represented the new york herald tribune, an important republican newspaper which objected to the roosevelt administration editorially, but she wrote the loveliest stories about eleanor. [laughter] you see, next to her was dorothy who worked for a hearst newspaper press syndicate, first hearst was for roosevelt, then he broke with roosevelt. but she went ahead writing these nice articles about eleanor. as i said, there's ruby black, and on the end there's bess fuhrman who worked first for the associated press and later for "the new york times." these women more or less turned into eleanor's public relations agents because they admire her so personally. hickok, like louis howell, also advised eleanor in the writing of magazine articles. does anybody remember reading eleanor's question and answer column in the "ladies home journal" or in mccall's? yeah, good. good, yeah. i still remember her advice on smoking because i was quite interested, you know, should i smoke or not. eleanor said, well, she didn't really do it herself, but she thought as a good hostess you should always provide cigarettes to others. b

and mary mccloud basoon who was the highest ranking women in the roosevelt administration. do any of you by any chance participate in programs of the national youth administration? sometimes i talk to people. they say this is how i got through high school. this is a program to offer work study and let them stay in school during the tale end of the depression and the start of world war ii when it then changed into training people to work in defense industries. we know that eleanor was very instrumental in setting this national youth administration up. and, in fact, fdr himself referred to it as the misses organization. here he is at camp obello, at a summer leadership training institute of the national student service. notice this is an integrated group. that was very rare for the day. unfortunately, we do not see joe lash in this picture. she was the executive -- general secretary of the international student service. but joe lash was the third person who i think was very instrumental in the way she transferred the role of first lady. joe lash was a jewish man, graduate of c

for the first two years the roosevelt administration she had two grandchildren and the white house. >> there are wonderful photos of her followed by at least a dozen and i do have the pleasure this last december of a dining appear i was with of colleagues and i said did you see that gentlemen? that looks like one of franklin roosevelt's grandchildren and my a friend is said how would you note? i said i have seen it on c-span two years ago. my colleague was too embarrassed and i of course, go up to the man who is having dinner with his daughter and i say i you franklin roosevelt's grandson? he said yes. how did you know, that? i said i saw you two years ago he was on the democratic committee trying to determine whether mrs. clinton are barack obama would get which of the delegates so they are around but the franklin roosevelt had a number of young children it is not quite the same as the first couple. there is something that is the guiding about that especially if there are too young be dialing children as there are now in you may have occurred because mrs. kennedy was so concerned abo

the roosevelt administration actually had plans that way, but it was the fulfillment of a vision that planners in washington, the army corps of engineers and others had for making the united states a truly continental economic system which is what we have. >> we have time for one more question. >> yes. you. >> if you could just speak loudly. >> [inaudible] >> okay. >> speak louder? >> no, we'll wait for the mic. >> oh, okay. >> your question is worth waiting for. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> yes. mccain and obama's, the result of their actions are, at least the result is so cynical that the program that was cut, the money was added back. in working on your book, do you see any real desire given our needs to control the budget that -- is there, is there any sincere effort, anybody who's really trying to cut back on the military industrial complex in the government today? >> well, i think there's just the beginning of some debate and some hope. representative barney frank has joined with ron paul to come up with a proposal to cut about $100 billion from the military budget, 100 billion

administration from roosevelt to carter had done with the exception of nixon and it is precisely duringhe nixon era where the economic change is bringing it about and where they're moving the society towards lowering the society into the new social fabric and the agricultural revolution completely changed the fabric of the countryside and cities. if you want to know, follow the lines of the shah. i've written an article about the review called the populism and catchers what i'm talking about. they're living in the small village by the early 60's the decided they can't survive in the village because there was the change the few was amended and there was no infrastructure support. they come to tehran and become dwellers in these marginal neighborhoods and who's there to sing the song of revolution? the clergy. why is it only the clergy there to sing the song to the revolution? because every other force in iran from the left to the right was decimated by the authoritarian and some. the shah believed the authoritarianism was a necessary step to progress and iran remains remarkable progress

administration from roosevelt to carter had done with the exception of nixon and it is precisely during the nixon era where the economic change is bringing it about and where they're moving the society towards lowering the society into the new social fabric and the agricultural revolution completely changed the fabric of the countryside and cities. if you want to know, follow the lines of the shah. i've written an article about the review called the populism and catchers what i'm talking about. they're living in the small village by the early 60's the decided they can't survive in the village because there was the change the few was amended and there was no infrastructure support. they come to tehran and become dwellers in these marginal neighborhoods and who's there to sing the song of revolution? the clergy. why is it only the clergy there to sing the song to the revolution? because every other force in iran from the left to the right was decimated by the authoritarian and some. the shah believed the authoritarianism was a necessary step to progress and iran remains remarkable progres

