mr. roosevelt. i am irish catholic born in upstate new york and my grandparent came over on the ship during the famine into so many people died on the way to the ships. they had a baby and my grandfather was working. my great grandfather was working on a church building in a hatchet fell on his head and killed him, so my poor great-grandmother never remarried and that's why my father was that very unusual creature and only child in the irish catholic family. [laughter] but i am the youngest of four children. i was born in pots and -- i gave away my age, 1896 and when i was a small child we moved to somerville which is the city within the city of boston, and that is where i grew up. i went to the public schools there and my education was going well until i was diagnosed with a fever and i spent about two years in bed recovering so i didn't finish high school until 1917 when our country and heard the great war. i was feeling very patriotic so i took the civil service exam as i have studied secretarial

mrs. eleanor roosevelt arrives in paris.ne of the delegates from 58 countries converging on the french capital of the most critical session of the general assembly united nations history. >> eleanor roosevelt became a delegate to the united nations because once she left the white house, president truman decided that he wanted to do something that fdr had always planned on doing, which was to establish a united nations in the hope that an organization like that would prevent future wars. franklin and eleanor roosevelt had lived through two major wars, world war i and world war ii, and they wanted the future to be a peaceful one. president truman felt that eleanor roosevelt would be the perfect person to represent the united states at the organizing -- initial, organizing meeting of united nations. she was actually the only woman delegate from the u.s. she knew that none of the men were too happy to have her as a member of the delegation. she figured they were trying to find a spot for her were she could do the least damage. a

mrs. roosevelt to talk with him about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that it really hit me l that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity and see the president, to ex- presidents, one futurend other president, and all sorts of ambassadors another diplomatic people there, very important people.e my gosh that it really dawned on me, my gosh, she really was important.l >> we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother, she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wantedot to be to us. i was born in january 3, 1942. f my father was elliott and elliott was the second oldest of the sons, the third oldest of the children. so my dad fell right in the middle. i think he always felt that he was the middle child. but, but my uncles used to claim that he was my grandmother's favorite. i'm not sure that was true, but that's what they claimed anyway. my mother and father were divorced when i was only two. my time with my father was quite limit

mrs. roosevelt? >> nand fact i told that story here one night and one of the grandchildren stood up and told -- >> yes. i remember. >> we are always thrill today have you. you're a great audience. i want to give a special thanks to leslie. i don't know how many years we have been doing women in the white house panel. she shows up every time and she does many other programs with us. keep your eye out for leslie. she is always coming back. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >>> and just another announcement for another program. i think louis was talking about the program in may. we also have one coming sunday, march 19th to be interviewed and his to y'all david ruben stein. come to that as well. come back for more. thank you all so much. [ applause ] >>> the u.n. warned of a possible humanitarian crisis of the congo. they have asked for elections by the rest of the year. this morning the human rights commission will host a discussion on the political and human rights situatio

mrs. roosevelt. and he died almost a broken heart just months later. he would sit there looking out and saying to himself the nickname given to his son. the most compelling are the characters that never had their names in the history books and i want to introduce you to a nurse that wrote letters and journals starting with her training in the atlantic and then into combat and like the man in the early letters she was just gung ho to get to the front and participate and like them and i wrote in the combat experience once she saw it firsthand or enthusiasm was tempered a. it affected her more than any other and held a group of patients that were so terribly wounded that even the doctors and nurses into this is what they wrote in the journal and letters. in a furnished war beneath the floor that brings into relief the red bricks of the unfinished walls, it is true the conception is painfully evident and there are congregated victims of the war permanently disfigured into deadly shrapnel while in others bullets exploded in their mouths. this becomes distur

mrs. roosevelt. and he died almost of a broken heart. before he passed away, he was seen at the stables in the oyster bay home with horses clinton was riding and he would sit there, saying to himself the child nickname he had given his son. they left his body in europe where he was buried but retrieved the plane that is on display. my fellow soldiers, and i want to introduce you to the nurse, starting with her training, and then going into combat, and in the early letter she wanted to see action. she was gung ho to get to the front and participate and. most of them are fed through the inserted through their nostrils and directly to wrote a speech to the help of the feedin the bf women thafeeding uponanother tae liquid into the finals often joking about the e the finals, often joking about the enormous capacity someone may possess. their speech is incoherent and hard to understand. this must be the most pitiful part of war. they are so happy and carefree, bravely enduring until physical suffering well having an outer mystic concern but ho

mr. roosevelt followed that up with multiple terms as president, and the munro doctrine in keeping foreignnd inventors at of latin america, and in the dispatch of the great a circumnavigation of the globe to underline and emphasize growing american power. clearly won the bragging match, and speaking at his foreign ministry my mind him himight -- might remind this aphorism dashing -- encourage like to congress to pass a new war powers resolution at would prevent the president of the united states from and family taking the country to war offensively. if we let them get away with this crop for 200 years, and it did not matter so much when they were fighting indians or the spanish, but this is going to be a full, thermonuclear war on the whim of about 10 people in the white house. it really ought to be a decision of the whole congress, whether or not we go to war. that is all i have to say, really. host: will your from ray in pennsylvania on our independent line. hi, i high -- caller: called a few months ago and warned everyone this would happen. opinion, we have been warned. they will build

