brought the libbe glass company here to toledo because number one there was a natural gas in nearby finley. there was high silicose sand available, which is a donut of making glass plus the businessman of toledo sweetened the pot a little bit and gave him the site for the factory as well as sites for tom has workers to build houses once they are here in toledo it. kind of faltered a bit the workers were unhappy because they didn't have their extended family around and it was not a highly developed area. so all the amenities that they were used to in the boston area. we're not available in toledo. and so he lost a bunch of workers. so he went down to west virginia to recruit more workers and not only did he recruit the workers that he needed. but he also recruited a man named michael owens michael owens in those early days ran the factory and libby was the one who led the marketing campaign and he was able to go to places like the world. errors in order to put the libbey glass company on the international stage and the place where he did that first was the 1893 chicago world's fair and he b

been a host for a series of very famous lectures the john finley green foundation lecture chief among them the lecture that churchill delivered here 75 years ago other celebrated lecture series include the ibm lecture the cherry price lecture the newly established brower lectureship established by churchill fellow and past leadership award recipient ambassador. stephen bauer westminster college class of 1967. but one of the most venerable lecture series here at the college is the enid and our crosby kemper lecture series. since 1981 scholars statesmen and women and others have delivered lectures from the historic christopher wren church of saint mary the virgin alderman berry to share with us thoughts on churchill the anglo-american relation and other topics other speakers have included andrew roberts, sir, martin gilbert lady mary soames and others all of whom have been this distinguished lecture series. today we present the 34th needed in our crosby kemper lecture and the first to be delivered virtually to a global audience and to introduce today's speaker. i am pleased to welcome c

westminster college has been a host for a series of very famous lectures the john finley green foundation lecture chief among them the lecture westminster college has been a host free series a very famous lectures of the jonathan green foundation, chief of london. elector that churchill delivered here 75 years ago. other celebrated lectures here at the ibm lecture, the jerry price lecture, the newly established power lecture ship, established by churchill fellow and passed leadership award recipient, ambassador stephen brower, westminster college classic of 1967. but one of the most venerable lecture series here at the college is the crosby temper series. since 1981, scholars, statesman, women and others have delivered lectures from the historic court christopher in church of saint mary, the virgin to share with us thoughts on churchill, the angela merkel and other topics. other speakers had included andrew roberts, sir martin gilbert, and others, all of whom had been give in this distinguish title. today, we present that 34th unit inner crosby camper lecture. and the first to be delivere

westminster college president frank mcclure, who was casting around for whom to invite to deliver the john finley greene lecture. and he hits on the novel idea of perhaps inviting winston churchill to come to fulton, missouri, this deliver this address in westminster college. now, to get churchill here is of course a significant task. he have manages

and finley dr. rich a he concluded at a narrowing of the artery. core another and despite enlarged hart and history of hypertension, mr. floyd had a strong heart. and that none of those pre-existing and co-existing conditions in any way contributed to the degath of mr floyd. i submit to you that the testimonies of dr. tobin, isenschmid, smock, thomas and rich, it flies in the absolute face of reason and common sense. it -- it's astounding. especially when you consider the actual findings of dr. baker, right? because dr. baker is the only person who actually performed the autopsy in this case. he is the only person who performed the actual autopsy. he told you he specifically avoided watching the video because he didn't want to bias or influence his autopsy. he specifically testified that there was no evidence of asphyxia. there were no evidence of petticial hemorrhaging no evidence of bruising to the back or under the skin or in the subcutaneous muscles of the neck and back. and he would expect to see those things in a case like this. there was no

president of the college, a gentleman named frank mcclure, said we would like you to come to deliver the finley green lecture at the college. i'm sure churchill would have told them, i can't possibly come, but thank them. churchill was polite in his refusals. but there was a handwritten note at the bottom of the invitation letter. this is a wonderful school in my home state. if you can come, i'll introduce you. hope you can do it. harry truman. when the president signed that in postscript at the bottom of the letter, churchill immediately took notice and knew he would be back on the world stage if he had president truman next to him on a platform. i'm not sure if churchill knew where westminster college was when he accepted this, but truman's endorsement of that invitation was really the trick that did it. churchill then began plans in october and november to travel the united states, spend several weeks in miami. he was a very smart man. in january of '46 spent several weeks in miami relaxing, painting and crafting the iron curtain speech. so the answer is the college asked, but they had a lit

christopher marshall a pharmacist is -- william finley, robert whitehill, a farmer and herman husband who had a vision of a egalitarian society, american society, wanted to stop slavery and liberate indian land, he believed in progressive taxation. he believed there should be some form of taking care of people when they are too old to work. which we may call social security. he wanted government credit programs. full employment, and the end to dynastic wealth. the thing about husband, i would like to get this on the record too, and he was not alone among the populists of the day. he didn't, he saw these things like literally he had the kind of mind like say maybe a st. joan or something like that, where are he saw these things. he literal visions. everything i just said which sounds like the new deal in the great society, he saw them. he spent his life on an exegysus on the book of danielle. the populists in ours terms were not scientific liberal types. there's a certain il-liberalism around about their visions. il-liberalisms like you may find in the abolitionist movement, it's a hig

james cannon, a math teacher, christopher marshall, a pharmacist, william finley, a weaver who became a lawyer and ended up interesting the pennsylvania assembly, robert whitehill, and herbert husband who had a vision of an american society, we wanted to end slavery, stop stealing indian land. he started writing about this in the 1760s and 1770s, he believed in progressive taxation. he believed there should be some form of taking care of people when they get too hold to work, which we might call social security. he wanted government credit programs, full employment, and the end to die that'sic wealth, regulation of the power of wealth. the thing about husband, i would like to get this on the record too, he was not alone among the populists of the day, he didn't -- he saw these things like literally he had the kind of mind like, say, maybe a saint joan or something like that where he actually saw those things, he had actual visions. he saw them. he spent his like on the book of daniel. so the populists were not in our terms necessarily -- they were not all modern, secular, rational sci

westminster college president frank mcclure, who was casting around for whom to invite to deliver the john finley greene lecture. and he hits on the novel idea of perhaps inviting winston churchill to come to fulton, missouri, this deliver this address in westminster college. now, to get churchill here is of course a significant task. he have manages to do so really courtesy of the good offices of westminster alum major general harry vaughn who happens to be a military aide to president truman. vaughn persuades truman to add a handwritten postscript on the invitation and mcclure sends this to churchill. the words that truman insubscribes are, "this is a wonderful school in my home state, hope you can do it, i'll introduce you, best regards, harry truman." it is this letter that brings churchill across the atlantic ocean to the heartland of the united states, convinced that he has obtained the world's attention. fulton's biggest day in history, as "the daily sun gazette" put it, had finally arrived. march 5, 1946, was somewhat overcast as crowds lined the streets in anticipation of churchill's mot