that is why they are leon harris' heroes. >> twice a month, a group of seventh and eighth grade girls at saint pius thex school come here to tie knots. they are making fleece blankets. 13-year-old abby has been ably get angel from the beginning. >> i started this with my sister. >> that was six years ago. now her sister and two other founding angels are freshman in college. the group has grown to 30 girls and close to 23400 blankets have been delivered to newborns and children spanning from d.c. to baltimore. >> she said it made her day to think that somebody can have a blanket and be happier. it'od feeling. >> that's why the girls come back week after week. >> i know that a sick kid might not be getting better, but they are at least feeling better because of the blankets we are making. >> barber and maureen are a big part of the group's success. their granddaughters started blanket angels and since the first delivery they have been hooked. >> it's a lot of of work but it's very rewarding. >> for a mom who has a baby in nicu, and she gets this blanket, it is like a ray of hope. >> leo

harry truman. for all his supposed shortcomings, the new president had common-sense ideas on unemployment. leonserling, original member, council of economic advisers, recalls. truman was asked "when is unemployment too high?" he said it depends on whether or not you're unemployed. this wasn't a wisecrack. this showed that he had a fundamental understanding of the game. he realized that you had to talk about people and what was happening to them and where the hardships were. as a senator harry truman had worked hard to push a full employment bill. as president, he signed the employment act of 1946 a law that changed greatly during congressional debate. it no longer referred to full employment instructing the government instead to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. what was lost from the original idea? [gross] what was really lost was the right, the right to a job the right to work, the right to an opportunity for paid employment at good wages. and what was gained? [keyserling] the government had what might be called policies and programs, but it never had a policy or pr