wilson and in the 30's when hoover is making his case to stay out of conflict in europe, position very different from franklin roosevelt, one of the arguments that hoover made was that if the united states becomes involved in this war that is growing in if the u.s. gets involved in that war, we will use -- lose our democracy at home because franken roosevelt will use the war as an excuse to establish a socialist dictatorship. that was one of his arguments. part of that argument, hoover said we have artie gone a step toward socialism with the new deal. he would then conclude his argument by saying that in contrast, woodrow wilson believed in free enterprise and

the striving individual and wasn't made it clear that what we did during the war was just a short-term emergency and that wilson dismantled all of the war agencies right after the war, franklin roosevelt is not going to do that. we have the sharp contrast putting franken roosevelt and wilson to the favor of wilson. had the samehoover political outlook as wilson. i think they were both centrist addresses as that term is understood in the 1910s. from hoover's point of view, american politics had left him almost an, there is companionship there, even though wilson is not around anymore. thank you very much.

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life at seven: eastern on monday morning, join the discussion. >> for three days, a new hurricane has been running was along the southern coast. a lady called camille supposedly headed toward the florida panhandle. this lady is part of a capable of changing her mind. >> people in from the weathered -- weather bureau. camille, a small but dangerous storm is shifting westward, small crafts should seek safe harbor. the emergency operating centers have artie been put on full alert. both local civil defense harrison waited for county which covers most of the mississippi coastline. as the hurricane fighters go up, the warnings go out. this is passed christian,

copies and every request secure everything that is movable, all windows should be mailed and ported, a 15 figure expected. underlying areas, evacuate by new today to hattiesburg or to ask him. >> transportation will be provided and shelter. please bring all of the things you actually need and shelter. >> most people take the advice to get out. and cars start screaming north. early sunday afternoon, camille brushes past the mountains of the mississippi. at first she only blows a few shingles off the roof and then she begins ravaging the whole

louisiana delta. upriver, the levees are beginning to crumble under pressure of wind and water. finally, the levee breaks. time to get out. now, the few who lingered are running for their lives. north to new orleans. by late afternoon, the best wins are touching mississippi coast, the slowpoke are still gassing up. 100,000 people have listened and left. the young thing nothing can ever hurt them. they plan to ride it out.

the sightseers. the thrill seekers. it is about 6:30 p.m. sunday, mississippi, the hurricane is beginning here. you can see the palm trees are blowing, the wind is beginning to get the range entrees. nightmises to be a long in biloxi. in gulfport, have a dozen trained volunteer rescue teams and heavy-duty trucks are answering the first calls for help. >> we need an ambulance at the nicholas grove shelter. >> by 8:00, power are falling, starting fires and winds are whipping them out of control.

even new orleans on the outer edge of the storm, camille is beginning to cause problems. canal,he industrial another levee breaks and begins flooding. quite the eye of the storm is still over two hours away. the wind is strong, one can understand up in it. the rain is torrential, streets are flooded, we are cut off from the outside world in our motel here. there is no power, everything is black. >> rescue wretched city control. >> already one of gulfport heavy-duty rescue teams are in trouble. >> rescue red has gone out on one mission. the truck is in the rising tides. >> to hell with the radio and equipment, abandon your machines, power poles are

falling, live wires are sizzling in the streets. staying out now is suicide down. >> come home, all rescue units come home. >> at 11:00, a huge tidal surge right in front of the storm. 20 or 30 feet high. force, collapsing buildings, wrecking everything in its path. at midnight, the eye of the hurricane crosses east of st. louis and wins of 200 miles per hour are complete -- completing the destruction. water, in the wins and people are dying. now, there is nothing anyone can do. they called it the american

riviera, the loveliest beat -- beach in the south. hurricane winds seldom top 120 miles per hour. camille's have reached 200, tornado intensity. cutting a wider swath than any tornado that has ever lived. from biloxi to st. louis, everything is in shambles. down the delta, it is not much better. with a levee broke, there were 6000 homes.

now, only six are fit to live in. in the louisiana, the damage is enormous. the casualty list is love. mississippi is losing on every count, survivors are stumbling out of the shelters. still dazed by what they have been through. seeing how little is left. >> it is bound to be in here somewhere. they are already in here. that was left on the corner, i can't even see it. some are lucky, others less so. you can't imagine devastation. >> on the came over monday without we would find our homes, when we walked up the street and saw it level, we thought whoever

stayed would not be here. >> here by the richelieu apartments and here. some of the tenants refused to get up. >> we will get up on the third floor, the weather -- water won't get that high. >> welcome to the hurricane party. >> 24 people decided to ride it out. 23 died when the building collapsed. ae youngster floated out third-floor window on a mattress and lived. now, camille has almost become a forgotten woman, she rips through northern mississippi. it becomes just a heavy thunderstorm as she crosses into tennessee. then, she turns toward the appellations. the storm rises over the blue ridge mountains, runs into cold air and counsel rain starts falling. beaches in less

than six hours, two or three feet of water for every inch of land. suddenly, flash floods are boring down every hill. starting landslides, smashing houses, burying people in their sleep. in the morning, every river in central and western virginia is in full flood, the tide, the the canals, winnsboro is under eight feet of water, scottsville, 14. putichmond, governor godwin state civil defense in charge of all rescues and relief operations, backs them up with all the states resources beginning with the national guard. the mountains tell the story. byry ravine scarred landslides, every valley a mass of muck. de