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truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. there were none of the current rock stars in the senate, but they were solid public servants. a bipartisan commission as you mentioned. there was some negotiations with the administration to make sure that there was a couple of staunch advocates of the new deal there to keep an eye on truman. but for the most part, they served. they serve honorably and and largely because of truman's leadership, they all managed to get along and and do you know, do a lot of good. along with harry truman, the other democrats, tom connally of texas, carl hatch, new mexico. james mead, new york. monroe and walgren of washington state. the republican owens were joseph paul of minnesota and owen brewster of maine. any standouts there? mr. drummond? so, yes, a couple. brewster was actually, even though he was a
truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. there were none of the current rock stars in the senate, but they were solid public servants. a bipartisan commission as you mentioned. there was some negotiations with the administration to make sure that...
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truman this or truman that. he had there quietly and learned and, watched, kept his mouth shut again. skills we could use a little bit today in washington. not only many of you probably know this from around here. not only was he unknown, but he was. those who didn't know him, viewed as a as tainted as a tool of the kansas city political machine and its boss, tom pendergast, in washing town. among the press and those in the know. truman was generally kind of disdainfully known as the senator from pendergast. he narrowly this reelection campaign and a brief break from that, truman came back into washington in early 1941 and on his desk were from constituents of fairly stream of letters from people writing in about an army camp under construction in the missouri ozarks called fort leonard wood. it's still there, as you know. let me just set the scene a little bit. 1941, war, 1941, early 1941 war has been going on for a year and a half in europe and in the pacific and in china and in japan. but the united states wa
truman this or truman that. he had there quietly and learned and, watched, kept his mouth shut again. skills we could use a little bit today in washington. not only many of you probably know this from around here. not only was he unknown, but he was. those who didn't know him, viewed as a as tainted as a tool of the kansas city political machine and its boss, tom pendergast, in washing town. among the press and those in the know. truman was generally kind of disdainfully known as the senator...
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truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. there were none of the current rock stars in the senate, but they were solid public servants. a bipartisan commission as you mentioned. there was some negotiations with the administration to make sure that there was a couple of staunch advocates of the new deal there to keep an eye on truman. but for the most part, they served. they serve honorably and and largely because of truman's leadership, they all managed to get along and and do you know, do a lot of good. along with harry truman, the other democrats, tom connally of texas, carl hatch, new mexico. james mead, new york. monroe and walgren of washington state. the republican owens were joseph paul of minnesota and owen brewster of maine. any standouts there? mr. drummond? so, yes, a couple. brewster was actually, even though he was a
truman only in the sense that truman, though relatively unknown, was a well-liked senator. he had a lot of friends in the senate. there was a lot of back and forth of choosing the senators who were who would serve on this committee. i say in my book that it's a bit of a senatorial b-list. there were none of the current rock stars in the senate, but they were solid public servants. a bipartisan commission as you mentioned. there was some negotiations with the administration to make sure that...
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truman was happy with that. so it's really hard to add that up and put a dollar figure on things that we might not ever even have known about. well, of course, fdr spoke to the american people and to congress throughout the war, regularly. here he is. one month after pearl harbor in 1942, in a state of the union address. this production of ours in the united states must be raised far above present level, even though it will mean that this location of the lives and occupations of millions of our own people. we must raise our sights along the production line. let no man say it cannot be done. it must be done. and we have undertaken to do it. i have just sent a letter of direct to the appropriate department and agencies of our government ordering that immediate steps be taken. first to increase our production rate of our planes so rapidly that in this year,. 1942, we shall produce. 60,000 planes, ten cargo. and 10,000, by the way, more than the goal that we set a year and a half ago. this includes 45,000 combat pla
truman was happy with that. so it's really hard to add that up and put a dollar figure on things that we might not ever even have known about. well, of course, fdr spoke to the american people and to congress throughout the war, regularly. here he is. one month after pearl harbor in 1942, in a state of the union address. this production of ours in the united states must be raised far above present level, even though it will mean that this location of the lives and occupations of millions of our...
