clifton truman daniel honorary chairman of the truman library institute and board secretary for the truman scholarship fund. thank you, madam speaker. senator blunt. congressman cleaver. leader mcconnell. leader mccarthy. family. friends. and thank you again, senator blunt. and congressman cleaver and chairman pat ottensmeyer on the board of the truman library institute. alex burden and the institute staff, dr. kurt graham and the library and the generous donors friends, supporters, lawmakers who helped make this day possible. my grandfather was a modest man and frankly, slightly embarrassed statues. his presidential library is an education institution rather than a monument to him, but we're here with us today. he would be honored and humbled. he loved the united of america. he loved the work of government. he loved this very building. he took the job seriously, but never himself. he was open, approachable, as tom corbin excellent statue depicts. he has been called an uncommon common man of all his accomplishment. the marshall plan naito the truman doctrine. the disfigured of the armed se

clifton truman daniel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honor will not see pelosi's speaker of the united states health of representatives. >> as speaker of the house, it is my privilege to welcome you to the united states capitol as we celebrate our nation's finest presidents, president harry truman. it's only fitting that this is in independence missouri takes his rightful place in the rotunda of our temple of democracy, the united states capitol. now at this time, please rise as you are able for the presentation of colors and for the national anthem. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh say can you see ♪ ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly ♪ ♪ we hailed at ♪ ♪ the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes ♪ ♪ and bright stars ♪ ♪ thru the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts ♪ ♪ we watched were ♪ ♪ so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rocket's red glare ♪ ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh say does ♪ ♪ that star-spangled banner ♪ ♪ yet wave

caller: my question is about harry truman. given fdr got his help how much was truman kept in the loop? we know he did not know about the atomic bomb. did he know about the war efforts? how much did fdr's sudden death impact his early days in the conference? guest: thank you. i am -- i can answer this best i can. fdr treated truman pretty much like any other president treated a vice president. i member reading once wilson's vice president waited a year and a half for a meeting with wilson. and another one to johnson after -- actually went home because he had nothing to do as vice president. there was an ongoing joke at the time before teddy roosevelt became vice president. the modern presidency probably has to be best credited to quarter -- carter. he was given serious responsibilities. roosevelt treated truman pretty much like the previous presidents. truman was in an apartment on wisconsin avenue living with his wife and daughter. he had a senate office and would go preside in the senate when he would need to. he didn't real

caller: my question is about harry truman. given fdr got his help how much was truman kept in the loop? we know he did not know about the atomic bomb. did he know about the war efforts? how much did fdr's sudden death impact his early days in the conference? guest: thank you. i am -- i can answer this best i can. fdr treated truman pretty much like any other president treated a vice president. i member reading once wilson's vice president waited a year and a half for a meeting with wilson. and another one to johnson after -- actually went home because he had nothing to do as vice president. there was an ongoing joke at the time before teddy roosevelt became vice president. the modern presidency probably has to be best credited to quarter -- carter. he was given serious responsibilities. roosevelt treated truman pretty much like the previous presidents. truman was in an apartment on wisconsin avenue living with his wife and daughter. he had a senate office and would go preside in the senate when he would need to. he didn't real

presidency and of course, that's bess truman, bess truman was in heaven in independence, missouri. it was home to her. every summer during her husband's presidency, she would go back to independence knowing that she was leaving him alone and it was tough for him, but it was solace to her, it gave her vitality and strength in the bosom of her family and to be back in the heart of her community and she very much enjoyed that as a former mirs lady. if you ever get a chance to go to the truman residence in independence, it's quite striking to go through that house and see how humbly they lived and there's one thing that struck me, when i was there just a few weeks ago, there's a small government-issued calendar that hangs by a thumb tack in the kitchen and she's scratched off every day just like so many americans might have at that time and you realized what typical americans and at the same time extraordinary americans, harry and bess truman were. >> we've got to ask what were you doing at the truman library in independence? >> i was fortunate enough to see the brand new exhibit at th

