herbert hoover's campaign for the presidency got underway that night. and as if to confirm the decision, the information day hoover ordered his personal secretary to distribute to his intimates reasons the country a secret code that would be employed for political communications. so once again you have hoover telling some people one thing, some people another, and kind of hedging bets with himself. he wasn't sure yet he was in the race. but he is getting things into motion, and to some degree that's typical political -- you got to be careful what you say publicly and you have another agenda privately. but you get the sense with hoover that this really he had trouble settling it in his own mind before he gets into larger scenes of action. what i found, too, was that having made it to the white house, this sense of internal conflict continued to bedevil hoover and it was not just internal. in other words, people could see it. and they were surprised at this. hoover-before he war, had always been a super executive and man of quick decision and firm convicti

and what i know about herbert hoover because i feel like a number to view will know more about hoover today than i would know in another five years of research. this is the place from aficionados and experts. i appreciate you listening to what i might have to add.. it's not so much to talk about the -- what i feel like i can add is what i found that struck me about hoover.ot i knew something about him when i started with not a whole lot. i feel like i'm every man that way. the things i ran across that ly struck me and surprised me i felt would be the general interest. i also want to thank tom schwartz for the invitation to speak here, and particularly matt shafer and spencer halford who were the researchers that worked with me for a couple of years on my constantly calling on them for new information to look up a document that i had missed to assist me on finding and locating material. they are good at what they do, and i appreciate how helpful they were to me. .. about hoover, which i found so compelling and revealed him in a real human dimension was hi constant conflicts. he

an economic visionary but i would say that is another real discovery for me and learning about herbert hoover in the white house. that is my top i am happy to answer questions and i will be signing books outside. did overstay mile limit? >> if you have a question raised your hand don't start until you have the microphone. >> anything anyone did teetoo and failed that they succeeded? >> there was a few things and that is an interesting question with an interesting point in fact, some of the leading advisers to roosevelt everything they did under the new deal was initiated under hoover ande it was the kind of clean you could only make if you were a roosevelt acolyte you can get much mileage to save it out of that out of the who for campeau that was there a acknowledgement but in particular for example, of whicnstruction finance group devised to channel funds into the bank's it was the first death in that direction by the federal t government and consequently republicans and democrats in congress but zero lot of restrictions of high capital requirements scrutiny and obstacles to pay the money ou

herbert hoover, it's amazing what he does. statistics say that in terms of the amount of aid that he sent and the amount of money that he raised, there was no greater humanitarian effort organized by americans until the recent tsunami. that's how tremendous this response was. herbert hoover is a private citizen, right? he has no official capacity. what does he do? he buys his own ships, about 40 ships. he paints them his own colors. he flies his own flag. he negotiates with the germans and the british to let him both through the blockade, the british blockade. and then with the germans to allow him to distribute this food in a german-occupied territory, right? he really, in a sense, becomes almost a quasi nation in and of himself, and he enlists the help of average american citizens in this quest. so, aiding belgian civilians is what americans overwhelmingly decide that they want to do. they're not going to take a side necessarily against britain or against germany. they're on the side of the civili civilian, the person who's

the person that starts this is herbert hoover. here, you got literally hungry children holding out emp empempty tins and they have no food. he's got people donating clothes and food to help these civilians. >> hoover is amazing of what he does. statistics say in term oss of t amount of aid that he sent, there was no greater humanitarian efforts organized by americans until the tsunami. that's how tremendous this response was. hoover was a private citizen, he had no official capacity. what does he do? he buys his ownerships a ships s them of his own colors and he negotiate with the germans and british and with the germans allowed him to distribute these food. he really in a sense becomes almost a quasi-nation and he enlisted himself in this quest. so aiding belgian civilians is what american overwhelmingly decide what they're doing to do. they're not going to take sides against the germany or -- now, what we have to do is stop in the story and just talk about belgian and the western front. if we think for a second when wilson said,

