why would we invoke calvin coolidge in a discussion of economic growth? he has very strong growth. over 3%, sometimes close to 4% and the other reason that would be relevant today, know about coolidge, when he left the presidential office, the federal government budget was lower than when he came in. not many presidents nominal, real, any-- but his small government made the economy grow. and that was the story of the 1920's and remember, what he didn't dos, made the country great the way-- >> let's talk about the fundamentals to get to 4%. how do we practically make that happen because it sounds great, but making it happen, that's a real challenge. >> right, the basic idea is that the government needs to promote policies that allow private enterprise to thrive. as simple as that and those policies are quite broad. they range from tax reform to spending cuts, like calvin coolidge and i think it's an important point. a lot of people are saying, we need to spend more in order to grow. it doesn't really work that way. you may get some empty calories, a little

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nominated a great leader for massachusetts, but now another great massachusetts leader, governor calvin coolidge. he barely says more than that, and the convention goes wild for it is almost figuratively and literally stampede and they put coolidge on the ticket and in the press box, they all say, oh, oh one karting is a dead man. coolish will be president before that term is up. >> host: you're watching c-span 2. this is our monthly "in depth" program. our guest is david pietrusza. he has written books about 19201948 and 1960 elections, as well as a book about arnold rothstein and several books on baseball. the numbers are on the screen. the next call comes from xenophobia, mississippi. >> caller: good afternoon, thank you for taking my call. i have a question about hebrews, in the hall of fame, will it ever happen. how is instant replay going to take that up. >> guest: the rose question is one i have been taking him it for quite a while, but i don't know about the instant replay. it is different in a couple of ways. when i used to edit baseball, and we would do these, you know, not we, but peo

i think there are some scholars on this train to rehabilitate calvin coolidge. maybe calvin coolidge is an example. wilson builds a huge bur rock si that becomes. cool it raises this bigger question that there's certain contradictions in the office. one of the big contradictions is head of state versus being a prime minister. we expect the president to be both. i'm making a pitch for the president to not be prime minister and more head of state. i think what i can stay is maybe want the president to be more of the prime minister and less head of state. you'd want more coordination between the president and leadership of congress and hiring specialist, like in england, specialist to the cabinet. i'm not convinced that's the way to go. i look at what's going on in europe these days as a good champl. example. >> part of what i mean by head of state is bans that play hill to the chief and where you see the great leaders picture every post office and every federal office. that is precisely because it becomes very difficult. i'll quote a great texan, h. ross perot. he

so i think there are some scholars around this train to rehabilitate calvin coolidge and maybe -- calvin coolidge is an example and he comes in after world war i and wilson does a huge bureaucracy which later comes, and it they do a lot to cut back and people tend -- there are books and i don't know how i feel about coolidge being successful president in this regard. it raises a bigger question and there are certain contradictions in the office and one of the big contradictions is head of state versus being prime minister. we expect the president to be both and what i'm expecting is making a pitch for the prime minister to be more than head of state and sandy, they would want the president being more than a prime minister and less the head of state and you want more coordination between the president and the leadership in congress in hiring the specialists like in england and the specialist to the cabinet and i don't -- i'm not convinced that that's actually the way to go, and i look at what's going on in europe these days with the european parliamentary model and not necessarily being s

they were used to calvin coolidge, warren harding, herbert hoover. >> if you were elected governor of new york in this time, were you a shoo-in or automatic for consideration on the national stage? >> absolutely. al smith was nominated -- it was always the favorite son candidacies. in 1920 they nominated al smith for president in 1920. it went one round. of course they dropped the votes and they go with -- eventually it was cox from ohio. in 1924 they really went out for smith. it was in new york city, 103 ballots. eventually he had to with withdraw and they had a compromise candidate, also a new yorker. in 1928, of course, he wins the nomination. all through history, the new york governor, this is even modern history, the new york governor is considered presidential material. if you look at the people who have run and won and those who have run and lost, you'll see new yorkers all through history. >> i'll jump in there. new york was incredibly important. there really were two key political states, new york was one of them. ohio was the other one. they kept producing president after p

for al smith is you've had eight years of republican rule, first warren harding and followed by calvin coolidge. so the republicans sort of has a leg up on the prosperity front. you have the 1920s, a boom decade for wall street, for large segments of the economy, less for farmers and agriculture at that point. that's our second p. i think the darkest part of this election and the reason i said it really is one of the most vicious elections in american history is our third p, the question of prejudice. and al smith -- i think most americans today are probably more familiar with john kennedy as a catholic candidate. and even in 1960, that causing real stir, a real set of questions about the presidency, but al smith raised all of those questions much earlier in 1928 which already had been a decade that has been seized with a lot of questions about immigration, immigration reform, the rise of the ku klux klan and those come into play in his candidacy. >> john evers, the role of catholicism in the 1928 election, how did it play out? >> well, it was a vicious campaign. smith was not -- this was not n

