under harding and coolidge.y poignant scene and you know, who knows what might have been -- harding had great respect for hoover. he never [laughter] he said, you do not write the same gd english that i do. i am not sure that that is an insult, but anyway, but he had great respect for hoover. one thing i have mentioned both , parties in 1920 floated with the idea of nominating hoover. wilson told his brother-in-law, that if left to him, if he could choose as his successor herbert hoover. and hoover talked to some in 1920, but he decided -- he was a bull moose republican, a teddy roosevelt progressive republican. he was no stand pattern. his problem with the party throughout the 1920's and his presidency was from the right wing of the party that never really trusted him. a lot of them were isolationists too. they held his cosmopolitan background against him. but anyway, he accompanied harding on the cross-country voyage of understanding to alaska, where harding fell ill. and then they returned to san francisco. -

coolidge wouldn't go and dedicate it. and hoover, in 1930 - seven years after harding died, hoover took a train to marion, and he dedicated it. not only did he dedicate it, but he used his speech to single out people in the audience who'd been crooks in the harding administration, people who had hastened the president's death. i mean, it was a very gutsy thing to do. >> how was he picked by the republican party to be the candidate? and how big did he win against al smith? >> he was in many ways, he was a reluctant choice. but, i mean, remember, this was a guy who had, you know, fraternized with the enemy. he'd been part of woodrow wilson's war cabinet. this was someone who had talked seriously to democrats about 1920. >> in fact, there's a wonderful letter that year from young franklin roosevelt to a friend who had urged hoover's virtues, and fdr, genial fdr, agreeing, saying, "you know, he certainly is a wonder. no one would be better than herbert hoover as a democratic nominee." but while hoover was not interested in be

calvin coolidge carried new york city. the last republican to do so. al smith, of course, carried new york city but he carried a lot of other cities as well. and what's fascinating to speculate is would that break through in the south, would that have been a one time event or might it have foreshadowed. i can't tell you. i can't answer that. and i think a lot of economists if they're honest seyou had the crazy system where germany is borrowing the rest of the world owed it. but american banks were loaning money to germany, which then used the money to pay off so in addition you had a rotten bank system. there were banks speculating on the stock market. i mean there were banks doing things to positive money that would shock us today. you had wall street speculation, rank overheated, baseless, lots of people buying stock on margin, which is to say in effect they were borrowing funds and if they borrow down they'd have to sell their stock to pay off -- i mean the whole system was rigged. who would believe it was the cumulative impact of the war, and it's

coolidge wouldn't go and dedicate it. and hoover -- so in 19 -- seven years ago after harding died, hoover took a train to marianne and dedicated. not only did he dedicate it, but he used his speech to single out people in the audience who had been crooks in the harding administration. people who had hastened the president's death. i mean, it was a very gutsy thing to do. >> how was he picked by the republican party to be the candidate and how big did he win against al smith? >> he was, in many ways, he was a reluctant choice. i mean, remember, this was a guy who had, you know, frat efrater with the enemy. it's a wonderful letter you hear from young franklin roosevelt to a friend who had urged hoover's virtues and fdr, you know, genial fdr agreeing saying, he certainly is a wonder. no one would be better than herbert hoover as a democratic nominee. but hoover was not interested in being a sacrificial lamb that year. he had -- you know, he knew enough about politics to know that in 1920, it was pa republica republican year

i want to think the coolidge foundation for supporting me. certain friends including thomas smith, jim pearson, the kings college, especially josiah peterson who worked on the research. i would like to thank my family, my husband, my daughter who are here tonight. the first sentence of the question, why not socialism. this is a question we asked last night when we watched the presidential debates. how do we answer it? a question all centrists, market people, would deliver an answer and answer. we feel an obligation to undertake the long-term investment in projects that would open american minds so that american minds see the tragedy of socialism. we want to share the record of the past or the record of venezuela so that when they come to vote, younger americans recognize what is not useful policy. where are we? it is november of 2019, educating is a long-term investment. some of us don't have the heart for the long haul. we feel frustrated at the prospect of slow outcomes and perhaps outright failure in our intellectual entrepreneur ship, pol

