henry clark wondered., the scientists call it, the eating away of the soil, destruction which began when the early settlers cut down the forests. when the farmers out of ignorance cloud straight for rose down the hillside. destruction from the sky. ♪♪ >> this is the way it was year after year. in a forgotten part of the united states. this was the havoc caused by greed and neglect, men working alone against the forces of nature. farms, towns, industry smashed. hundreds ground, thousands made homeless. energies of the river running to waste, the energies of the people too. henry clark's trouble was the trouble of 3 million americans in the tennessee valley. it became the direct concern of 130 million americans in the 48 states, a challenge to democracy and its ability to care for its own. the valley of the tennessee river lies in the southeastern united states. it covers an area 40,000 mi. . nearly as large as england. it was a problem of reconstruction. reconstruction of land, reconstruction of people. fou

it was a hard decision for henry clark. well, he should go on. but he was the descendant of pioneers of men who had taken a chance and would know that their salvation lay in cooperation the old spirit of the pioneers was reawakened. the machines began to one by the next year there were results. henry clark had the best crop of tobacco ever grown in the county. he was sending substantial quantities of food to market. and giving his neighbors plenty of food for thought they came to see the new fertilizer the new methods. and the student became a teacher in the tennessee valley that year 30,000 other demonstration farmers became teachers too. well the next year's harvest henry and his neighbors had a threshing machine especially designed by the tva experts for this valley each group of farmers. had a machine each farmer had an equal right to its use no longer was it one man alone against the drought in the flood for the first time they were acting together cooperatively for a common purpose. and even more a change was beginning to come into their th

it was a hard decision for henry clark. well, he should go on. but he was the descendant of pioneers of men who had taken a chance and would know that their salvation lay in cooperation the old spirit of the pioneers was reawakened. the machines began to one by the next year there were results. henry clark had the best crop of tobacco ever grown in the county. he was sending substantial quantities of food to market. and giving his neighbors plenty of food for thought they came to see the new fertilizer the new methods. and the student became a teacher in the tennessee valley that year 30,000 other demonstration farmers became teachers too. well the next year's harvest henry and his neighbors had a threshing machine especially designed by the tva experts for this valley each group of farmers. had a machine each farmer had an equal right to its use no longer was it one man alone against the drought in the flood for the first time they were acting together cooperatively for a common purpose. and even more a change was beginning to come into their th

. ♪ ♪ ♪ bandit lands, hopeless lands, henry clark. erosion the scientists callth i.e destruction that began innocently in the early settlers cut down the forest. when farmers out of ignorance and plowed straight furrows down the hillside. ♪ destruction from the sky. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the way it was, year after year end a forgotten part of the united states. this was i have a college's caused by greed and neglect. men working alone unable to see fortress ofce nature. industry smashed. thousands made homeless. the images of the river running too wasted. the energy of the people too. with 3 million americans in the tennessee valley. it became the direct concern of 130 million americans in the 48 states. a challenge to democracy. its ability to care for its own. the valley of the tennessee river lies in the southeastern united states. it covers an area of 40000 square miles. nearly as large as england. it was a problem of reconstruction. reconstruction of lands, reconstruction of people. and democracy met the test. found the men to supervise the job. james p polk

i would contend that began in earnest with tom clark working for henry truman. >> we are going to come back to him because he becomes one of the supreme court appointees. but is truman thinking that at the time? >> there's every indication that he is. >> you get some traction immediately with abortion. the real moment for truman's vincent. this is the guy come if there is a treatment appointee that has a legacy that is probably him? >> yes. it's a stage in a sadly how literally unknown he is today among americans. at the time of his nomination for the chief justice ship, he was one of, if not the biggest names in washington. not including the president or him, but he held so many jobs of a monumental importance to the american economy. he had been treasury secretary. he had been director of the time as emergency management dealing with the war praise been a district appellate court judge for his been a member of the house of representatives from the state of kentucky. he was the supreme authority both houses recognize it's hard for the senate to recognize anywhere in the house it was a