roosevelt and a learning process. so i'd like to think that it's possible for the second obama administration to take on the direction of the second roosevelt at ministration but things aren't moving that way right now and they aren't going to unless everybody buys and read my book. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> if you have a question you can step up to this microphone and i would like to remind friday that his book the kabuki democracy is available at the bookstore the other end, purchase it there. bring it back to this room for the signing after the q&a period. we have about 15 minutes for q&a so i would ask you keep your comments and questions brief and to we go. >> thank you for a great talk. but roosevelt, as you know, was aided by the dominant media, most of them any way and two-thirds of the nation's newspapers landed in 1936 and the father and the popular demagogue who was against him at that point and yet he still triumphed. i wonder in some ways the media is in the problem maybe this is at least an economic issues, issues of, quote, big government, the conservative country and perhaps you're

roosevelt and a learning process. so i'd like to think that it's possible for the second obama administration to take on the direction of the second roosevelt at ministration but things aren't moving that way right now and they aren't going to unless everybody buys and read my book. [laughter] thank you very much. [applause] >> if you have a question you can step up to this microphone and i would like to remind friday that his book the kabuki democracy is available at the bookstore the other end, purchase it there. bring it back to this room for the signing after the q&a period. we have about 15 minutes for q&a so i would ask you keep your comments and questions brief and to we go. >> thank you for a great talk. but roosevelt, as you know, was aided by the dominant media, most of them any way and two-thirds of the nation's newspapers landed in 1936 and the father and the popular demagogue who was against him at that point and yet he still triumphed. i wonder in some ways the media is in the problem maybe this is at least an economic issues, issues of, quote, big government, the conservative country and perhaps you're

this has been done almost under every republican administration all the way back to roosevelt. guest: first of all, thank you for your service for my father was a u.s. marine himself. i appreciate your service to the country. let's talk about the idea that this is a republican problem. this is not a republican or democrat problem. this is a policy problem. the more the government chooses to regulate business, the more you will see business get involved in government. woodrow wilson warned the congress that if they continue to regulate and over regulate business, business will forever mary itself to washington, d.c. -- will forever marry itself to washington, d.c. if we want to have smaller government, if we want to have less lobbying, we need to have less involvement into those areas. and then we would. about taxing the rich. we give too many breaks to the rich and the super rich. i do not think it is definable. all of it is -- at any point, the government decides to attack somebody, they are taking somebody's personal private property to use it someplace else. at what basis do

president roosevelt when he came in, one of the things his administration proposed was the g.i.l to take care of veterans. historian said it had an enormous impact in terms of raising the education level of the united states, raising homeownership and establishing a long time of prosperity that follows the second world war. we do learn from our history along the way. yes, indeed, there have been military difficulties that has played a role in decisions government has made. host: do you get phone calls from senator saying what happened on this issue back then? guest: we do not usually get phone calls from senators on career issues. the one time we did get that was during the presidential impeachment trial when senators were on their way to eat their press conferences or to town meetings, and they realize that questions of a historical missnature was going to come up these days, and we tend to deal a lot more was that and speech writers who are looking for factual information to support issues, and in fact, we provide the same information to both sides in the debate. the basic fac

president roosevelt when he came in, one of the things his administration proposed was the g.i. bill to take care of veterans. historian said it had an enormous impact in terms of raising the education level of the united states, raising homeownership and establishing a long time of prosperity that follows the second world war. we do learn from our history along the way. yes, indeed, there have been military difficulties that has played a role in decisions government has made. host: do you get phone calls from senator saying what happened on this issue back then? guest: we do not usually get phone calls from senators on career issues. the one time we did get that was during the presidential impeachment trial when senators were on their way to eat their press conferences or to town meetings, and they realize that questions of a historical missnature was going to come up these days, and we tend to deal a lot more was that and speech writers who are looking for factual information to support issues, and in fact, we provide the same information to both sides in the debate. the basic

president roosevelt when he came in, one of the things his administration proposed was the g.i.ill to take care of veterans. historian said it had an enormous impact in terms of raising the education level of the united states, raising homeownership and establishing a long time of prosperity that follows the second world war. we do learn from our history along the way. yes, indeed, there have been military difficulties that has played a role in decisions government has made. host: do you get phone calls from senator saying what happened on this issue back then? guest: we do not usually get phone calls from senators on career issues. the one time we did get that was during the presidential impeachment trial when senators were on their way to eat their press conferences or to town meetings, and they realize that questions of a historical missnature was going to come up these days, and we tend to deal a lot more was that and speech writers who are looking for factual information to support issues, and in fact, we provide the same information to both sides in the debate. the basic f

