fox connor mentioned eisenhower to general marshall, and general marshall introduced eisenhower to fdr as well. >> marshall was the chief of staff and, of course, the point when roosevelt had to choose a leader for the d-day invasion, it ended up being eisenhower, so they had a complicated relationship. >> but i don't think that, the dr felt he could do without marshall in washington at that time. and marshall was an incredible administrator and sowning board for fdr -- sounding board. >> one of the first really important meetings between the two of them took place in casablanca after the north africa invasion. and it was a difficult time for eisenhower. he wasn't sure whether he was going to get fired or whether he was going to get promoted. >> it was quite a show after the invasion of africa, don't you think? have i wonder what it was like for eisenhower as he was going into that room with churchill and roosevelt and all those military leaders and having to justify everything that happened until then. >> one of the things i've been amazed about eisenhower is his ability to remain cal

eisenhower had a playful streak. and so when he graduated, world war i begins he does not progress in his ranks as often or as quickly as some of his classmates. we believe tate recognize and equated it with perhaps i didn't give it very wellinel school. and then he was never any less than number one in his class. when he was on ton work college when he was on to commander general staff he was never less than number one in his class. to meet at the very human moments of we can change things in our lives. we can recognize i might not like what's going on and i can fix it. >> it's great but would end with my favorite photographs of rose about ice and they're not that many photographs of the two of them together. it's very interesting. at the big three conference with churchill and stalin, churchill and fdr committed to mate 1944 invasion of france bridgestone said who's going too bring the supreme commander? they said we have not selected one yet it's all nonsense until you select a supreme commander. on his way back f

eisenhower's readershipip that allowed fdr to select him for these incredibly important roles. joining us today to answer that questionon is dawn hammett the director of the eisenhower library. welcome. >> hi palfrey thank you so much. what a delight to be here with you today. >> what was it that made roosevelt choose him first for north africa and the invasion of normandy and the game but was it about eisenhower that attracted fdr? >> i think ittt made sense to point out that eisenhower had an amazing relationship with general fox conner and foxconn are took him under his wing, took eisenhower under his wing and helped him develop his military lessons or his military knowledge. fox conner mentions the eisenhower to general marshall and general marsh g or -- marshl introduced him to fdr as well. >> marshall was the chief of staff in the course he have to choose a leader for the d-day invasion and ended up being eisenhower said they have a complicated relationship. >> they have a compensated relationship but i don't think that fdr felt he could do without marshall in washington

the whole idea eisenhower nixon did not have a relationship is on the nature eisenhower. helping with legislation and all of the shared, it makes no logical sense when you talk to people and say how did this happen? eisenhower and nixon not get along for eight years? that is absurd. >> i couldn't choose just one, i like this one. in 1960rn election monitors campaign, you talk about 1960s the role of women in the campaign. >> i'm sure all of you already know the numbers but remember how kennedy a was. the election of 1960 for the first time in american history more women voted than men. will never guess the breakdown between this wonderful charismatic woman voting, 51 -- 49. fifty-one nixon, 49 kennedy. that nixon took the position that this is what her husband was, she was ambitious like her husband, very smart, very attuned of what he was doing and ultimately, she and eisenhower had a good relationship. a look at the letters between eisenhower and richard nixon again, big surprise, just about every one of them said say hello to pat and appreciate her help. doesn't sound

number one, the role of eisenhower that nixon perhaps lost because eisenhower didn't do enough and he was on this ill-fated ticket. he might not have been the choice to run. it's something you would address in the book. >> you write what you think peopleha want to read. just imagine for a second. we absolutely hated. >> can any of you seriously believe that eisenhower with no legislative experience or a recordto beat his incumbent vice president who would carry on his role.t the idea that roots and how are and nielsen. in the very nature of all things eisenhower o and nixon have been doing. when you talk to people and say how could all this happen. >> i couldn't choose just one eisenhower photo. when they ran one of the priest campaigns can you talk about the role. i'm sure all of you already know the numbers of the voting but remember how callous. more women voted to ban men and you will never guess what the breakdown was between this wonderful charismatic kennedy and women voting. it was 51-49. fifty-one per nixon and 49 for kennedy. pat nixon took the position that this is what her

