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kansas once roosevelt. the world once roosevelt. the band begin to play roosevelt's theme song all the way back to 1932, happy days are here again. the whole place is pandemonium for an hour, but of course, the fix was in. it had all been arranged. the next day, roosevelt was overwhelmingly accepted. he modestly announced from the white house by radio under the circumstances he felt he could not refuse. he had of course rigged the whole sort of thing. between wendell wilkie and roosevelt was the most peculiar campaign, because both of them were in favor of a two britain, strengthen britain to keep the war away from the united states, but they were also careful that the united states would not get involved, that american soldiers would not be sent to europe again, so in a sense they were to some extent saying the same kind of thing. after hiswon, and election, wendell wilkie went to britain to find out what the situation was. roosevelt called him to the white house, gave him a letter to take to winston churchill, and sent him on his
kansas once roosevelt. the world once roosevelt. the band begin to play roosevelt's theme song all the way back to 1932, happy days are here again. the whole place is pandemonium for an hour, but of course, the fix was in. it had all been arranged. the next day, roosevelt was overwhelmingly accepted. he modestly announced from the white house by radio under the circumstances he felt he could not refuse. he had of course rigged the whole sort of thing. between wendell wilkie and roosevelt was...
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roosevelt said, well, fine. roosevelt really had nothing in mind. he did not have anything specifically in mind, what they could talk over. probably what he wanted to do was increase trade by reducing tariff barriers and somehow or other settled the territorial disputes by the various countries by conciliation, in other words what we would call today and was called then, what is now a very derogatory term, by -- the conference did not happen and it was regarded as one of the great missed opportunities of the late 1930's, but it probably was there was not enough basis or some kind of agreement. when in september, october, 1938, the british and french governments enter the german-speaking part of czechoslovakia, roosevelt showed where he stood by sending a cable to neville chamberlain saying, good man. he seemed to have solved the problem, given germany what it wanted, saved the piece for europe, saved the threat to the united states. the situation for the united states in relation to europe became much more series of course when war began in septembe
roosevelt said, well, fine. roosevelt really had nothing in mind. he did not have anything specifically in mind, what they could talk over. probably what he wanted to do was increase trade by reducing tariff barriers and somehow or other settled the territorial disputes by the various countries by conciliation, in other words what we would call today and was called then, what is now a very derogatory term, by -- the conference did not happen and it was regarded as one of the great missed...
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it wasn't just roosevelt.here are many who said don't do this, and there were some that do, and roosevelt said let's put them in there and took a lyrical advantage of this and lifted the restrictions when he was safely reelected. right, we will take one last question here. i just want to ask a couple of questions. one is that 90% plus corporate tax rate, does that apply across the board to companies always a part of the corporate tax system ? >> it was across the board. you had an earnings restriction, but it was not very high. most companies were not caught if not at the 90% level, at least pretty close to it. certainly all major corporations had been caught at the 90% level so that was in place. it is important to note that roosevelt and many of his followers wanted to keep it that it, becausee to after the war it was going to be a source of revenue for a home and a good education and a right to a job. >> just on the politics of truman, could he have vetoed these reductions in taxes if you wanted to? could h
it wasn't just roosevelt.here are many who said don't do this, and there were some that do, and roosevelt said let's put them in there and took a lyrical advantage of this and lifted the restrictions when he was safely reelected. right, we will take one last question here. i just want to ask a couple of questions. one is that 90% plus corporate tax rate, does that apply across the board to companies always a part of the corporate tax system ? >> it was across the board. you had an...
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president roosevelt was still in office influenced the roosevelt library in any major way? >> that's a really interesting question. i don't know. well, it influenced the library in very one concrete way is that roosevelt used his office in that library. so there's that. in terms of the -- what i'm guessing you're really asking about which is the content of the displays and that kind of thing, i'm not sure it influenced in a different way than any other of the presidents who were still alive when the library was being built, but interesting to think about. you were first, go ahead. >> thank you. i study presidential libraries, so that's why i'm here. i was going to ask you the question, that you left us with, where does the title of the lecture and performance -- if you could tie the performance in the title and, also, in your ph.d. degree so i can make this -- >> also what? >> in your ph.d. degree. >> oh, yeah, sure. so my background is in a discipline called performance studies, which is different from theater studies. performance studies is discipline that looks at and de
president roosevelt was still in office influenced the roosevelt library in any major way? >> that's a really interesting question. i don't know. well, it influenced the library in very one concrete way is that roosevelt used his office in that library. so there's that. in terms of the -- what i'm guessing you're really asking about which is the content of the displays and that kind of thing, i'm not sure it influenced in a different way than any other of the presidents who were still...
