dwight eisenhower spends his winters in california at palm desert, but he spends the summers in gettysburgpennsylvania. please visit the eisenhower home there. eisenhower decides the democratic party has much better marketing than the republican party and hosts a symposium at his gettysburg farm with gop leaders to try to see, how can the republican party better market itself? the result of that has never been known to history before. i probably say, until i found it. that is this record called mr. lincoln's party today. it is a longplaying record. here is the back cover. famous pictures and faces of that era. former president eisenhower out of the white house for two years. richard nixon, running for the governorship of california two years ago, he was ike's vice president. on the left is barry goldwater, conservative republican of arizona. in the middle right is nelson rockefeller. the liberal republican governor of new york. on the lower left is the man who just became a republican, ronald reagan. clearly, him being chosen as the narrator of this important republican party record was ap

dwight eisenhower formalized it. he ran his office very much like he did the military. the bureaucracy became very entrenched and well executed in the american presidency under eisenhower. for example, he had weekly cabinet meetings and form the office of congressional liaison so that he could have a formal link to the legislative process. this was especially important because throughout the 1950s, the democratic party controlled congress. so eisenhower recognized that to get things done, he needed to have a smooth operation in terms of links with congress. but he also brought this organizational focus to the shifting media environment and transforms the white house into a production studio. to do that, he worked very closely with hollywood figures and madison avenue television executives and advertising companies, to navigate the new, mass medium of television. it ultimately really transformed american political communication during the 1950s. so, the post-world war ii era is a key moment to understand the rise of entertainment, advertising, television and hollywood in

and for the republican party and dwight eisenhower, it worked. ns used this new medium more effectively to attract a wider range of voters and to bring in new people to the republican party. and so i think that's a really key thing here. thinking about how you can use a new medium to bring in individuals that may not have been engaged in the political process before. they may not be invested in voting like workers are whose negotiating rights depended on building that new deal coalition or farmers who some of their economic interests depended on these new deal programs. rather, you're appealing to media consumers and finding a way to get them invested emotionally into the political process. so one of the effective things that eisenhower does is he brings these innovations from the campaign trail to the white house, itself. and transforms the white house into a production studio. and this is very literally, they took the basement -- or the basement kitchen of the white house and turned it actually into a production studio itself with cameras. and h

once, when it granted dwight eisenhower and ones in 1957 when it granted eisenhower's doctrine for the middle east, in fact, as we know ever since the onset of the cold war, congress had a loath question or limit presidential power in foreign affairs. it's different in domestic affairs, like integration. congress gets very involved or taxation or infrastructure, but when it comes to foreign policy, there are willing to allow the president to chart his own course. as i mentioned in a previous lecture, harry truman never got a congressional declaration divide in korea and that was a un police action. as i mentioned another lecture, in 1954 eisenhower ask for an airstrike to relieve the french. congress lead, but was turned down, it was too soon after korea and when they were being bombarded by the communist chinese, eisenhower asked for what came to be known as the foremost that resolution. to take whatever military action was necessary to protect the nationalist chinese. and this was granted by a wide margin, and, again in 1957, when there was evidence of a communist insurrection in leb

once in 1955 when it granted dwight eisenhower's request for a resolution and once in 1957 when it granted eisenhower's doctrine for the middle east. ever since the on set of the cold war congress had been loath to question presidential decisions or limit presidential powers in foreign affairs. it's different with domestic affairs. when it comes to foreign policy, they're willing to allow the president to chart his own course. i mentioned in a previous lecture harry truman never got a congressional power of war tonight in korea. he was required to, but dnidn't get it. in 1954 eisenhower asked the congress to grant him the authority to launch an air strike to relieve the french garrison in vietnam. congress led by lyndon johnson turned eisenhower down. it was too soon after korea. memories of the war were too fresh. in 1955 when the islands were being bombarded by the communist chinese, eisenhower asked for what came to be known as the formosa resolution. it granted eisenhower to take whatever military action he felt was necessary. this was granted by a wide margin. again, in 1957 when ther

kennedy and dwight eisenhower. and his successor richard nixon, all of who excelled, or thought they did at foreign policy. and fan domestic affairs a chore and tedious. johnson will grew up idolizing franklin roosevelt wanted fiercely to carry through what he viewed, as the unfulfilled promise of the new deal. we believe that world war ii, had nick social form in the but. he wanted to carry it through croatian. vietnam has johnson recognized with thrust into office, was a lethal obstacle on the path to creating a great society. the war was consuming a great deal of money, even in 1963. johnson at a domestic agenda, he knew would require massive funding. the war was a potential siphon. but it was also a commitment, and prize against don't -- made by a recently assassinated american president. as johnson put it in one of his most off quoted remarks, i think it points up the distinctly gendered way, in which he considered to conceptualize problem, -- if i left a woman i really loved, the great society in to get into

