And thanks for joining us for congress investigates and American History tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri.
And thanks for joining us for congress investigates and American History tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri.
Translator i cant stay home and do nothing. I cant abandon hope that my son will come home. Its hard. 80,000 people are still unable to return to their homes. Theyre staying in shelters or sleeping in cars. Authorities say some deaths could be linked to the stress and strain of life in a disaster zone. They say 11 people have died, mostly elderly. This includes a woman in her 70s who died after falling ill while taking shelter in her car. Goto and his family are among those staying in their vehicles. Translator there is no room to move when i sleep and my back hurts. Goto is from the hardest hit town of mashiki. He and relatives crawled out of their collapsed house after a strong quake hit the town. Evacuees are afraid of earthquakes as hundreds of jolts have shaken the region over the past week. A disaster Prevention Expert has been trying to determine why a landslide triggered by the quake had so much force. Kamai studied the ground in kumamoto and said a saturated layer of volcanic
Pretty good so far. But it is a little windy. Be extra careful this morning because of the gusty winds. Dave mentioned a couple of specific areas. But they ask you to be more careful. Lets take a look at 80 westbound as you drive out to the mcarthur maize. This is a look at the commute here and the traffic is moving along okay. And across the bay area bridges, you see the chp is worried about you encountering gusty winds. This is a look at 880 north and southbound. No major problems here on 880 as you drive through the area. And the east bay commute is looking good. You see a lot of green on the road censors. And they change colors. And when you see green that is good. Lets go back to the desk. Were starting this friday morning remembering the amazing life and talent and the music of principle. Prince. Prince. Fans all over the world through the music street still stunned and in shock this morning by the sudden death of prince yesterday at the age of 57. An autopsy is scheduled today i
Accounts of the horrors within the prison. This is part of the Gettysburg Institute annual summer conference. It is about an hour. [applause] the conference last year, you know, i circumstances conspired so that i was a fleeting head on the screen and im very pleased this morning to actually be present and projecting images of prisoner of war camps and military prisons on the screen instead of me. I dont think i represent well that big. Im going to negotiate a very, very dangerous set of rapids this morning. The professor at georgia southwestern state university, who is married, in fact, to one of my employees, dr. Glen robins, he says and i agree completely, generally, you can either talk about andersonville or the other military prisons of war. It becomes emotionally difficult to try to do both. And i will explore that. And i am going to weave in between the two a little bit. A note on semantics before i start any further. I hesitate to use the acronym p. O. W. In a civil war context