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brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of their ideas about labor and minimum wage laws, the rights of labor unions. that was the principal issue around 1911, 1912, given the industrial acts and unsafe working conditions and low wages that were plaguing men, women, and children at the time. brian: where were you when this became an idea for a book? mr. snyder: i was living in a house not far from the actual house of truth. i was living at 1920 s street on the northwest side of dupont circle, about two blocks away. brian: when? mr. snyder: 10 years ago or so. brian: how did you find out about the house? mr. snyder: i found out about the house by reading history. ted white, who is a wonderful historian and biographer of oliver wendell holmes, wrote in his daughter footnotes -- in his bibliographical notes that not much has been written about the house of truth. a light bulb went off in my head. brian: before we talk about the individual, i want to p
brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of their ideas about labor and minimum wage laws, the rights of labor unions. that was the principal issue around 1911, 1912, given the industrial acts and unsafe working conditions and low wages that were plaguing men, women, and children at the time. brian: where were you when this became an idea for a book? mr. snyder: i was living in a house not far from the actual house of truth....
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lecture onto today's franklin roosevelt. this is history 2131 b.he introduction to american presidency. his is a second level course. in this class, we trace the development and evolution of the office of the presidency and we look into particular the presidents that have had the most impact on the shaping of the office. not all presidents get their own lecture, lincoln of course did, and the second one that has his own lecture is of course, franklin roosevelt who we will look at today. as i said earlier, i will be speaking on franklin roosevelt and his
lecture onto today's franklin roosevelt. this is history 2131 b.he introduction to american presidency. his is a second level course. in this class, we trace the development and evolution of the office of the presidency and we look into particular the presidents that have had the most impact on the shaping of the office. not all presidents get their own lecture, lincoln of course did, and the second one that has his own lecture is of course, franklin roosevelt who we will look at today. as i...
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lbj great society where if possible it was said hetted to out roosevelt roosevelt. roosevelt was his mentor, and he was such an effusive character one time he stopped at a campaign -- stop and actually he wasn't supposed to stop and speak but he was in a motorcade and konts contain himself and reached down and picked up a bull horn and he said in this campaign we're for a lot of things and we're against mighty few that's kind of a summary of lbj in the great society he wanted to attack poverty. wewehe wanted to attack, improve education and a improve the cities he wanted to improve rural areas he wanted government very actively improving our great society in every possible way. but -- when he made the changes that he did to health care for seniors, medicare, medicaid, he nevertheless left the left room at the table if you will -- for rugged individualism. and so under lbj's health care, he added a safety net if you will medicare and medicaid for seniors who would immediate it. but for others, he said you know if you want to keep your own health insurance, if your em
lbj great society where if possible it was said hetted to out roosevelt roosevelt. roosevelt was his mentor, and he was such an effusive character one time he stopped at a campaign -- stop and actually he wasn't supposed to stop and speak but he was in a motorcade and konts contain himself and reached down and picked up a bull horn and he said in this campaign we're for a lot of things and we're against mighty few that's kind of a summary of lbj in the great society he wanted to attack poverty....
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i followed their idea and needor roosevelt embodied that idea. but after he lost the white house in 1912, he became a huge critic of woodrow wilson. ost: he was elected in 1912? guest: wilson was elected and taft and roosevelt split the republican votes and wilson, the first democrat since grover cleveland to be in the white house. host: all of those folks in the house of truth, how many of them were for woodrow wilson? guest: brandeis was for wilson and people associated with the house were really upset that brandeis was for wilson and didn't like that brandeis was writing articles over pro-wilson ideas. they wanted an outlet for their ideas. and that's how you get the new republic. hat happens is they stop being ritical of t.r. and see t.r. being hypocritical such as the german invasion of belgium. t.r. said one thing and t.r. was criticizing the wilson administration for not taking more forceful action and generally they felt before world war i. d t.r. gets angry at the criticism and calls the editor three international jews. and at that point
i followed their idea and needor roosevelt embodied that idea. but after he lost the white house in 1912, he became a huge critic of woodrow wilson. ost: he was elected in 1912? guest: wilson was elected and taft and roosevelt split the republican votes and wilson, the first democrat since grover cleveland to be in the white house. host: all of those folks in the house of truth, how many of them were for woodrow wilson? guest: brandeis was for wilson and people associated with the house were...
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also has shades of alice roosevelt, teddy roosevelt's daughter. alice was a character. she would say, if you don't have anything good to say, come sit next to me. alice would literally put a tack under the cushion of a dignitary and watch them sit and blow up. she jumped into a pool on a cruise and met her second husband. lesley: alice was very mean to eleanor. gil: she was mean to many people. teddy roosevelt said, i have a choice -- either handle my daughter or run the country. when he was governor and he wanted her to go to some conservative boarding school, she basically said, i will shame you, embarrass you, you are not going to do this. he knew it was true. when the tafts move into the white house, they discover a little voodoo doll that alice had left for them. and alice was banned from the taft white house, among other white houses. lesley: we have some questions from the audience. first for you, annette. was sally hemings ever freed from slavery? annette: she was informally freed. she moved into charlottesville after jefferson died. if he
also has shades of alice roosevelt, teddy roosevelt's daughter. alice was a character. she would say, if you don't have anything good to say, come sit next to me. alice would literally put a tack under the cushion of a dignitary and watch them sit and blow up. she jumped into a pool on a cruise and met her second husband. lesley: alice was very mean to eleanor. gil: she was mean to many people. teddy roosevelt said, i have a choice -- either handle my daughter or run the country. when he was...
