions or secret service protection so they just got in there chrysler from independence missouri to the east coast and then drove back again. it is a sweet book they just stay in motels and eat at diners and it speaks to the bygone era. i don't think x presidents now as they are midsize corporations be he was the last two return to something resembling a normal life. it was fun to do that story. quicklyid the president is a sick man about the secret operation of grover cleveland to remove a cancerous tumor from his c mouth. these are not bestsellers i cannot believe that. [laughter] the history of competitive walking in the 18 eighties a six-day walking race. and abe and fido was widely acknowledged as the greatest biography of ever written of lincoln's dog. [laughter] lincoln and dog? come on. [laughter] what do i have to do. we will see

harry truman go home and stay home? >> that's a fair question. the presidency changes people. you knew that richard nixon would leave office as soon as he could. particularly if it was foreign affairs, he would do everything he did. office, heen he left would play as much golf as he could. and what people did not pay too much attention to, he also averaged public appearances free of charge. he enjoyed that. but the first week he was he was literally going he was literally going from check to check. >> mount vernon, that was paid for entirely by public money. library. state-funded taxpayer dollars. what is it about george washington today that is all paid for? >> because he's washington. >> we would not be here. certainly, you would not be making the point, his presidency is about restraint. assertiveness, but ultimately about restraints. it's about walking away from power. it is something for which you are a temporary steward. it's likely to generate the kind that mount vernon has earned over the years. >> because of the mount vernon ladies association. >> we have to give them

of course president roosevelt died in april 1945 area harry truman becomes president. truman had a lot to prove. a lot of people didn't think it was up to the job and a lot of people felt we had president roosevelt for four terms, he was elected to a fourth before he died read how are we going to survive without franklin roosevelt during the truman period we had the korean war, this is a new example of what those soldiers had to go through the korean war read terrible difficult conditions. initially the war did not go well. then the war started to get better. partly because we had a general who also so many americans admired from world war ii in the pacific, douglas macarthur what i suggested to illustrate harry truman was byron general macarthur. obviously a lot of his historians will do defining moments of president in terms of military conquerors for war and peace but our president had to deal with so many things now that i've chosen to illustrate this book with examples that are not just war and peace but are other things that were defining moments for the presiden

harry truman is president by that time and says, we cannot send these people back. ultimately they are admitted to the united states as immigrants. but it is the only time the united state government makes an exception outside of our immigration policy to admit a mass of refugees. this is a piece of the fence that has been lent to us, the barbed wire fence, that surrounded those refugees. they published their own newspaper called the ontario chronicle. what you are seeing here is a cartoon from the ontario chronicle showing the before and after, the excitement of the refugees as they arrived in new york harbor, seeing the statue of liberty on august 5, 1944. one year later, they are still held behind this barbed wire fence. and the promise of liberty seems to be at such a distance. this is an illustration that appeared in their own newspaper in august of 1945. drawn by one of the refugees. this speaks to the contrast we want to get out through the exhibition between the promise of liberty, the idea of america as a land of refuge, and the political reality on the gro

of course roosevelt dies april 45 harry truman becomes president he had a lot to prove a lot of people didn't think he would is up to the job he was elected to a fourth term just before he died so during the truman. one early example of what those soldiers have to go through and initially it did not go well and then the war started to get better partly because we have a general so many americans admired, macarthur so when i suggested to illustrate harry truman was to fire general macarthur. a lot of historians will do defining moments of presidents with military conflicts or war and peace but there are so many things now i have chosen to illustrate this book with examples not just warm piece but others that were defining moments for the president this took a great deal of political courage for truman to fire macarthur what are the most popular in the country in the pacific he went to the philippines and became the supreme leader of japan as the general with the occupied forces and he launched a brilliant move with a successful and risky operation so he started off the war was going bad

after fdr's death, harry truman continued with that idea and pushed congress to pass national health insurance which would have fulfilled fdr's promise by expanding social security to be part of health insurance. unlike the earlier proposals, truman's was universal and it would have covered everyone. polls show initially majority of the public, up to 75%, supported the idea of health insurance for all via the social security system. this was also -- there is nobody there. this was also the start of the cold war. so when hearings began, senate leaders called truman's plan the most socialistic measure that this congress has ever had before it. and this kind of attack was familiar from three decades earlier but something new was at the american medical association ran a multimillion dollar campaign telling the public to fear this socialized medicine and this was the first pr campaign of its kind and it may have been the most successful also because after just three years, public support went down to around 20% and truman's plan for national insurance never made it to a vote. and, again,