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when kate got out of prison here, she eventually got a pardon from president calvin coolidge. she wrote a book in 1923 called "in prison." it was a prison reform book, very well received and later became assistant director of corrections in the state of california and helped to build a model prison system in that state, and i believe she died in 1948, so you can find a lot of information on those two women, because they were two of the most renowned women activists of their day, they really were, so that alone to me makes this unit extremely, extremely historical. the building we're going into right now is housing unit three. it was originally called mcclung hall. this unit down here, this was administrative segregation, and also later it became death row. when the 1954 prison riot happened september 22, 1954, it started at 6:45 in the evening in a building called e-hall. the inmates that were the ring leaders of the riot wanted to get into this unit so they could kill two inmates. one of those fellas was named walter donell, and so walter donnell was, for all practical purpos

calvin coolidge said the business of america is business. some could argue that america was a corporation before it was a country, that is my diatribe. just to be issued -- raced around politics and money, how much of the fact that the epa is not stepping up in the way that you think they should has to do with the cozy relationship between the epa and business? they're supposed to be looking out for us. how much of this is an indictment on that relationship? >> i think there is someone we talk about that. we do not called superfund anymore. we call it super failure and politics are involved and there are some loopholes in their that once it becomes a superfund site is the death for the people. politically and between government and big corporations, somewhere is going to get a pass. that is concerning. we cannot continue to do that. it is people that run these companies and nobody is ever going to convince me that a ceo would not care if his child was poisoned. communities and companies go hand in hand. i am out there with these communities.

. >> calvin coolidge may indeed have been the last jeffersonian. a man that believed strongly enough in limits of governmental power, particularly federal power, to resist temptation to extend it. >> this sunday on book tv, your questions and comments for david live at noon eastern on in depth. also this sunday, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to arab spring, afghanistan, iraq, and israel, palestinian peace process. sunday at 9:00. part of book tv on cspan2. >>> next weekend, head to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri, saturday noon eastern. lit rather live with book tv on cspan2. former senator and first lady jean carnahan. from her book "if walls could talk." a butcher's block, from university of mess pa tame i can't to other collections. the stories behind 8 clay tablets. and sunday on american history tv. >> at one time, 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47

. >> and their ideals -- >> calvin coolidge may indeed have been the last jeffersonian. a man who believed in the limits of government power and of federal power to resist the temptation to extend it. >> today on a local tv" your questions and comments like at noon eastern. also, middle east expert on the response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the peace process between israel and pakistan. part of "book td" on c-span2. >> joining us this week is representative henry waxman, democrat of california. thank you for being here. to question him and joined us are kate hunter from bloomberg and lisa from "the los angeles times." >> the supreme court obviously rule to uphold the core of president obama's health care law. when it passed in 2010, democrats marketed it not as a tax. the court press pretty clear that they considered it a tax. do you? >> the heart of the bill is that we require everybody to get health insurance. because that spreads the cost where services are needed for whatever number of people there are. the broad base of people were paying into the ins

schoolmate of calvin coolidge. the oldest justice, justice brandeis of kentucky, 80, the distinguished jewish ancestry. wilson didn't appoint his attorney general but appointed him to the court. holding the balance of power are two justices, owen roberts aat 61, the youngest justice, long a conservative. since this fight began liberal in seven decisions. and charles evans hughes, 75. the chief justice since 1930. sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal. >> president roosevelt goes on the air in an appeal for popular support for his plan to reorganize the federal judiciary. newsreel cameras record his fireside chat, his second such appeal in six days. he tells the people that the plan would protect them from using power by the supreme court. >> those opposing the plan have sought to arouse prejudice and fear by saying i'm seeking to pack the supreme court and that a bayneful president would be of established. would do they mean by the words "packing the supreme court"? let me answer this question with a bluntness.