, and then we did lincoln for illinois college in jacksonville, and i think we're going to do herbert hoover for west branch here pretty soon too." hayden fry is the first statue he sculpted of a living person. "we were able to get real dimensions from him, but he has kind of changed because he's like 86 now, and i think he was in his 50's when this was supposed to be done." with coach fry now living 15-hundred miles away in nevada.. maxon had just on then he literally, tried to become him. "that was me, i posed for him, i end up posing a lot for people. " down to every last detail. " we had to have specific shoes and specific articles of clothing, so that was a little difficult. " with pictures in hand maxon and his team built a small clay statue, then a big cast... then they really went to work. "i think it turned out pretty good, i'm really pleased with it." and the coach was too -- as the statue was unveiled friday morning. now even if fry never returns to iowa... he will always be standing tall -- ready to greet opposing teams as they come of interstate 80 and head for kinnick. "it's pr

the national anthem didn't become official until some eighty years ago when president herbert hoover signed legislation to make it the national anthem.president hoover signed it during the great depression---a hard time for the country. however--this is not the first time the national anthem has come under fire. but this is not the first time the national anthem has come under fire. it was under fire as well during the civil didn't conform to the ideas of the unified country in the north, then you were considered a traitor. and you know, this song is not for you, that you don't abide by the ideas of what the united states of america is all about. >> reporter: stephanie johnson, cbs 2 news. >>> the smithsonian national history an culture is about to open its doors to the public. president bush signed legislation for the building in 2003. more than $300 million came through fund raising efforts. about 40,000 artifacts have been collected and about 10% of them are on display right now. >>> coming up at noon, the sky high festival making the jewel of the renaissance even more i'm hillary

the share the of the politics of the great depression and herbert hoover's term as well, just down the road. craig vansandt: i think there are two levels at which we need to address that question. one is at the individual level. how do i, who gained a large part of my self- identity as a college professor, if i don't have that other level of this is a societal level. pretty much since - and i'm treading on your territory here of history - pretty much since the beginning of time as i understand it, we have organized our societies around gainful employment. if we are truly at a place now where we don't need many people to do the work because it can all be onus on society to start rethinking how we value members of society. bob sessions: not just value, but how do we provide people with the means of living? craig vansandt: true. bob sessions: peter, did you have thoughts on this? peter fisher: well, yeah, a couple of thoughts. i think that's the crucial question as a society is to gains from productivity. spread it around in terms of both work and leisure. there are some people that have

almost 80 years ago herbert hoover signs to make it a the national anthem. during the civil war union soldiers used to resite it. whoever did not was considered a traitor. >> the idea was that if you north then you were considered a traitor and, you know, this song is not for you. this song is for you. you don't abide by the ideas of what the united states of america is all about. the lyrics can be changed at any time but that it's not likely to happen. . >> we have a lovely beginning to the workweek. let's see what we can expect looking forward to the weekend. >> this one went by for me. >> it did, didn't it? >> game. some great weather coming up but some showers in the forecast later tonight and during the day tomorrow. so that'll be the bad weather for this week. a little more to start the weekend and things better for saturday and sundayful i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working t

but in times of economic distress, look at really bad times like herbert hoover, st stagflation under jimmy carter, you always have the incumbent party ousted in that case. and i think right now if you see -- we saw rosengren, the fed chief from boston came out just a week ago and talked about just a quarter point rate hike and the market was down 400 points. now, a quarter point is not that big a deal. it's what their language is going forward. they're talking about raising interest rates over 2% by 2018. that is going to be tough for the next president to deal with. if they do it next week, that helps donald trump. >> gary b., rate hike would be good or bad for trump? >> i agree fully with john. i think he's made some very astute points. i want to approach it from a different perspective, kind of a macro economic perspective. you know, i think the economy is really treading water right now at best. we have such slow growth. so really the only thing that people see as positive, and it has been, has been the stock market. why has it been positive though? we've had these ultralow inter

