roosevelt's shadow, roosevelt shadow and macarthur macarthur. and anticipating the the surrender and occupation of japan. harry truman made a fateful decision in august of 1945. although we had serious reservations, he general douglas macarthur, the supreme commander of allied powers pacific. why macarthur? roosevelt's shadow the year before in 1944, roosevelt was out in the hawaiian islands, and he elevated, douglas macarthur over admiral nimitz as the key. the only strategist, the main strategist in the pacific. now truman as a rookie president, was not about to challenge roosevelt's political and military judgment. and so so that that's he did he stuck with macarthur and made him the supreme commander, harold ickes, who was close to roosevelt and actually to truman. he was a new dealer. he was in both the cabinet, roosevelt's cabinet and truman's cabinet. he said that truman had no other choice. and he publicly said the blame for appointing macarthur to the occupation. in the pacific in far east is due to roosevelt. harry truman, saving democ

roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt on screen is her first book. please join me in welcoming ms. beachum to the roosevelt reading festival. well thanks for that introduction and thanks, everybody for being here. thanks. also, the archivists here who are so important to all this work that we do, thanks to the other researchers and scholars. and also i have to thank both franklin and eleanor roosevelt for this shining example that they made, for all of us so i'll be talking about my book, eleanor roosevelt on screen. and i think i'm the one here today talking about air rather than fdr. and also a film and television historian. so my topic's a little different than everyone else today, but over the years, i found myself recognizing that eleanor was not a pioneer in print and radio but she's the first woman in the united states to host major public affairs, broadcast television. and that's something nobody about, but quite a big deal today with mrs. aired weekly on nbc 1950 and albert einstein made his fir

the first is roosevelt's shadow. the second is truman's focus on democracy, freedom, andville rights. thirdly,y, truman's resilience,i hope i have time to get to that. truman -- roosevelt and the bomb, let's talk about that. shortly afterwards germany surrendered. as chairman and seven civilians. the mandate of the interim committee was to provide recommendations on the control of atomic industry and if you should use the bomb over japan. the commit tee the recommendations. the basic recommendations to save american lives, the united statesee needed too deploy and detonate a bomb over japan to force a surrender. needed too be targeted at a japanese warar plant surroundedy workers in a japanese city. nothing was said about the control of atomic industry or moral legitimacy of detonating the atomic bomb. truman never wavered. this was the moment when the decision to use the bomb was made. it was assumedgy all of roosevelts advisors and national security i team, that if he livd he would deploy the bomb and assumed by th

roosevelt.servatives swiftly put pressure on the network and nbc officials announce the following day that black civil rights leader entertainer with soviet ties would not be appearing with ms. roosevelt afterall. forcing her to accept interference in her television guest list. however, although eleanor often differed with more radical tactics, she voiced concerns in her my day syndicated column about the threats of censorship she wrote, i think i will always have confidence in the common sense and clear judgment of the american people as a whole if they hear all sides of any question. about everything else, we must guard our freedoms, and that means that all must have a right to be heard when begin to discrimination we can never tell where the discrimination may end. paul was barred from appearing but there was long history of inspiring public and giving voice to others who are not always allowed the opportunity to be heard. the first word she spoke to open the premier of her 1950 series were i

roosevelt should certainly be passed on to the roosevelt family. well, i don't want to sing this roosevelt. no, i tried to. roosevelt but as good he had done done it again, i'm going in. i say it's little moonlight. we nurture of them that they're country. i'll know them. i said, oh, no no, mind. they go the other way. then i knew then my part that. now i'm. well. douglas, the roosevelt. you, he said, hey, and i know what, good lord, above cuba and the prime. so that was the one. it was missing. and there and i had read this, this report that said it should definitely be passed along to the roosevelt family. you know, it was one of her favorite things that she collected. and i actually found it here. they had given rexford g. tugwell a copy and as the the library here had transferred it to reel to reel tape. and then i was able to get a digital copy. so thank you to the federal library library. i just want to keep going about this section of of her. sidney made note of the rare experience of integration in the clinton general store. quite a contras

a gallup poll showed that willkie and roosevelt were in a close race, 51 for roosevelt, 49 for willkie, which is really within the margin of error. so it was at tight race. now that of 1940 was a terrible time for winston churchill. germany was bombing london and england every day. there were setbacks for the british army in north africa and of course, german were sinking these cargo ships were bringing desperately needed supplies to england. and so really wanted not only these sort of 50 destroyer years, but he needed something that would help him, you know, convince the british public to show fortitude. and of course, he gave some of the greatest speeches of all time during this period. know never have so many owed so much to so and we will fight on the beaches. so fdr saw in churchill a real potential ally who would help him convince the american public that they had a sort of a moral imperative to to the aid of the democracies and opposed this fascist regime. so in one of his speeches, roosevelt attacked these lies that were being spread him through propaganda. several of these. co

