Its like, gee whiz, this kind of thats real linoleum on the floor, isnt it . I mean, this was not i mean, you go to you go to hyde park or you go to some of these other president ial homes and they are pretty modest. Even like calvin coolidges. You go to his house before hes president and its really modest. Its like you know, some place youd see in amsterdam or something. And afterwards he does have to move into a big place. Harry truman never moves into the big place and his circumstances are sufficiently modest that he is the guy that hes why we have president ial pensions. Up to that point we really dont have that and they may be independently wealthy like a Herbert Hoover or theyre able to have accomplished something more than truman did, very modest on the payroll his whole life, federal or local, county government. So truman is a modest guy. He might have been taking all these walks to save on gasoline, i dont know. Next . The photograph, the photograph that you have on your sign
Surprising life. In 1964 tom dewey was at the white house. Lbj wanted to get him to chair a National Crime commission. In any event, he begged off of that, but he pointed out to lbj, he said, have you looked at the schedule of your convention in Atlantic City . He was meeting with Marvin Watson, who was the president s top aide, chief of staff in effect. Anyway, there was a day set aside as a tribute to president kennedy, and it was up front. And dewey pointed out that, you know, if this happens jackie will be there, rose and bobby and teddy and the whole family and people will cry and there will be this enormous emotional and before you know it, Bobby Kennedy will be your running mate whether you like it or not. And the story is the president got on the phone and called Marvin Watson and said move kennedy day from day one to day four. The result is that Hubert Humphrey became the running mate instead. Humphrey was in deweys debt until the day he died. And they were social friends. The
At cspan. Org you can watch any time from your convenience. Heres how. Go to our home page, cspan. Org, and click on the Video Library search bar. Here you can type in the name of a speaker, sponsor of a bill, or even event topic. Review the list of results and click on the program youd like to watch, or refine your search with our many search tools. If youre looking for the most current programs, youll want to search the Video Library. Our home page has them ready for your immediate viewing, such as todays washington journal or the events weve covered that day. Cspan. Org is a Public Service of your cable provider. Check it out at cspan. Org. And now the contenders, our 14week series of people who ran for president and lost but nevertheless changed political history. We feature thomas dewey, former prosecutor who ran for president in 1944 and 1948. This program was recorded at the Roosevelt Hotel in new york city. Its about two hours. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Gover
Ii, president roosevelt had a relatively easy victory over thomas dewey, who mainly campaigned against new deal programs and for smaller government. President roosevelt would die in office six months after being reelected and Vice President harry truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Liberty university is in lynchburg, virginia. This class is just under an hour. All right, well, well get started and lets go ahead and open with a word of prayer and then well see what we can get into today. Heavenly father, thank you for today, thank you for this class, thank you for your love and mercy. I pray that you forgive us of our sins, i pray that you would be with the class as they finish up this semester. So much busyness and activity with papers and finals and job interviews and just life. Father, i pray that you would look upon them with favor, that you just help them to finish this semester strong. In jesus name we pray, amen. All right. Well, today i want us to continue our
Then well see what we can get into today. Heavenly father, thank you for today, thank you for this class, thank you for your love and mercy. I pray that you forgive us of our sins, i pray that you would be with the class as they finish up this semester. So much busyness and activity with papers and finals and job interviews and just life. Father, i pray that you would look upon them with favor, that you just help them to finish this semester strong. In jesus name we pray, amen. All right. Well, today i want us to continue our look at the world war ii era. Today well be looking at the home front and specifically examining american politics in the early 1940s. And contrary to popular belief, word war ii did not mute politics as usual in the United States. Politicians continued to bicker, issues continued to be debated, and elections continued to be held. Now, the pivotal highlight of world war ii, of course, was the 1944 president ial election. 1944 was the first president ial election s