Author of a biography on harry truman. Wase we left off last week the death of president roosevelt , april 12, 1945. Where was harry truman he got the message he was needed . He was having a drink as he often did. Having alaxing and somewhat cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and said he just knew. He raced to get to the white house. Mrs. Roosevelt was at a luncheon. They didnt tell her anything. ,hen she got to the white house it was us price. Surprise. Ice a he looked horrible during the last campaign. They knew he was going. He was ashen. His a nongirl address had to be ural address inaug had to be given from the white house. It was not really a surprise to anyone. 2 hours later, in the cabinet room, at the white house, harry truman to the oath of office. How surprised was the nation . Did they know who harry truman was . No. They knew he was the Vice President , yes. They knew his name. He was a very admired senator in washington. But for the general public, they were say
Much every state in this country. Basicvide what used to be telephone service. They are now broadband providers. They have also become the one stop shop Service Providers for immunitys. They do video, wireless, data centers, whatever technologies their communities require. We resent their interests here in washington, d. C. Who are some of your members . We have everywhere from the largest cooperative in the Telecommunications Cooperative in South Carolina with 100,000 subscribers, to numerous small companies, familyhell, locally owned. That have 400 or 500 subscribers a piece. If you looked at the map of the united states, we serve about 40 of the landmass but about 5 of the kinds customer base. When you think about here in washington, where you have a large provider providing service, 130 scrappers, my folks subscribers per mile. My folks average six or seven consumers per mile. Differentr concerns than the verizons, at ts . By definition. When you think about what a Rural Community