harry truman, same kind of thing. jfk warned us about our atheistic foe and the godless communist conspiracy. right? they realized these guys did that the communists were not their friends. and went after the causes that they held dear. they attacked wilson's league of nations. they attacked fdr's new deal. the documents and the archives on this are stunning. almost as if the boys at cpusa wanted to report to the boys back in moscow the yeoman's work they were doing attacking liberal causes. and here's one. this is the 1920 presidential election. this is from the united communist party. don't vote. strike. boycott this election. overthrow the capitalist government, establish the soviet government. not just another political party. right? not just another political party. when you strike, the court enjoins you, the police beat you, the soldiers shoot you. that is what the capital of government is for. the united communist party is the only party which puts up candidates for this purpose. boycott this election. don't vo

it was very characteristic of harry truman. he saw the comfort, the relaxation that it would provide and everyone has been grateful to harry truman for making it a little bit more livable. >> i did not understand what all of the fuss is about. all of the innovations in the white house and they cause trouble. they insisted on for a bathtub in the white house and you never saw as much fuss raised in the should read the paper about that day and what a time it was. they never could catch up so they did not get to. i have put a lot more bathtubs in there when i repeated the white house. >> the white house today is a reflection of harry truman's work there. after adding the balcony, a complete reconstruction of the home was necessary due to the structural weaknesses after 138 years of years. volume in the walls built, president truman mandates that they stayed on touched but authorizes the gutting and rebuilding of the entire inside of the white house. it would take almost four years to complete. >> how they did it was an engineering

and harry truman became president. completely unknown. kind of taken by roosevelt just to throw a figleaf at some people who wanted to support. never did confide in harry truman. he was on the outside looking in. when roosevelt died i cried. because i had the prospect of my commanding officer, my commanding chief. later when i was in submarines i began to appreciate what harry truman stood for. i think he was honest. i doubt if he ever used a $0.03 stamp that he didn't pay for. he was under tremendous pressure from the same people that tried to prevent president johnson putting in place the civil rights act. he was under the pressure of dick russell and strom thurmond and many others. truman, already unpopular. he went out of office the most unpopular president in history. ordained commander in chief and all racial discrimination in military forces was over. that day. he was condemned severely by all his generals and admirals and overwhelmingly in the congress and by many other people in america. my life on the submarine was change by tha

it was characteristic of harry truman. he saw the comfort, relaxation that the balcony would provide. every one of his successors has been grateful. >> and i did not understand what all the fuss was about. innovations in the white house. when millard fillmore was president, phyllis insisted on putting a bathtub and the white house. you ought to read the paper about bad day and what a terrible thing it was. i put a lot more bathtubs in there. >> the white house we see today is a reflection of harry truman's workfare. after at in the balcony, a complete reconstruction of the home is necessary due to its structural weaknesses after 148 years of use. president truman and mandates that they stay on tight. he authorizes the rebuilding of the entire inside of the white house. a project that would take almost four years to complete. >> how big did it is a it -- is an enduring -- how they did it was an engineering masterpiece. they made an elevator shaft to hold up the top floor. all the way down into the ground below the basement.

roosevelt never did confide in harry truman. he was on the outside looking in. when roosevelt died, i cried. i had the prospect of harry truman being my commanding officer. my commanding chief. later when i was in submarines, i began to appreciate what harry truman stood for and what he did. i think he was honest. i doubt if he ever used a three- cent stamp if he did not pay for it. he was on -- under tremendous pressure to try to prevent president johnson putting in place the civil rights act. he was under the pressure of my senator, dick russell, and strom thurmond, and others. truman, already unpopular, he went out of office the most unpopular president in history, said all racial discrimination in the military forces was over. that day. he was convinced by his generals and admirals, and overwhelmingly in the congress, and by many other people in america. he did it. my life on the submarine was changed by that decision. it affected my whole future. after truman left office, there is not much made on civil rights. it was eight years later before rosa parks sat

but the first democratic -- the first major party candidate proposal was harry truman and no democrat has made much progress with it until barack obama. and then cap-and-trade -- while that's a very complicated issue. it's complicated because you people living today are being asked to make sacrifices for posterity. and that generally doesn't work. the famous -- there's a famous old political saying what has posterity has ever for me? and it's very complicated and easy to -- easy to mislead people on. and one of the more depressing statistics, i think, you'll hear all year is that fewer people believe in the reality of manmade global warming in 2009 and 2010 than did in 2007 and 2008 when, in fact, the evidence for it was far stronger. of the 20 republican senate candidates who ran for office in 2010, 19 denied the reality of manmade global warming. okay, so those are problematic issues and we can talk more about them during the question and answer if you'd like. but if you take a look at the financial reform issue. the president had the wind in his back in every imaginable respect. we