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here at the truman library. matthew is an associate producer for national public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. he is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, harry truman's adventure the true story, a great american road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. in addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a convenience store clerk. gas station attendant, halloween costume salesman and a hot dog vendor in a traveling circus. even he's a vegetarian. he holds a degree folklore from the university of pennsylvania. in his bio, he modestly says, i'm an award winning journalist and author, but so is practically every other journalist and author author. please join me in welcoming matthew algeo. thank you. kelly. so all good bits were there. took most my shtick. make. i'm actually going to take this out for a little bit. i really need to thank kelly azalea. kurt at the truman library. not just for t
here at the truman library. matthew is an associate producer for national public radio, and he has reported from four continents from four npr news and other outlets. he is the of six other books, including one of my favorites, harry truman's adventure the true story, a great american road trip, which was named one of the best books of 2009 by the washington post. in addition to reporting and writing, matthew has held jobs as a convenience store clerk. gas station attendant, halloween costume...
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truman. he understood on a personal level what can happen when we allow the forces of evil, the forces of aggression to spread. when the united states entered world war i, he rejoined the u.s. national guard, and he was put in command of an artillery unit that saw brutal combat in france. he later wrote this -- “i know the strain, the mud, the misery of the soldier in the field. and i know too his” -- and add today her -- “courage.” the experience left truman -- along with generations of men and women who survived the two world wars -- determined that history would not repeat itself. harry truman believed that the best way, maybe the only way, to ensure that was to bind america's fate to that of other nations who shared our values; for all to commit to defending one another's territory as if it were their own. now, those of us here today in some ways may take that for granted now, after 75 years, but this was a radical belief in its time, and it was also an untested one. and in some w
truman. he understood on a personal level what can happen when we allow the forces of evil, the forces of aggression to spread. when the united states entered world war i, he rejoined the u.s. national guard, and he was put in command of an artillery unit that saw brutal combat in france. he later wrote this -- “i know the strain, the mud, the misery of the soldier in the field. and i know too his” -- and add today her -- “courage.” the experience left truman -- along with generations...
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and clifton truman daniel. here he is and of course, i would also like to to welcome our moderator, the kurt graham director of the harry truman presidential library and museum. and as you will see from our from our attendees, unfortunate ali, ulysses grant dietz was unable to join us this evening. so we do apologize for that. but ladies and gentlemen, the 2024 presidential families forum. thank you very much, dr. kurt graham. the floor is yours. for. his. just turn your phones up. okay. well, good evening. good afternoon. whoever we are, it's great to. great to be here with you. i have to say a couple of things for. oh, here we are. that let me start that over. good evening. welcome. great to see you all. great to have you here. i, i feel a little bit like some dude that's like following, you know, the winning cast into the oscars or something, you know, these famous descendants. i mean, there's just such a such a great pleasure to be with such wonderful people, too. but i just wanted to say, before we start i
and clifton truman daniel. here he is and of course, i would also like to to welcome our moderator, the kurt graham director of the harry truman presidential library and museum. and as you will see from our from our attendees, unfortunate ali, ulysses grant dietz was unable to join us this evening. so we do apologize for that. but ladies and gentlemen, the 2024 presidential families forum. thank you very much, dr. kurt graham. the floor is yours. for. his. just turn your phones up. okay. well,...
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. >>> president truman's oldest grandson joins us brussels. nato now faces the crisis in ukraine and a possible return to office from a major critic, donald trump. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are learning right now, president biden and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu are speaking on the phone. it's the first call since israel's deadly attack on the world central kitchen workers in gaza. this after president biden is reportedly furious about the air strikes, with the white house releasing a statement that he is, quote, outraged and heartbroken. heartbroken over the deaths of seven workers killed while trying to deliver aid this week, food to palestinians who need it desperately. the organization's founder, jose andres, grieving their loss. >> some of the people that died were -- were my friends. i served with them. >> the famed chef in his first comments demanding answers to why israeli forces opened fire on the convoy that was identified with the group's logo and had shared its route in advan
. >>> president truman's oldest grandson joins us brussels. nato now faces the crisis in ukraine and a possible return to office from a major critic, donald trump. ♪♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are learning right now, president biden and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu are speaking on the phone. it's the first call since israel's deadly attack on the world central kitchen workers in gaza. this after president biden is...