. >> next on the presidency, ronald reagan scholar gene kopleson discusses dwight eisenhower's influence on one of reagan. and is -- mr. of mr.n is the author reagan's 1968 dress rehearsal. the pepperdine school of public policy hosted the event. >>

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in that first poll, dwight eisenhower, who is today considered great or near great, was near or below average. so why do historians in an anonymous poll put james buchanan last? my best answer is this, it has become wisdom to do so. i have participated in polls for presidents. when you are in the moment, writing down your answer, you have to sort of create a beginning and an end, a kind of narrative of greatness. it is easy to make buchanan the worst president because he has been the worst president. at a recent conference of the organization of american historians, there was a whole panel dedicated to the question of the worst president, and buchanan by most accounts should not be ranked last. but, again, when we are talking about who is worst and we are throwing out names, it gets kind of sad. host: the professor joining us from new york. he is a professor of history at eastern connecticut state university. his book "bosom friends: the intimate world of james buchanan and william rufus king." thanks for joining us on c-span3's american history tv. we appreciate it. dr. balcerski: th

grandson of an intelligence officer who served under general dwight eisenhower.s what's coming up here on american history tv. again for the invitation to speak here in the old dominion home. i want to take just a couple of specifico thank two groups. long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in washington county in july of 2016.

. >> what's the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. 1953, president dwight eisenhower issued an executive order creating the president's committee on government contracts, directing companies doing business with the government -- with the government to hire employees without discrimination based on creed, color, or national organ. "reel america," "the new girl." produced by president eisenhower's committee on government contracts, this film dramatizes the racial tensions caused by the first hiring of a black secretary by a private company doing federal contract work. the film was shown by churches and civic groups and schools to address compliance with the antidiscrimination effort. [film begins] [laughter] [indiscernible conversations] ♪ that is the new girl. it is her first day. -- narrator: that is the new girl. it is her first day. some people say there will be trouble. some saw trouble coming from the start. ♪ >> good office management begins at home. you are late. >> guilty, sir. >> you better hurry. my coffee is probably getting cold. >> it is a wonder i love to

we also hear from the grandson of a colonel who served as intelligence chief under general dwight eisenhowern the european theater. hauenstein center hosted the event. >> welcome to our c-span and grand rapids audience. i am the host of today's discussion. since 2003, the director of the hauenstein center for presidential studies named after colonel ralph hauenstein, whom we will be speaking of. i am joined on stage by two individuals for whom world war ii is no abstraction. to my right is the daughter of an ambassador. her fa

grandson of an intelligence officer who served under general dwight eisenhower. that's what's coming up here on american history tv. again for the invitation to speak here in the old dominion home. i want to take just a couple of specifico thank two groups. long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in washington county in july of 2016. the church was celebrating their 150th anniversary, and they invited me to come up and talk about what it might've been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. and we and i drove up walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one ,ady sitting in the sanctuary and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. would you come out to the car after the program? i said sure. opensut of the car, she the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. and she says what do we -- and i say, what do we have here? and she says, these are my grandfather

. >> what's the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. 1953, president dwight eisenhowerutive order creating the president's committee on government contracts, directing companies doing business with the government -- with the government to hire employees without discrimination based on creed, color, or national organ. "reel america,"

it was the case of billy graham being instrumental in wooing dwight eisenhower to the republican ticket. the result would be an eisenhower victory on a platform of heading back time lapse to the state. this is a very valuable the leasinguch of was funding public education in texas. was also for control at a family values political issue. forging this alliance i would , and youing effects might be wondering what this is. is billy graham's evangelistic ministry that started a movie company. his first movie produced was mr. texas. the second movie was oil town usa based in texas. celebrating the potential of the wildcat or should he come to christ and personal salvation to use that wealth and those riches that billythe gospel graham preached to large audiences throughout the world. what was some of the next steps beyond this? powerbrokers within causederging block liberal critics till really against extremist in the oil fund the political right. but for independent oil churchmen, there was no question who was on the wrong side of the spectrum, rock a file -- rockefeller republicans. rockef

