president of this country in the late 1940s would not have been harry truman and would have been henry wallace. i have got some views on that. you want to start what life might have been like. >> i just think that from everything that i have read about wallace, we had a completely different view of the way things should be, what america's role was, generally an aspect of who the american people were and kind of a lack of that. i think that -- i taught a lot about the role of individuals in history. it really p to have had henry wallace in office would have changed the whole direction of american policy from '45 on and whatever influence he might have had before that in a variety of ways. it certainly goes to the point of what america's role should be and what our responsibilities are and how we see ourselves in relationship to the rest of the world. totally different. i think the surprise for people, not the people here but how harry truman turned out to be who he was. what is it that made him do the things he did. one of the big issues, obviously, was the recognition of israel that we hear ab

about housing and firm security, there are so many changes they were wonderful, i think there is henry wallace and he was very important, so i think fdr just, i did not write that, the editor called the defining years but i think that was apt. it really is who can we be in this country? can can we really be a democracy? can we have opportunity for everybody? housing for everybody, education for everybody? and that became the goal. it became franklin school and eleanor school and i think there is some effort to make that happen during the height of the new deal. and after it was eleanor roosevelt who is responsible for the g.i. bill of rights, education for everybody, real opportunity. this has to happen. reagan defunded and t-boned so much in the reagan revolution is really horrific and after in this neoliberal what is that moment, but a new movement are boarding and we just have to continue the fight. it's never over till it's over, revolution revolution is about the process, it's not an event. [applause] thank you blanche. >> i wonder if we should ask. >> thank you very much blanche, congrat

i'm speaking of henry wallace and jimmy burns.he simultaneously led these two to believe that each had support for nomination while working all the while on behalf of a third man who we didn't directly spoke. wallace called him a water man capable of looking in one direction while dwelling in another. secretiveness could be justified on security. supposedly under -- under supposedly voluntary censorship agreement with reporters covering the white house and the news organizations they represented, the actual whereabouts was a safe secret but also in the united states. he was actually away from the white house more than in it. congress, public at large and cabinet members often had no idea where he was. he made 21 trips in those 13 months on a presidential train that departed late at night from the basement of the bureau of engraving across the mall from the white house, in armor-plaited railroad car, which was the heaviest because of all the armor plaiting, the heaviest passenger car on the american -- on the american rails, which

about housing and security there were so many changes that were wonderful and i think there was henry wallace and he was very important. i think that fdr, i didn't write that. the editor called the book the defining years because i think that was apt and it really is, who can we be? what can we be in this country? can we really be a democracy? can we have opportunity for everybody, housing for everybody, education for everybody and that became the goal. became franklin's goal and eleanor's goal and there were some effort really to make that happen during the height of the new deal and it was eleanor roosevelt who fought for the g.i., their rights, education for everybody, real opportunity. this has to happen and reagan defunded and the bones so much and the reagan revolution is really horrific and this neoliberal what the hell is that moment i think a new movement, new movements are a warning and we just have to continue to fight. it's never over until it's over. revolution is about the process. it's not an event. [applause] >> thank you blanche. [applause] >> i wonder if we could ask. >> tha

about housing and security there were so many changes that were wonderful and i think there was henry wallaceand he was very important. i think that fdr, i didn't write that. the editor called the book the defining years because i think that was apt and it really is, who can we be? what can we be in this country? can we really be a democracy? can we have opportunity for everybody, housing for everybody, education for everybody and that became the goal. became franklin's goal and eleanor's goal and there were some effort really to make that happen during the height of the new deal and it was eleanor roosevelt who fought for the g.i., their rights, education for everybody, real opportunity. this has to happen and reagan defunded and the bones so much and the reagan revolution is really horrific and this neoliberal what the hell is that moment i think a new movement, new movements are a warning and we just have to continue to fight. it's never over until it's over. revolution is about the process. it's not an event. [applause] >> thank you blanche. [applause] >> i wonder if we could ask. >> than

with respect to the russians, president roosevelt dropped his vice president henry wallace because of consecutives with the russians that were a lot weaker evidence than we have here. and this is national security concern. and i do not think that republicans are going to support a president who's not transparent about his financial connections all over the world, including russia, and that means releasing his tax returns, and furthermore divesting from his business empire is creating egregious conflict of interest. senator warren has introduced a bill, or will be introducing a bill, in the senate that will require divestiture by the president and the vice president and i believe that republicans will support that. there is no reason for republicans to support financial conflicts of interest, personal conflicts of interest for a president of the united states simply because he is a republican, particularly when there is a threat to our national security and a foreign power has sought to aand apparently succeeded in manipulating our election. this is not acceptable. it's un-american. an