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we are members of dwight eisenhower grand rapids.e do not commemorate these people list object leaklg or not specific guidance for the future. we recognize instead the qualities of people. qualities matter at anytime and anyplace. and appreciate what they sent at they recognize a citizens for the unitedte states. the house nine center recognizes leadership is critical and must be taught. the result learn from their example comes role model for the future. but above all to appreciate their example that enables all of us to feel about the greatness of her country. thank you very much. brian you can loosen some discussion. i hope i put some things out there. what is a critical role of intelligence which is on as strongly recommend by people in the audience. as a memoir called intelligence was in my light inside eisenhower's command. this is a very matter-of-fact account of ralph's service in the war. which i cannot begin to emphasize how valuable this boob is. there is no self-consciousness or ego in the book. an attempt to explain how

it is one thing to fail under eisenhower. it's another thing to fail under george marshall, the number one soldier in the american army. if marshall is committed to that invasion and the invasion fails, it will be some sort of supreme conclusion drawn that it will be required if the invasion fails, if it fails under eisenhower, second one under marshall, you can probably get by. i can't escape that he was competent, he was qualified for command, he has a demonstrated record of success but why him and not marshall? marshall was overqualified. i think he was the blue chip. the risk of failure was very very high, the entire thing could have fallen apart. this is something you are determined to do, determined to invade northwest france, restore the front that was lost. that meant everything to our democracies and we were going to do that. so the question was how to come back at them as franklin roosevelt said on june 6th in a fireside chat, again and again and again. of this failed, coming back again and again and again and i thi

and she and mimi eisenhower and dwight eisenhower. had a very good relationship and if you look at the letters between dwight eisenhower and richard nixon again, big surprise just about every one of them said say hello to pat. i really appreciate her help. doesn't sound like the eisenhower and his wife mamie did not get along with -- impact. the second misunderstanding or myth of the campaign is that nixon and lodge were sort of ill-suited together on the ticket and that lodge was the downfall for richard nixon that year. what do you say? on january 7th 1960 dwight eisenhower wrote a secret memo to his own file his presidential pick was richard nixon. his vice presidential pick was henry cabot lodge, jr. it wasn't so much nixon picking. large it was eisenhower were picking lodge. and at the time lodge was you and representative? for the united states and was the main person who talked about the russians being evil and made a tremendous amount of television time. he had the ability. he was a boston brahman. and by the way you may not k

number one, the role of eisenhower.nixon perhaps lost in 1960 because eisenhower did not do enough. that nixon was on the ill-fated ticket did not support from he might not have been eisenhower's choice to run for exactly about eisenhower's role was. i at something you dress in the book. >> one tomorrow you write what you think people want to read rather than to write what really happened. just imagine for a second that eisenhower absently hated nixon. can any of you seriously believe eisenhower would want a senator with no legislative experience nono legislative record to beat the incumbent vice president would carry on his role. the whole idea eisenhower and nixon did not get along or did not have a good relationship is flawed by the very nature of all of the things eisenhower had nixon doing. helping with legislation. being invited to all of the various meetings that eisenhower and nixon sharedlo together. it makes no logical sense when you talk to people and say how could all of this happen? eisenhower and nixon not

ralph hauenstein dwight eisenhower there's no margin for error. we have another question and it's interesting from the perspective that ralph hauenstein was one of the first arguably the first american officer in the dachau concentration camp and the searing experience would never leave him. in fact he had his own version of post-traumatic stress after what he encountered at dachau and some that were telling that were tell as he witnessed but we have an interesting question related to your grandfather. david you talk about your grandfather having to -- death camps by the u.s. army. i have read that he? did this so no one could deny what happened. i think eisenhower and people in the high command understood that they were about to enter the chamber of horrors and churchill says i think we anticipated confirmation of all of our fears. the reason they were called to the war in the first place was their capacity for atrocity to invoke duty. it is one thing to recognize that and it is another thing to experience it i think. eisenhower and patton go to