dwight eisenhower would have done this already. harry truman would have done this already.ome on, it's time. >> mayor deblasio, good luck to you. good luck to all the folks in new york city, around the united states and around the world. this is a global crisis. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> coming up, we'll speak live to the mayor of washington, d.c. i'll ask her about the enormous challenges she's facing in getting people to follow social distancing in the nation's capital. the strong measures being put in place to keep visitors from flocking to an annual tradition. this could be very, very dangerous. hold my pouch. trust us. us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch. completing your 2020 census could mean smoother roads. or more emergency rooms. or more representation in our government. the census counts us all. and an accurate count helps inform where billions go every year. so, don't miss your chance to be counted. we're kind of depending on you here. complete the census, online, by phone, or by mail. shape y

when dwight eisenhower was running u.s.ces in world war ii hspent an enormous time on landing craft, the dull logidical things that you ne to get a process and institution to work in a crisis, and i don't iave confidence we're doing the dull, logistic ngs now. >> woodruff: that's something the white house has been talking about, mark, and is focusing on that, looking at legislation to address the health and medical wegent issues out there all as the economy, with so many people out of a jb. what do you see coming from congress? is it moving fastug artholnit eic dioides, aroi they to be so great as to even be able to find a remedy here? >> i think they will act, judy. i think the crisis is such that they'll find itin their own interest as well as the national interesto act. just one side bar and that is andrew cuomo, the governor of new york, deserves a shoutouthi foleadership as does mike dewine, even though controversially closing the primary tuesday, i think he's shown leadership, tpublican governor of ohio. but i think t

we also hear from the grandson of a colonel who served as intelligence chief under general dwight eisenhower in the european theater. hauenstein center hosted the event. >> welcome to our c-span and grand rapids audience. i am the host of today's discussion. since 2003, the director of the hauenstein center for presidential studies named after colonel ralph hauenstein, whom we will be speaking of. i am joined on stage by two individuals for whom world war ii is no abstraction. to my right is the daughter of an ambassador. her father is remembered as the envoy who tried who she ate -- tried to negotiate peace while the japanese military was secretly trying to attack pearl harbor. her mother was american from new york city. she marriedwar ii, an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of her life in the grand rapids area. one of her great-grandchildren is in the audience. theour far-right is youngest grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. brian's grandfather is pressed known -- is best known as 's u.s. army officer and placesed paris of unbelievable horror. after the war, ral

on the wartime presidents of the country george washington, abraham lincoln, and fdr and then dwight eisenhower and people who were absolutely selfless. absolutely selfless and all about the dignity and the generosity that we encapsulate and like to believe of ourselves as americans, and yet, the president of the united states is talking about himself. you watch anthony fauchi and deborah birx, they need to convey the life-saving information they have all while kowtowing to the president's ego. it is stunning to watch. and secretary azar and the vice president who need to start every sentence with the thanks to the stunning and outlandish leadership of the president, and it is like watching the south korea or the old soviet union, and so, nicolle, this is not the moment to talk about november 2020, but the american people know what we can do about this. >> i want to ask you about one more topic in the news friday night, and the washington post broke a story that said while donald trump may not have seen this coming and we can debate it until the end of time, the intelligence community did, and

the uss carrier s truman and dwight d eisenhower.nse from the trumpet ministration will be. the u.s. military could launch retaliatory strikes very soon. at the pentagon, lucas tomlinson, fox news. >>> still to come tonight, the precautions police department are taking due to covid-19. >>> i just want to do my 14 days at home and hopefully be negative and i want to go home to my family. >> we will have more from a couple quarantines at travis air force base after they were evacuated from the grand princess cruise ship. why they say the experience has been unorganized. >>> and, much needed rain comes to the bay area but will be wet weather last? meteorologist mark has your complete bay area forecast, coming up next. ♪ get to the ross spring dress event, where the prices make all the dresses yeses. yeah! save 20 to 60 percent off department store prices on our best selection of spring dresses. the ross spring dress event, on now! ♪ dramatic choir music ♪ dramatic choir music ♪ dramatic choir music it's the rush of relaxation. introduci

