campbells soup. [laughter] and the memo was very specific which said that we will -- the government will take your radio property and shut it down or take control for the duration of the emergency if you do not follow these strictures. so there was very little, almost no criticism whatsoever of the u.s. government. you know, it's hard to believe -- now, i guess that the same feeling was going on after september 11th which is that the not knowing and the abject fear. but, you know, come pound that with a lack -- compound that with a lack of information. there were rumors of bombings in new york, washington, boston, los angeles, san francisco. they did blackout, you know, the newspapers were printing rumors, you know, of, you know, all this stuff. and finally roosevelt goes on national radio and takes it to

the media and says -- and lectures them about don't print any more rumors, don't print anything that is not official fact or not official war news or not something that's either coming from the white house or from the war department. he really lays into the media in a radio broadcast from the white house a couple days after. which, by the way, i want to make one point, too, is that as far as the media goes, we all think the first official pronouncement of, from the government or from roosevelt or from the roosevelt white house was december 8, 1941 was his speech in congress. that's not true. eleanor roosevelt gave the first broadcast from the position of the roosevelt family and in many ways the position of the national government. she had a regular radio show, and of course she had her column, "my day," and she went on national radio the night of december 7th and talked about -- it was about morale, it was about her own four sons, one who

at that point was on a ship at sea. eventually, all four boys, all roosevelt boys went into war service and all served very honorably. and talked about, you know, people not being scarce. she did have one piece of misinformation which is interesting. here she is the first lady of the united states, and she said in that radio broadcast that the president was meeting at that very time when the japanese were bombing with the japanese ambassador which is not true. the japanese ambassador was meeting with kordell hall who was the secretary of state at the time. that day, that sunday, december 7th, fdr was meeting with a chinese diplomat but not a representative of japan. and so even then in the close proximity of the white house is that the information is not accurate all the time. >> thank you. anyone else? one over here? this'll be the last question and

then -- >> this'll be for cheryl. a couple of questions. >> okay. >> what in heavens did germ want with these islands? >> can you speak in the mic? we can't hear you over here. >> i'm sorry. what did germany want with these islands? i can't imagine they're all that strategic. and the other thing, what is the source of those photographs? they almost look like police lineups. >> let me do the first question. the channel islands ended up being part of hitler's fortress. he thought about an impregnable wall that would be set up around newly-occupied france. and as he's taking areas that -- there's so many concrete 'em placements and watch towers left there. there was some sense that perhaps he could use it for an invasion of england, but that was more likely, actually, to

come from northern france. but part of it was the pride of taking part of england. it's right there for the taking. these were also very good growing spaces, one of the most wonderful things in their eyes for the germans who came over there, they referred to it as tomato island because they raised so many tomatoes. and it's a lovely area for growing crops. so, of course, this would help to feed germany during wartime. so it was that kind of mixed feeling that he felt could be an asset to him. and the second question was -- i'm sorry. >> the photograph. >> oh, the photographs, yes. those were the id photographs that were taken -- this is another thing that you see with the germans. as they take property, you know, they put in placement and

concrete and watch towers, as they take people, they want to keep track of them. so they took these -- at first everyone is all signed up with identity cards. if you went outside your house without your identity card, you'd be arrested, and you'd serve time for that. then about a year rater they added -- later they added these pictures to the id cards which, of course, made it easier to see that's who it was. reverend ord, that's his id picture. he and his wife, he said they looked a little worse for wear in the picture, and really everyone does. by that point the food shortages are really wearing on them. these are taken in bright sunlight, and you can see that the occupation's already beginning to wear on the people. >> we have another program coming in at 6:00, so we'll have to end this session here. but don't forget both authors will be here on either side of the table below, and they will be signing books. and michael can help you out

with that. thank you all

. >> we couldn't have the quality of life that we enjoy if we didn't have low cost goods and low cost labor in china and increasingly in southeast asia. and yet in china, the standard of living remains about one-sixth what it is in the united states in terms of per capita income, and that's a source of frustration because people realize we work hard, we are participating in the global economy, we play by the rules in some cases, and yet we're not yet enjoying the quality of life that they have in the west. what i think so interesting is that for most of chinese history, after all, people had no idea what life was like