mrs. roosevelt? >> gromare. not making that up. i told that story and one of the children stood up -- that was one of the stories you should you would have heard before you wrote your book. >> exactly. >> well, i'm dale gregory vice president for public programs. we're always thrilled to have you, a great audience. and i want to give a special thanks to leslie stall. i don't know how many years we have been doing this women in the white house. she shows up every time and she does many other programs with us. so keep your eye out for leslie. she's always coming back. [ applause ] >>, you know, this is why new york is great because you can come to a place like this, get out by about 7:30 for dinner. it's just great. >> and thank you guys so much. and just another announcement of another program. i think louise is talking about carol burkeman's program in may. and march 19th to be interviewed by a philanthropist and historian dale rubenstein. so thank you all for coming. thanks so much. >>> this year marks the 325th anniversary of the

mr. roosevelt. but half of them were. and roosevelt was a good politician. with half of the businesses in his pockeet,e knew he could count on the c.i.o.o., the socialists, and the communists to kind of work something out, and here was the deal. "i'm gonna get the money from tthe coorporations and d the rich. i'm gonna help u on a scale you've never seen before. and in return, you're gonna stop talking about getting rid of capitalismsm. you're gonna mute that part of your message. you're gonna celebrate me as the guy who gives the mass of people something they never got b before." so, what did roosevelt do? three interesting things that i'll mention. one--he created the social security system. we never had that before. in the midst of a depression worse than today, when there's no money in the hands of the government--none is comingng in; it's really hard; e can't do anything--the president goes on the radio and announces that every american over 65 years of age who's had a lifetime of worork is now g ga get money fromom the govovernmet for the rest of h his

mr. roosevelt said, a new deal. oftentimes it is the vagaries of society that leave government in a position where we have to do things. i was specifically aligned with a lot of your comments because i think we need to provide greater opportunities for people to say. in doing so i support a number of the issues and he talked about pastors think the way we have to look at it is, where can we assist in how people safe? we have a prime example. i ran an insurance agency. i know what it's like to meet up payroll. i was trained at a school where we learned about investment and where we are said there's three legs on the stool. one of those legs was social security. at the same time were talking about enhancing benefits and the opportunities to save, shouldn't we be talking about something that hasn't been touched since mr. archer has been chairman. in terms of enhancing the opportunity for people to benefit from the system that has never missed a payment. but, when this last time there was an increase in the social secur

mr. carmichael: harold is the director of hunter college's roosevelt house public policy institute. you do not have an acronym for that, do you? before coming to the roosevelt house, harold previously served as senior vice president for public affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. the previous 10 years, he co-edited -- excuse me, cochaired the u.s. abraham lincoln bicentennial commission appointed by president clinton, and i should add, president bush awarded harold the national humanities medal in 2008. harold has authored or books? red or edited 52 that is what you are up to now? i don't even think i have read 52 books in my life. his latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press. it has won the lincoln prize, we know. just this week, i saw, it was announced harold has been awarded the empire state award,s and history acknowledging his significant contributions to the profession, and he joins an impressive list of recipients that includes doors kearns goodwin, david mccullough, ken burns, and james mcpherson. the event will be held on september 6 and at the cooper u

mr. walter riley, and directed by doris shapely. from: this is a letter eleanor roosevelt50 five, wishing president truman birthday wishes. we do have quite a bit of correspondence between president truman and roosevelt, some of which is on our website. this is a book, we are not sure how this came into president truman's possession but it is a copy of mein kampf. is apparently signed by adolf hitler. that is one of the private it that is one of the prized possessions. is one of the prized possessions. who can name the person in the photo? >> stalin. david: yes. this is 1945. sorry, ok, thank you. photo, anybody want to guess who is on the left? >> churchill. david: thank you. this is july 23, 1945. this is a dinner program, president truman was a very prolific letter writer. he would write to relatives and other people. he would stick it in an envelope and mailed it to margaret. , youoked closely at it could see on the slide on the left, there are three signatures signed by harry stallman, winston churchill. there are a lot of signatures on the right as well. stuck it in

mr. carmichael: harold is the director of hunter college's roosevelt

mr. howell. in 1902 there was a coal strike in the united states, it started in the summer, lasted into the autumn. and then in october of 1902, teddy roosevelt was president summoned the head of the mine workers, and the owners of the coal mines to the white house and basically threatened the mine owners to seize the mines if they don't compromise more. and my question to mr. howell is is there any historical evidence to suggest that president truman and his advisers were guided in their behavior by the stances of teddy roosevelt just a year early in 1902. >> president truman and his advisers were inviting both sides to the white house to hash out the terms of a possible settlement. but the extent to which he was drawing on teddy roosevelt's example, i don't know. it's a great question. >> truman does cite lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, he cites the louisiana purchase. there's a few things he cites along the way on what we'll call unilateral presidential actions. >> hi, fred, what's your question? >> my question basically is the last person mentioned. if you, if you would speak to the concurring opinion by justice frankfortor who who