roosevelt kept his word.r wrote: “when i had to turn to roosevelt with a request for a personal meeting with him, he did not refuse me, and somehow accepted me even in bed, sick.” the opening of the soviet embassy in washington in 1934 was the main event of the year. ambassador troinovsky saw his tasks primarily as cooperation. in the field of technology, he strictly adhered to the principle of honesty in politics, president roosevelt himself admitted: if mr. troinovsky, looking at the moon, says, that it is the sun, then i will believe it. william bullitt became the first american ambassador to moscow. he arrived in the capital of the ussr on december 11 , 1933, and in 1934 he settled in the rescue house, which remains his residence to this day. american ambassador: well, you heard, your granddaughter was found, she would have been found anyway, just in what condition, now i’m very sorry, but i cheated on you, you have to figure out how to get back to vysopnyak, you’ll say that you were framed, blame them, m

roosevelt should certainly be passed on to the roosevelt family. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ so that is the one that was said it should definitely bee passed along to the roosevelt family. itit was one of her favorite things that she collected and i found it here they had given a copy and the library had transferred it and then i was able to get additional copies so thank you to the library. i just want to keep going about this section of her trip. sydney made note of the experience and integration in the store quite a contrast from the homestead where she had stopped.d. she wrote it seemed to be particularly free and independent on equal terms with the people that run the store, and we all sat around the stove and ate sandwiches and drink coca-cola together at noon. the recording session wasse the first documented moment in which the units broke free from the segregation of the southern homestead where they worked and that's a big thing that i needed to grapple with was that following of the jim crow segregation so that the homesteads where they were working were restricted to white families.. i think

roosevelt should certainly be passed onto the roosevelt family. >> ♪♪ ♪ i thank mr.lt the second day of november ♪ ♪ i fell down on my knees, lord ♪ ♪ in the way that i use my prayer, mr. roosevelt, as you please, hey ♪ ♪ and i know the good lord above hear my prayers ♪ >> so that was the one that was missing and i had read this report that said it should definitely be passed along to the roosevelt family, it was one of her favorite things that she collected and i actually found it here. they had given tugwell a copy and the library here had transferred it to reel to reel tape and i was able to get a digital copy. so thank you to the library. i just want to keep going about this section of her trip. sidney made note of the rare experience of integration in the clinton general store, quite a difference from the white homesteads and towns. there seemed to be a free and equal group and we sat around the stove and ate sandwiches and coca-colas at noon. the first documented moment when the music unit broke free from the southern homesteads where they worked. and that's wh

he sort of knew that roosevelt was using him or thought that roosevelt would be using him as a puppet, but that he had no intention of really following through with things that didn't align with his own belief system of what he thought was best for this country. the second election was it's so funny because very rarely within a president's reelection and you not hear about someone's opponent from another party. and i think that all of the press coverage during that second election with taft, it really was rooted basically between this all out bloodshed, war that i think people don't realize happened back then, between he and tr, like tr went off and started his own party. things that now that we think are a little like crazy, but are when they happen today we're like that would never happen. it did happen. it happened. then. but i also think what's really interesting is because the two men were best friends, roosevelt and taft, there wasn't any opposition. research really needed and they used all of the information that they knew about each other already against one another. and what'

unlike roosevelt the pendulum swings.cans don't always get it right winston churchill famously said americans always get it right after they tried everything else. [laughter' i think we're at the point where america has to ask who are we? i wish we had a roosevelt with this right now who knew how to use thate. language. we live in information silos where you onlyne hear the news that reinforces what you already believe. that is a problem. the truth does come out. i believe in the american system. i am confident i'm not sure optimistic is the word i would use. >> i cannot wait to read the book. what we are here what can you tell us about the personal relationship to whatever degree it was developed and exposed between lindbergh and roosevelt himself. are there occasions when they were brought together? did either of them leave a record of their personal assessments or feelings or reactions to their ideological adversary here? >> lindbergh returned to the united states in april 1939 right after he returned he came to washin

churchill and roosevelt had a good relationship before the tehran conference.eek before traveling to tehran. and together with chiyan kashk, the leader of china declared war. dependent from churchill, which wounded churchill, churchill was no fool, he was aware of this, and is kind of the moment in the 20th century or in the second world war when you are... to support him and to strengthen the iranian army send a military advisor. but the soviet military presence in iran was exactly what scared mohammad reza shah. that's why mohammad reza shah himself went ahead and went to meet churchill and roosevelt. he hoped america would help him. two years before that , his father reza shah had extended his hand to america for help. and at the end of the war, they reached important agreements. stalin got his wish and it was decided to open a second front against germany in western europe. 6 months after the tehran conference, the allied soldiers landed on the beaches of normandy, france. operation biddy was the beginning of back-breaking defeats for nazi germany. it was a