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at the end of world war ii, roosevelt did not ive to begin to build that vision. but he talked about it throughout the war and he worked on it throughout the war. in fact, what happened was a partial creation of exactly that vision. after hundreds of years of something completely different, perhaps thousands of years it was built, this liberal international order. it created a rule-based system and an open economy with greater commerce in contact. it wasn't perfect, there are many flaws a month of countries that were not part of it. the soviet union and its allies been the most important exceptions. but it did create a new world. if you think about the world we live in, it is the world or franklin roosevelt created and dreamed of with mackenzie king. f you think about the world we it is a world of much greater order, much less political violence, much greater trade ommerce and capitalism, much greater broad sustained prosperity that has ever been true before. that is the world you live in, the world we live in, and what we take for granted. it has now become so it
at the end of world war ii, roosevelt did not ive to begin to build that vision. but he talked about it throughout the war and he worked on it throughout the war. in fact, what happened was a partial creation of exactly that vision. after hundreds of years of something completely different, perhaps thousands of years it was built, this liberal international order. it created a rule-based system and an open economy with greater commerce in contact. it wasn't perfect, there are many flaws a month...
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roosevelt is frequently criticized for being too pro -jewish. they say he is secretly roose nveld or roosenvelt. trying to make them sound more jewish. the fear that he has the jewish advisers. the secretary of labor goes out on a limb to advocate for increased immigration and she felt like she could advocate for this and she is accused immediately of being secretly jewish. that that is the only reason she might want to help people. so we still have a lot of hotels and golf versus and things that were gentiles only. >> thank you. >> one more follow-up, the commission, we have been hearing concerns about anti-semitism and the rise of hate crimes in the community. i am wondering if the museum has been tracking back in -- tracking that concern? division that is working on contemporary anti-semitism, we follow this not only in the u.s. but around the world so we know about anti-semitic propaganda, we know what type of speech it is, we take that quite seriously and follow it by closely -- quite closely. >> i just wanted to thank you because that was
roosevelt is frequently criticized for being too pro -jewish. they say he is secretly roose nveld or roosenvelt. trying to make them sound more jewish. the fear that he has the jewish advisers. the secretary of labor goes out on a limb to advocate for increased immigration and she felt like she could advocate for this and she is accused immediately of being secretly jewish. that that is the only reason she might want to help people. so we still have a lot of hotels and golf versus and things...
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and then roosevelt says by labor day to do with the inflation crisis.and then basically take over the economy. and then with the drama of the ball. and that is a big ultimatum. to do what i asked for. and then what follows to say give them what he wants to rehabing dictator. eventually he gets that legislative change all along having bet secret opinion to explain what authority he needed to rely on in rather than advising they found a different statute to give power to affect those same price controls. all the way back to washington. even with the continental congress in that has played out with that broad power over the economy they said they would issue the opinion in october the then chief justice stowe says than having a problem and i quite can square for those in the articles of war and i have a bigger problem and those that have gone executed. and so does no problem to decide how to treat that enemy force that is beyond congress's power to control that does not go over well given what roosevelt was say what they might do as commander in chief. to
and then roosevelt says by labor day to do with the inflation crisis.and then basically take over the economy. and then with the drama of the ball. and that is a big ultimatum. to do what i asked for. and then what follows to say give them what he wants to rehabing dictator. eventually he gets that legislative change all along having bet secret opinion to explain what authority he needed to rely on in rather than advising they found a different statute to give power to affect those same price...
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well, roosevelt dies and truman is now president. wallace begins to criticize truman's tough cold war policy, and truman fires him. and he runs for -- here's -- glad we're getting to this, buckley is watching this while he is at yale and wallace runs as a progressive party candidate for president. now, buckley knows that wallace is not going to be president. but he is terrified that about maybe wallace will get one or two percent of the vote. what he is terrified of is probably 60% to 70% of the one or two percent of the voter going be to artists, writers and of course, yale professors. well, ideas matter. ideas have consequences. wallace won't be important but his followerred will be around for a very long time, and i'm going to set up my own movement to resist that and push the kini of politic its want. so, even though he is technically -- a member of the yale republican club and all of that stuff.ca going around various radio stations, the press, debating half the yale faculty on various connecticut radio station. a very seminal e
well, roosevelt dies and truman is now president. wallace begins to criticize truman's tough cold war policy, and truman fires him. and he runs for -- here's -- glad we're getting to this, buckley is watching this while he is at yale and wallace runs as a progressive party candidate for president. now, buckley knows that wallace is not going to be president. but he is terrified that about maybe wallace will get one or two percent of the vote. what he is terrified of is probably 60% to 70% of...
