statement saying personally if i were a delegate i would vote for the nomination of my friend, henry wallace it was at the same time that behind the scenes he was doing his best to pull the rug out from under wallace and nominate either harry truman or perhaps william douglas, supreme court justice. he was very angry at fdr until the day he died and really quite generous of his family these many years later to sort of close the circle with healing by supporting the center. but you see stories like that all throughout fdr's residency. one story or remember jim telling me of was about someone else who felt foiled by fdr and that was across the massachusetts line, great figure in massachusetts political history, james michael curley, the former mayor, the inspiration for the last hurrah, known for serving two terms at once both in prison in also in public office at one point. i came from chicago said he made me feel very much at home. jim once told me going to a democratic convention i think it must have been 1952, and there was james michael curley in the delegation. i think it was 52 engine c

the convention is about to rebel because it doesn't want franklin's choice of henry wallace as vice president. and eleanor was called in to make a speech. and she made such a stirring speech, um, intimating that the country was about to go to war and that the person in charge, the commander in chief needed people he could believe in to help him, that the delegates went along with roosevelt's wish and nominated wallace. here she's accompanying fdr and, guess who? sarah. and her oldest son, jimmy roosevelt and his wife, betsy, on a tour of a battleship pre-world war i. on a more substantial note, here she is addressing a national conference on the problems of negro youth in 1939 with aubrey williams who was head of the national youth administration and mary mcleod bethune who was the highest-ranking african-american woman in the roosevelt administration. official of the national youth administration. do any of you, by any chance, participate in programs of the national youth administration? sometimes i talk to people and they say, oh, yeah, that's how i got through high school. this was a progr

roosevelt presidential library, henry a. wallace visitor and education center. i'm bob clarke the center organizer at the library and it is my great push an honor to introduce our concluding session today, and james macgregor burns, conversations and ratings with james macgregor burns, michael beschloss and susan dunn. because of the special format of the keynote session there will not be a question and answer period. mega-band. i'm certain a wide-ranging discussion between these eminent historians will provide more than enough food for thought today. i would also like to balance the presence of our friends from c-span who are here today. we appreciated as always their support and participation in the roosevelt reading festival and the good work they do in bringing the festival and into the homes that are not able to come to hyde park in person. franklin roosevelt a great collector books and an amateur historian in his own right once wrote that books are always faithful friends and ever cheerful companions. the thing -- same could be said of our three guests on