look at booker t and teddy roosevelt. how many appearances they have looked, the way they talk about each other, look at the way they write about each other and how many people's would change the perceptions which were fixed forever, because these two guys who decide to leap their times and say, make things better. but the other thing to keep in mind too, is they both had to be practical. they say america can only move so fast. that's what they learned from the white house dinner. we got to move in a way that isn't so disruptive that. we turn people uncomfortable, which turns things with burning crosses in schools going on fire. and he had watch that. that's why w.e.b. dubois and others said booker t, you too compromising. you too understanding. it's not right that america is not equal, that people treat people differently. and he says, i'm dealing with the america in and i know where i wanted to go. i want to help and dubois, in many respects was never a slave, did not experience what he experienced. he had great educati

washington's theirs are teddy roosevelt said come see me. that creates the visit to the white house no pictures just sketch what was it a big deal? because in the south they're not ready for blackwood and most prestigious one in aa country to go to white man's house at the white house. as despicable as that is that was america at that time after the most hideous headlines it's all in the book, that you can imagine they had no idea it would cause us up for an teddy roosevelt's mind this is a great man self-motivated he's going to teach me how to take the south to make life better. booker t. washington's mind the more power i get does not want for himself does d not want to e rich the more power i get the money for t african-americans in the south more money for tuskegee and historically black colleges. they realize evan blew up we have to keep our relationship low-key and they did. i'm guessing who one of the key advisors for teddy roosevelt for seven to half years was? booker t. washington. so thinknk about that. in time at which people thou

roosevelt sweeps the nation. 1936. landslide and the triumph of the liberal idea, ideal and gangster land. a tour through the dark heart of jazz age. new york city. he has appeared on morning joe, the voice of america, the history channel, american heroes channel, espn, npr and c-span. he's spoken at the fdr presidential library in the past at the john f kennedy library and also at the truman presidential libraries as well as grant's cottage state. historic site, the national baseball hall of fame and museum and various institutions, universities and libraries and festivals. across the country, he lives in new york state. and here to talk with us about his recent book is david pietrusza. thank you. i think the first question i often get about the book is, is why? first off, thanks to all the great people here for for having me, this is an honor to be here. everyone is so nice and it's an event i look forward to even when i'm not speaking. i show up as a spectator. that's how much i like it. but anyway. so why write a b

i'm the education here at the roosevelt presidential library and museum. and on behalf of the fdr presidential library museum. i'd like to welcome you all to 20th anniversary of the roosevelt reading festival. now, fdr planned for the library become the premiere research institution. the study of the entire roosevelt and the library's research is consistently one of the busiest of all. the presidential libraries. this year's of authors reflects the wide variety of research done here and at similar institutions throughout the country. so let me just quickly go through the through the lay of the land here. we are going to talk for about 30 to 40 minutes or so, and then there'll be some time do questions and answers. we are in the c-span room, so if you're going to ask a question, we need to come up to the microphone. don't ask the question until you get to the microphone. ask the question and then the author will respond. okay, so we want to make sure that we get the question on audio. and it is my to introduce our next author, david pietrusza is the author

roosevelt has again we house at 104 west 45th street. and he gets tired of being shakenpr down by a police lieutenant also protected by sullivan called lieutenant charles becker. becker is one mean, crooked cop. and rosenthal says, do you know who i am? i am a friend, i'm a protÉgÉ of baked him and you're picking on me and i'm not going to take it. whereupon his gambling house is wrecked by the police. this happens one more time. andnd rosenthal, this is a bad timing for tammany because, because manhattan is one of those rare intervals when manhattan has a republican da. so it's going to go to the da is going to go to the press. trouble in river city. becker and big tim sullivan, big tim sullivan by the way of article is a father of first gun control law in the united states, sullivan act. okay? and also involved in the murder of rosenthal which is the first drive-by shooting in the united states history. they just sort of go by him after, after hiring some killers to another gambler named weber who had a feral house at 10202 west 42nd s

i pointed to that position by governor franklin delano roosevelt.here are some theories as to what happened to crater. nonene of them stand up to absolute proof. he may have been propositioned by a legs at diamond who had a garage with him and taken to coney island to have some sense beaten intoo him. had they beat a bit too much sense into him and he was buried under the boardwalk. that is a theory. or one at things i talked about intersection lt or did not talk about prostitution he may have gone to one of polly adler's infamous or famous of in the city had not survived in a different form. and was dumped in the hudson river. but pay it your money and take your choice on what happened to him. e speakeasies are just everywhere. in the west of 50s. texas is the most famous speakeasy operator hostess to bg their movies made about her while she is doing this but helen morgan is a big musical comedy star stars in the original showboat like a day after showboat opens her speakeasy is rated. that is how commonplace this was. another big speakeasy operato