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in that dilemma, roosevelt was more interested in helping the european allies then the countrymen. it made it hard for the americans to legally give support to the british and in particular churchill is begging him for some amazing destroyers that they have control of. but hhe feels they cannot get to the british without committing a crime potentially given his aiding another country that engaged in a wartime conflict at the time. so he says do i really have to follow these statutes because i would like to give aid to britain. and they say yes, you pretty much do. it would be a problem if you did. and by the way, you cited some of the statutes, so it would be awkward now to defy them. over the course of many months, the system is worked out whereby the lawyers in the administration concluded that through the relatively indirect room, lincoln will be able to give aid to those in the trade and give some basis in return for the destroyers and when it is structured that way, they sign off on it. congress has declared war and the question is now runs at, and by what. the way this arises
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even roosevelt faced those in ad some of his early new deal initiatives. we are stalked by the supreme court. it's going to far and going back to the drawing board.ves as you so, we have these correctives as you say to sort of keep a blended system working. >> who would like to ask the first question. >> if anybody has any questions you can line up over there. thank you for the talk. i have two quick questions. so, the first is you talk a lot about how the quality of opportunity is a really important part of the system where the rugged individualism exists and thrives. can you talk a bit about why there's such athere is such an f actual outcomes in our society so is it a problem that the individualism has gone too far that creates a sort of its coming where particularly minorities or people who are, you know, socioeconomically challenge for an essentially are not able to, you know, rise in for the social status ofd then s incomes. and then the second question is about what type of welfare system you would design to essentially have principles. you talk abo
even roosevelt faced those in ad some of his early new deal initiatives. we are stalked by the supreme court. it's going to far and going back to the drawing board.ves as you so, we have these correctives as you say to sort of keep a blended system working. >> who would like to ask the first question. >> if anybody has any questions you can line up over there. thank you for the talk. i have two quick questions. so, the first is you talk a lot about how the quality of opportunity is...
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roosevelt had a martini, knew he was a teetotaler.y went to the oval office and frank ling roosevelt, this aging visionary man, described to him what kind of world he wanted to build. mackenzie king kept a diary, and so it is one of the rare instances where we have recorded roosevelt's vision, and it basically was an understanding that the world had so far been characterized by war, great power conflict, colonial empires, economic mercantilism and exploitation. roosevelt said the united states cannot support the resurrection of that old order. we are going to try to do something different. we are going to try to build a new international order. he didn't quite call it a liberal international order, but that was clearly what he meant. it is a world in which he said first we will ask for the absolute surrender, the unconditional surrender of the axis powers. we will also ask the british and french to understand that they cannot reconstruct their great empires, that we need a world in which freedom and liberty and self-determination has
roosevelt had a martini, knew he was a teetotaler.y went to the oval office and frank ling roosevelt, this aging visionary man, described to him what kind of world he wanted to build. mackenzie king kept a diary, and so it is one of the rare instances where we have recorded roosevelt's vision, and it basically was an understanding that the world had so far been characterized by war, great power conflict, colonial empires, economic mercantilism and exploitation. roosevelt said the united states...
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while they were thinking came a saying weing the hall , we wantevelt roosevelt.s turned out to be the superintendent of chicago deep, loudin a voice, hidden in the basement, speaking into a microphone through the public address system. thereafter this was known by those who did like roosevelt as the voice from the sewers, only the voice from the sewers would demand that roosevelt be president again. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on her issite where all our video archived. that c-span.org,/history. >> c-span's washington journal live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. a talkup monday morning, about public policy issues protecting veterans. look at how congressional fund-raising has evolved through the years. willephen rothstein reflect on the political legacy of jfk and the country commemorates its 100th birthday. washed -- watch monday morning. join the discussion. >> recently american history tv was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and gra
while they were thinking came a saying weing the hall , we wantevelt roosevelt.s turned out to be the superintendent of chicago deep, loudin a voice, hidden in the basement, speaking into a microphone through the public address system. thereafter this was known by those who did like roosevelt as the voice from the sewers, only the voice from the sewers would demand that roosevelt be president again. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on her issite where all our...
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[laughter] >> he liked to be called colonel roosevelt after stopping president. colonel roosevelt. michael, your book is an extraordinary talent of world war i. you described as the largest, most diverse and most sophisticated peace coalition at that point in u.s. history. can you talk about who comprised the coalition? when did it peak, and who were some of the cheerleaders? -- key leaders? michael: southern democrats, segregationists, that included people with follow see, the guy from wisconsin who was in favor of human rights and civil rights. socialists at a time when the socialist party was as strong as ever was. feminists, suffragists, children. every major organization had leaders in favor of keeping the u.s. out of the war but the issue of preparedness. it was one of these movements that was a movement outside the realm of power and in congress as well. it had a coalition between supporters of it in the capital and also wilson himself was at times seemed like he was a member of many members of the coalition like jane adams, a pacifist, suffragists, met with wilson in the wh
[laughter] >> he liked to be called colonel roosevelt after stopping president. colonel roosevelt. michael, your book is an extraordinary talent of world war i. you described as the largest, most diverse and most sophisticated peace coalition at that point in u.s. history. can you talk about who comprised the coalition? when did it peak, and who were some of the cheerleaders? -- key leaders? michael: southern democrats, segregationists, that included people with follow see, the guy from...
