why curse mon and silence marion anderson. so marion anderson, a.illip randolph, one of the leaders of the marion anderson event as well as the first march on washington which is planned for to ban -- to force fdr to ban discrimination -- federally -- i'm sorry, to ban discrimination of the defense industries. eleanor is right in there with him too. she's close. >> we only have a half hour left. and as you mentioned, eleanor roosevelt did travel to the pacific. here's a speech she made to some of the troops. >> also very sad, looking very upset that he could not come out to the troops. he said i just can't -- so the officer said, well, listen, i'll tell you what to do. you go over to that ridge over there and say all of a sudden, and they'll jump on other people -- he'll say to the death. looking very gloomy and he said, did you do what i told you to do? and yes, sir. yes. i ran up there and i said to hell and they just jumped up as you said they would, but they -- >> doug brinkley, did she serve add fdr's eyes and ears in the war as well? >> it's l