have determined, nato, this is rest of europe, -- harry truman, europe, he cannot even run for reelection. >> everything said about egypt, the proud history, long civilization, all of it applies to iran, 1979 well. it ended up hijacked by the islamists. that is the threat in egypt today. the mother wants the institution of the sharia law on its -- the brotherhood wants the institution of the sharia law. on its website they say that no woman can be president of egypt. testimony given about how benign and secular an organization it is -- it wan a sharia law. our job is to strengthen the democrats, of which there are many in egypt, but need help and assistance. it is to create democracy that is going to live and not the one-man, one-vote, one time. >> you do not allow them. you compete and defeat if you think it is the wrong idea and wrong policies, just as in western europe, the communists were engaged andnd defeated at e ballot box. >> no one is advocating outlawing them. >> we are broke, and we are borrowing 41 cents for every dollar that we spend. this spending binge was hurting job crea

like harry truman. i like to think of myself as in the mold of harry truman, an ordinary guy who rose to the occasion given that opportunity, responsibility. i said to myself in the course of my 12 years as mayor when things were difficult, look, there are lots of people out there who are much smarter than you and who could have done a better job as mayor. they didn't have the balls to run. [laughter] those who did run, the people thought you were better. so now just give it your best, and that's it! and that's what i did, and that's what made it possible, plus a sense of humor. i like to think i not only have a sense of humor, but it saved me many, many times. and when you could easily become depressed. and if you're te pressed, you -- depressed, you can't get anything done. you've got to be constantly aware, alive, respectful. that's the other very important aspect of being a public officer in the sense that we're talking about. respectful of the rights of others. respectful of the rights of others do

i have put more bathtubs in is a reflection of harry truman's workfare. after at in the balcony, a complete reconstruction of the home is necessary due to its structural weaknesses after 148 years of use. valuing the valuable outside walls that george washington built during the original construction, president truman and mandates that they stay on tight. -- untouched. he authorizes the rebuilding of the entire inside of the white house. a project that would take almost four years to complete. >> how big did it is a it -- is an enduring -- how they did it was an engineering masterpiece. they put in four steel legs. they made an elevator shaft to hold up the top floor. all the way down into the ground below the basement. they emptied the house by bringing all the parts into the shops and out the window -- shafts and out the window openings. they dug down and they had paid taxes -- pick axes. they were going to chop the door wide -- a door wider. he said, stop, you cannot do that. he said, take them apart. that is exactly what they did they took them down t

it was characteristic of harry truman. he saw the comfort and relaxation that the balcony would provide and everyone of his successors have been grateful to harry truman for making it a little bit more livable. >> i did not understand what all the fuss is about. all innovations in the white ho

this is after harry truman told him he was a hero in the oval office with my dad. ira hayes says, how can i feel like he wrote in 250 of my buddies hit the beach with me and only 27 of us walked off a life? c-span: another man in this photo and correct me if i don't pronounce it right, renee gagnon. what is his story? >> guest: rene gagnon at the time, where is he on the flagraising? harlan block put a poll in the ground in the next guy up as john bradley. there is rene gagnon right there behind john bradley on the photo obscure. there you see his face on the camera. if you could take that helmet off of him at the moment he was shot in that photo, you would find a photograph in the webbing. there was a photograph of his girlfriend. he used it for protection because he was scared. that boy was 19 years old. c-span: what happened to him? >> guest: he died at the age of 54, found. c-span: 1979? >> guest: 1979, correct, found dead in the basement of an apartment complex where he was a janitor. c-span: what kind of a life did he lead after this? >> guest: his son said h