amity serves as apresidential scholar for kings carriage college, chairs the board of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation and in a coup forus at and i , chairs the selection committee or the manhattan institute's hyattprize, an award she herself has one . amity's latest work , great society: a new history is a stunningachievement . few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dramatic and turbulent moments. the assassinations of the kennedys and martinluther king jr. , march on washington and antiwar protests. neil armstrong on the moon and fighting in vietnam. amity's focus though is not the drama that played out on television screens across the country so much as a failure of washington mb to control these events and direct the show red indeed, a generation of politicians aim to realize that the centralized hierarchal and highly regulated model of political economy dominated postwar america has stopped working. yet more than just the technical failures, amity captures the stifling feeling of a coun

one of my favorites is calvin coolidge.t was during his time that radio came into being, and he did 22 speeches into the radio microphone. for people who remember his image, it was not terrific for television, but it was terrific for radio. it was during the time that he was on radio, the audience built -- it grew. just like how c-span started out with 3 million homes and then we went up 100 million homes. he's started out with very few radio stations and went up to several hundred more. those stories exist with each president. john: right, right. any thoughts on press relations, presidents that you know of? brian: i think kennedy was brilliant at it. he charmed everybody, but he charmed the press too. i do think of franklin roosevelt. he would have the whole white house press corps into his office once a week. just sit at his desk and field questions and -- he knew how not to answer. when you spend that much face time with the president, it's a very effective in getting them to pull their punches. >> this is where i will b

coolidge believed in a strong economy.nt against the progressives and my final thought this evening is this, there's a big decision coming up in something called face forward. another multitrillion dollar bill -- phase four. we as a nation must fight for this. i disagree slightly with art laffer, there is such a thing as inflation and when it hits it is a virus that hits every corner of this nation. enough spending, open up the country, support the governors who are trying to open it up, and opposed the governors who aren't. that's it for tonight. i will see you next time on life, liberty and levin exclusive tonight, my conversation with jared kushner. he's been at the heart of the coronavirus response team and will talk about that and about where we go next is a country. he joins me live in just a few minutes. good evening. welcome to "the next revolution". this is the home of positive populism. also with us for the hour, lisa booth, tammy bruce and charlie kirk. as the devastating human toll of the shutdown rises, as it

the shocking things that i found a suitable my wife and i came to lift bridge is we sold to the coolidge a river valley look fantastic and the thing that shocked us both was where all the kids. my concern is that the gnawing young children below can drink i can play has led to them not dating the cons of experiences that actually prepare them to be able to deal effectively in an unpredictable world that . there are several studies that track things like how frequent is depression in childhood how frequent is like a pathology and that's been going like this so you have the plight coming down of this and all these mental health things going up what is at the university of tennessee researchers are taking pelisse is work a step further. they're looking into the connection between play and the ability to deal with life's hard knocks. these are syrian hamsters they're about a month old and about a month old is their peak time social play and their social play is rough and tumble mock aggression where they will roll around in each other and rustle. along at them. and one way to initiate play i

was always tipped his hat and respected him and as a republican and attorney general and calvin coolidge and then to respect the new deal and the became chief justice. >> you assisted refugees in hungary in the fifties. how do you explain to understand but to say they were not talking to each other. that's true that they said so to be so filled with that excitement and that meaning of what the revolution was all about to say mr. president don't you think there's something more we might have done to help the freedom fighters? he said without hesitation no. and i was standing there and then to go into that historical discussion, beginning 1919 right as they took over hungary to always look for an opportunity so when he saw that to get the world to look at them and to say the revolution began october 23rd. the suez was october 29 they are totally unrelated is it is that so? maybe we could have done something. to know what's going on on the road. [laughter] >> this is for vanden who pulls. living through tumultuous times or has there been material differences? with the cold war, socialis war