herbert hoover. bush did well domestically as president. no child left the has been invaluable contribution to the educational program particularly for children from disadvantaged families. the amendment of medicare to provide prescription drugs for seniors is a remarkable achievement. bush also took the lead in the global fight against aids particularly in africa and under his leadership that has been brought under control. bush remains active in the fight and also expanded american free trade when bush took office the united states said free-trade agreements with israel, canada and mexico has free-trade agreements with 16 countries. bush also concluded in his early term to produce a nuclear arsenal but each country maintained and he and improved relations with china. i think the most important achievement was to contain the economic meltdown in 2008 against all of his instincts and deeply held beliefs, he bailed out wall street and the american auto industry and avoided another great depression. unlike the war in iraq or the fight against

herbert hoover probably has a lot behind bush. bush did well domesomesdomestic president. no child left behind was a positive contribution particularly for children from certain fmlies. the ability of medicare to provide prescription drugs for the seniors is remarkable. bush took the lead on the global fight in aids particularly in africa and the disease under his administration was somewhat brought under control. bush remains active in the fight. he expanded american free trade. the united states had free trade agreements with israel, canada and mexico when bush took office and that expanded to 16 countries. bush concluded an agreement with putin to reduce the nuclear arsenal that each country maintains and improved relations with china, really. i think bush's most important achievement because to maintain the economic breakdown. he bailed out law street and the american auto industry and avoided another great depression. unlike the war in iraq, bush listened to his advisors. bush adopted the strategy carved out. from billing out sub-prime lenders to rescuing the market w

it was tradition for the first lady, and this case, herbert hoover's wife, to have 18 for all the congressional wives -- a tea for all the congressional wives. that caused consternation because there were several southern states that objected to the fact that the wives of their members of congress might actually have to have tea in the white house with an african-american woman. there were even southern states that had their legislatures passed resolutions asking hoover to make sure that this did not happen. was divide the tea party into a couple different sessions and the one that jesse to was very invited carefully preselected and was a small group of congresswomen who he knew would not object. this get out there in the press thedepriest pilloried southern state legislatures that had spoken up. this is the first roadblock that he runs into. another what happens in the house. >> right. people don't want their offices next to his. they don't want to be serving with an african-american. when we were doing some research on the history of who had what office, and the canon office out that theturne

supposed to pay the french creating a cycle of debts and payments that in burns' mind and in herbert hoover's mind created the great depression. that's the problem you had to avoid. third, there were people who said, look, if we redraw the borders of europe as almost everybody agreed to, do aren't you just creating new disputes that will see future conflict after the war? potsdam remember was a peace conference not a wartime strategy conference and that makes the mood quite different. now, i told you it was the fourth analogy that was the important one. and you're not going to be surprised which you're going to see on the next slide. everybody came to potsdam, almost everybody noting that the problem was this peace conference didn't do its job. these four men, there's only three in this picture, the prime minister, the french premiere, the man with the cain, woodrow wilson and the italian delegate didn't do their job. they had instead created this, terrible awful map of europe. the first thing harry truman said in his official capacity at potsdam was whatever we do here we cannot repeat the m

. // herbert hoover, he liked martinis, so we have a dirty martini with white truffle dwight eisenhower is called the whiz-banger. the whiz bang was a small artillery round that was used in world war 1 and 2. there's a ballot here, but the current candidates aren't on it. the drinks are. a name drawn from the barrel with the most votes gets to be feted here as "president" for an evening, a little less stressful, than what these candidates are vying for. in washington, i'm karin caifa. and check this out. fall began -- just a few days ago. but folks in colorado -- can start dusting off -- those quite a bit of snow -- falling up in loveland pass -- with temperatures dropping -- to a chilly 30 degrees. anchors adlib and toss to bryan high pressure and dry air are taking over the southwest tonight through tuesday afternoon. clear skies will be common along with sunny skies for tomorrow and monday but it comes at a bit of a price. winds will be a bit of a nuisance for the valley. tonight, overnight lows will upper 60s but with winds between 15 and 20 mph with an occasional gust between 25 an

the national archives and ministers the network of presidential libraries from herbert hoover to george. bush , the franklin roosevelt library was our first -- we now have 13-14 with more than 700 million of textual materials and unless 700,000 museum objects. and these libraries are not libraries in the usual sense -- they are archives and museums bringing together the documents and artifacts of the president, his in ministration, and his family, and presenting them to the public for study and forussion without regard political considerations or affiliations. the intent from the beginning was to have a presidential libraries located throughout the country where scholars and school children can learn about their government, the presidency, and service and government. in dedicating this library, frequent roosevelt captured the essence of that mission, to bring together the records of the past and 2000 and buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the -- a nation must live in three things -- they must believe in the past, it must believe in the future, it must