outside. this gets back to this tour of europe. chinese people now can sit on a computer in a village in the middle of nowhere and have a pretty accurate understanding of what it rooks like to live -- looks like to live in washington d.c. >> evan osnos on the rising conflict between the individual and the chinese government tonight at eight on c-span's "q&a." >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the south carolina book festival takes place on the 16th-18th at the columbia metropolitan convention center. congressman james clyburn will be in attendance to discuss his book, "blessed experiences." saturday may 17th, the gaithersburg book festival will take place in maryland. you can watch authors such as mark leibovich and anna holmes live on booktv on c-span2. may 29th-31st booktv will be talking with authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual

trade show, bookexpo america, in new york city. we'll also be live from "the chicago tribune"'s printers row lit fest on june 7th and 8th. then on saturday, june 23st, the fdr presidential library will be holding the 11th annual roosevelt reading festival. there will be 12 authors who have recently published works that draw upon the archives. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. >> great to hear from my son. we went true a lot -- through a lot. being a father is, it's a hard thing in our culture because i don't think we remember what it's like. we don't know, we forget. and i have to give him credit, because he, he says, well, i

didn't give up on him, but he didn't give up on me either. even when he was in prison, i remember one time he called and was jumping on me for being such a terrible dad, and i told him, well, okay, son, but you weren't such a good son either. i told him, you know what? why don't we just stop this nonsense. i admit i was a terrible dad. let's just stop it. let's just love even other now. let's just change. that's not easy. and when you tell people to change, you can't make that like a panacea, like a magic wand. but you know the struggle to change itself, it's beautiful, it's healing. even on the hard days. and i see my son, i'm very proud of him because i see what he's gone through. i know the terrible things he's faced, the abuse he had from other guys. he had more neglect from me even though i used to hit him when i shouldn't have hit him, it was more neglect. his poor mom, too, and i want to give her credit because she

stood by -- another troubled young person. and she stepped up. so it's good to hear him. i think one of the things that helps a lot is we went on a trip last year. he got off parole, so he could finally come to california. and we bought this crazy truck he wanted. i helped him with it. and we drove all the way there chicago to california. and, you know, it was one of the most beautiful trips. we came with our friend, a puerto rican poet, and we had a great time. and i never argued with him once. we just had a great time talking, sharing. and my son has become wise in his age. he's become a wounded healer. and that's partly what i'm saying. this is why it's important to point out we all -- [inaudible] it's always important to point

out in our wounds, we have to give. and in our wounds, we can make the change. and he's become one of these people. and we were able to do poetry. now he's a poet be, my son. so anyway, i want to just thank him. he is sincere and honest in that. i think the issue that he was sincere and honest when he was in the gang, he was rough, he was mean, he was angry, he was violent. but he's sip veer and -- sincere and honest in the peace. and that's important. because i had to go through that, and i've seen other people go through it. but to see my son, it's powerful. i don't want to apologize for the tears because i think it's part of what we forget. i never cried for a long time. i was told not to cry. a man shouldn't cry. but man tears are important. they're tears of your pell anyone aspect, their tears of being fully human, of being whole. it's important. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org.

>> each issue should be handled differently, but i have a general philosophy that i'm approaching all issues. it starts with the basic premise which is economic freedom. it is my guiding principle of how i approach its use, and from that comes four factors. one, does the commission have authority to act on a particular issue? what authority has congress quinn us in the statute? two, is there harm to consumers and a solution that we can actually remedy whatever harm has been brought forward? three, is the solution tailored to the particular problem that we're addressing, and then we not regulate by analogy. and, fourth, even with all those three elements, do the benefits of regulation outweigh the costs? so that's how i'm viewing, how i'm approaching each issue individually. but you do take, you tend to take each issue as they come before you. >> new fcc commissioner michael o'reilly monday on "the communicators" at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2.

>> next on booktv, max brooks recounts the first african-american regiment to fight in world war world war i,h infantry regiment, dubbed the hard bell hell fighters. -- harlem hell fighters. he spoke for a little under an hour. ..