the united states, warren harding, calvin coolidge, herbert hoover, was not friendly to the left in any way, and the labor movement didn't really come back to life in a big way until the 1930's under franklin roosevelt. >> thank you very much. we have again just wonderful questions coming in. this is a group of history educators, of course. >> i can see. [laughter] >> you can see them? , i'm seeing a number of questions about your primary sources, if some of them are available digitally, particularly that matthew showed, -- map you showed, or will they be cited and reproduced in your upcoming book? >> that amazing map i found online. i couldn't tell you exactly the website involved, but i think if you google "ethnic map of new york, military intelligence 1919," it will very quickly bring something up. one set of resources that are online now, through an --anization, a website cald , associated.com with ancestry.com, has digitized a vast number of military records. they've also digitized the records of the bureau of investigation's spying on subversives during this period, because this i

as you move forward, you get to grace coolidge, lou hoover, both of which are very interested in the collection of antiques, but then also cataloguing what the white house already has. by the time you get to jacqueline kennedy, that is when there is this question of, should the white house have this museum standard? and that means having a full staff on board, having a preservation committee to help with renovation projects. that is where we see the turn. it was something that was building for 50 years before that. >> what is your very favorite spot in the white house? same question for you. >> my very favorite spot? i would say the blue room. the shape obviously. but the furniture in there, as an early americanist, i appreciate especially things from early america. james monroe essentially became president and he does not even have an executive mansion to move into because it is still being rebuilt by james hoban after the fire. when he decides he is going to redecorate, he brings in this french maid suite, 53 pieces made of the beachwood. it is gilded and it is actually outfitted i

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they remembered calvin coolidge coming out once or twice but they thought that was perhaps to see if anyone was tilting food. truman knew everybody by name on the staff, knew all about their families. this wasn't a politician's device. just the way he was. the whole give them hell, harry. yes, harry truman, on-the-job, in the office, at the white house, with his people at the lowest level or highest level, never gave anyone hell. he never raised his voice. if anything he's remembered for being how considerate he was. and then for small favors and courtesies he would do. >> david mccullough's appeared more than 75 times including 50 appearances on book tv. up next he discusses his biography with john adams at 2001 book was a recipient of the pulitzer prize. >> guest: john adams was born in 1735, he lived until 1826, to the age of nearly 91. he lives longer than any president in our history. he has been commonly thought of as a rich boston blueblood. he was none of those, he was not rich, he is not bostonian and he was on a blue blood. he was a farmer's son but because a scholarship to

one of my favorites is calvin coolidge. it was during his time that radio came into being, and he did 22 speeches into the radio microphone. for people who remember his image, it was not terrific for television, but it was terrific for radio. it was during the time that he was on radio, the audience built, it grew. just like how c-span started out with 3 million homes and then we went up 100 million homes. he's started out with very few radio stations and went up to several hundred more. those stories exist with each president. john: right, right. any thoughts on press relations, presidents that you know of? >> i think kennedy was brilliant at it. he charmed everybody, but he charmed the press too. i do think of franklin roosevelt. he would have the whole white house press corps into his office once a week. just sit at his desk and field questions and -- he knew how not to answer. when you spend that much face time with the president, it's a very effective in getting them to pull their punches. >> this is where i will be ve

and then coolidge come out once and they thought that was to see if anyone was stealing food. truman knew everybody by name on staff, new about their families. he was a politicians device and that's the way he was the whole give him hell harry on the job in the white house with the lowest level or the highest level he never gave anyone helen never raised his voice. if anything he is remembered for how considerate he was. with small favors and courtesies he would do. >> john adams was born in 1735. he lived until 1826 nearly to the age of 91 lived longer than any president in history. he has been commonly thought of as a rich boston bluebird he was not any of those he was not rich or blue blood he was a farmer son who because of the scholarship to harvard discovered books forever. john adams was the most broadly read american of his time and let's remember it was john adams the second president of the united states who signed legislation to create the library of congress. so to talk about john adams and remember john adams is all together particularly appropriate on this occasi