thanks. >> bess truman, i mumble -- mentioned the humble existence harry truman has in the wake of his presidency and that, bess truman was in heaven in independence, missouri. it was home to her every summer during her president's presidency she would go back to independence knowing she was leaving him alone and it was tough for him but it was solace to her, it gave her vitality and strength to be in the bosom of her families and to be back in the heart of her community and she enjoyed that as a former first lady. if you ever get a chance to go to the truman residence in independence it is striking to go through that house and see how humbly they lived, one thing struck me when i was there a few weeks ago, there is a small government issued calendar that hangs bias thumbtack in the kitchen and she is scratched off every day like so many americans might have at that time and you realize what typical americans and at the same time extraordinary americans. >> got to ask what were you doing at the truman library and independence? >> guest: i saw the new exhibit at the truman library that

our allies, at least truman did the marshall plan.at least truman presided over the creation of the global trading system. he was setting up a system of international land including nato that would mean the us was not standing on its own in this cold war struggle. this is a time when the us shared 50%, not 40% because it was 1950, 1960, so the us was superstrong and yet super cognizant of the need to have strong alliances, the question today, this gets slightly to us india relations is if the us wants to get strong alliances to back it up in this embargo and needs the taiwanese, the dutch, and so forth, doesn't it have to offer something in terms of trade access? and economic cooperation? you can't say to the dutch give us the chinese market but we are giving you 0 extra american market access because you can't say that to japan or taiwan. in a way, india, in its historic sort of bumping up against the us in terms of trade policy around international property rights could become a bit of a figurehead or leader in the rest of the world

truman says you're with us or against us.say, well, neither an, you know, that could be a repeat of that, right? we're back. you know, after what happened last week at the g20, after what happened in the shanghai cooperation last month, where modi came out, frankly, and criticized russia quite strongly, i don't see how india can say that it's nonaligned anymore. so i think they seem be fairly clearly in the western camp right now. now, with. even though they have come out quite against the war and, you know, they're still. 90% of their spare parts for their military. they're still dependent russia. they have diversified their military down to 60% now so that all their new you know sales are now coming from europe or the us. but it takes a long time to divert ossify your military hardware, takes years so but for all their old military that that's still you know russian made 90% of those spare parts are still russia now i'm i'm wondering russia is having trouble supplying its spare parts for the ukraine war and when i just ment

in her book and a matterof trust , india us relations from truman to trump she draws on a trove of papers, documents, memoirs and interviews to reveal the prejudices, insecurities and medical imperatives that so often have cast a shadow over this relationship and with that i turn it overto the panel . [applause] >> thanks for the introduction. so when i took delivery of three books on three very different subjects i understood immediately these authors are united in their talent but divided in what they write about. we've got a book on russia, okay so all of these countries are part of that brick, russia, india, china, south africa but the similarities are smaller than the differences. if you think about it, you've got russia and china which will have a gdp per capita of $10,000 and india which is around 2200 so it's a sort of 5x or 4 and a half x difference. three countries which are indeed nuclear powers but have different interests, different spheres of influence. and you got to authoritarian governments that india as a democracy, to members of the un, india to be disappointed is not a

caller: my question is about harry truman.iven fdr got his help how much was truman kept in the loop? we know he did not know about the atomic bomb. did he know about the war efforts? how much did fdr's sudden death impact his early days in the conference? guest: thank you. i am -- i can answer this best i can. fdr treated truman pretty much like any other president treated a vice president. i member reading once wilson's vice president waited a year and a half for a meeting with wilson. and another one to johnson after -- actually went home because he had nothing to do as vice president. there was an ongoing joke at the time before teddy roosevelt became vice president. the modern presidency probably has to be best credited to quarter -- carter. he was given serious responsibilities. roosevelt treated truman pretty much like the previous presidents. truman was in an apartment on wisconsin avenue living with his wife and daughter. he had a senate office and would go preside in the senate when he would need to. he didn't really