world war ii under franklin roosevelt and harry truman, liberalism absolutely dominated american culture. since then it has steadily declined whereas conservatism has reached ever higher plateaus until now we are 2-1 and i think we will outnumber them and the decline of liberalism continues much further they will be about as popular as the american nudist movement or prohibition party. people will look for years from the rnc this little quaint liberal movement and they will say what did they ones do? what did they once represent? my children will say they were much more popular than the nudists and had the good sense to keep their clothes on. >> guest: >> host: what does the handover refer to? >> guest: in 2006, and 2008 and before, george bush spent a lot of money. we were suffering a real hangover but it is interesting as i point out in the book, liberals from 94 until 2006, liberals were accused of being finished and being terrible trouble. in 2002, 2003 and 2004 it was the liberals who were all washed up. what happened -- >> host: cheryl rights why so many conservative organizations

and that is one of the reasons nobody has been able to pass it since harry truman first proposed it in the election of 1948. actually it was proposed originally by teddy roosevelt when he ran as a bull moose candidate 1912? yes. the first major party candidate and no democrat made much progress until barack obama. by asking to make sacrifices for posterity-- posterity what has posterity ever done for me? and it is very complicated and easy to mislead people and one of the more depressing statistics you will hear all year is your people believe in the reality of man-made global warming in 2009 and 2010 when the evidence was far stronger. of the 20 republican and senate candidates who ran for office and 2010, 19 deny the reality. those are problematic issues. but if you take a look at financial reform, the president had the wind at his back with every imaginable respect for the we went through a terrible crisis that cost thousands and thousands of jobs, hundreds of thousands of people their homes, a lot of people. the stock market have lost roughly one-third of its value, the housing bob

as harry truman says, there is nothing new, only the history you do not know. that is an inch adjuration, but there is some truth to that. -- that is an exaggeration. colleges not necessary for everyone, but for most people that want a greater sense of the world around them and the ability to deal with business, engineering, those kinds of things, you really do have to come to college. for others, we need to find ways to put them in a system where their lack of interest or presentation. >> names something smu does that other places do not do. something special. the college that i went to, perdue, everyone that those of their -- purdue, they have to take a speech course. is there something that kids who come here have to do that is unique to smu? >> i do not know of any particular course requirement. we have some differences and provide the opportunities for students to get a unique experience. we have some fairly unique programs. we have won the masters programs in digital game development in the country, and one of the first. in that community, and means a lot

look, world war ii under franklin roosevelt and harry truman liberalism absolutely dominated american culture. since then it has steadily declined whereas liberalism -- whereas with conservativism has reached ever higher plateaus, higher, higher and higher. until now we outnumber liberals about 2 to 1, and i think we're going to outnumber them by more. if decline of liberalism continues much further, they'll be about as popular as the american nudist movement or the american prohibition party. and people will look in 40 years from now, and they'll see this little, quaint liberal movement, and they'll say, what did they once do? what did they once represent? and i'll say or my children will say, well, they were about -- they were much more popular than the nudists. and they had the good sense to keep their clothes on. >> host: what does the hangover refer to? >> guest: well, in, as i say in the book, in the '06 and '08 and before that george bush had spent a lot of money. and we were suffering a real hangover. but it's interesting that in, as i i point out in the book, liberals from ab

presidents since harry truman have received this authority from congress but in 1973 congress for the first time refused to extend this measure because capitol hill was tired of richard nixon's continual efforts to circumvent the legislative process and was opposed to any extension of executive power. president-elect carter wanted data 40 back and justified the request in the post watergate rhetoric of the time. he wanted to cut federal agencies, combine federal agencies, reduce the number of civil servants and deregulate certain areas of policy because most people found the bureaucracy to too complex and intrusive. congressman brooks was not pleased with what he heard from carter. the chairman interrupted carter repeatedly during the conversation to say the government was reorganized according to the interests and vision of congress, not the president. pulling out records he collected from the 1960s congressman brooks said governor lyndon johnson was the greatest arm twister washington has ever seen and he didn't like to get beaten down capitol hill. look at this list. he was never s

. >> in november of 1948, harry truman won a historic upset. and making history of his own, hubert h. humphrey became minnesota's first democratic senator. >> being a romantic and idealistic person when he went to washington in 1948, i think he probably felt this was going to be mr. smith goes to washington and this place of marble monuments that were waiting for him to come there and change the world and crusade and very quickly his dreams and idealism collided with reality. >> but reality was a senate dominated by the same dixie-crats humphrey angered with his civil rights speech the summer before, and they would not go easy on hubert humphrey. >> after all i had been the destroyer of the democratic party, the enemy of the south. hubert humphrey, the quote, end quote, nigger-lover. >> i never felt so lonesome and unwanted in all my life as i did in those first few weeks and months as united states senator. >> where did you find the ronald reagan clip? >> that was in the humphrey collection. it was actually a radio program. it was for the garm