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the third fact in terms of congress which roosevelt stood for and antitrust, taft set aside than roosevelt. now, why do we as historians have blinders that tend to skip from someone like roosevelt to someone like wilson and ignoring the thing in the middle. i will skrus poijust point that. >> i would say many reasons for this. the political memory in which presidents we categorize as innovators and part of it as this whole project of whether you are talking about tease polls that we get for who is the best president for a focus on credit and innovation on particular presidency. one of the great things about with some political scientists of nelson paul wrote about is how different policy changes don't take place with any single presidency. they take place over decades with different actors pushing for issues from members of congress or entrepreneurs on a certain question to activists and social groups. different president or usually any issue or like any scholarships or hoover rediscovering on apart of the new deal. you see how this gradually build. part of this is even of the nature of th
the third fact in terms of congress which roosevelt stood for and antitrust, taft set aside than roosevelt. now, why do we as historians have blinders that tend to skip from someone like roosevelt to someone like wilson and ignoring the thing in the middle. i will skrus poijust point that. >> i would say many reasons for this. the political memory in which presidents we categorize as innovators and part of it as this whole project of whether you are talking about tease polls that we get...
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he was a good friend of roosevelt and covered the spanish war. very famous guy. as soon as the war broke out, he was in mexico when the broke out. he got on the first ship to new york and then the first ship to europe in order to get to europe and start covering the war. americans were paying attention to this war from the very beginning. they knew this was the single most important event that was likely to happen in their life time. they knew it was already affecting them directly. when the war broke out, the united states had no way to control the transfer of gold. the american currency is based in gold. european countries began selling stocks in new york city, taking the cash, converting it to gold and taking it out och the united states. if that continued, the united states would have run out of gold. the united states government ordered new york, philadelphia and stock exchange close. imagine that happening today. the war is affecting the americans from the very beginning. one thing richard harding davis told his readers is the news you get from great britai
he was a good friend of roosevelt and covered the spanish war. very famous guy. as soon as the war broke out, he was in mexico when the broke out. he got on the first ship to new york and then the first ship to europe in order to get to europe and start covering the war. americans were paying attention to this war from the very beginning. they knew this was the single most important event that was likely to happen in their life time. they knew it was already affecting them directly. when the...
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-- franklin roosevelt? saul bellows said his most vivid memory of being a boy in chicago was walking through the streets hearing whatight he described as that magical comforting voice. it is impossible for me to imagine a person better suited to be president of the united states at that time in our history than fdr. not only was he able to hold the nation's hand and cultivated ,ind and can do with patients but he was also probably the , navy andr of men army. he was an able man himself, that we've ever had in the presidency, including george washington. he was absolutely remarkable. and it is enormously to his credit that his first pershing like meeting with marshall had exactly the same effect on president roosevelt. this is a 1939. all, he is called together of the senior members of the administration, including the not yet mr. war, simpson, but whoever was. marshall was brought in as a deputy chief of staff and one star general. do says the one thing we can is build as many as 10,000 airplanes, perhaps m
-- franklin roosevelt? saul bellows said his most vivid memory of being a boy in chicago was walking through the streets hearing whatight he described as that magical comforting voice. it is impossible for me to imagine a person better suited to be president of the united states at that time in our history than fdr. not only was he able to hold the nation's hand and cultivated ,ind and can do with patients but he was also probably the , navy andr of men army. he was an able man himself, that...
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i want to place on the table, that one of the characters emerges peter roosevelt -- theodore roosevelt. can you talk relationshipe and with wilson, and sort of how their visions of america were similar or different at that point of time? he had become the primary proponent of preparedness, building an army and navy, and an industrial plant. but most important, he really wanted to get into the war. he felt come up pretty early on, that this was a war between autocracy and democracy, russia notwithstanding, and that he knew that it was incumbent upon the u.s. to make sure it was the right kind of world. and he said the u.s. needed to prove its manhood on the battlefield. a plan to1917, he had raise a division of volunteers that he himself would lead in france. he was 58. he became a little bit of a caricature of himself and away, but a very compelling caricature. he had to be careful in criticizing wilson, because he did -- he had to be carefully criticizing wilson. in public, you could see he was trying to hold back as much as he could. there is an interesting side about how wilson got
i want to place on the table, that one of the characters emerges peter roosevelt -- theodore roosevelt. can you talk relationshipe and with wilson, and sort of how their visions of america were similar or different at that point of time? he had become the primary proponent of preparedness, building an army and navy, and an industrial plant. but most important, he really wanted to get into the war. he felt come up pretty early on, that this was a war between autocracy and democracy, russia...