alisa truman was a president who decided with the creation of the gaps.tem of international alliance including nato. means is not standing on its own. your with us or against us. it's more like 50% not 40% u.s. is superstrong. super cognizant of the need to have strong alliances. now the question today in the skit slightly into thens u.s./india relations is if the u.s. wants to get strong alliances to back it up in this embargo and it needs the taiwanese and dutch and so forth to beom outside, as it have to o something terms of trade access or other economic cooperation. he could not say to the dutch to give up on the chinese market working a zero extra american market access. you cannot say that to taiwan. india and its historic bumping up against the u.s. in terms of the trade policy rep intellectual a property rights t can become a bit of. >> and is definitely had a very difficult trade can i actually asked a question on the issue. initially the wholeha concept ws the trading partners to prevent wars in the future. that was the hold theoretical concept

i expected to hear in your farewell address the words of harry truman, and i'm paraphrasing what i say this because i can't remember the direct quote but he was referencing all the things that we think about that we do. but truman boiled it down to this -- the only things that matter are what happens in this room, in the united states senate. and as we all three of us think of our departures, i don't think missouri yet understands the loss that they've got by not having roy blunt here. but i do understand this -- that there are 99 other members of the senate that understand what the senate will lose with roy blunt's decision to retire. so for all the good that if you've done, roy, i wish you -- so for all the good that you've done, roy, i wish you many years of success from this point forward. madam president, i yield the floor. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: madam president, it is an honor to gin with my colleagues to -- to join with my colleagues to speak about someone who is a dear friend and i have often said to senato

i expected to hear in your farewell address the words of harry truman, and i'm paraphrasing what i say this because i can't remember the direct quote but he was referencing all the things that we think about that we do. but truman boiled it down to this -- the only things that matter are what happens in this room, in the united states senate. and as we all three of us think of our departures, i don't think missouri yet understands the loss that they've got by not having roy blunt here. but i do understand this -- that there are 99 other members of the senate that understand what the senate will lose with roy blunt's decision to retire. so for all the good that if you've done, roy, i wish you -- so for all the good that you've done, roy, i wish you many years of success from this point forward. madam president, i yield the floor. ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: madam president, it is an honor to gin with my colleagues to -- to join with my colleagues to speak about someone who is a dear friend and i have often said to senato

i love the harry truman thing but i digress.r sense, that you devote your life to this, gary. when you started it was uphill climb. it was bigger and bigger. you help build homes from those that come back for war, badly batter the a triple amputee you built a home there, about 80 homes. what keeps you doing it? >> neil, there are so many different reasons. i have a lot of veterans in my family, so it kind of starts there with me. i go the very involved with supporting various veterans groups back in the '80s. i played lieutenant dan, and in "forrest gump," that started me working with the wounded back through the disabled american veterans organization in the '90s. after september 11th, i wanted to be supportive in whatever way i could. so i volunteered for the uso. what do actors do, i raised my hand, started going out visiting troops in the war zones, and hospitals what not. then i supported multiple military non-profits trying to do good things that support men and women serve our country. eventually that all manifested itsel

harry truman taped. he did not like the whole prospect of taping, he thought it was on ethical, as did roosevelt, as well. roosevelt taped from august of 1940 until just after he was elected in november of 1940. never again after! he was uncomfortable with doing so. truman was very uncomfortable with doing so after finding out from fdr and fdr's aides, really, that fdr had taped. truman tried it a couple times but he didn't want anything more to do with it. after april of 1945 he did not touch it. dwight eisenhower taped a little bit. four or five hours or so. real idiosyncratic. it is hard to get a good sense of why he taped, when he did. the best we can determine is it seem to be conversations that might have been sensitive, that he wanted a record of. but the golden age of taping really begins with jfk. kennedy begins taping in the summer of 1962. that last right through till november of 1963. about 260 hours of material. that is both telephone tape, and media tape. the vast majority is meeting tape.