just rallying behind the ticket, but in the case of billy graham being instrumental in wooing dwight eisenhower to the republican ticket. the result would be an eisenhower victory on a platform of handing that control the tidelands to the states. and this was a very valuable commodity, much of the leasing was funding public education in texas. again, so the fight for control of tidelands was also a family values political issue. forging this alliance that would have lasting effects. and you might be wondering what this is. this is billy graham's evangelistic ministry that started a movie company. his first movie produced was "mr. texas." the second movie was "oil town usa" based in texas. celebrating the potential of the wildcater should he come to christ and personal salvation to use that wealth and those riches to promote the gospel that billy graham preached to large audiences throughout the world. what were some of the next steps beyond this? pushnabashed evangelical for petroleum would continue. in 1964 many powerbrokers within this emerging block through support behind barry goldwater, wh

in the audience was general dwight d eisenhower. i'm sure you know general eisenhower was the one that led the invasion of normandy. in his closing remarks in honor of general marshall he said all he wants to do was retired to his farm in virginia with mrs. eisenhower as soon as he said that. people began to laugh. grew immediately recognize the mistake in quickly and clearly said my apologies to the general. at that point he blurted out which general. i did not rely solely on discussions with the family. i also had access to a lot of documents no document was more important than cruise diary. this guy, was incredibly disciplined through his long diplomatic career almost every evening during the week and on weekends he would sit at his desk has pipe clenched between his teeth his smith corona typewriter in front of him and he would write out what have happened what have been said and what he have about the previous day. i had access of thousands of pages of cruise diary i knew everything he thought in those months for pearl harbor.

from teddy roosevelt who oversaw the waterways to dwight eisenhower who developed the interstate highway system to ronald reagan who created the mass transit account of the highway trust fund and he did it by adjusting the federal user fee. federal leadership is key to connect our nation. the bottom line is, the time to make these important infrastructure investments is now. delaying action only makes a decision more difficult and projects costlier. from the business community's perspective, the question is not if we need to make these decisions, but when. the world economic forum just ranked the infrastructure 14th. that is right. is this a legacy we want to leave our kids and grandkids? the reauthorization needs to be bipartisan and ensure both rural and urban infrastructure issues are addressed. the bill needs to be paid for and adjusting the federal motor fee is a most efficient and transparent way to invest in highways, bridges and transit. the time to act is now on behalf of the american people. we appreciate the opportunity to testify in front of you today and we look forward to y

i live in a district that devoted for dwight eisenhower twice, that voted for richard nixon in 1960, 1968, and 1962 by ever-greater margins that voted for ronald reagan overwhelmingly twice and voted for george h.w. bush twice. and all that time, there was a democratic congressman. they're two different figures. and only one time did their party achieve their objective. i look at it now. i will promise you this, if i didn't vote the way my constituents vote presidentially, i would not be there the next time. and in the upcoming election as the guy who used to run politics -- and this has changed dramatically in my life in political life which began in the late '70s to now. about 95% of the people that voted for donald trump are going to vote republican for congress and about 95% of the people that voted against the republican nominee is probably going to vote democrat. so, this polarization inside the population really affects what happens inside the institution. and to think that politicians will ignore that for the sake of defending institutional prerogatives i think is to be naive

in the audience was general dwight d eisenhower and his wife. i'm sure you all know general eisenhower led the allied invasion of normandy in his closing remarks in honor of general marshall, he said all he wants to do is retire to his farm in virginia with missus eisenhower. [laughter] as soon as he said that, people began to laugh. he immediately recognized his mistake and quickly and coolly said my apologies to the general. at that point, general eisenhower blurted out, which general? [laughter] i did not rely solely on discussions with members of grew's family. i also had access to a lot of documents. more document was more important than grew's diary. this guy was incredibly disciplined. throughout his long diplomatic career, almost every evening during the week and on weekends, he would sit at his desk, his pipe clenched between his teeth, his smith corona typewriter in front of him, and he would write out what had happened, what had been said, and what he had thought in the previous day. i had access to thousands of pages of grew's diary.

eisenhower era, what's so bad about that? >> how high would you go? >> we haven't come up with an exact number yet, but it will not be as high as the number under dwightich was 90%. but it will -- i'm not that much of a socialist compared to eisenhower. >> well, look, the truth of the matter, ari, is the rates were 90 but nobody paid it because you had a system ridden with loopholes and every person out there went out and bought an lp interest in an oil well and got depletion allowance. if you look at the effective rate people actually paid it was obviously much lower than that for the overwhelmingly majority of people. what is the government going to do to stimulate growth, create high-paying jobs and get the sort of economy that dennis and i both want? we have the ten-year treasury note at less than 75 basis points, as low as 50. now is the time for the government to go out and borrow from an infrastructure program, issue 30-year bonds, 100-year bonds and take that money and make the investments in infrastructure that both parties agree have to get done. it's the cheapest financing in the history -- >> you think doing that, though, with just straigh