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roosevelt took one look at it and said no, we can't do this at all. the act of decision, but this is an example of what fdr was prepared to do when he had to do it. eisenhower was supposed to respond to macarthur's attack on marshall's speech in wisconsin in 1952. he demurred, but he accuses him of using the army to help destroy mccarthy. is this true? it's about two thirds true. when i ran for the presidency, everyone knew what he thought of marshall. he believed marshall was literally the greatest man alive. he had heard things that mccarthy had said about marshall repeatedly, some of them on the floor of the senate. he said i'm going to use my visit to milwaukee and wisconsin to settle scores with joe mccarthy. the sentences included things like mccarthy's antics is an example or are an example of precisely how we should not combat possible subversion. in a moment of weakness, almost inexplicable, to me, general eisenhower allowed himself to be persuaded by the governor of wisconsin and buy a couple of of aides a couple to excise the paragraph prai
roosevelt took one look at it and said no, we can't do this at all. the act of decision, but this is an example of what fdr was prepared to do when he had to do it. eisenhower was supposed to respond to macarthur's attack on marshall's speech in wisconsin in 1952. he demurred, but he accuses him of using the army to help destroy mccarthy. is this true? it's about two thirds true. when i ran for the presidency, everyone knew what he thought of marshall. he believed marshall was literally the...
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and roosevelt decides that when james garner by the way, roosevelt, vice president was the former speaker of the house. so you have your own democrat coalition between the northern and southern conservative. you'll see again with kennedy and johnson. so he decides he's not going to oppose the nomination but is going to run against him. so he said i think the vice president has done his bottle into the ring. and he runs with henry wallace. they were in the third term and everything is fine until then. we talked about the change in the system. we have franklin roosevelt four times, in the middle of a world war is playing poker on the white house, -- there is a labor leader sitting with him, the mayor of chicago, and other union leader and a governor. and they tell them you know we can't -- where real people live. the ukrainians and many other people. they think is too close. and you cannot run with him. so he dumps henry wallace. in the middle of the world war. imagine this. we nominate a president where we think we do and then we wait around and then there was a time that -- these buses ha
and roosevelt decides that when james garner by the way, roosevelt, vice president was the former speaker of the house. so you have your own democrat coalition between the northern and southern conservative. you'll see again with kennedy and johnson. so he decides he's not going to oppose the nomination but is going to run against him. so he said i think the vice president has done his bottle into the ring. and he runs with henry wallace. they were in the third term and everything is fine until...
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and roosevelt decides that when james garner by the way, roosevelt's first by vice president appears you have your own democrat coalition was with the northern liberal and southern conservatives. you'll see it again with kennedy and johnson. garner decides he's not only going to oppose the nomination of roosevelt but hate going to run against him. roosevelt. i think vice president has thrown his bottle into the ring. and he runs with henry wallace. they win the third term and everything is fine that we talk about the change in the party system. have franklin roosevelt four times and in the middle of world war is playing poker on the white house boat, the mayflower and sitting with him is a labor leader. the mayor of chicago, another union leader and a governor. and they tell him you know we cannot tell your friend henry wallace -- the word chicago where real people live. where here many of the people. it's too close. and you cannot run with him. so he dumps henry wallace. in the middle of the world war. imagine this! we'll nominate a president and we packed and then we wait around to
and roosevelt decides that when james garner by the way, roosevelt's first by vice president appears you have your own democrat coalition was with the northern liberal and southern conservatives. you'll see it again with kennedy and johnson. garner decides he's not only going to oppose the nomination of roosevelt but hate going to run against him. roosevelt. i think vice president has thrown his bottle into the ring. and he runs with henry wallace. they win the third term and everything is fine...
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roosevelt thought it was so important to be there forever.hen the white house had to be billed during -- built during truman's presidency. , truman made sure went back on the mantelpiece. when kennedy was president, he had it carved into the marble part, rather than the wood. what adams wrote to abigail was, "may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." what i love about it is he puts honest first. character,ength of that is what matters in the job. strength of character and confidence that the american enduring, and the american spirit -- charlie: which is the title of the book. david: yes. i have spent a lot of time with john adams and harry truman, and feel,re roosevelt, and i often, that lots of other biographers, historians, have expressed the same thought. you get to know these people in many ways better than you know people in real life. you read their letters. [laughter] david: exactly. and the letters are so revealing, and they are so often touching and eloquent, and the relationship between bess and harry truman as f
roosevelt thought it was so important to be there forever.hen the white house had to be billed during -- built during truman's presidency. , truman made sure went back on the mantelpiece. when kennedy was president, he had it carved into the marble part, rather than the wood. what adams wrote to abigail was, "may none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." what i love about it is he puts honest first. character,ength of that is what matters in the job. strength of...