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wallace as the vice president, the compromise candidate is truman. and then the truman. is track to just lose a blowout election in 1948. he loses congress in 1946. and keeps stumbling. there was a line in those years to air is truman and and then in the in summer of of 48 on the advice a couple of strategists truman goes big. he sends up to congress republican congress a whole new package that he knows is to be defeated in order to the difference between him and the do nothing congress, which he called it. and then he goes on the road he goes on the road twice and he gets energized and he says things like, don't vote for me, vote for yourself. these republicans are all just about wall. they don't give a -- about you. and his rhetoric gets bolder and bolder. bolder. and even though he's got the dixiecrat party on the right, walking out because he supports the civil rights plank at the convention and he's got the left, he's walking out to nominate wallace. he still wins. he wins 303 electoral votes. he wins by by 3 million popular votes. and because truman rediscovers his
wallace as the vice president, the compromise candidate is truman. and then the truman. is track to just lose a blowout election in 1948. he loses congress in 1946. and keeps stumbling. there was a line in those years to air is truman and and then in the in summer of of 48 on the advice a couple of strategists truman goes big. he sends up to congress republican congress a whole new package that he knows is to be defeated in order to the difference between him and the do nothing congress, which...
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it also made senator truman a natial figure. the truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide, sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you can see here in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee, said that it was an illustration of waste and material and manpower because of its shoddy construction. and it didn't last very long. so in wartime, even a regular consumer goods were considered to be critical. wartime commodities. the truman committee also requested tips from the american public, which he received many of. there are many, many letters that he received where individual americans were pointing out things that they had witnessed of of waste, fraud or abuse. and we have one letter here that from somebody to from a citizen to truman thanking him for his for his actions, uncovering, uncovering the fraud. he was one of many people who wrote in to truman to express either tips or their their support at the conclusion of this investigation. after saving billions of dolla
it also made senator truman a natial figure. the truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide, sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you can see here in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee, said that it was an illustration of waste and material and manpower because of its shoddy construction. and it didn't last very long. so in wartime, even a regular consumer goods were considered to be critical. wartime commodities. the truman...
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the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to make sure that they could get involved in this because they saw this as a potential issue for them to run on in the 1950 midterm elections. and then in the following elections. and so there was a rival proposal to have a committee, the congress committee, run this investigation, ultimately through lots of negotiation. senate democratic leadership came up with the idea of creating a special committee that would be appointed by the vice president, alvin barkley, and that then the membership could be both republican and democrat. and maybe this would make everyone happy, essentially, and give senator
the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to...
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the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to make sure that they could get involved in this because they saw this as a potential issue for them to run on in the 1950 midterm elections. and then in the following elections. and so there was a rival proposal to have a committee, the congress committee, run this investigation, ultimately through lots of negotiation. senate democratic leadership came up with the idea of creating a special committee that would be appointed by the vice president, alvin barkley, and that then the membership could be both republican and democrat. and maybe this would make everyone happy, essentially, and give senator
the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to...
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the truman committee also requested tips from the american public, which he received many of. there are many, many letters that he received where individual americans were pointing out things that they had witnessed of of waste, fraud or abuse. and we have one letter here that from somebody to from a citizen to truman thanking him for his for his actions, uncovering, uncovering the fraud. he was one of many people who wrote in to truman to express either tips or their their support at the conclusion of this investigation. after saving billions of dollars of taxpayer money. the senate decided that the committee, the truman committee, had been so effective at saving saving money and identifying fraud that they decided to make the committee permanent. and they created the permanent subcommittee on investigations, known as sy. and even today, sy is still investigating to four for accountability of government and to uncover waste and fraud. this photograph is of hart mountain relocate asian center near cody, wyoming. it was one of ten japanese american incarcerates and camps built
the truman committee also requested tips from the american public, which he received many of. there are many, many letters that he received where individual americans were pointing out things that they had witnessed of of waste, fraud or abuse. and we have one letter here that from somebody to from a citizen to truman thanking him for his for his actions, uncovering, uncovering the fraud. he was one of many people who wrote in to truman to express either tips or their their support at the...