think about harry truman and the on theof that biography public perception of harry truman. ok, so now we're going to go to the 2017 survey, which is the organizing principles for our book of collected reviews. -- collected interviews. what we did, rather than arranging them chronologically, we put them in order of how they fared in our survey. so, let's look at the top five. as we mentioned -- sorry, first , the modern presidents. ronald reagan is the only one in 2017 that made it into the top 10. next up, george w. bush. 20th spot. it will be interesting when we do the next survey at the end of the trump presidency if whether george w. bush moves up at all. he passed away. we had three days of celebration in this country of presidency and reminders of the things he accomplished. that has an impact on our historians, too. bill clinton we just talked about in 15th place. george w. bush, 33rd. the first time we had him right after he left office, he was one point lower. we added another president so he moved up one. but he is pretty close to the bottom 10. not only -- certain

ronald reagan is unhappy with president harry truman's slow building up of america's troops. unlike when dwight eisenhower launched a massive invasion, truman does it slowly. reagan is unhappy because the war is becoming a quagmire. ronald reagan believes in small government and is unhappy truman has continued the bureaucracy that was begun under fdr. he is thinking, who should he support in 1952? ronald reagan is still a democrat. he telegrams to dwight eisenhower and urges him to seek the presidency. and he becomes, officially, a democrat for ike. a few things about that time period. he famously says i will go to korea and assess the strategy and tactics. that is what he does when he enters the oval office. and, fighting stops in no small part because behind-the-scenes, dwight eisenhower threatens communist china with nuclear weapons. that, as well as the death of stalin and other reasons, the fighting stops. now he is president and in 1953, dwight eisenhower delivers and all but forgotten speech at the united nations. he offers to turn over america's nuclear arsenal to an

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. ♪ >> in the cabinet room of the white house, harry s. truman was sworn in as president.the each of victory and its disturbing aftermath, his was the duty of carrying on with he leaders of america's allies . 25 days later on may the 7th in a little school house in france came the unconditional urnedser of germany. the nazi chief of staff signed the document formally ending all german resistance as drawn by the representatives of russia, britain, france and the united states. general smith signed for the supreme commend of command. and the end of one of history's most massive and brilliant campaigns bright a well earned victory to a soldier known as ke eisenhower. in the pacific, in mortal combat against a frenetic foe, the army, navy and mariners were driving to a finish fight. the philippines had been won back. so had a score of other vital islands, large and small, including one called okinawa. but the kamikaze corps, the japanese pilots who rode winds to certain suicide and devastation of our ships were taking a heavy toll. on easter sunday following the pattern of inv

harry truman. and that's one of those celebrated moments in history. when truman says to her, "is there anything i can do for you?" and her first response is, "no, but is there anything i can do for you, for you're the one in trouble now?" but then she had the presence of mind to ask him, was it ethical for her to use a government plane to go down to warm springs to see her husband's body? and, of course, truman provided that for her. you can't imagine people even asking that today. so she gets down to warm springs, georgia -- and as you would do when there's a death like this -- she asked her cousins who were there -- laura delano, in particular -- "tell me everything that happened in the last 24 hours." and laura, i believe, had always loved fdr, and probably always had been jealous of eleanor, for she maliciously decided to tell eleanor that lucy had been there. she didn't have to. nobody would have told eleanor. she just said maybe she would have found out anyway. and, then when pushed further,

harry truman. that's one of the celebrated moments in history when truman says to her, is there anything i can do for you and her first response is, no, but is there anything i can do for you for you're the one in trouble now. but then she had the presence of mind to ask him was it ethical for her to use a government plain to go to warm springs to see her husband's body? of course, truman provided that for her. you can't imagine people asking that today. she gets down to warm springs, georgia, and as you would do when there is a death like this, she asked her cousin who's were there. tell me everything that happened in the last 24 hours. and laura i believe always loved fdr and always been jealous of eleanor. for she maliciousy decided to tell he will no are that lucy was there. she didn't have. to she just said maybe she would have found out anyway. and then when pushed further, she elected to tell her that lucy was at the white house the last year and anna her daughter was the one to make the arra