harry truman taped he didn't like the whole prospect of taping. he's thought it was unethical unethical as did roosevelt as well roosevelt taped from august of 1940 until just after he was elected in november of 1940 and then never taped again. he was uncomfortable with with doing so truman was very uncomfortable with doing so after finding out from fdr an fdr's aids really that that fdr had taped truman tried it a couple times, but but he didn't want anything more to do with it. and so really after april of 1945. he didn't touch it. so i'd eisenhower taped a little bit four or five hours or so really idiosyncratic. it's hard to get a a good sense of rhyme or reasons to why he taped when he did the best we can determine is that it seemed to be conversations that might have been sensitive that he wanted a record of but the golden age of taping really begins with jfk and kennedy begins taping in the summer of 1962 and that lasts right through into november of 1963 about 260 hours of material. that is both telephone tape and meeting tape the vast maj

view of what eisenhower what he thought would find, which is that truman said, poor ike.e's going to think this is like the army is going to come in and say, do this and do that, and no one will do anything. and so i think that a military man becoming president wouldn't. it's i it's harder to go from order to chaos than from chaos to order. maybe that's the way to put it. right. a politician is accustomed to chaos. and so moving into a situation where the military at least is supposed to be assembling sort of a semblance of order, i think that would be easier than to be accustomed to a command that responded to orders into world where in politics the tumult of politics, nobody really cares what your order is. when i asked this of wesley clark. general clark years ago when he was running for president, perhaps he was an he was taken back a little bit because he didn't feel that there was any politics in the military. now can i just that's the persona he wanted me think about but of course is politics. first of all, humans are political animals. oh, my lord, no, no, no. it'

harry truman taped he didn't like the whole prospect of taping. he's thought it was unethical unethical as did roosevelt as well roosevelt taped from august of 1940 until just after he was elected in november of 1940 and then never taped again. he was uncomfortable with with doing so truman was very uncomfortable with doing so after finding out from fdr an fdr's aids really that that fdr had taped truman tried it a couple times, but but he didn't want anything more to do with it. and so really after april of 1945. he didn't touch it. so i'd eisenhower taped a little bit four or five hours or so really idiosyncratic. it's hard to get a a good sense of rhyme or reasons to why he taped when he did the best we can determine is that it seemed to be conversations that might have been sensitive that he wanted a record of but the golden age of taping really begins with jfk and kennedy begins taping in the summer of 1962 and that lasts right through into november of 1963 about 260 hours of material. that is both telephone tape and meeting tape the vast maj

is the least-dignified attempt at post-presidential merchandising since the launch of "tickle-me-trumanr ) on the official trading card website-- and, yes, there is one. it's www.the saddest (bleep) thing you've ever seen.org. the former president tells you just what you can expect from this premium opportunity. >> i'm doing my first official donald j. trump n.f.t. collection, right here, right now. >> stephen: he's a business genius! jumping in on the n.f.t. market, when it's at its hottest! next, he's releasing an exclusive line of rotary phones. ( laughter ) ( applause ) the trading cards allow you to collect all of your favorite characters from the extended former president universe, because every card is him. there's-- and these are all real-- him playing golf, him approving of gold, him wearing a hat that says "dow"-- just like they do on wall street-- and him stealing the torch from the statue of liberty. ( laughter ) he took her torch! makes sense. she was holding it up to light the way for immigrants. he's like, "back, you huddled masses! i'll burn you! i've got a silver bullet

view of what eisenhower, what he thought eisenhower -- truman -- the army is going to come in and say do this, to, that and nobody is going to do anything. i think a military man becoming president, i bet it's harder to go from order to chaos then from chaos to order. maybe that's the way to put it, right? politician is a cut into chaos. it's moving into a situation where the military, at least, is supposed to have a semblance of order. i think that would be easier than to be accustomed to a command structure that responded to your orders into a world where in politics, not to modal politics, nobody cares what your order is. >> when i asked this of wesley clark, he was running for president four -- he was taken aback a bit because he didn't feel like there was any politics in the military. [laughter] he said the persona -- and think about that. first of all, humans are political animals. >> oh, my lord. absolutely. with all respect to general clark, particularly in the 19th century, right, which was much more political. >> the world war vase. >> i stand by my answer -- >> i agree with