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truman is kind of mean, but yeah. well, on that note, i think we'll go ahead and wrap it up there since we are just over time here. so first of all, thank you everyone for joining and for your great questions and you, alan, for taking us through this really complicated history. thanks. i wish i had all night. it is complicated and fascinating. i've been you know, this has been a delight for me to be able to share this withmodern univere of the nation's future
truman is kind of mean, but yeah. well, on that note, i think we'll go ahead and wrap it up there since we are just over time here. so first of all, thank you everyone for joining and for your great questions and you, alan, for taking us through this really complicated history. thanks. i wish i had all night. it is complicated and fascinating. i've been you know, this has been a delight for me to be able to share this withmodern univere of the nation's future
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harry truman is behind you. and a mural on the wall. was it his idea to incorporate the cia or was that bill donovan? the idea donovan had always been pushing for a peacetime intelligence organization at the end of world war two. so many wartime organizations just were dissolved because everyone wanted to come home. but truman realized that he was going to need a peacetime intelligence organization to take on the soviet union. so within a couple of years, all those elements of the ss are brought back together in the central intelligence agency. one of the things that truman wanted was a newspaper that would give him information he couldn't get anywhere else. so starting with the daily summary, which is a collection of all the different cables from state department and other places coming together for him, that will evolve into the president's daily brief, something that every morning is delivered not only to the president of the united states, but to our top policymakers to help them inform them on on information they literally can't ge
harry truman is behind you. and a mural on the wall. was it his idea to incorporate the cia or was that bill donovan? the idea donovan had always been pushing for a peacetime intelligence organization at the end of world war two. so many wartime organizations just were dissolved because everyone wanted to come home. but truman realized that he was going to need a peacetime intelligence organization to take on the soviet union. so within a couple of years, all those elements of the ss are...
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and the book that he came up with was truman. and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the for the time. but david was just such a class act and didn't it didn't waste a word on the page. he was he was not a verbose writer. he he was he was an artist himself. he literally he he he made watercolor illustrations. and i often thought that his his artistry extendetoag that that he was writing like a painter. and you could you could see the characters in his books. i loved working. i got to publish his book on the wright brothers. and and that was a kind of a classic david mccullough book, because he could. it allowed him to
and the book that he came up with was truman. and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential...
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truman refused. truman left. democrat kennedy came, declaring that he was a continuator of roosevelt's line, the family turned to kennedy with request for exhumation and kennedy also refused, this question was sitting with me, and i asked... kennedy, why? kennedy even, in my opinion, got a little angry, these journalists, they always need something hot, then he saw that his interlocutor somehow wilted and said: “well, the question has been asked, it requires an answer. okay. let’s kill it, find traces of poison, the great president of america cannot be returned, and what will the world think about a country in which presidents are hunted like rats? john kennedy had 903 days to live. and what did the world think about a country where presidents they shoot like rabbits, and not only shoot. in any case, after the mysterious sudden death of roosevelt, the newly installed us president harry truman and british prime minister winston churchel breathed a sigh of relief, hugged each other, and both russophobe hawks be
truman refused. truman left. democrat kennedy came, declaring that he was a continuator of roosevelt's line, the family turned to kennedy with request for exhumation and kennedy also refused, this question was sitting with me, and i asked... kennedy, why? kennedy even, in my opinion, got a little angry, these journalists, they always need something hot, then he saw that his interlocutor somehow wilted and said: “well, the question has been asked, it requires an answer. okay. let’s kill it,...
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and the book that he came up with was truman. and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the for the time. but david was just such a class act and didn't it didn't waste a word on the page. he was he was not a verbose writer. he he was he was an artist himself. he literally he he he made watercolor illustrations. and i often thought that his his artistry extended to the page that that he was writing like a painter. and you could you could see the characters in his books. i loved working. i got to publish his book on the wright brothers. and and that was a kind of a classic david mccullough book, because he could. it allow
and the book that he came up with was truman. and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential...