Frank, are you being silly on purpose?
"When Harry S Truman succeeded Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, most Americans knew little about their new President. Having served as Roosevelt's vice president for only three months, Truman now struggled to sell Roosevelt's New Deal policies to an increasingly conservative Congress and American public. This lecture examines Truman's attempts to follow up on the New Deal with his own Fair Deal as America began to shift rightward politically, economically, and psychologically."
I'm going to choose to believe you haven't been exposed to American history prior to 1980. There's nothing like the benefit of the doubt among friends, is there?
Arf