herbert hoover proposed commemorating their contributions to history and science. it has to await the 21st century before planes actually took shape. in 2003, congress passed legislation to make the museum a reality as part of these missoni and family. we are grateful to president obama and congress for providing ongoing support and establishing the museum's counsel, which has offered guidance and encouragement over the months and years it took to get to this day. this plan comes at a significant type history for the smithsonian, and for our country. advanceenable us to james smith's democratic mandate to increase the diffusion of knowledge, a more eloquent and far-reaching ways that our founding benefactor could ever have imagined. uniquelysonian is a american institution comprising 19 museums, established at key points in our 170 year history. the inauguration of our newest museum occurs as race and cultural differences dominate the natural discourse. this museum can be an ideal gathering place to learn, to hold conversations, to be inspired, and to be uplifted.

no trade war, no problem with herbert hoover. you want to repeat that, art laffer?don't really want to. [laughter] i think the 15% corporate tax would be plenty to bring jobs back to the united states like mad and when you look at michigan, i understand he is campaigning in michigan as well, and reagan did it and bush did as well. i wish they wouldn't do it, and i'm free trade. we're taking the jobs from michigan in tennessee because of bad economic policies in michigan versus tennessee. we've got volkswagen in tennessee and all the jobs here. it's economics, all economics and you can't win with vinegar, you can win with sugar. attract them here, don't chain them here. stuart: if you've got donald trump's plan lower taxes and deregulation and put it in place, what would the market do tomorrow? >> i don't know about tomorrow, but double in three years put into place, how is that? >> first of all, he shocks us all by saying he doesn't know about the iphone and now says double the stock market. >> i'm 76, stuart. i'm 76 years old. my whole office has iphones, i don't.

well, by 1930, he's chief of staff for herbert hoover and he stays on in that position for franklin roosevelt. 1935 he's done as being chief of staff, goes to the philippines as military adviser. 1937 he's faced with a choice of being recalled in the united states. what's he going to do? i mean, he's still relatively young. he doesn't want to go back to being a corps commander. he's done that. he resigns from the army, stays on in the philippines as field marshal of the philippine army. and as chris mentioned, he's basically recalled to active duty 75 years ago this month in the philippines to become commander of u.s. forces in the far east. so, december 7th -- it's december 8th in manila time -- 1941. macarthur's awoken in the morning by news of pearl harbor. and i think it's fair to say, when you look at him as a military commander that he is simply overwhelmed, as are most commanders on the american side, by the speed and the complexity with which the japanese bring the attack against the philippines, and quite frankly, across all of the pacific. it's not surprising that when we look at --

not only does he beat herbert hoover but at his famous inaugural, weeks later he announces his new deal program, the ccc. ccc. the ccc, from 1933 - 1942, he plants around 3 billion trees around the united states. these are done by unemployed men, someone from newark, new jersey are selling pines himself on sign national park in utah. somebody from a poor neighborhood of philadelphia is suddenly on a new mexico, arizona border. it was remarkable. and it works. because the big mistake that we make is thinking about the great depression and the wall street collapse, financial markets and bank foreclosures. we had destroyed the land of america. we had done the great plow up in the midwest and shopped all the trees. we had soil erosion. man-made problems and environmental disaster of the dustbowl in the 1930s. we drained wetlands, swamps, so it became an absolute landscape that was dying. he takes it over and was able to as president take the conservation to a new level. do you want to know how committed he is to our parks in the love of america franklin roosevelt at the time of pearl harbor

