dr. snyder's own journals. he wrote a journal and an unpublished book and there were other scholars that i have read on this particular topic. there was a german article interviewed snyder but i took a lot of it from his own writings. number nine, ike opened up channels to pr professionals and that does not sound like much. public relations was trying to gain respectability in the 50's -- in the 1950's as a profession. public relations is a relatively new profession if you talk about history. depending on what historian you talk to, public relations began at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century depending on who you talk to. scott dates it before the beginning of the 20th century. it is a little over 100 years old as a profession. people have cared about image since cavemen but as a -- have cared about image as long as mankind have lived, but as a profession it is over a hundred years old. they communicated with the jackson committee. he brought some pr professionals into the mix to