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theodore roosevelt. every ambitious officer in the army was clamoring to get into said thisand the war will play havoc with any orderly raising of the army. >> i know we have filled a room here with people interested in this but essentially world war i remains a blip on the american consciousness. i once had a deputy national security adviser fall out of his chair when i told him we lost as many military casualties in world war i as we did in 10 years in vietnam. why does world war i barely register on the general american consciousness? >> j, you want to take a crack at that? >> i'm not sure of the answer. in the publishing world, they say if you want a bestseller, right about the american civil war, do not write about world war i. the publiceeped into consciousness but i would say kudos to the council of foreign relations for holding this event because world war i really is, it is a titanic battle, a titanic war, all the major issues we think about matter. death, carnage, the face of war, the role of a
theodore roosevelt. every ambitious officer in the army was clamoring to get into said thisand the war will play havoc with any orderly raising of the army. >> i know we have filled a room here with people interested in this but essentially world war i remains a blip on the american consciousness. i once had a deputy national security adviser fall out of his chair when i told him we lost as many military casualties in world war i as we did in 10 years in vietnam. why does world war i...
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you're going to regret it. >> so franklin roosevelt had a vision, but what was the reality?lity was that the united nations was permanently gridlocked because of the veto exerted by the members of the security council, the permanent members and practiced what the u.s. did was to dismantle other people's empires and build one of its own which i think is fair to say, mixed results and i don't think we should fall into the trap as i said earlier of believing that the relative peace afteren in 45 had anything to do with the institutions that franklin roosevelt discussed after that martini with mackenzie king. on the contrary, it's an illusion. it's fake history to credit the relative peace of the 1945 period on those institutions. it's an incorrect inference, the reality was there was considerable violence and it was a lot like the violence before. violence between two great empires, the united states and the sof etunion both of whom pretended they weren't empires and they think his book will be like the great illusion. proven wrong, the first nuclear war that happens. the poten
you're going to regret it. >> so franklin roosevelt had a vision, but what was the reality?lity was that the united nations was permanently gridlocked because of the veto exerted by the members of the security council, the permanent members and practiced what the u.s. did was to dismantle other people's empires and build one of its own which i think is fair to say, mixed results and i don't think we should fall into the trap as i said earlier of believing that the relative peace afteren...
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theodore roosevelt wrote articles about them. cornelius vanderbilt gave all the money to host lavish parties, big parties in paris, big parties at their aerodrome. this is the monument the french built to them in western paris. i want to wrap up saying why the united states got into this war. the real reason i think, is that by 1916 the american people had realized by staying neutral they had made themselves less safe, not more. this is the cover image of "life" magazine in february 1916, february 1916. it's a map of the united states if the united states continued to act in this neutral isolationist fashion. the fear is that the united states will end up like china. a wealthy country unable to defend itself that gets pickedded apart by the europeans. you can see on this map, most of the united states is now labeled as new prussia, the west coast is labeled as jupanica. mexico is the province, meaning the german province of mexico. the atlantic ocean. boyd city, two cities out west, two german attaches that wilson declared person
theodore roosevelt wrote articles about them. cornelius vanderbilt gave all the money to host lavish parties, big parties in paris, big parties at their aerodrome. this is the monument the french built to them in western paris. i want to wrap up saying why the united states got into this war. the real reason i think, is that by 1916 the american people had realized by staying neutral they had made themselves less safe, not more. this is the cover image of "life" magazine in february...
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the less well-known president roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, once said when explaining what it meant to be a citizen, quote, "it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and short coming." think about that -- there is no effort without error and shortcoming. it's really just an eloquent way of saying don't be afraid of failure. don't be afraid of being embarrassed or of being criticized. just try get into the arena. successful people didn't make it because they never failed, they made it because they never gave up. when you don't get that job you really, really wanted, see it as an opportunity to find something better for yourself. if you weren't happy with the outcome of last year's election, think of it as a chance to get involved in your community as a catalyst for the change you wa
the less well-known president roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, once said when explaining what it meant to be a citizen, quote, "it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and short...
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the less well-known president roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, once said when explaining what it meant to be a citizen, "it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming." think about that -- there is no effort without error and shortcoming. it's really just an eloquent way of saying, don't be afraid of failure. don't be afraid of being embarrassed or of being criticized. just try. get into the arena. successful people don't make it because they never failed, they made it because they never gave up. when you don't get that job you really, really wanted, see it as an opportunity to find something better for yourself. if you weren't happy with the outcome of last year's election, think of it as a chance to get involved in your community as a catalyst for the change you want to m
the less well-known president roosevelt, teddy roosevelt, once said when explaining what it meant to be a citizen, "it is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming."...
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roosevelt had taken them through the depression and taken them through most of world war ii. truman had his own term and now many people in the country felt there needed to be a change in government. the republican front-runner was a man named senator robert taft and taft was from an old republican family in ohio. his father had been president and he was known in party circles as mr. republican. isenhour came in and the taft people were immediately concerned about the emergence of a celebrity candidate. they called him a glamour candidate. it's hard for us to imagine isenhour being labeled as the glamour candidate but to the die-hard taft people that's exactly what he representative. isenhour came in and there was a big struggle between traditional republicans and many of these people were not internationalist people like him who were media savvy and very good on television and very good on the radio and also had a much more global vision for the united states. eisenhower was a hero to monumental proportions. he was the person who had led the allied forces to victory in world
roosevelt had taken them through the depression and taken them through most of world war ii. truman had his own term and now many people in the country felt there needed to be a change in government. the republican front-runner was a man named senator robert taft and taft was from an old republican family in ohio. his father had been president and he was known in party circles as mr. republican. isenhour came in and the taft people were immediately concerned about the emergence of a celebrity...