it got so big at the turn-of-the-century that herbert hoover went fishing.re was july 4 and it was originally new year's at the white house. the military military was there but not so much until tyler, tyler was -- they became frightened as they had them alter polity and police formed and that is what the people who go to the white house, not the military. but but military camp in the front grounds during madison and during the war of 1812. and they left they left with everybody else when the british came. >> there wasn't a lot of defense. >> knowing of course munro that i talked about. jackson had no guards. beyond military policeman or so. it really began in the 1840s 40s with tyler during the mexican war. also there was lots of military people at the white house during that time. >> i want to stop either because i don't want to get ahead of ourselves historically. so i will come back to for the period after that. but i'll but i'll go to katie about dolly madison. we just talked about madison and the troops. >> this would be totally undefended and later hi

later, herbert hoover proposed a building memorializing african-american contributions to history and science. it had to await the 21st century before plants started to actually take shape. in 2003, congress passed legislation to make the museum a reality as part of the smithsonian family. we are grateful to president obama and to congress for providing ongoing support and establishing the museum's counsel which has offered guidance and encouragement over the months and years it took to get to this day. this landmark comes at a significant time in history for the smithsonian and for our country. it will enable us to advance the democratic mandate to increase and diffuse knowledge and more eloquent and far-reaching ways within our founding benefactor could ever have imagined. the smithsonian is a uniquely american institution comprising 19 museums, established at key points in our 170 year history. the inauguration of our newest museum occurs as race and cultural differences dominate the national discourse. this museum can be an ideal gathering place to learn, hold conversations, be in

herbert hoover dike repair. these are all army corps of engineers projects that we have. i have a bill which is being amended for the house rules to exclude existing or proposed water resource development projects of the armed core from the definition of our congressional earmark ban. i do this because i have been in congress for four terms going into my fifth term. some years have been shorter and some longer. one thing i have noticed since we have instilled this ban is that our constituents are getting more frustrated over our inability to do our constitutional job which is to deliver antigovernment -- and govern and problem solve when they pay their federal taxes to us and ask us to address these issues for them. our only recourse now is to basically write a strongly worded letter to the army corps asking that the performing duty for us in our own districts. it feels like a hollow exercise that we are reduced to being cheerleaders for our constituents rather than governing and problem solving. the other difference in this resolution/rules proposal change is that unlike

herbert hoover dike repair. these are all army corps of engineers projects that we ave. i have a bill which is being amended for the house rules to exclude existing or proposed water resource development projects of the armed core from the definition of our congressional earmark ban. i do this because i have been in congress for four terms going into my fifth term. some years have been shorter and some longer. one thing i have noticed since we have instilled this ban is that our constituents are getting more frustrated over our inability to do our constitutional job which is to deliver antigovernment -- and govern and problem solve when they pay their federal taxes to us and ask us to address these issues for them. our only recourse now is to basically write a strongly worded letter to the army corps asking that the performing duty for us in our own districts. it feels like a hollow exercise that we are reduced to being cheerleaders for our constituents rather than governing and problem solving. the other difference in this resolution/rules proposal change is that unlike

later, herbert hoover proposed to build a memorial memorializing contributions to history and science. it had to await the 21st century before plans started to actually take shape. in 2003, congress passed a registration to make the museum a reality as part of the smithsonian family. we are grateful to president obama into congress for providing ongoing support and for establishing the museum's counsel which is offered guidance and encouragement over the months and years it took to get to this day. this landmark comes at a significant time in history for the smithsonian and for our country. it will enable us to advance change the democratic mandate and diffusion of knowledge and more eloquent and far-reaching ways than our founding benefactor could have ever imagined. the smithsonian, as you know, is a uniquely a uniquely american institution comprising 19 museums, established at key points in our 170 year history. the inauguration of our newest museum occurs as race and cultural differences dominate the national discourse. this museum can be an ideal gathering place to learn, to hold

later, charles evans hughes was appointed chief justice of the supreme court by president herbert hoover. in glens falls, we are proud of his amazing legacy of public service and will gather on october 145 to celebrate the 100th -- 15 to celebrate his 1th hain -- the 100th anniversary of his run for president. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. i rise am: mr. speaker, today in i rise today in observance of childhood cancer awareness month, 16,000 children in the russ diagnosed with cancer every year, only one in five will survive. i have a very special constituent, chase ewalt, of eaten, illinois. this chase with miss mom and dad. he was diagnosed at the age of 2 with a very rare aggressive brain and spinal cancer. he with stood a grueling 14 months of treatment, spending more time in the hospital than he had at home. he survived, he's no