in that speech, truman said quote, we are not fighting for conquest. we want peace and prosperity for the world as a whole. if we can put this tremendous machine of ours, which has made this factory possible, to work for peace, we can look forward to the greatest age in the history of mankind. close quote. the soviet union interrupt that peaceful blockade around western berlin in 48 and 39, which proved futile in light of massive allied airlift operations. then came the infamous berlin wall in august 1961. it was with desperate hope and overwhelming warmth that berliners greeted president john f. kennedy on 26, 1963. five faithful most before the president was tragically assassinated. kennedy not only returned from berlin or's warmth, he masterfully delivered the hope to which berlin craved, as he stood for tens of thousands of people in front of west berlin's city hall. kennedy out of those famous words, [speaking non-english] i am oberlin. or you brought the divided -- to the limelight and brought the strength of strength and democratic principles in

truman, on the vet fully boarded the heavy u.s. navy cruiser, uss augusta, for a nine-day voyage to antwerp, belgium. his eventual destination was potsdam, germany. he, winston churchill, and joseph stalin preceded the post-world war ii fight of germany. on the way to parts, tom truman addressed a crowd of the official flag raising ceremony at u.s. military headquarters are reeling over what is not known as clay compound. in that speech, truman said quote, we are not fighting for conquest. we want peace and prosperity for the world as a whole. if we can put this tremendous machine of ours, which has made this factory possible, to work for peace, we can look forward to the greatest age in the history of mankind. close quote. the soviet union interrupted that peaceful blockade around western berlin in 48 and 39, which proved futile in light of massive allied airlift operations. then came the infamous berlin wall in august 1961. it was with desperate hope and overwhelming warmth that berliners greeted president john f. kennedy on 26,

of the evidence that this is true, 1946, the clifford report, clark clifford is an advisor to the truman administration, coauthors a report called america's america's relations with the soviet union. and he declares the ultimate aim of soviet is world dominance. it's a 1946, only one year after we singlehandedly won world war two. two years after that 1948 congressional testimony talking about soviet espionage inside the united states, a systematic and substantial on the integrity of our government. four years later, look at this poster. had a hopper says it'll scare the pants off you there's the's women falling out of the skies that's how bad it i york city is going to topple san francisco is ins is boulder dam is destroyed nowhere safen the united stas puget sound attacked with a nuclear st mask casualties. this is frightening. and it seems to be that, yes, the cities are under and apparently people falling out of buildings. but so to our fundamental and this is the first question i want to kind of work on today is lee suggests, that fundamental values were at stake. and when you read

, both as senator and even truman's brief spell as vice president. apparently truman came back personally to collect his things and finish moving out after he'd already become the commander in chief. but history isn't the only subject where this former teacher still administers pop quizzes. roy's staff tell fondly how their boss is liable to balk in their offices at any time and simply inquiry, so what do you -- inquire, so what do you know? that one signature quarry captures roy so well. curiosity, the restless energy define the next big project that will make a difference. these qualities have made roy one of the best the senate has ever had at sniffing out common ground and delivering outcomes. but legislation isn't the only area where our friend's nose-to- the-grindstone spirit pays dividends. for example, i'm not sure what roy has planned for his next chapter, but given his penchant for spending saturdays walking the aisles at home depot and knocking out home improvement projects, i give him about two weeks before there won't be one leaky faucet