and i think, you know, there was henry wallace, and he was very important.so i think that fdr just, i mean, i don't know -- i didn't, i didn't write that. it was the editor called it the defining years, because -- but i think that was apt. and it really is who can we be, what can we be in this country. can we really be a democracy. can we have opportunity for everybody, housing for everybody, education for everybody. and that became the goal. it became franklin's to goal and eleanor's goal. and i think there's some effort really to make that happen during the height of the new deal. and after -- it was eleanor roosevelt who really is responsible for the g.i. bill of rights. education for everybody. real opportunity. this has to happen. and that, you know, reagan defunded and deboned so much, and the reagan revolution, you know, is really horrific, and the years after in these neo-liberal what the hell is it movement. but i think a new movement is aborning, new movements are aborning, and we just have to continue the fight. it's never over til it's over. revo

about housing and four for insecurity, there were so many changes that were wonderful to her as henry wallace said he was very. so i think that fdr -- the editor called about the defining years. but i think that was asked and it really is who can we be? what can we be in this country? can we really be a democracy? can we have opportunity for everybody, housing for everybody, education for everybody and that became the book. it became franklin's goal and eleanor's goal and i think there was some effort to make that happen during the height of the new deal and it was eleanor roosevelt who really users of the bull for the g.i. bill of rights. education for everybody. real opportunity. this has to have been. reagan defunded anti-dog so much in the reagan resolution is really terrific and they are factor in the neoliberal wet is that moment, but i think it is a new movement are of warning and we just have to continue to fight. it is never over until it's over. .. >> once again, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> locum to scottsdale on booktv. located just east of arizona's capital city of phoe

one sentence was added by his vice president, henry wallace. those are the only two significant alterations to that speech. that is almost 100% roosevelt. the other thing that is interesting about his speech writing process, the first inaugural address is something months.ked on for the phrase, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" does not show up until the seventh draft. we think of that as the heart and soul of that speech. it shows up very late in the process. it is a big argument about who actually came up with that, but many people took credit for. there is dialogue going on with his closest aides. he had several writers who worked closely with him. mary: and women like grace tully and other women who worked with them were often his ears and would make comments to him as well. paul: and eleanor roosevelt commented on many of the important speeches. would give him comments. any more questions? i want to thank you all for coming. let's hear a big round of applause. [applause] that was fun. what should our next subject be? mary: if

question: first and foremost, i think the decision was not made by fdr, remember henry wallace was the vice president and a lot of southerners did not like his position and were fearful of his pro-soviet viewpoint. from what i read, fdr basically told the convention, jews are you want, i am not going to get involved. it had to do with domestic politics. -- choose whoever you want. i am not going to get involved. it had to do a domestic politics. my question is, when did stalin become trotsky? in 1940, when stalin basically put an ice pick in the back of trotsky's head, how much of stalin's so-called global vision was overblown perhaps? i mean, even chairman mao in the chinese found him a little too much about russia and less about the world? alex: he believed in these great forces that and inevitably this would happen. there is a very interesting moment in the 1920 war when lenin tried to bring the bolshevik revolution to germany by going to poland and bringing the revolution and the red army was stopped at the gates of war saw in the so car -- so-called miracle. after this defeat, len

remember, wallace, henry wallace was the vice president and southerns didn't like his civil rights positions and fearful of his pro-soviet view points and from what i read fdr told the convention, you choose who you want. i'm not going to get involved. he didn't want harry s. truman and i don't believe and it hos h to do with domestic communism and that is my point, i think. but my question is, when did stalin become chats key, and they fought and it was socialist and chatski and worldwide revolution and in 1940 stalin sends an asasssassin to put an [ inaudible ] in his head. and mao found them to be more concerned about russia and the world if you could answer when stalin became [ inaudible ]. >> and he leaved in these great forces and that inevitably this would happen but it was a very interesting moment in the 1920 war when lennon tried to bring the -- the baltic revolution to germany by going through poland and bringing the revolution and the red army was stopped at the gates of warsaw in the so-called miracle on the visitula and after this defeat lennon goes back to russia and said we a