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bc remembers Joe knew and didn't express curiosity or surprise at
Potsdam.
He'd probably long before had ordered their Manhattan
Project, which makes me think the machining, was irrelevant to history.
What would've changed history is if FDR's third Veep had been his last;I assume you are referring to Henry Wallace. Small point, but he was the second VEEP to FDR, John N. Garner having served the first two terms, then leaving in a huff when FDR declared for a third. As to what might have happened had Wallace continued as VEEP, you may well be right--things would have been different. But that is exactly why the Democratic leadership dumped him in '44. They all knew that FDR would not live through his fourth term and they were scared at where Wallace would have likely taken the party and the country. Be thankful that they chose Truman to succeed him rather than Jimmy Burns, who wanted the job more than maybe anyone in the country. Burns did enough damage as Sec'y of State. Think what he would have done as POTUS.
I think. OTOH, Edgar probably woulda had him assassinated.