harry truman himself was very worried when he thought about creating a central intelligence agency about the possibility of creating an american gestapo. we are naturally wary of secrecy in a democratic society. it leads me to the big difference between wikileaks and mainstream media. this is a policy matter, not a legal matter. i cannot speak to the particular legal issues. when you think about "the new york times or the washington post, the traditional mainstream media, they are owned by americans who explicitly consider the balancing between keeping something secret and publishing it in the newspaper for everyone to see. they take that responsibility quite seriously. transparency is important, but transparency has limits because they are considering national security interest at the same time balancing -- trying to publish information. wikileaks is run by an australian who considers himself more of an anarchist. his interest is in exposing the united states and his view is that transparency should have no limits. that is what he thinks is as the noble enterprise of wikileaks. there is

harry truman was worried about creating the central intelligence agency, about the possibility of creating an american gestapo. so we are naturally, in our dna, wary of secrecy in and democratic society. it is that wariness that wikileaks is stepping into. which leads me to the big difference between wikileaks and mainstream media. this is a policy matter, not a legal matter. i cannot speak to the particular legal issues. in my view, when you think about "the new york times," "the washington post" -- a traditional american media, they are owned by those to explicitly consider the balance between keeping something secret and publishing it in the newspaper for everyone to see, and they take that responsibility quite seriously. transparency is important, but transparency has limits because they are considering national security interests at the same time they are trying to publish information. wikileaks, by contrast, is run by an australian who considers himself more of an art -- an artist. his interest is in exposing the united states. and his view is that transparency should have no limits.

our revenue as a percentage of our economy is lower now than it was under harry truman. i will be 60 years old this year. our revenues have never been of the were in my entire lifetime -- never been lower in my entire lifetime than it is now. you will not be able to deny the treasury revenues it deserves because you want to give tax breaks to millionaires and the folks carrying money overseas and just cut your way out of the whole we are in. host: gus barrera is our next student. >> with a cut in the budget affecting grants available to students -- what the cuts in the budget affecting grants available to students? guest: president obama in this budget says he is adamant about maintaining the maximum pell grant. the president made this a mandatory program so that people who qualify can get it. now, what he did do is to cut out all grants -- pell grants for summer school students and require graduate students to start paying interest on their loans right away. there have been some changes to that program, but i think he has really demonstrated a commitment to education an

high rubber when harry truman said that if you need a friend in washington by a dog. i bought to to be on the safe side. it was a great pleasure working for that great man. really the greatest man who was head of america in the 20th century, i think, in the world probably. [applauding] in know, he is still the only president in modern times who absolutely produced, contrary to what you read in the papers, absolutely reduced non-defense discretionary spending by a more than 9 percent over his term. nobody else is in the-area at all. he even, including entitlements, took domestic spending down from 17210154% of gross national product. that is an enormous change. he did cut the 100,000 employees we did reduce benefits. we get america back on the road to recovery after years of stagnation. he turned the world around. of course he won the cold war, too. i'm going to introduce an individual who i think is in that category. when i was director of the office of personnel management i had to go down to a pr, which i knew nothing about. there was a personal problem at the naval

president harry truman once said, quote, the health of all its citizens deserves the help of all of the nation. end quote. today we welcome secretary kathleen sebeilus to the finance committee to discuss the president's budget and the health of our citizens. last year, madame secretary, you appeared before the committee to discuss the president's budget under much different circumstances. today our are circumstances are much improved because the new health care law. and we consider what other areas of your department, particularly human services need to be addressed this year. last year, seniors with medicare drug benefits had a gap in coverage that made their prescriptions unaffordable. this year, seniors in this coverage gap will receive a 50% discount on their prescription drugs. last year, small businesses struggled to afford health benefits for their employees. this year, four million small businesses could be eligible for a tax credit to help curb the cost of coverage. last year, billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to fraud. and law enforcement officials were stuck with antiqua

we have a plumbing system in the white house that hasn't been repaired since harry truman. that is a long, long time. yes, there are difficult times in this country but when you have a house visited by many tourists throughout the year, you should be careful as to the wiring and things that could happen with water and safety. and after all, whether we like this president or not, this is the residential place and the office space for our presidents for the next one and ones to follow. i think this is a proper investment and personally, i think it gets pretty petty when we don't even allow this president to have leaks fixed in the white house. and i yield back the time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from missouri. ms. emerson: do i have any time remaining? the chair: the the gentlewoman from missouri has 1 1/2 minutes. ms. emerson: i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. more and. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. moran: i won't take but 30 seconds. i have been around long enough to recall