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roosevelt and he died almost of a broken heart just months later. before he passed away could be seen at the stables at the oyster bay home with the horses and he would sit there looking and saying to himself the childhood nickname he had given his son. they left his body in europe where he was buried but they did receive the mangled axle of his plane which is on display. not all the people i focus on in "my fellow soldiers: general john pershing and the americans who helped win the great war" are presidents are famous general, the most compelling are the characters who never had names in history books. i want to introduce you to a nurse, she wrote letters in journals starting with her training, in the atlantic and into combat and like the men she wanted to see action. she was gung ho to get to the front and participate and like the men with the combat experience once she saw it firsthand her enthusiasm was tempered. there was one part of the hospital once the wounded started coming and that affected her more than any other and a group of patients w
roosevelt and he died almost of a broken heart just months later. before he passed away could be seen at the stables at the oyster bay home with the horses and he would sit there looking and saying to himself the childhood nickname he had given his son. they left his body in europe where he was buried but they did receive the mangled axle of his plane which is on display. not all the people i focus on in "my fellow soldiers: general john pershing and the americans who helped win the great...
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roosevelt and he died almost of a broken heart just months later. before he passed away, he could be seen down the stables, the oyster bay home, with the horses that quintin used to ride as a boy could would just sit there, and saying his son's nickname. the left quinton's body in europe where he was buried but retrieved the mangled action sell of his plain plane which is on display in oyster bay. not a. i focussen or presidents are generals. the most compelling are characters who never had their napes in the history books and i want to introduce you to a nurse, alta may andrews, and she wrote letters and journals, starting with her training, going over on the atlanta -- over the atlantic, and then into combat, and like the men in their early letters she wanted to see action. just gung ho to get to the front and to participate. and like the men who wrote of their combat experience, once she saw it first hand, her enthusiasm was tempered. there was one part of the hospital, once the wind started coming, in that affected her more than any other and it
roosevelt and he died almost of a broken heart just months later. before he passed away, he could be seen down the stables, the oyster bay home, with the horses that quintin used to ride as a boy could would just sit there, and saying his son's nickname. the left quinton's body in europe where he was buried but retrieved the mangled action sell of his plain plane which is on display in oyster bay. not a. i focussen or presidents are generals. the most compelling are characters who never had...
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he hated teddy roosevelt because he felt roosevelt took his place as the rising star of new york city anti machine politics. he was a high official to the gop party at one point. his hope was everything was from buying the tube system from here and helped millions. >> host: so what happens after leaving? >> guest: she becomes an activist. one of the first things she does is get involved. it was a skirt and top simpler than the victorian interest. and the women are paid making horrible wages and in horrible conditions. a number of recent grads go to protest and she knew she wanted to be a lawyer. greenwic village is the place to live. she tries to get into harvard law school and they say no but new york city university is open more to women lawyers so she gets her law degree. she is still going every summer to london. she wants to do good. unlike the first generation of women's rights activists in the 19th century who are ernest and somber. these women are more about professional fulfillment which is the opposite of the victorian true women. this is the first generation of women to go
he hated teddy roosevelt because he felt roosevelt took his place as the rising star of new york city anti machine politics. he was a high official to the gop party at one point. his hope was everything was from buying the tube system from here and helped millions. >> host: so what happens after leaving? >> guest: she becomes an activist. one of the first things she does is get involved. it was a skirt and top simpler than the victorian interest. and the women are paid making...
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that is in the roosevelt room, scheduled for 1:00 eastern. we are halfway into the trading day. julie hyman joins us with the latest area -- latest. julie: we are not seeing a lot of movement going on. this has really been the case as there has been these reports coming out of the white house. first the comey firing now, this talk of intelligence to russian officials. stocks have remained unmoved on this. the nasdaq is at a record. any gain would be a record close. the s&p has pulled back a little bit. one of the largest drag has been health care. we see a couple of the big drugmakers pulled back. city is cutting pfizer 28 cell. lilly the shares are up this year. you can see they are now down to percent. we see more news and retail. one of the latest disappointments is exporting goods. that was below estimates. now the outlook for the year is for a gain of 1% to 3%. down, under and nike are trading lower. the top customer, the largest customer for under armour is dix. the number two customer for nike is ticks. you can see how they could be linked. even though we are not seen pol
that is in the roosevelt room, scheduled for 1:00 eastern. we are halfway into the trading day. julie hyman joins us with the latest area -- latest. julie: we are not seeing a lot of movement going on. this has really been the case as there has been these reports coming out of the white house. first the comey firing now, this talk of intelligence to russian officials. stocks have remained unmoved on this. the nasdaq is at a record. any gain would be a record close. the s&p has pulled back a...