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when he was coming to washington. -- calvin coolidge. the federal debt went up from $1 billion to $26 billion. it was out of control. taxes were in the '70s. they had nationalized the railroad, killed it, and then denationalized. there was no area into which the government would not go. they had inflation that they refused to call inflation, because it was embarrassing. if workers were underpaid and were going on strike like in russia, which had just had a revolution. we think we have hard times, there was greater uncertainty then. you look at that recession. what was the policy response to the aftermath of world war rooad -- world war i. there was even a bombing of wall street after world war i. so they raised the interest rates 300 basis points and cut the budget in half. if that was the policy response of the administration. unemployment and inflation and general upheaval and mystery. so they cut the government in half partly because of the war. many angry disabled veterans. they raised interest rates like crazy to prove to the world

when he was coming to washington. -- calvin coolidge. the federal debt went up from $1 billion to $26 billion. it was out of control. taxes were in the '70s. they had nationalized the railroad, killed it, and then denationalized. there was no area into which the government would not go. they had inflation that they refused to call inflation, because it was embarrassing. if workers were underpaid and were going on strike like in russia, which had just had a revolution. we think we have hard times, there was greater uncertainty then. you look at that recession. what was the policy response to the aftermath of world war and -- world war i. there was even a bombing of wall street after world war i. so they raised the interest rates 300 basis points and cut the budget in half. if that was the policy response of the administration. unemployment and inflation and general upheaval and mystery. so they cut the government in half partly because of the war. many angry disabled veterans. they raised interest rates like crazy to prove to the world yo

lindbergh had come and levine was the only flyer who did not receive a letter of commendation from calvin coolidge the jewish population in brooklyn had a fit about that. so that's levine. levine is the villain, the set piece. many newspaperman called him a madman because he's always changing his mind, or he was labeled as a man who was not lindbergh. but in many ways he was the most like lindbergh of any of the flies. he was an outsider. he doted on his plane. he was uncomfortable in society. he was a gambler in terms of gambling about life and death. i mean, he was a fascinating character. and the last to go over was byrd's crew. the man who is the presumptive winner is the loser. and the people find that their are trained to -- i've been a crash that severely injured floyd bennett. so they had to reject or their crew list. bert acosta became one of the pilots. byrd was to navigate the man with glasses is the radioman, george noble, and bernt balchen probably saved all of their lives because they for 40 hours in a fog and they could never see the ground until they crashed off the western coast o

calvin coolidge said if you see ten problems coming at you, chances are if you stand still, nine willin the ditch. in the meantime, while we're putting it off until december, will it havegativeconomic ef eep playing asteroids, we'll never focus on the long-term problem, the entitlement reform -- >> bill gross is the smart money on this, he deals with the people who buy the bond. christine could be right, i could be right, but ultimately the bet is made in the world in which bill operates. >> i think the long-term is the threat, ali, in terms of the u.s. bond market. that means long term bonds. to the extent that we continue to run deficits at 8% and 9%, that means higher inflation and ultimately that's a negative for those 20 and 30-year treasuries, what an investor would want to do to protect himself or herself is to buy shorter term securities, buy three to five-year securities so inflation couldn't erode their principal so quickly. there is a defense mechanism for bond holders and i think that's gradually taking place not only in the united states but elsewhere around the world. >>

she is also working on a biography of calvin coolidge coming out.ribes as boring. >>-- roaring. >> they did not start with a roar. i am looking at it now from the point of calvin coolidge when he was coming to washington. the federal debt went up from 1 billion to $26 billion. it was out of control. taxes -- they had nationalized the railroad, kill it, and d nationalize did a carcass. there was no area into which the government -- they had inflation that they would not call inflation because that was embarrassing. workers were way underpaid and going on strikes like in russia which had just had a revolution. we think we have hard times and we do not know what we are doing there is too much debt -- there was greater uncertainty then. you look at that recession and what was the policy response to the aftermath of world war i. there was a hangover recession, what was the policy response when you have a bad recession and angry workers who are occupying wall street and even bombing it if you recall. there was a bombing of wall street. you raise interest

