uraged you to internship summer with senator john sherman of kentucky. >> a liberal republican. yes. there were some. and i just soaked that up. more power to internship programs. . that's such a crucial time in people's lives. then what was next? graduated. went to work for another senator from kentucky. marlo cook. for another one. tell genic, interesting gentleman. involved in the civil 1964 when he the cooper. john sherman experience in your did the senators in leadership come from staff? >> fairly often. the major reasons why senators did not want to have professional staffs. it was not until after world war ii that they decided they absolutely needed them. couldn't operate without them. but you hire these staff, you're going to have somebody who's smarter than you are. >> senator robert byrd was alive. he claimed the longest serving congress ever. that's already been retired. now.john dingle >> it depends on how you define it. say senate, he'll hold the longest serving senate in history. satisfy it. the frosting of the cake to say the whole congress. say, oday, he'll smile

. >> he had a summer internship with senator john sherman of kentucky. >> a liberal republican. >> yes. there were some. and i just soaked that up. -- she just soaked that up. all the more power to internship programs. . people's lives. >> then what was next? he graduated. went to work for another senator from kentucky. marlo cook. he went to work for another one. tell genic, interesting gentleman. and got involved in the civil rights act in the 1964 when he was with john sherman cooper. >> how often in your experience did the senators in leadership come from staff? >> fairly often. one of the major reasons why senators did not want to have professional staffs. it was not until after world war ii that they decided they absolutely needed them. them. but you hire these staff, you're going to have somebody who's smarter than you are. that person will be smart enough to know he could beat you in a primary. that has happened in other cases. they have just succeeded their mentors. >> senator robert byrd was alive. last time we talked. he was awaiting the opportunityhe claimed the longest ser

a hapless secretary of state, john sherman, who was not up to the task, and was shunted aside and hay was brought back. >> he was general sherman's brother? >> yes, also from ohio. hay was brought back in the fall of '89 the aid after the war was over to take over the portfolio of state, which was a much larger portfolio. instead of being the cannot -- continental united states and alaska, we now had cuba, pr, blond, and -- guam. >> how many years did he spend at the new york tribune? >> about three, four. >> did he spent seven years as secretary of state? >> help me here. 1898, diedin october in office, and june 1905. .> go back to the children one of his children was named adelbert. what is the story of his life? how robertabout lincoln was not very close to his father. a greatdest son was kid, but for some reason, he could not do anything right in his father's eyes, at least as a young boy. he was sort of big, ungainly. he was a physical kid. an endorsement. his son wanted to play a new sport of football. they went off to yale, and did well, and in the years after he graduated, hay

the spring of mckinley had a hapless secretary was ate, john sherman, who not up to the task and was trying to decide and hay was back. >> general sherman's brother? >> yes. from ohio. hay was brought back in the fall after the war was over to take over the portfolio of which is a much larger portfolio. of just being the continental united states and cuba, puerto w had philippines d the with a civil war raging in the philippines. >> how many years had he spent bun?e new york tra >> i think it was about three? four? later. in >> did i count right? seven years as secretary of state. help me -- >> started in october -- october in 98 and left and died office in june. in 1905, 6 1/2 years, something like that? go back to the children. his children was named delbert. they called dell. story of his life? >> we talked about how robert incoln was not that close to his father. hays' oldest son was a great kid do anything right in his father's eyes, at least boy.young he feels big and ungamely. lazy.ther thought he was he was a physical kid. rugged -- an indoorsman. new on wanted to play the sp

>> he had a very fortunate summer internship with senator john sherman of kentucky. >> a liberal republican? >> there were some, yes. all the more power to internship programs. that is such a crucial time in people's lives. >> then what was next? >> then we went to work for -- when he graduated, went to work for another senator from kentucky. marla cook, a republican senator. very intelligent interesting gentleman. got involved in the civil rights act, i believe in 1964. >> how often do senator that's end up in leadership come from staff? >> fairly often. it was one of the major reasons why senators did not want to have professional staff. it really was not until after world war ii that they decided they needed them. you hire these staff and pretty soon you're going to have somebody smarter than you are. they could probably beat you in a primary. some cases that happened and other cases they succeeded. >> last time we talked when you were retiring in 2009, senator robert byrd was alive and he also was waiting the opportunity to claim the longest serving member of congress ever. that's alrea

it is altered slightly in the a few days time as benjamin franklin, william livingston, john adams, and roger sherman make a few changes in the document. >> you give us the very first draft of jefferson's preamble in which he wrote, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and independent. that from that equal creation, they derive rights inherent and inalienable among which are the preservation of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and you of course suggest that the more famous final version was a bit more elegant. this is question i always had which bears deeply on the relation between jefferson's declaration and the constitution. what is the significance of the difference between jefferson's language, life, liberty and pursuit of happiness and in his draft and final declaration and the fifth amendment of constitution, that no person will be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law? what is the difference between property? >> john locke's phrase in the treatise on government was life, liberty and property. and jefferson was certainl

now mayor lee and sherman and the other ceremony >> good morning, tuesday is june 25, 2013. my name is john avalos, the chair of the authority. we are joined with us by our clerk, erika and would like to thank sfgtv staff for broadcasting today -- jessie and charles. could you call the role please >> commissioner avalos, present, shoe present; kim, absent; mar present; tang present; yee present. we have quorum. >> thank you. could you call our next items. >> approval of may 21 minutes. >> opening public comments on minutes. no one coming forward. closing public comments. if you could call our next item please. oh, sorry. madam clerk, could we have role call? >> campos, absent ; chew, i ; commissioner mar, i; tang, i. item passes. >> next item please. >> chairs report is an information item. >> on may 30 we held a board workshop on the san francisco transportation plan which provides needs for the city's transportation system. the plan is in its final stages of development. coordination with local transportation agencies, regional transportation offices as well as extensive public outreach.

sherman did. we shall pursue our own 'scorched earth' policy and burn jim crow to the ground!" >> johnewis, you also said a part that didn't get included was, "in good conscience, we cannot support the administration's civil rights bill, for it's too little, too late. there's not one thing in the bill that will protect our people from police brutality." >> i thought, and i believe, that the proposed civil rights bill was not enough. president kennedy took the position that if a person had a sixth grade education, that person should be considered literate and should able to register to vote. those of us in the student nonviolent coordinating committee took the position that the only qualification for being able to register to vote in america should be that of age and residency, nothing more or anything less. we wanted a much stronger bill. but the whole idea of the march was not to support a particular piece of legislation. it was a march for jobs and freedom. it was a coalition of conscience to say to the congress and say to the president of the united states, "you must act." we didn't