from another general, macarthur, eisenhower learned about age.would go with him to the philippines in 1934 the man he picked for that job was eisenhower not political promises american knows the essence from the executive. >> the rights and dignity's of the individual. the success our personal, individual responsibilities. no other person can assume your your responsibilities. united. it can protect it to solve and leave the world we perfect for life and justice. finally, good luck. >> out of uniform as president of columbia i have now warmed the communism but for us. >> in today's struggle, no institution can be neutral. almost be joined in a common propulsion. that's a democratic citizenship. there will be no administrative suppression of any subject to that merits a place in the university's curriculum. the fact full communism for example shall be taught. it's ideological development. it's political message, its economic effects. the truth about communism is today an indispensable requirement if they are to be properly assessed. just as i am a

dwight eisenhower or after he leaves office. so say from from beginning of kennedy's administration, let's say through the escalation of the war under johnson, dwight eisenhower is really quite hawkish on vietnam. and in a sense, urging the administra nation to to make the commitment, the necessary commitment to preserve an independent noncommunist vietnam. it's not to get and it's not altogether consistent with his own reservations his own careful policy, more careful policy while he's president. well, i think. okay, mark, we'll move on to some superb questions because they really carrying along our discussion this one. and again, it may be from in house today or it may be online as vice president was lyndon sufficiently aware or briefed on kennedy's plan so that he could have execute it on those plans? and ultimately, why did not? yeah, great question. so we know that johnson was aware of this planning. we know because johnson's aid howard berkes wrote a memo lbj to that effect that we have johnson knew about it. august 1962 a

nixon and tricia, special guests included julie eisenhower, mamie eisenhower, mrs.rianne. among her many gifts, tricia received her china, the blue tree pattern by lyness, her silver, eloquence from greenfield massachusetts, and her crystal, a cut glass pattern. prior to mrs. agnes party and informal shar was held on may 26. tricia wasn't the first white house bride-to-be to have a shower given in her honor by a member of the washington women's press corps. helen thomas was hostess of the party at which mrs. nixon, julie, and ed's mother were honored yet. other guests included members of mrs. nixon staff and women reporters. one of tricia is gifts from a lady of the press. to be an expression of sympathy for tricia and ed's desire for anonymity. to the movement of all, tricia donned her disguise. on friday evening june 4 at washington's beautiful anderson house, mrs. william rogers, wife of the secretary of state, hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in honor of tricia and it. dean of the diplomatic corps led the way through the receiving line. the secretary

more cameras gathered here today than covered the visit of president eisenhower to western germany. questions at the event. the first and only news conference that the army has permitted its best known sergeant, elvis presley, to give. just prior to his departure for the united states, i titled his elvis's army in part because of a remark that an officer made to me. and i was saying that, you know, if you really want an interesting army, an army that's really working with change, social change, military change, technological change, this is the best army that you can study. and he got very dismissive and he said, well, that was a terrible army. it had elvis presley in it. you know what? what kind of army is elvis presley? and as a historian, i thought that's a really interesting question. what kind of army does have elvis presley? what kind of society makes elvis presley? you know, serve and and what is the army that elvis enters? what does the army want from him? what does elvis expect from the army and all those sort of questions then spun out and became part of the book. well, hi

eisenhower said, never let them come together. who was eisenhower speaking to when he said that though when he building speech really nobody expected that from this guy was a general on the way out. and he that's what he said, be careful. this crap is going to ruin our government. if we let it happen, said that before he left office. and what was he talking to? he was talking to congress. he was talking to congress. he want to make sure that our law makers didn't allow the money and the grade that always seems to come along with more to get out of control. so here's the question. did congress listen? did they listen? well, or finding out now when we look even now at this situation that's going on in ukraine, is that not only did they not listen to generalize in our president eisenhower is play, they actually recommend just the opposite event. we're finding out the many members of congress are personally profiting from the war and ukraine by buying stocks and defense companies and then, and they're doing so with what looks like. we