and of course, it's the birthday of president calvin coolidge. it's also a birthday of a member of the family who lives in the big white house behind me. malia obama turns 14 today. a celebration the first daughter can mark with independence day fireworks. which she and the first family will launch with service members and her families. another part of americana that malia and sasha are these days, the election. trying to beef up his number with women voters. >> proud father of two daughters. >> reporter: they appeared in a father's day tribute. >> i think of what kind of world i'm leaving for my two, little girls. >> reporter: the obama girls may be too young to be hitting the campaign trail soon, unlike mitt romney's boys. 18 grandkids. seen here on a vacation in new hampshire. boating. jet skiing. eating ice cream. even squeezing in a game of volleyball. the romney brothers have appeared in a web ad, praising mother, ann, on mother's day. >> slow to judge. and quick to offer a helping hand. >> reporter: and all appeared on conan o'brien, tryin

the day we lost john adams, and the say calvin coolidge was born.g in america that much better. this man is journalist extrordanaire charlie pierce. good morning sir. >> hi, kids. how is everybody? >> good, charlie, how are ya? >> good. this is a new cluster of geniuses. >> i don't write for the globe anymore. >> i know. i'm sorry, but there are so many great pieces you wrote -- >> they are like naked pictures out there -- >> when i want to smart to say, i google charlie pierce and the globe, and then i'll be set. >> oh, you are too kind. you did a great job filling in for governor grandholm last week. >> thank you. >> last time i went to the super bowl governor grandholm served cherry juice. >> it sounds like heaven to me. charlie you are calling us during a week that has exploded into a very busy news week. >> eric fehrnstrom is an old friend of mine. he does go on tv and make the mistake of telling the truth occasionally. and that of course everyone tackles. >> first etch-a-sketch and now that it is not a tax. i'm the guy that asked him the quest

calvin coolidge. >> stephanie: thank you for that fun fact. >> speaking of one termers. >> stephanie:code stephanie. did i mention ride sally ride. i'm just saying, i only came out a couple of years ago and i understand she was a very private person and she did not want to be defined like that. for anyone to say how dare she to come out posthumously. that's why you have to respect people. she's a hero and know another kind of woman. >> the first woman in space. the only astronaut mentioned in that billy joel song. she chose to come out in hero bit aware.herobituary. >> stephanie: and she was private about having pancreatic cancer. some people are private in different ways. just the headline offended me. was sally ride staying out of headline. this is recently departed astronaut was the first woman in space and her her her obituary revealed she was the first gay one as well. she left a final mark on american history in the obituary. i didn't know this until sue called in from rockville. i was like, oh really? nobody knew she was gay. >> she was survived by her partner. >> stephanie: sh

calvin coolidge may have been the last jeffersonian.lieved strongly in the limits of government will and federal power -- governmental and federal power. >> for questions and comments live at noon eastern. the middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, iraq, and the peace process. tonight at 9:00. >> this is the conversation we need to have that nobody is willing to have. what role should the government play in how things are financed? >> sure details the subprime lending collapse, the detailed -- she details the subprime lending collapse. >> if you want to subsidize housing and in the populous agrees is something we should subsidize, make it clear and evident. make everybody aware of how much it is costing. when you do it for the third party enterprises and deliver the subsidy through a public company with private sure movers and executives who can extract a lot of the subsidy for themselves, that is not a good way of subsidizing home ownership. we have seen that in 2008. >> more tonight at 8:00. "was

but the 30th president, calvin coolid coolidge, was born on the fourth of july in 1872. >>> we're backugh. after months of tension between the united states and pakistan, islamabad has given nato the go ahead to move supplies across the border. in a statement, secretary of state hillary clinton said, "we are sorry for the losses suffered by the pakistani military. we are committed to working closely with pakistan and afghanistan to prevent this from ever happening again." nbc news pakistan bureau chief joins us here in new york on this fourth of july. amna, was this widely expected? >> well, richard, we knew that something was in the works. this statement yesterday is the result of months of negotiation between the two sides on a number of issues, not just this apology that much has been made about but also on the cost of containers traveling those supply lines, on the terms of usage of those routes, also on the drone issue we've heard so much about, also on military operations in waziristan, the area bordering afghanistan. there are a number of issues back and forth. both sides had ho

it examines the 1924 presidential election between democratic candidate john davis and calvin coolidge.