mckinley administration had invaded the spanish colonies of cuba, puerto rico, the philippines and guam and annexed hawaii. in this four-month orgy became imperialial. horegard theodore roosevelt wrote from cuba when he heard the u.s. annexed the island. he was inthe caribbean in the rough riders. one of the end results of that conquest was american control of guantanamo bay. to roosevelt and his like-minded cronies in the government and military the most important objective of all the ann 98 maneuvers was possession of far-flung islands for naval bases and strategic ports like guantanamo and honolulu's pearl harbor. he and his friends had pined for these bases for years the way a normal man envisioned his dream house. all they ever wanted was a cozy little global empire with a few islands here and there to park a battle of ships. that japanese dive bomber sank four of those battleships in pearl harbor on december 7th 1941. that's how i got interested in hawaii a few years ago. the purpose of my initial visit was a quit jaunt to see the uss arizona monument perched above the oily grave of the 1,077 sailors who died on that ship that day. unlike the flip-floppers wearers on my

administration had invaded the spanish colonies of cuba, fill fifteens, and guam and annexed hawaii. the united states became a world power for the first time, became what it is now. hoorah for hawaii, roosevelt wrote when he heard we annexed the islands. he was in cuba, and one of the end results of that con conquest was american ownership of guantanamo bay. the most important objective of all the maneuvers was possession of islands and ports. he and his friends had primed for these bases for years the way a normal man envisions his dream house. [laughter] all they ever wanted was a cozy little global empire with a few islands here and there apart a fleet of battleships. that dive bomber sank four battleships in pearl harbor and it's how i was interested in hawaii in the first place a few years back. the purpose of my initial visit was a quick jaunt to see the uss arizona memorial, the monument in the harbor perched there of the 1077 sailors who died on the ship that day. unlike the flip-flop wearers on my flight, i didn't come for direct sunlight or fun. [laughter] i came to hawaii because it was attacked. after i checked the arizona off my to do list, i had time to kill and swung by the li

roosevelt did is amplify a double down on those policies. the similarities between those terrible years and the administrations of george w. bush and barack obama are pretty striking. it was george w. bush will increase federal spending by a full 2% of gdp. remember, bill clinton reduced by 4%. it was bush who drove that spending through the roof, produced massive budget deficits and all barack obama has done is take those mistakes and amplify and double down on them and needlessly prolong and deepen the recession. host: kentucky on our line for republicans. doris, you are on "washington journal." caller: i have a question about -- since our government is and process may be of shutting down, i don't understand why -- i don't know what the man's name is offhand, i am an older person -- why he said it this morning that we are going to have that trial for those terrorists in new york that will cost the taxpayers, when it could be done in the military, which it is already paid for. i don't understand why that and nobody is listening to the people. i will hang up and listen to your answer. guest: there are many of us who believ

roosevelt did was to amplify and doubledown on those policies. the similarities between those terrible years and the administrations of george w. bush and barack obama are pretty striking. it was george w. bush who increased federal spending by a full 2% of gdp. remember bill clinton reduced it by 4%. it was bush who drove that spending through the roof and produced massive budget deficits. all that barack obama has done is to take those mistakes amplify and doubledown on them and i think needlessly prolong and deepen the recession. >> next up is greensburg kentucky on the line for republicans. doris, you're on "washington journal." >> caller: mr. mcclintock, i had a question about -- since our government is in process maybe of shutting down, i don't understand why -- i don't know what the man's name is right offhand. i'm an older person, of why he has said this morning that we are going to have that trial for those terrorists in new york, that's going to cost the taxpayers -- there's no telling how much money when it could be done in the military which is already paid for and i don't understand why that no one is listening to

administration for taking the actions that they're taking. i mean this dictator in that country, who has threatened no pity and only brutality to those who oppose him -- we've heard that before -- had only roosevelt, the outset of -- during world war ii stepped up to the plate with the moral clarity and intervened when another dictator was annihilating people by the thousands and millions, maybe a million or millions of innocent people would not have been slaughtered. >> thank you mr. ackerman. mr. berman? >> first of all, in answer to my good colleague, good friend mr. ackerman, congress approved going into iraq before we went into iraq. now, let me read what the war powers act says. the president's power, as commander in chief to introduce u.s. forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities can only be exercised pursuant to, one, a declaration of war, two, specific statutory authorization, or three, a national emergency created by an attack on the united states or its forces. it requires the president in every possible instance to consult with congress before introducing american armed forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities unless there has been a declaration of war or other specific

administration for taking the actions that they're taking. i mean this dictator in that country, who has threatened no pity and only brutality to those who opposeim -- we've heard that before -- had only roosevelt, the outset of -- during world war ii stepped up to the plate with the moral clarity and intervened when another dictator was annihilating people by the thousands and millions, maybe a million or millions of innocent people would not have been slaughtered. >> thank you mr. ackerman. mr. berman? >> first of all, in answer to my good colleague, good friend mr. ackerman, congress approved going into iraq before we went into iraq. now, let me read what the war powers act says. the president's power, as commander in chief to introduce u.s. forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities can only be exercised pursuant to, one, a declaration of war, two, specific statutory authorization, or three, a national emergency created by an attack on the united states or its forces. it requires the president in every possible instance to consult with congress before introducing american armed forces into hostilities or imminent hostilities unless there has been a declaration of war or other specific