Pr hesident harry truman lid to refer to bess as the boss. Family was the number one priority. He had little to say to the media, destroyed many of her letters and spent a good part of the white house years at home in missouri. Bess truman served as first lady on her own terms. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight the story of the wife of the 33rd president of the United States, bess truman. Here to tell us more about her are two guests were pleased to welcome back to our set. Bill seal, and nicole anslover. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945. The call comes in to harry truman, where is he, then he gets the message hes needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he was often wanting to do. He thought a lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having a somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and get
Of the trumans in key west, and it looks like he relaxed that. He did. His fashion sense was remarked upon in key west. The hawaii shirt. The flashy shirt. Fits in now. Yes. They took movies of them partying arounds, carrying on, and he let it go at the masons or went to the big Masonic Building there, interrupted and said, here, im harry. Can you imagine the president being this casual today . He was, but he was in control. Casually in control. No. Why not . Because of the media or things changed. Look at the blarehouse assassination attempt with the president watching this happen. They dont have the freedom to move around like they used to. There was no way that was going to happen. Harry truman was elected, surprising the press, the political establishment to a second term and busy term it was. This is a list of the highlights of the second truman administration. The establishment of nato, the korean war, assassination attempt we talked about, and the 22nd amendment to the constitut
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