eisenhower. mr. eisenhower discusses the integration problem at little rock, arkansas. fellow citizens. for a few minutes this evening,ish like to speak to you about the serious situation that hasn arisenning in little rock. to the make this talk, i have come to the president's office in the white house. i could have spoken from rhode island or where aye been staying recently. but i felt that in speaking from the house of lincoln, of jefferson and of wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness i feel and the actions i was compelled today to make and the firmness with which i intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at little rock can be executed without unlawful interference. in that city, under the leadership of demagoguic extremists,rl disorderly mobs he deliberately prevented the carrying out of proper orders from a federal court. local authorities have not eliminatedded that violent opposition. and under the law, i yesterday issued a proclamation calling upon the mob to disperse. this morning the mob again gathered in front of the

, president eisenhower is plea. they actually seem to be doing just the opposite of what he recommended. just the opposite. in fact, we're finding out the many members of congress are personally profiting from the war and ukraine by buying stocks and defense companies. and, and they're doing so with what looks like. well, what the hell also, i'm going to call it the inside information. see after voting this more weapons to ukraine or knowing that they're about to vote to send more weapons to ukraine. they buy stocks and the companies that will make profits off the weapons that are being sent to your trade. cuz they're the companies that may go, edmonds, they know those defense companies are going to be profitable, and that's exactly what happens. a number of members of congress of actively traded defend stocks, admits the rush hour ukraine war, one such a fender, representative john russell for the students from florida. according to business insider, you purchased thousands of dollars worth of raytheon stock. the d

nixon and tricia, special guests include julie eisenhower mrs. cox and ed sisters mary and.y gifts, tricia received her silver eloquence and ornate baroque in her christer a wonderful cut glass. ♪ prior to the party, of may 20263rd was a first white house bride to be that a shower given in her honor by a member of the washington women's press corps. was hostess of the party at which mrs. nixon, julie and ed's mother for honored guests. other guests included members of mrs. nixon's staff and women reporters. one of trisha's gifts from a lady of the press appeared to be in expression of sympathy for their desire fores anonymity. the amusement to all tricia found her disguise. on friday evening june 4 at washington beautiful anderson house mrs. william pete rogers wife's wife of the secretary of state hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in honor of trish and edward being the diplomatic corps led the way to the receiving line. the secretary of state was unable to be there. he is attending meetings in portugal and france. tricia graciously accepted the gifts from the amba

doctor eisenhower discusses the immigration problem at little, rock arkansas.f the united states. >> good evening, my fellow citizens. for a few minutes this evening i should like to speak to you about the serious situation that has arisen intl little rock. to make this talk i've come to the president's office in the white house. i could have spoken where i had been stating recently but i felt in speaking from the house of lincoln my words would better convey the sadness i see when the action was compelled and which i intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court of little rock can bebe executed without unlawful interference. under the leadership of extremists,de disorderly mobs tt deliberately presented the carrying out of proper orders from a federal court local authorities have not eliminated that opposition and under the law i featured a proclamation calling upon the mob to disperse. again it gathered in front of this little rock arkansas for the purpose of again the carrying out of the court's order relating to the admission of childre

eisenhower said, was eisenhower speaking to when he said that the when he delivered that amazingly stern and surprising speech, really, nobody expected that from this guy was a general all the way out. and he, that's what he said. be careful. this crap is going to ruin our government if we let it happen. said that before he left office. who was he talking to? he was talking to congress. he was talking to congress. he want to make sure that our law makers didn't allow the money and the greed that always seems to come along with more to get out of control. so here's the question. did congress listen? did they listen? when we look even now at this situation that's going on and ukraine, is that not only did they not listen to generalize in our president eisenhower is plea. they actually seem to be doing just the opposite of what he recommended. just the opposite. the events we're finding out the many members of congress are personally profiting from the war and ukraine by buying. and they're doing so with what looks like. well, what the hell also, i'm not going to call it inside information.

