Former president Harry S. Truman reads from a script regarding Eddie Jacobson's role in the decision to recognize Israel, recorded for potential use in the Decision episode, "At War With The Experts." Sound only.
Interview by Merle Miller with Bluma Jacobson, widow of Harry S. Truman’s friend and business partner Eddie Jacobson. Sound only.
Merle Miller interviews former president Harry S. Truman. He asks several questions and there is discussion on a number of topics. Sound only.
Former president Harry S. Truman recalls stopping to see his friend Eddie Jacobson in Kansas City a few months after he became president.
Former president Harry S. Truman sits at his desk answering multiple questions for the Decision series, including the importance of the farmer, his experience as a haberdashery business owner with Eddie Jacobson, and the circumstances that brought him into local county politics, then the Senate, then the Vice Presidency, and finally the Presidency.
Harry S. Truman and others pose in front of the 129th Field Artillery Canteen Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma. Photo is captioned on the front "A Jolly Bunch." Harry S. Truman is shown the fifth from the right. The soldiers are drinking refreshments from the canteen. Eddie Jacobson is shown 7th from the left, standing. See also photo 58-366, the same photo, which gives a more detailed list of others in photo.
A photo of the Eddie Jacobson Memorial Chapel plaque. It reads "Eddie Jacobson endeared himself to his friends and neighbors of every faith; served his country during war; held his friendships inviolate; gave of his time and funds unstintingly; and fervently persevered to make the state of Israel a reality. He helped to make possible a haven for persecuted Jews throughout the world." This is similar to 66-150. Mr. Jacobson was a good friend of President Truman.