] jill biden: it is made from historic would from the beams of this house, rescued when president trumanenovated this building. it is -- they hand hammered silver cups are meant to magnify the glow of the candles, the beauty reminding us both that the hanukkah miracle and the joy it inspires. each detail was carefully chosen and executed by our executive residence carpenter shop. it is a work of historic importance. but it is also a work of love. lawrence and robbie, thank you for creating this gift to all americans, where are you? there they are. [applause] dr. biden: it is so beautiful. other menorahs have been borrowed before. beautiful, significant and meaningful ones. but the white house has never had its own menorah until now. [applause] dr. biden: it is now a cherished piece of this home. your home. tonight, when the candles are lit, we will re-create the wonder of the maccabees and the oil, with a blessing that recalls the vehicles performed both in the days of old and at this time. we will begin with one small flame that spreads to each wick it touches. as the light grows and th

presidents in the past, from kennedy to truman, have installed temporary agreements.o, i really feel this is an interstate in, and people that work in those industries after realize they cannot freeze the rest of the economy with what has been going on with 10%, 8% inflation. secondarily, i am a union person. i am retired. i work in a non-union job now. unions are good, but, you know, this is an interstate thing. it is not just a localized union thing. for the lady who says her look -- her rights are being taken away, you can strike, but it is the right of your employer to fire you if they want to. it is a double-edged sword, what i also want to point out that president reagan, during the air controller strike, he fired those people outright. so, you know, president biden is trying, it seems to me -- and i am a -- and i am more of a republican -- president biden is trying to move the economy along. the fact that those president -- those republican senators voted for more time off shows there is bipartisanship on the whole thing here, which i think is good. if presiden

truman won in an upset that no pollster anticipated. no pundit anticipated. in the news media did not anticipate either. it was a shock, a shock election. in 1952, pollsters and evidently were pretty wary. they were pretty cautious in their projections. in their estimates about how this race was going to go win. in fact, they were so cautious that one humor columnist for a newspaper said, a tie would suit them fine. that the pollsters would be satisfied if the election turned out to be a tie. they were that cautious, that wary. that race in 1950, to 70 years ago, pitted at american war hero named general dwight eisenhower against the governor of illinois, at least stephenson. at least stephenson. the polling indicated that this race was so close that a could be won by any candidate, could go either way. a narrow election was anticipated by the polls, as this article about the gallup poll suggests. despite the re-quid occasion, the pollsters, as they often do, set the agenda. set the agenda for the news media and others on for the election in 1952. the expecta

. >> president truman pays tribute. >> that was the most decorated unit in the history of the united states army. commitment and loyal to to the country despite that their families were in the camp at that time. they chose to come back to san francisco even after all of that. my father was a civil servant as well and served the state of california workers' compensation attorney and judge and appellate board. my parents influenced me to look at civil service s.i applied to police, and sheriff's department at the same time. the sheriff's department grabbed me first. it was unique. it was not just me in that moment it was everyone. it wasn't me looking at the crowd. it was all of us being together. i was standing there alone. i felt everyone standing next to me. the only way to describe it. it is not about me. it is from my father. my father couldn't be there. he was sick. the first person i saw was him. i still sometimes am surprised by the fact i see my name as the sheriff. i am happy to be in the position i am in to honor their memory doing what i am doing now to help the larger comm

, the president truman won in an upset that no pollster anticipates, no pundit anticipated, and the news media did not anticipate. it was a shock a shock election. so in 1952, pollsters inevitably were pretty wary. they were pretty cautious in their projections, in their estimates about how race was going to go. in fact, they were cautious. that one humor columnist, a newspaper, said a tie would suit them fine, that the pollsters would be satisfied if the election turned out to be a tie. they were that cautious that wary wary that race in 1952, 70 years ago pitted an american war hero named general dwight eisenhower against the governor of illinois, adlai stevenson. adlai stevenson stevenson. the polling indicated that this race was so close that could be won by either candidate, that it could go either way way. a narrow election was anticipated by the polls as this tie about the gallup poll suggests. it's despite the equivocation the pollsters as they do, set the agenda, set the narrative for, the news media and others about this election in 1952. the expectation was it's going to be a