i remember when herbert hoover was against jobs for people. i remember when alf landon was against social security and later president nixon, sixteen years ago, was telling the public that john kennedy's proposals would bankrupt the country and would double the cost. the best thing to do is to look at the record of mr. ford's administration and mr. nixon's before his. we had last year a $65 billion deficit the largest deficit in the history of our country more of a deficit spending than we had in the entire eight-year period under president johnson and president kennedy. we've got 500,000 more americans out of jobs today than were out of work three months ago and since mr. ford's been in office two years, we've had a 50 % increase in unemployment from five million people out of work to two and a half million more people out of work and a total of seven and a half million. we've also got a comparison between himself and mr. nixon. he's got four times the size of the deficits that mr. nixon even had himself. this talking about more people at wor

i remember when herbert hoover was against jobs for people. i remember when alf landon was against social security and later president nixon, 16 years ago, was telling the public that john kennedy's proposals would bankrupt the country and would double the cost. the best thing to do is to look at the record of mr. ford's administration and mr. nixon's before his. we had last year a $65 billion deficit, the largest deficit in the history of our country, more of a deficit spending than we had in the entire eight-year period under president johnson and president kennedy. we've got 500,000 more americans out of jobs today than were out of work three months ago and since mr. ford's been in office two years, we've had a 50% increase in unemployment from five million people out of work to two and a half million more people out of work and a total of seven and a half million. we've also got a comparison between himself and mr. nixon. he's got four times the size of the deficits that mr. nixon even had himself. this talking about more people at work is

trounced by herbert hoover. called him the happy lawyer. even in defeat he gave us a great example of what we were talking about. a sense of humor, a joy, trying to bring people together. trying to find the common ground. so my -- one of my predecessors, francis cardinal spellman said why don't we start an annual dinner where we bring politicians together in a real climate of amity and every four years that is hyped up when the two candidates come together. except for the debates, it's the only time in the political season that the two candidates come together. the al smith dinner sponsored by the archdiocese in new york. >> it's sponsored by the board. it's a great -- you know, the traditional title for a priest and they especially give it to the high priest in rome is a pot -- pontifacts. a bridge. we're a bridge builder. on that evening we pray there's a sense of joy, self-deprecating humor and bringing ous what's best in america. >> let me ask you, will they sometimes pull you aside, listen, i'm having a lit

it got so big in the 20th century that the herbert hoover went fishing. on july the fourth.it was originally also new year's at the white house. the military was there but not so much until tyler. tyler's was hanged in effigy of the park in front of the house. they became frightened. you had the metropolitan police and that is what the people who go to the white house, not the military. the military camps in the front grounds during medicine and the war of 1812 and left with everyone else with the british. [laughter] >> and of course monro talked about, jackson jackson had no guards. beyond a military policeman or so. but it really began in the 1840s with tyler during the mexican war. and also there are lots of military people at the white house during that time. >> i want to stop you there because i don't want to get ahead of are are self historically. i'll i'll come back to for the period after that. go to katie about dolly madison. because we have just talked about madison and the troops. this could be totally undefended. on later historians say that she was the best sold

hoover. michael: edgar or herbert? >> herbert. even though he was a deep partisan, he faced a republican majority that was hell-bent on a reform commission. hoover to tear that became the hoover commission and created the general services administration and other things. he once called hoover -- he is to the right of king louis xiv. hoover campaigned aggressively for dewey. while the reform commission was going through congress. i guess there was the practical aspect that hoover was president, he would do the right thing. do you have any other insights? michael: sure. franklin roosevelt as madeleine has alluded to, was not always charitable to his enemies. after defeating who were my -- hoover by a landslide in hoover never crossed the front 1932, door of the white house the next 12 years. roosevelt did not speak to him. especially after hoover in 1940 got very isolationist and nasty about fdr's foreign policy. harry truman did not just -- share that quality. one of the first things he did when he became president, he invited hoove