we must defeat this virus and try to take the mantle that i'm like the douglas macarthur, the dwight eisenhower or harry truman of virus warfare. trump is making that pivot. i'm curious whether you see the same thing, number one and whether you think that is a strategy that has any chance of working when we also see schizophrenic trump behaving in different ways on twitter than he does in the white house briefing room. >> first of all, john, i wanted to say the xenophobia and racism is such a common thing. we've seen it in past health outbreaks we've seen. the problem is it's coming directly from the president of the united states. it's incredibly dangerous, problematic and squarely. i want to call that out. you have people in the asian-american community whose lives are at risk. for the president to call it a chinese virus or foreign virus, that's so dangerous and not a good thing to do. the other thing, too, john, in a public health crisis, you need the president, you need our leaders to be consistent. donald trump has not given us consistency. one week it's a hoax, one week it is a crisis, a

a few times this morning about the famous warning inmes dwight eisenhower's farewell address in 1960 about the military industrial complex. that is something that hass powered to decrease your as well. there is a whole lot of special continuallyat arere bombarding the government. maybe considering how some of that might be rainedment in woud be really beneficial here.t miothers have mentioned increasing your staff. facing a whole host of actorsin that are trying tocr make government work on theiring a wl behalf. the administrative state ase st well. empowering and growing the congressional research service. it used to provide an excellent source of impartialde an we're in an age where we have more information at ourformation we're in a as a result of it because it's become difficult to discern what is or is >> not credible. sethere are some proposals about increasing the size of the house itself. crso people can be more responsive to their size of the constituents. constiat ratio has changed dramatically. thinking through inefficiencies in government, the search process, theng thr le

by the way al, dwight d. eisenhower would be a democrat today. you are not turning al back. if you are not going to turn al, you have to be al. by whatyou beat al is sanders' texas guy is talking about. it is motivating people who are sick of the centrist policies that are trying to play to both sides, when one side really know what -- no longer wants to play ball. that is his momentum, that is his theory of winning, and that is why so many people who might not actually agree with all of bernie sanders' policies still can talk themselves into feeling like he has the best chance of winning. host: moving on to mike. mike is in miami florida. independent color. -- caller. caller: i would never vote for a demoncrat. bernie sanders, he is not going to win. biden or bloomberg, those are the ones who are going to be the nominee. they have already been selected, those people. they might as well not even have a race. it is about who is elected to keep these other people from going to jail. the russian hoax? i love that. they say the russians helped on the election. in what way? they

president dwight eisenhower ordered businesses working with the government to end hiring discriminationnight on reel america, the 1959 film "the new girl," depicting racial tensions at a company hiring its first black secretary. >> i met with the president's committee on government contracts. it was no tea party. they were talking business. >> since when is the government running industries? >> we were talking national policy. >> we have had it since world war ii. >> under the president's directive, no company can get a contract unless its policies are nondiscriminatory. >> don't we have one negro on the production line? >> that is not enough. >> watch reel america america tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> a night at the garden is a seven minute academy award nominated film showing parts of the 1939 nazi rally in new york city's madison square garden. next, a screening of the film at the new york historical society, followed by a discussion and how it relates to current events. [applause]

from brian haue nstein, grandson of colonel who served asin, intelligence chief under general dwight eisenhower. the howland stein center hosted the event. >> welcome to our c-span in grand rapids audience. enstein and to hau the whites. i'm here to host this discussion. after the kernel of who we will be speaking of. i am joined onstage by two individuals from whom world war ii is no textbook obstruction.

from brian haue nstein, grandson of colonel who served asin, intelligence chief under general dwight eisenhower. the howland stein center hosted the event. >> welcome to our c-span in grand rapids audience. enstein and to hau the whites. i'm here to host this discussion. after the kernel of who we will be speaking of. i am joined onstage by two individuals from whom world war ii is no textbook obstruction. to your right, daughter of the late ambassador. her father is remembered now as the envoy who tried to negotiate peace and for the goodwill with america while the japanese military was secretly preparing to attack pearl harbor. she is the youngest of ambassador crews three children. her mother was american from new york city. after world war ii she married an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of for a adult life in the grand rapids area. one of her great-grandchildren is in the audience. a candidate in the leadership academy. to your far-right is the youngestenstein, grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. brian's grandfather is pressed -- best known as eisenhower's u.s