." >> harry truman was in office when "today" began in 1952. when he was in new york he'd plan the morning walks to coincide with the "today" broadcast. one day he joined the crowd resulting in this photograph. every american president that's followed has appeared on "today." >> good morning, mr. president. >> we have responsibilities. >> the president is here. >> what is the biggest fault? >> if you had anything to do over again would you do anything different? >> i certainly wouldn't have made the last lung against tufts. >> i noticed it was the first television interview with any president on a regularly scheduled program. >> i'm delighted to have this chance with dave garroway. this country deserves the best of all of us. >> we came to the conclusion that we should have a special program on poverty and try to make more progress in the next 20 years than we have made in the last 20. >> good morning, barbara. >> this morning we'll have president ford. >> this ought to be a very important election because there is a political difference betwee

when harry truman proposed it in 1946, the republicans started talking about socialized medicine playing on the fears of what was going on in the soviet union. they have used these fear and misinformation tactics then and they're using them again here today. now, when medicare passed in 1965, most republicans voted no. and what we are really doing here today is trying to poke holes in the bill. but we've been here 100 days and the committee has laid no proposal on the table to make it better. everybody is talking about what's wrong with it. bill frist said, don't repeal, make it better. so all we have in front of us is one plan that's on the table. paul ryan's roadmap. he wants to give a voucher to every senior citizen in this country. now, let's be serious. the point of that is that the republicans believe that seniors need to put more skin in the game. and i want to be crystal clear here. seniors already spend one-third of their income on health care. they can't afford any more skin in the game. so whatever i hear here is really about the paul ryan plan. i would like you to take the ti

harry truman was worried when he thought about creating the central intelligence agency about the possibility of creating an american gastapo. we are we weary and it's that wreer rights lawness that wikileaks taps into. that leads me to the big difference. this is a policy matter ring not a legal matter. i can't speak to the particular legal issues, but in my view when you think about the "new york times" or "washington post," mainstream media, they are owned by americans who explicitly consider the balance of keeping something secret and publishing in the newspaper for everybody to see, and they take that responsibility quite seriously. transparency is important, but transparency has limits because they are considering national security interests at the same time they are trying to publish information. wikileaks, by contrast, is run by an australian who considers himself an anarchist. his interest is in exposing the united states, and his view is that transparency should have no limits. that's what he thinks is the noble enterprise of wikileaks. there is no balancing or little balancing in w

it's really since harry truman that they take off in terms of sale and in terms of being almost a normal part of the post-presidency. jimmy carter msa has taken it beyond anyone. i can't remember the number of books he's written at this point beyond his memoirs, but it's now well over 100 years that we've been having us. if i can just get back to the collar, there is a really interesting point in the book, where president bush says, you know, he regrets he didn't go for immigration reform before social security reform and he says it in that interview as well after the 2004 reelection. i think that choice of timing and sequence is really kind of interesting and you can imagine a very different outcome, not just on this presidency and immigration policy can about republican party had he made that decision. >> host: tevi troy come you were chair of the department of health and human services. >> guest: actually, is that the white house and very involved in domestic policy council. we agreed on the issue. and julian is right that we didn't get it through. president bush reminds us how close

. >> president harry truman once said, quote, the health of all its citizens deserves the help of all the nation. end quote. today we welcome secretary kathleen sebelius to the finance committee to discuss the president's budget in the health of our citizens. last year, madame secretary, you appeared before this committee to discuss the president's budget under much different circumstances. today our circumstances are much improved because the new health care law. and we consider what other areas of your department, particularly human services, need to be addressed this year. last year seniors with medicare drug benefits had a gap in coverage that made their descriptions unaffordable. this year seniors in this coverage gap receive a 50% discount on their prescription drugs. last year small businesses struggleded to afford health benefits for their employees. this year, 4 million small businesses could be eligible for a tax credit to help curb the cost of coverage. last year billions of taxpayer dollars were lost to fraud and law enforcement officials were stuck with antiquated tools t