Former president Harry S. Truman says he wishes he had an organization of nations to meet the challenge, but we were on our own. We had to meet the situation by ourselves.
Former president Harry S. Truman discusses his time in the Senate when he was chairman of the Truman Committee, which investigated military spending. He asked the War Production Board and the Federal Reserve Bank to use their tools to control the situation if they possibly could. Film and sound.
Former president Harry S. Truman compares Germany during World War II to Missouri during the Civil War. He is discussing Order Number 11, which was a repressive measure enacted by a Union general against the residents of western Missouri.
Former president Harry S. Truman discusses the status of Berlin after World War II. He said it became of symbol of forcing the Russians to carry out their agreements. This segment repeats with a different camera angle.
Former president Harry S. Truman stands in front of a screen showing artist George Caleb Bingham's Order No. 11 (Martial Law) painting. He says you couldn't blame the people of Jackson County for feeling badly about the order. He states that a civil war is the worst thing that can possibly happen to anybody.
Former president Harry S. Truman tells the story of election night in 1948, when to everyone's surprise except his, Truman won. He jokes, "It looks like we're in trouble for another four years. And we were. We had won the election."
Former president Harry S. Truman how farmers cannot buy the things they need or take care of their farms as they ought to be in a bad economy.
Former president Harry S. Truman discusses the debate in Congress over the Brannan Plan, which was a farm bill helped postwar farmers financially with their surpluses. The segment repeats with a different camera angle.
Former president Harry S. Truman says the American people are good, and have the opportunity to achieve their good ends because they live under the greatest government ever known, the constitutional democracy of the United States.
Former president Harry S. Truman likens Congress to a balky (stubborn) mule.