so it's going to cost some issues that eisenhower is going to have to deal with. secondly, we we had this problem of how do we now we get all this equipment to the theater, we really need it. so we get innovative and. we start what's called a tough sell program, a ten unit pack in a single unit pack. we realized if we don't ship vehicles assembled instead we break them down into a series containers they're never really been assembled, just a four or five crates with parts. we send to theater, we can save 60% of our shipping space. so why don't we do that? that's great. so in this show, we ship, all these cases of material to a austere environment north, africa. now what you have to do with it, it's easy. you just got to put them together. so the army very quickly will have they'll establish a manufacturing capability of over a million square feet and a muddy desert using just really elementary tools to assemble these vehicles. their goal is to get a build up to a capacity of 100 vehicles per day at top production, they're producing 143 vehicles per day, assembling

eisenhower said, never let them come together. who was eisenhower speaking to when he said that though, when he delivered that amazingly stern and surprising speed truly nobody expected that from this guy was a general on the way out. and he, that's what he said. be careful. this crap is going to ruin our government if we let it happen. said that before he left office. and what was he talking to? as he was talking to congress, he was talking to congress. he want to make sure that our lawmakers didn't allow the money, and the greed that always seems to come along with more to get out of control. so here's the question. did congress listen? did they listen? well, what we're finding out now when we look even now at this situation that's going on and ukraine, is that not only did they not listen to generalize in our president eisenhower is plea. they actually seem to be doing just the opposite of what he recommended. just the opposite of that, we're finding. 6 the many members of congress are personally profiting from the war and ukra

dennis fritz is director at eisenhower media network.s a retired command chief master sergeant of the u.s. air force. welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. if you can talk about the origins of this letter and why you felt it was so important to publish. >> first of all, thank you for having me. that is a perfect and most important segway question you could ask. for us who have been around the military and national security business for many years, we thought it was so important that we purchase this ad. we took a small budget we have and we decided that we should put this out there so we could openly get the message to president biden and his administration, along with congress, that we must bring this war to an end immediately. as you have already discussed about the number of killings that have happened so far, i can only see it continuing. as we continue to introduce more weapons, it only causes more death and destruction. to be quite frank, this disturbs me that at the expense of the ukrainian people, we are figh

but more eisenhower and goldwater. and while lincoln -- the other thing was, for years, there was an unofficial coalition. you have the southern democrats and republicans that would form a coalition. ford wanted to transform that. he wanted to get rid of the conservative southern democrats and replace them with republicans. of his liking. he is a much more transnational figure. one factoid, for better or worse, every time you see the state of the union address owned by the opposition party's bonds, that was ford's idea. the first one in the mid-1960's. and dirksen thought it was a terrible idea until he saw how much applause forgot. he changed his mind. susan: he called the vice presidency the worst job he ever had. why? richard: under the best of circumstances, that is a very difficult job. think of men and women of both parties who have been vice president who want to be president. the difficulty they have in establishing your independence. the job doesn't work that way. in his case, it was the worst times, because b

eisenhower immediately ordered other allied soldiers to witness the camps. but he did much more. worried that we'll would not believe the truth -- people would not believe the truth, he urged journalists and members of congress to visit the camps and to be witnesses. he hoped that an abundance of firsthand accounts of the atrocities would prevent anyone from ever disbelieving them or attributing them to propaganda. sadly e wrong. very wrong -- sadly, he was wrong. very wrong. today we witness that very charge of propaganda from those who would deny or minimize the holocaust. this amidst rising anti-semitism and racism. those soldiers who fought for our freedom would be shocked to see our world. those soldiers who liberated some of the few surviving jews, including my own parents, would never be forgotten. so today as we honor them, we recognize they played many roles. they also cared for survivors, resettled displaced persons, and supported the pursuit of justice. and they played one more role of enormous significance, they were wins witnesses -- witnesses. dell better cooper wit