1958TRUMAN
FOUR DAYS OF WIDE RANGING CONVERSATION BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN & EDWARD R. MURROW. BROADCAST 2/2/58. FILMED IN FLORIDA KEYS IN FEBRUARY 1957 TO BE VIEWED IN THE FUTURE.
TRUMAN DISCUSSES TOPICS THAT MADE NEWS DURING HIS 7 YEAR OCCUPANCY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AS WELL AS INTIMATE DETAILS OF HIS CHILDHOOD, HIS YOUNG MANHOOD, HIS EARLY ENTRY INTO POLITICS & HIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT CAREER.
TRUMAN DISCUSSES TOPICS THAT MADE NEWS DURING HIS 7 YEAR OCCUPANCY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AS WELL AS INTIMATE DETAILS OF HIS CHILDHOOD, HIS YOUNG MANHOOD, HIS EARLY ENTRY INTO POLITICS & HIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT CAREER.
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TRUMAN COMMENTS ON "GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY"
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TRUMAN COMMENTS ON THIS EFFORT TO FILM HIS VIEWS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
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COMMENTS ON QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL POLITICIAN. HONORABLE TO BE STATESMAN
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CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. FIRST JOB AT DRUG STORE IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI: OPENED STORE, MOPPED FLOOR, TIDIED UP. TELLS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WOULD GET DRINKS OF LIQUOR COVERTLY AT DRUG STORE. EARNED 3 SILVER DOLLARS, "THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT MONEY I EVER EARNED."
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MILITARY SERVICE: NATIONAL GUARD, BATTERY-B JUNE 14, 1905. SHOWED UNIFORM TO GRANDMOTHER WHOSE HOUSE WAS BURNED BY FEDERALS IN THE CIVIL WAR. BLUE UNIFORM
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TRUMAN ASKED GENERAL MARSHALL TO GET BACK INTO THE SERVICE. WAS SENATOR AT THE TIME. IN RESERVE CORP.
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DISCHARGED IN 1919 FROM SERVICE IN WWI.
WENT BACK TO FARM. OPENED MEN'S CLOTHING STORE. SMALL BUSINESSMAN. BUSTED |
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PLAYED PIANO WHEN HE WAS 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD.
MRS. E.C. WHITE WAS HIS PIANO TEACHER. AT 15 HE DECIDED IT WAS A SISSY THING TO BE A PIANO PLAYER AND QUIT |
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MISSOURI WALTZ BECOMES HIS UNOFFICIAL THEME SONG. HUSH-A-BYE-MY-BABY. BAD SONG.
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TRUMAN COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE: TO HELP THE US GOVERNMENT WIN THE WAR. BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND TO GENERAL ]
MARSHALL. MADE INVESTIGATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS OF PLANES & TANKS TALKS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. |
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THE CONGRESSIONAL POWER TO INVESTIGATE IS ABUSED & STRETCHED TOO FAR. ABUSED BY CONGRESS & SENATE. LEGISLATION
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FIRST TIME HE HEARD OF THE ATOM BOMB WHEN SEC. OF WAR STIMSON ASKED TRUMAN TO CALL OFF INVESTIGATION AT OAK RIDGE. WASHINGTON CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE PUBLIC INVESTIGATION
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IN 1944 TRUMAN BELIEVED HE WOULD BE A SENATOR ALWAYS. BACK TO SENATE AFTER VICE PRESIDENCY
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PREPARED TO NOMINATE JIMMY BURNS FOR VICE PRESIDENT. TALKS ABOUT WHITE HOUSE MEETING IN WHICH FDR WANTED TRUMAN FOR VP. SENATOR BARKLY WANTED NOMINATION. VP WAS TO BE par NOMINATED NEXT DAY. THEN TRUMAN FOUND OUT HE WAS WANTED. OVERHEARD PHONE CONVERSATION IN WHICH FDR WOULD BLAME TRUMAN FOR LOST ELECTION IF HE DIDN'T RUN FOR VP. SO TRUMAN FELT OBLIGATED. HOWEVER HE WOULDN'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT. BENNETT CLARK
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DISAGREEMENTS WITH MR. BURNS BECAUSE TRUMAN BECAME VP. BURNS FELT TRUMAN WAS NOT CAPABLE OF PRESIDENCY. SECY OF STATE BURNS. TALKS OF SEC OF STATE WHICH SERVED UNDER HIM. HIGH PRAISES FOR DEAN ACHESON
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NEVER LIKE YES-MEN. WOULD DISAGREE WITH MEN UNDER HIM. NO PEDESTAL
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HOW DID HE FEEL WHEN HE BECAME PRESIDENT?
SHOCK. WANTED TO RETURN TO SENATE. OVER WHELMED WITH WAR. NOT FAMILIAR WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
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COMMENTS ON HOW IN A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS HE BECAME PRESIDENT, THE WAR ENDED, THE NUCLEAR AGE BEGAN, JAPAN SURRENDERED, THE UN WAS CREATED. NO TROUBLE SLEEPING AT NIGHT. WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE A DECISION, MAKE IT. DON'T LOOK BACK. GO AHEAD.
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DID RELIGION HELP SUSTAIN YOU? CERTAINLY.
RELIGIOUS FAMILY. PRAYER. TALKS OF JEWISH PART OF THE BIBLE. DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO LIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. SERMON ON THE MOUNT |
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MOVED TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL AS SOON AS IT WAS CREATED. NO REGRETS. HISTORY OF THAT SECTION OF THE WORLD. TRUMAN JUST CARRIED OUT AGREEMENTS MADE ABOUT THE STATE OF ISRAEL
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PROSPECTS FOR LASTING PEACE IN THAT AREA OF WORLD AND HOW IT HAS LED TO A LOT OF WAR.
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THAT SECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ANCIENT ROMANS. ROMAN EMPIRE. PAX ROMANA. GORDON CLAPP SENT TO NEAR EAST. TIGRESS RIVER COULD BE HARNESSED. AGRICULTURE COULD BE THRIVING THERE. NILE COULD PRODUCE POWER. ISRAEL COULD BE MADE INTO AN INDUSTRIAL STATE. OIL RESERVES. |
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ARABS WILL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL
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HOW MUCH HISTORY DID YOU READ WHILE IN WHITE HOUSE?
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ANDREW JOHNSON HAD THE MOST TROUBLE AS PRESIDENT ACCORDING TO TRUMAN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE LOYALTY IN HIS CABINET. TRYING TO CARRY OUT LINCOLN'S POLICIES. BELIEVES SAME WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO LINCOLN IF HE LIVED. ANDREW JOHNSON WAS THE GREATEST CONSTITUTIONALIST THAT WAS EVER IN WHITE HOUSE
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WHICH ACT OF TRUMAN'S WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BEING SIGNIFICANT AS FAR AS CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY? BERLIN AIRLIFT, GREECE & TURKEY, KOREAN AFFAIR. PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO MEET AN EMERGENCY. TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
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DISMISSAL OF GENERAL MACARTHUR. TRUMAN GETS SERIOUS. POLK & LINCOLN HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS.
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