and and tells the story of harry truman of world war. i it's an incredibly important story not so much because truman played such an important role for the united states, but it's important to harry truman because he comes home from the war knowing that he can lead. he had this battery d. i mentioned it's a bunch of by their own count later a bunch of a rowdy. irish catholics who were fond of drink and not very fond of their new be speckled southern baptist leader and they took bets on how long he would last and he won them over. and it was because of that when truman came back from the war that he realized though. he lacked charisma he lack stature. he lacked a commanding voice and a commanding presence there were things about him that definitely were not the kinds of things that we often associate with leadership, but he knew he could lead and he knew that men would follow him. he knew that he could inspire leadership. and so anyway, he comes home from the war and then he starts his life in jackson county. he marries bass after the war.

passion for the subject, and of course the two principal players in our story, winston churchill and harry truman. namely edwina saenz, the granddaughter of officer winston churchill and clifton truman daniel who is the grandson of harry truman. to all of you welcome and, thanks for joining us on the 75th anniversary. >> thanks tim. >> thank you tim. >> hi edwina. >> the miracle of joining together like we are today is really remarkable. as a say we have almost as many people watching this speech today as we did in the gymnasium nearly 75 years ago. but i like to do is begin our conversation today with just putting the journey to fulton in context geopolitically. 75 years ago, the world was a different place. we were at the end of world war ii. the allies had been victorious in europe. they won the war, but winston churchill lost an election, the general election of 1945, and he was by all accounts somewhat down and despondent until he received the invitation from westminster college with a postscript from the president, saying this is a wonderful school in my home state in missouri. hope you can

truman and churchill. their discussion was live streamed from the harry s. truman library in independence, missouri. >>> welcome. we're very glad that a global audience is joining us here from america's national churchill museum. my name is tim riley, i am the director and chief curator here at the museum at westminster college. this morning or afternoon, depending on where you are in the world, i am live here from the spencer reading room here at the museum, and we are launching our program today remotely from independence, missouri, the home of the truman library where director kurt graham is directing us, and two special guests. we begin our program with two guests that have a position for the subject and, of course, the two principle players in our story, winston churchill and harry truman, namely the grand daughter of sir winston churchill, and clifton daniel, who is the grandson of harry truman. to all of you, welcome and thank you for joining us on this 75th anniversary. >> thanks, tim. >> hi. >> hi. >> the miracle of joining together like we are today

privately disavows harry truman speech but by then truman's not paying attention to kennedy. he's paying attention to atchison. and importantly the sperry same moment where then couple of weeks. we realize in the united states that europe is really is collapsing. as the horrible winter, it's amazingly. there's no power in britain. i mean, it's just a terrible. it's like it's like the where the kansas city is have actually right now, you know, 15 below zero and and and berlin they're saying that the dead envy the living because their hands don't freeze. i mean, it's really a grim time and and marshall realizes the new secretary say realize we got to do something about this and thus is born the marshall point. marshall plan is the other key pillar here. long telegram and containment the truman doctrine and the marshall plan has many fathers including harry truman. this is great truman moment. somebody clifford says to truman. president truman we should call this the truman plan. and truman says no, no. it'll die in congress if we do. he's smart and a savvy enough and modest eno

harry truman, i don't think churchill was expecting much from him. i think he kind of looked down his nose a little bit. i think it took some time, but if he got to know truman and potsdam, i think he recognized that this guy was up to the task. the big question for truman, everyone in the states would say can he swing the job. i think churchill had the same question. i think it was answered pretty readily. >> and then from potsdam, there was the election. churchill has to go along, because he is out of office. the big three, which had originally been fdr, stalin, and churchill, the only one left is stalin. it's a new cast. there is athlete, truman, and stalin. it's a remarkable to reflect on that leadership change, leaders who brought us through victory in world war ii. it's a different cast of characters entirely. going forward and getting closer to fulton, the long train ride is a historic moment for the two leaders, because they spent close to 12 hours on a train from washington to missouri, overnight 75 years ago, before they eventually arrived i

i will introduce you, best regards, harry truman. it is this letter that brings churchill to the heartland of the united states. convinced that he has obtained the world's attention. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> fulton's biggest day in history as the daily gazette put, it had finally arrived. march 5th, 1946 was somewhat overcast as crowds lined the streets in anticipation of churchill's motorcade. about 25,000 people were on hand to welcome the dignitary when they arrive just out in the afternoon from jefferson city. there were marching bands, flags and balloons. president harry truman and winston churchill sat up on the back of the open limousine. between them, the president of west minister college, doctor frank mcclure, sat down lower on the seat. churchill smile down at the crowd, giving his v. for victory sign and waving his cigar. at last the motorcade came to the grounds of westminster. colors the gymnasium was packed. loudspeakers outside the auditorium delivered speech to the overflow over crowd. special section near the stage was reserved for

as far as his relationship with harry truman, that is a fascinating relationship. the two men really did not know one another. when they first met at potsdam, right after the end of the war, churchill goes to potsdam with truman and stalin, not sure what to expect of harry truman. i think he was that he had known roosevelt -- i think he was -- he had known roosevelt very well. truman was a man from the middle west churchill did not know much about. i don't think churchill had high expectations for harry truman until truman started to speak, and then churchill realized truman was the right man for the right job. they really forged the relationship, in some ways, on the train ride from washington to missouri on march 4, 1946, on the way to the iron curtain speech. the overnight train, there was a little bit of poker diplomacy. the two men played cards and churchill shared early drafts of the iron curtain speech with harry truman, who approved and said, i think this is going to create quite a stir, but i think you are onto something here, truman said to churchill. of c

harry truman. when the president signed that in postscript at the bottom of the letter, churchill immediately took notice and knew he would be back on the world stage if he had president truman next to him on a platform. i'm not sure if churchill knew where westminster college was when he accepted this, but truman's endorsement of that invitation was really the trick that did it. churchill then began plans in october and november to travel the united states, spend several weeks in miami. he was a very smart man. in january of '46 spent several weeks in miami relaxing, painting and crafting the iron curtain speech. so the answer is the college asked, but they had a little bit of help from the president of the united states who appealed to churchill as well. >> so we talked about this just a little bit, but tell us what winston churchill's political style was in the u.k. at that time? like you said, his party had been voted out of power. does that mean he had no more political influence, this speech w

west the churchill didn't know as much about i don't think churchill had high expectations for harry truman until truman started to speak and then churchill realized that truman was the right man for the right job, but they really forged their relationship in some ways on the train ride from washington to missouri on march 4th, 1946 on the way to the iron curtain speech, you know, they were an overnight train. there was a little bit of poker diplomacy the two men played cards and shared churchill shared early drafts of the iron curtain speech with harry truman. who approved and said you know, i think this is going to create quite a stir but i think you're on to something here. truman said to churchill of course after the speech truman distance himself and said, you know uncharactive question and characteristically for truman. he said i hadn't seen the speech in advance. you know, eleanor roosevelt was was livid after the speech. she did not approve of the speech. she thought it was a threat to the alliance that her husband and and churchill had started so truman some what distance himself i

president harry truman and withstand churchill set up on the back of the open limousine. between them, the president of westminster college, doctor frank mcclure slant lower down on the seat. churchill saluted the crowd, giving his feet for victory sign and waving his cigar as the car weaved along the route. at last, the motorcade and toured the rounds of westminster college. the gymnasium was plaque with invited the guests and dignitaries. loudspeakers outside the auditory delivered the speech to an overflow crowd. a special section near the state was reserved for the mothers of local men who had died in the war. the atmosphere was one of anticipation, and uncertainty as churchill had kept the content of the speech close to his heart. and the buildup to this moment, churchill held court with the u.s. press quarter on the trip to fulton, missouri. i think no comment is a splendid expression, he told reporters who asked what he was say at fulton. by using it again and again. throughout his life, churchill had craved the world stage. and here he was once again, drawing to t

harry truman. harry truman was somebody who never would have been president if the only way to the white house was through the front door. but harry truman was one of several presidents who became president by virtue, as a consequence of the death of his predecessor. when reporters -- when harry truman became president, he told reporters, i'm going to be as straight talking as i ever was before i became president. and harry truman was a really unlikely president. he was a creature of one of the last urban political machines, the prendergast machine in kansas city. and he was known primarily as a political hack. but he was loyal to franklin roosevelt. and roosevelt needed a new vice presidential running mate. i'm reminded how much things have changed over time in what we expect of our presidents and also how presidents and their running mates are chosen. so we live in a time when presidents, whoever gets the nomination of the party, gets to choose, often without consulting anybody else, consider sar

harry truman was a very unlikely president.he was a creature of one of the last urban political machines, the pendergrass machine in kansas city. he was primarily known as a political hack, but he was loyal to franklin roosevelt. and roosevelt needed a new vice presidential running mate in 1944. here is a reminder. in observing this story, i'm reminded how much things changed over time and what we expect of the president and how presidents and running mates are chosen. we live in a time when presidents, whoever gets the nomination of the party, gets to choose, often without consulting anybody else, consider sarah palin, or even dan quail, without telling anyone else this is my choice. that was not the case for most of american history. for most of american history, the president was told, this will be your running mate, because the leaders of the party had the interests of the party at heart. and they needed to balance the ticket geographically and by age and by various other things. the democrats told roosevelt in 1944, you've

truman library institute. we're the private nonprofit foundation established to support the mission and legacy of the harry s. truman presidential library and museum tonight is yet another as alex said in a series of programs that we have been doing for a year now and we'll continue to do for the next seven years commemorating the 75th anniversary of the literally world changing decisions and is faced by our 33rd president the man from missouri harry s truman. last month, we had a program a commemorating the long telegram foreign service officer and moscow george cannon sent to the state department making the case for a containment policy against our former world war ii allies in the soviet union led by joseph stalin this view that the the alliance that had won the war in europe and against japan was not necessarily going to be sustainable as a entirely friendly relationship. post war had been growing from really the moment that that roosevelt and churchill and stalin got together at yalta to discuss the post-war world. but this is the period 75 years ago when the what would become the cold war policy foreign

produce the what came to be known as the truman duck, which was arguably harry truman's rhetorical version of the of the iron curtain truman's oratorical response. he declares the united states will defend freedom where it's threatened and and then we're often and running into a foreign policy that arguably and we'll get to this a little bit persists to this day. can you as a writer i mean churchill really believe in the power of the written spoken word to alter world events and arguably no one has has vindicated that view better than he did. where did that do? where did that come from? was? that study? was that just a theatrical band? and well, so he used to always joke, you know, we we think of you know, this this great intellect, but he used to always joke that he was a horrible student that he was last in his class and but one of the stories he tells which i thought was really interesting is that you know, he made thought he was such a terrible student so they wouldn't put him into the, you know to latin class a great class. so he was just put into a regular english class, and he said

harry truman put in the fair deal. he proposed three civil rights bills that roosevelt refused to propose. so what i want to do is i've said to joe biden, he's doing a great job. i think that he is putting us to where we need to be. i think if he continues on this course, it will go down in history as great a president at truman. >> thank you for being with you, congressman jim clyburn coming up, republicans are singing the praises of florida governor ron desantis as a kinder, gentler donald trump. i'll tell you why the second verse is just the same as the first. >>> but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. richard? >> rev, good saturday to you. some of the stories we're watching for you this hour, the united states resuming use of the johnson & johnson vaccine. there was an 11-day pause. the shots now come with an increased risk warning for very rare, but severe blood clots. >>> a spacex calcium docked with the international space station this morning. it had four astronauts from three differ

and he said inevitably the new york desk is going to ask you to get a comment from harry truman on this, that or the other. and he showed me the rolodex and said there is mr. truman's home phone. you call him. and it wasn't two weeks until exactly that happened and i don't know what it was. it was some question and i with trembling fingers dial former president's home number at 9:00 at night and he answered his own phone. and i was apologizing like crazy and he said son, i like reporters. it's editors i hate. he said go ahead and ask your question. and i asked it and he said yep, he said the answer to that is on page 197 volume two of my memoirs, but i don't expect your editors can read. so i will give you the answer again. and i'm apologizing again. he said no, i do like reporters. he said come see me here at the library someday. next time i had a day off, i hauled ass over and visited with mr. truman and it became a habit. i would go by and see him a couple of times a month. and i would go in and stick my head in the door of miss rose, his secretary and say, is the boss in? she would

have you seen the movie "harry truman" that is it. >> exactly. making legal immigration easier for many people who are deserving to come here and people, unless you really know somebody personally might not realize just how hard it is to come here even if you are the most deserving person in the world. fix that system. there are things to do but they haven't done anything because i

harry truman was just a remarkable man.i first came to know him when my first job outside of texas was kansas city. the first day at work, the bosses i'm going to break un, on the day side a bit, then you're going on the night shift because you were the last guy hired. you get the crappy schedule. he said inevitably in new york desk is going to ask you to give a comment from harry truman from this, that, or the other. he showed me the rolodex and said this is mr. truman's home phone. you call it. it wasn't two weeks until exactly that happened. i don't know what it was. it was some question. and i with trembling fingers doubt the former president's phone number and 9:00 at night. and he answered his own phone. and i was apologizing like crazy. he said oh son, i like reporters. it's editors that i hate. go ahead and ask your question. i asked it. he said yes. the answer to that is on page 197 volume two of my memoir. but i don't expect that you editors can read, so i will give you the answer again. and up apologizing again.

truman and churchill. their discussion was live streamed from the harry s. uman library in independence, missouri. >>> welcome. we're very glad that a global audience is joining us here from america's national churchill museum. my name is tim riley, i am the director and chief curator here at the museum at westminster college. this morning or afternoon, depending on where you are in the world, i am live here from the spencer reading room here at the museum, and we are launching our program today remotely from independence, missouri, the home of the truman library where

back he mentioned harry truman a couple of times. harry truman was the commander-in-chief when the bombs are dropped at the end of world war ii haven't taken over for franklin roosevelt earlier in the year, franklin roosevelt had died in office in 1945. truman learned soon after becoming president of the existence of the manhattan project and the effect would have atomic weaponry available to us as weapons to finish the war. truman always maintained these bombs ultimately save lives by showing the japanese that we had this bomb that could be ruinous. that could be apocalyptic. i use that word earlier. but in your room contract view was truman right? he went to his grave believing bouts the right decision. not only did it save american lives, those who would continue to fight world war ii also the lives of allied nations. >> i think truman and his latter days did express some regret for making that decision. i think as anyone, almost anyone of course are people we know who are sure of everything they do. but truman did have some self

course the american president at this time was harry truman franklin roosevelt had died in april of 19. 85 truman had succeeded him and had been reelected surprisingly. in 1948. so harry truman was the american president. what happens? is that the north korean army attacks across the 38th parallel in late june 1950? and they achieve surprise and great success. there were a number of american divisions in south korea, but they were not up to full complement. they had just a fraction of the number of troops. they should have this is part of the american demobilization process after world war ii. the north korean forces push south driving the american forces and south korean forces ahead of them. and eventually the americans in south koreans kind of established a perimeter down perimeter. you can see it on the map down in the southeast section of the peninsula around busan, which was a port city so that became the pusan perimeter. women north korean attacked occurred the united states went to the united nations. and essentially because the soviet union was boycotting security council on t

at westminster college in fulton, missouri on march 5th, 1946 accompanied by american president harry trumanon the 75th anniversary, the college featured two grandchildren clifton truman daniel and edwina saenz to talk about their grand parents legacies. >> welcome. we are very glad that a global audience is joining us here from america's national churchill museum. i'm timothy raleigh the chief curator here at the museum here

i was in the navy when harry truman eventually ordained the end of racial discrimination. i was really shocked to learn later that truman was never informed about the atomic bomb. when i first began to explore possibilities of becoming president, before i knew i was going to win, i found out that, until then, the vice president had never been briefed by defense on how to manage the atomic weapon in case of a nuclear war with the soviet union. i began to realize that, for all practical purposes, the vice president was still part of the legislative branch of government. his main duty was to preside over the senate, in case of a tie. i thought the vice president ought to be in the executive branch of government. jonah and i had a long talk. he was mostly talking. [laughter] he had some ideas he wanted to explore about how the vice president could become an integral part of the administration, and not separate like it always has been. i suggested it or he suggested it and i excepted, i don't remember, but it was suggested. what are you go talk to vice president humphrey and vic

here is a preview. >> it is important to harry truman because he comes home from the war knowing thatad this battery he mentioned, a bunch of, by their own count, rowdy irish catholics who were fond of drink and not their new, bespectacled southern baptist leader. he won them over. it was because of that when truman came up from the war that he realized, though he lacked charisma, stature, a commanding voice, a commanding presence, there were things about him that were definitely not the kinds of things we often associate with leadership, but he knew he could lead. and he knew men would follow him and he could inspire leadership. >> watch the full program sunday on the presidency, at 8 p.m. eastern and 5:00 p.m. pacific on american history tv. >> american history tv on c-span3, every weekend documenting americans -- america story. funding comes from these companies and more including midco. ♪ midco, along with these television companies, supports american history tv on c-span3 is a public service. >> up next on history bookshelf, syndicated columnist mona charen "sex matters" which ar

of her career, she served as sort of a court painter creating paintings and portraits for harry truman best truman and their daughter margaret. she even turned down offers to paint other us presidents out of loyalty to the truman family in particular kemptons likeness of truman, which you can see pictured here rosen popularity, and it was later used for his official campaign posters for a commemorative postage stamp and for a commemorative coin next slide. so now that we've talked about porter tests, i'd like to expand our view of the white house collection to include women's sculptors and painters some of whom you may actually be familiar with next slide. so we'll begin with mary cassat who is a prominent 19th and 20th century painter and she's known as the only american included in the french school of impressionists cassat exhibited her work alongside famous artists like dega monet and renoir in paris, and she popularized impressionism back home in america. she was one of the few successful female artists of this period and she was especially known for her depictions of domestic lif

>> harry truman was his favorite president.gn "the buck stops here" right on his desk, and i'm hoping that i and other authors can contribute to a real reassessment of his presidency. he's not going to be the first rank of presidents. he made plenty of mistakes, but i do think historians are starting to recognize that he got slimed in some ways after he left office and that there was much more he achieved then people recognize, and of course, we have not even spoken about his achievements as a former president. he revolutionized the role of first lady. rosalynn carter was enormously promotable. she did much more, for instance, than eleanor roosevelt, as first lady. after he left office, he revolutionized the role of former president, but i'm just trying to kind of correct the balance here and end this notion that, you know, he was a lousy president, which is just not true. judy: john alter, the book is "his very best," a play on jimmy carter saying when he was running for president, "why not the best?" big contribution to our s

a political scandal and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency behind the scenes tour of the harry s truman presidential library and museum in independence, missouri here about several new exhibits telling the life story of the 33rd president exploring the american story watch american history tv sunday on c-span 3 each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives museums and historic sites around the country next. we visit the baseball americana exhibit at the library of congress in washington dc to learn about baseball's origins and early days. welcome to the library of congress. i'm susan reyburn curator of the exhibition baseball americana. this was a collaboration at the library did with major league baseball espn and the baseball hall of fame and cooperstown. we've got some incredible things here on display things that you've probably never seen before. let's start with some of the earliest. so right now we're standing in the front of the exhibit looking at origins and early days where we've got some interesting artifacts that suggest that baseball has a history. that's much lo

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and where that did not happen i think the founders would say we agree with harry truman.as of our system. >> professor, i can only offer you our closing one minute and no more. but you're the one in the trenches every day in academia. what are you hearing and seeing on the faces of your students at vanderbilt? >> my students are heartbroken. i think they're galvanized, which inspires me. it's why i love to teach. because year after year you get layers and layers of energy and right-mindedness and will to live and will to worry after these questions. i hope that they know enough of the hard, wild things of the world because i think, you know, my kids go to vanderbilt. they're really privileged in certain ways by virtue of the institution. and i hope that they understand how deep and complicated the adversary is because there is, like, this will to abandon the truth at all costs that seems to be cropping up across this country right now and a will to misunderstood history. but my kids are ready, and they're smart. and i am so happy and grateful to be in the rooms with them

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