the article in this particular organization, also by leading eugenicist, and also president calvin coolidge 1924 signed immigration policy as a defense of america for americans. but it is perhaps this document i found in the archives that perfectly encapsulated when america for americans really means. the ku klux klan claimed to speak for all americans by condemning the flood of foreigners who took advantage of the u.s., who pushed the nativeborn aside and teamed leading to foreign flags. this pamphlet titled "america for americans", it's red, white and blue cover featuring white, showing an enormous american flag. the message inside was clear. immigrants are a threat to the united states. protestant americans are the only true americans. vigilance and regulation through the kkk's campaign of racial violence was the early way to protect and "america for americans". by the 1920s, congress established a national origin that kept the doors open to immigrants in western europe but closed it to almost everyone. countries like great britain, ireland, sweden received nearly 87% of the thesis while

writings of this particular anti-immigrant organization also leaving eugenicists, also president calvin coolidgeho in 1924 signed immigration policy as a defense of america for americans. that is perhaps this document that i found in the archives dot perfectly encapsulated what america for americans really means. in the 1920s, the ku klux klan claimed to speak for all true americans by condemning the flow to take advantage of the u.s. who published and hurt the native born outside and became an allegiance to the flag's. this pamphlet was titled america for americans. it's red, white and blue cover featured a hooded klansman with an enormous american flag. the message inside was clear immigrants are a threat to the united states. white protestant americans are the only true americans and vigilance and regulations through the campaign of racial violence was the only way to protect and america for americans. by the 1920s, congress established discriminatory national origins but kept the doors open to immigrants in northern and western europe but closed it to almost everyone else. countries like gre

well, seated in the president's pew tonight are students from calvin coolidge high school in washington, d.c. they participated in a podcast with me and wonderful students. and i would like them to stand. are they here? [ applause ] and so tonight, they're in the president's pew. and one thing we like to think of as educators, as we plant the seat and water the seed, but we may never see the results of that education. and we hope one day, these students and their peers are back here, maybe as president of the united states, sitting in the president's pew. so they're great friends of mine and it's great to have them here this evening. we have the privilege of having two wonderful presenters tonight, david rubenstein is the cofounder and co-executive chairman of the carlyle group. he has been the chairman of the board and held senior governance positions with many organizations that you're very familiar with, including the smithsonian institution, the john f. kennedy memorial performing arts center, which is the living memorial for president kennedy, the harvard corporation, duke universi

and was that in mind, where did calvin coolidge rank? [laughter] richard: he did not say much but what he said was funny. [laughter] grover cleveland who was -- true story, grover cleveland, very few friends on capitol hill. particularly in the talkative field because itself the world's greatest delivered body. late one night, middle of the night, mrs. cleveland wakes the president. and says, there are thieves in the house. he says, no, my dear, thieves in the senate. [laughter] harry truman said, without a sense of humor, a man would go crazy in the oval office. and i think there is a lot of truth to that. douglas: i once did a book on the notes of ronald reagan. he kept this elaborate note card system filled with jokes. any speech he would go, you could pick, it could be dogs or kiwanis clubs and he would have them all in order and he would pull the card and he would put these jokes in his speech. it went over very well. reagan was all about humor. i think it is a key quality to being a successful president like you said. there are exc

charles coolidge from nashville, 98. he has been in really bad health for the last, probably 10 years. but he is still going. he is opening a medal of honor museum in the nashville area. in fact, he wanted me to come down and join him. i would like to do that but i am headed someplace else. by charles and i was the only two remaining. not to insult you or embarrass you in any way, we prefer that you call us recipients rather than winners. i didn't have any competition out there! [laughter] boy i would have loved to have had four other guys out there. [applause] [laughter] mr. williams: any other questions? >> just a comment. my father, jack mckay was in the first and then the fifth marine divisions. he was wounded. he had three purple hearts. two of them he got in iwo. sorry that i am crying. he was also a demolitions expert. he was on the cover of "life" magazine. it is a famous picture called "sticks and bones." he is the third one in. so if any of you get to see it -- but thank you for your service. my dad never talke