president that i've seen in my lifetime and i'm 68 years old i go all the way back i don't remember harry truman but i was there for one year and then i was alive during the white eisenhower and of course the greatest president of all time john kennedy you know why i call him the greatest president of all time in modern era because they allowed him to serve the least. of that statement so let me ask you this this week there is once again talk of sending people back to work before there is actual adequate testing for the virus at least across the country are the elected leaders this isn't just on donald trump but are the elected leaders the united states essentially saying that our economy is more important than our own safety. yeah in essence that's what they're saying they're they're weighing both and they're putting them on the scale and they realize that the economy's going to suffer it's going to suffer it's going to suffer the longer this goes on and so by sending people back to work early it will boost up the economy but there could end up more fatalities and things like that you have to r

harry truman. at for her. you can't imagine people even asking that today. so she gets down to warm springs, georgia--and as you would do when there's a death like this--she asked her cousins who were there--laura delano, in particular--"tell me everything that happened in the last 24 hours." and laura, i believe, had always loved fdr, and probably always had been jealous of eleanor, for she maliciously decided to tell eleanor that lucy had been there. she didn't have to. nobody would have told eleanor. she just said maybe she would have found out anyway. and, then when pushed further, she elected to tell her that lucy had been at the white house that last year, and that anna, her daughter, had been the one to make those arrangements. i'm... i can't even imagine what it must have been like for eleanor to have to present the strong face to the world that she did by getting in that train and going back with her husband, on that famous train ride from warm springs to washington, knowing inside this dee

matthew is an award-winning journalist he's been on marketplace and the author of many books harry truman's excellent adventure, the president is a sick man among them, he is here to discuss his new book, all this marvelous potential, robert kennedy's tour of appellation details of kennedy's tour starting in mid february less than four months before his assassination. books like recap the century story of the appellation life and what decisions were in place to generate the world as it became. myself having lived near cumberland for years, has seen how this story told in the book, the title alone reds ignites with her population there. but even deeper into the book readers will be familiar with economic withdrawal and party infighting will find much to discover. everyone please help me welcoming matthew algeo. [applause] >> thanks travis, i'm going to justice a little, how's herve feeling every feeling okay? got this with handshakes? it's great to be at politics and prose again. i said it before, for authors this is like of madison square garden. it just smells better. travis, was mentionin

my favorite part of the book is this guy named harry truman. and at the beginning of the war, couldn't get the president's secretaries to return his phone calls. in the middle of the book, he had a committee call the truman committee and they come in, said what is going on here? it was the most famous factory in the arsenal, truman goes through the assembly - the capacity they have, it is too optimistic. by the time truman becomes president, they achieved their goal, 66,000 at one an hour. >> it was interesting to think about the problems we had. one of their product is charles lindbergh, a great anecdote where they take these big bombers up and can you tell us a little bit about that? >> guest: you called it the worst piece of aircraft construction i have ever phone and that is a quote. that is 1942 when the first bombers are coming off the assembly line. they had to fix this thing and figure out how to do it. one of my favorite things about lindbergh, there's a lot of interpersonal drama between the characters. lindbergh's vision for me and h

the next one is harry truman's excellent adventure which retrace the road trip that they took in the summer of 53 after they left t the white house, ths is before ex-president had pensions or secret service protection. so they got in their chrysler and drove from independence missouri to the east coast to visit their daughter margaret andrew back again and it's a sweet book, harriet and her were staying in hotels and eating at diners in his speaks to an era, i don't think ex-president now are basically midsize corporations under themselves. when truman left office, he was the last president to return to something resembling a normal life. it was a lot of fun to do the story. real quickly, the president was a sick man about this secret operational cancerous tumor from his mouth. how are these not best sellers. pedestrian is in, the history of competitive walking in the 1880s, the most popular spectator sport was a six-day walking race. okay, okay. widely acknowledged as the greatest biography ever written of lincoln's dog. lincoln plus dog, comeog on. what do i have to do. we will see

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this proactive approach is what then senator harry truman spearheaded at the dawn of world war ii to ensure federal dollars spent then saved lives on the battlefield. today the battle is much different. it is against a worldwide pandemic currently without a vaccine or preventive treatment. but our aggressive oversight should be the same. democratic governors and republican governors all over the country are pleading for more tests despite the billions we have allocated to provide them. the republican governor of maryland has said the lack of available testing is, quote, the number one stumbling block in america. end quote. he's absolutely right. the president talks about reopening america, but, madam speaker, how about first testing america? without that we can't fully track and contain this virus. we need to make sure that the money we provided for testing is actually going to testing. we need to make sure that our hospitals have all the p.p.e. equipment that they need. in my home city of worcester in massachusetts, we recently opened up a field hospital in our convention center. th