john dewey had his students take every day objects and dive into it more deeply to think about that so drawing from that come i like the idea of the everyday object analysis even in their own homes by asking me these questions and the first one is and then to take a close look and describe it. what does it connect to? and those that may know about what can we do with our questions can i ask what i write a paper about and from brown university to provide a little bit more detail on that in the book and this was produced in some factory on the other side of the world that relates to trade policies and economics and it is particular you can take that with anything in the world and the same is true so what you might do with you are online students to work around them and find things and those spaces that are fascinating as a window on avenue to new and creative thinking. >> so this is my recommendation one of those pedagogical activities to is fascinating course of content and how do you see that on a regular basis? >> so the one time experience and with the whole course in his signature a

and what dewey represented was youth and vigor and energy. i mean, in the way that john kennedy symbolically represented more than the turning of a page from the oldest president to the youngest president. i mean, tom dewey had that same quality in 1944. plus, he could point to his record in new york. he had not gutted the social programs that people had come to expect from government in new york but he made them work better, and he managed to cut taxes at the same time. >> and who is his vp pick, and why? >> john bricker. of ohio. his fellow governor, not someone, i think, he regarded as a scintillating intellect, but on the other hand he had bad luck with running mates. he wasn't a big fan of world war, after 1948 privately he referred to him as that big dumb swede. and i don't think he was particularly a fan of warren's performance on the supreme court. but you might know better than i. did he talk about warren at all in his later years? >> no. >> so what are the results of the '44 election? >> actually, he came closer than anyone else. the four people who ran against

dewey represented was youth. and vigor. and energy. in the way that john kennedy, symbolically, represented more than the turning of a page from the old president to the young president. i mean, tom dewey had that same quality in 1944. plus, he could point to his record in new york. he had not got to the social programs, the people had come to expect from government in new york. but, he make them work better, and he managed to cut taxes at the same time. >> >> and who is a vp pick, and why? >> john record, his fellow governor, not someone he was guided as an intellect, but on the other hand he had bedrock with running mates, he wasn't a big fan even after after 1948, he referred to him, privately, as big dump sweet. and i don't think he was particularly favorable to his dominance that the supreme court. >> no better than i. >> did he talk about him at all? in his later years? >> no. >> so, what are the results of the 44 election? >> i think you came closer than anyone else. you know, out of the four people who ran against fdr, dewey came but a considerable

but instead, to unify the party, dewey pick the governor of ohio, taft friend, fellow conservative, a man named john record. and one of the solvents was with two on record. let's get a phone call. here marvin in los angeles. go ahead. >> hello, thomas e. dewey was a reasonably young met in 1953, and he was of course very influential and eisenhower. running was dewey offered a job by eisenhower -- was offered the drop of chief justice? >> that's a great question. there are some debate over it. i believe he was on firmly approached shall we put it, about the supreme court. when you stop to think about it really nothing else made sense, except perhaps secretary of state, and there he had perhaps the next best thing, maybe better. his longtime political ally kissinger, john, one of the things about dewey that's often overlooked is the extent to which he bought in to the american political process a whole generation of very talented people. i mean dwight eisenhower, richard nixon are the most obvious. but there is a whole host of people who would remain, some here in new york, but others, hagerty was the

john f. kennedy. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >>> thomas dewey was nominated for president a second time in 1948. now on "american history tv" a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his political life. >>> thomas e dewey was elected, four years earlier he was appointed special prosecutor by the governor for the war on organized crime in new york. >> you have been given a most difficult task, and you have the opportunity to help people in this city. what can we do to help you. >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, whoa i think i one of the best in the united states. i would like him to head my squad of detectives. >> clearing out gangsters, racketeers, they were tightening through years of rule. >> are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. but i don't need any protection. dewey started by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of work. he had enough evidence to move in on the city's racketeers. he convicted all but one of the criminals. rackets that flourishes with immunity started to b

at home in the outdoors from his boyhood, tom dewey likes to take whatever time he can from his public life to spend with his two boys. tom junior, and john. while not posing as a working farmer himself, he has a wide knowledge of agriculture. he understands farm problems and enjoys discussing them with his neighbors. poultry and dairy farming are major enterprises in new york state and as governor, he has taken vigorous action on giving constant aid to farmers. during the war and cents, governor dewey's food commission has helped farmers increase production and fight food shortages which are at the root of high prices. as governor of new york, dewey has won his place among political leaders by his record of good government during the past six years. for the great state of new york with its population of 14 million, with its enormously diversified arias ranging from sparsely settled rural districts to the number one metropolitan center, it's almost a nation in itself. the job of governing it is second in importance only to that of the job of the president of the united states. by running the state with such economy and efficiency, he was

so he never endorsed dewey or roosevelt. >> john, i'm going to jump in, you bring a number of key points. thank you for phoning in. we're going to talk about this book "one world" and his post-1940 campaign visits to europe and his relationship with frankly roosevelt. let's touch on the fall campaign, if we could. in the next hour we're going to focus much more on the second part of your phone call. but the 1940 fall campaign, he went in with such great promise, did not have a lot of the support of the republican establishment. you touched on this earlier. basically, what happened, how did this unfold. >> i think we need to acknowledge. i'm not sure we've done that yet this evening. roosevelt had liabilities going into the campaign. while he had won in a landslide in 1936, the congressional elections in 1938 produced i think 81 new republican house members voting against roosevelt and the new deal. there was the court-packing plan which created a lot of bitterness, even among democrats in america, and then there was as we talked about this notion that two terms was enough and that's all

john f. kennedy. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >>> thomas dewey was nominated for president a second time in 1948. now on "americanis

john f. kennedy's 1960s speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. explores the american story. watch hurricane history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> thomas deweyon american history tv, a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his political life. ♪ ♪ >> thomas e. dewey's public career was launched in 1931 when crime was a national scandal. four years later early in mayor laguardia's term, dewey was appointed special prosecutor by the governor to warn unorganized crime in new york. >> mr. dewey, you have been given themo