mrs. coolidge. [laughter] >> on that note, regarding coolidge's speech in favor of hoover at madison square garden, a lady came up to him afterwards and said, you know, mr. coolidge i enjoyed your talk so much that i stood the entire time. and he said, so did i. [laughter] >> i've enjoyed this all too, so thank you for coming. [applause] >> david pietrusza is the author of 1920, the year of the six presidents. and 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon. the epic campaign that forged three presidencies. mr. pietrusza has served on the board of trustees of the calvin coolidge memorial foundation. and serves on the sienna college research institute survey of united states presidents. for more information, visit davidpietrusza.com. >> an undercover journalist goes across the country doing several menial labor jobs that are mostly filled by undocumented workers. he argues that an underworld of minimum wage to deliver a chief foods delivery lifestyle changing hands bookstore in tempe, arizona hosts the hour-lon

but we had a tremendous stock market crash in 1987 but in 1929 herbert hoover was president coolidge called him mr. wonderful and coolidge was my model president who believed that too which of long ago determined the world would be better if he involved himself less. however coolidge calls him wonder boy he never stopped giving me advice and all of it was bad he was the first secretary of commerce the first offical to assist the government have the responsibility to put people in homes in programs to facilitate that. he was a total activist is just all the activity he did was wrong in disastrous. he browbeat thinks to keeping people on the job and wall street pushes the price up running contrary to what coolidge and harding had done it earlier when there is a recession 1921. let it play itself out. then if they let it play itself out who who hurt by a group bated it that is nonsense. 1933 fdr takes over pro is he was too hoover what obama is to bush. some were interventionist. they wanted to recreate government. fdr takes over 1933. first thing he does, a sound familiar? nationalize the bank. and

calvin coolidge called herbert hoover mr. wonderful. and calvin coolidge, my model president, he believed according to amity slays, coolidge had long ago determined the world would be better if he involves himself less. and that to me was what a president should do. hoover was mr. acted. he called, coolidge called him wonder boy. he said he never stopped giving me advice, and all that was bad bad. he was the first president, he was the first government official to insist that the government had the responsibility for people in homes and to make programs better. this all started under hoover. he was a total activist, just all the activity he did starting with the depression, starting with the crash, was wrong. disastrous. he browbeat banks into keeping interest rates low. he browbeat employers into keeping people on the job. he tried to rally wall street, all this was running contrary to what he said have led to, is what coolidge and harding had been earlier in the decade when there was a recession in 1921. just let it play itself out. th

the week's deliveries or however long, and it was perhaps christmas eve and he goes to th coolidge house and mr. coolidgu comes to the door. and he hands him a $10 bill and he says,'and that will be $9. 05 change, please.'e. so that's the type of story he tells.ta c-span: so when did you start this book? >> guest: i picked it up in 1980.cd at that time -- i'd finishedlleg college in '77, went to the, university of pennsylvania.u it had always -- not always; i should say since high school, ia had been in the back of my mindc that this notebook that myk father had amassed would really make a great book.wou and i picked it up in 1980 at a time when i had been laid off as a construction worker, which wai what i went into after college.o did that for a few years, was laid off, had a little bit of e time, about six months, and i thought, 'well, in six months, i can finish up this book or getci it into some sort of order ands send it off to a publisher and -- and see what they think.' and at that time the idea was just a collection, but i quicklq found that in that amount of time i was not going to be