thomas e. dewey took them very seriously. it did not meet with universal agreement, even with republicans in new york. >> we are talking about thomas e. dewey's campaign. we will be joined a little bit later by his son, thomas e. dewey, jr. we will be taking your phone calls this evening. you can start dialing in startrichard norton smith. we are working our way back. let's go to the fall campaign and the issues that are there. is hillary truman popular? >> he is not popular at the beginning of the campaign. it is a reversal of what we see now. people were content with record high employment, but they did not attribute it to harry truman. also, global issues were eight huge factor here. one of the things that truman has been criticized in retrospect but at the time was widely praised was running a campaign of national unity in which he tried -- first of all, the idea of bipartisan foreign policy is part of thomas e. dewey's political allegis -- legacy. it is something that began in the 1944 campaign. he supported truman on the

. >> now from new york city the life of thomas e. dewey is profiled in "the contenders." >> governor thomas e. dewey of new york republican knowledge knee -- nominee. makes a plea for world peace and striking at communist elements in government he draws big audiences. next step is across america. he makes another stirring bid for the northwest ballots. it appears he has at least one ardent supporter. those are some of the finest specimens. we will know soon. november is just around the corner. >> president truman continues his swing around the circuit meeting former vice president garner in texas. he gets a prevent which he said he will have on the white house lawn. he arrives at the home of cactus jack and gets a warm welcome. in san antonio he visits the alamo historic shrine of texas independence. in austin a big crowd meets him as he continues the campaign for the lone star state's 23 elect tor -- elect storm votes. he says the republicans don't want public unity. visited with the former speaker of the house same rayburn. at fort worth

that was part of thomas e. dewey's problem. the party was evenly split between what is called the eastern establishment, the old teddy roosevelt wing of the party. charles hughes was in that tradition. thomas e. dewey represented that. and then the white house and our -- and then dwight eisenhower, to whom he handed the baton. opposed to that were the conservatives, mid westerners, many of them isolationists who rallied around bob taft. some of the former president. ironically, the elder haft had precipitated the split with teddy roosevelt. that never really healed. when republicans took congress, it was the conservatives who became the face of the party. on the other hand, you had people like thomas e. dewey, many of the governors who were much less cost out to the new -- much less how style to the new -- hostile to the new deal, much more willing to work with its promises. >> thomas e. dewey is our contender tonight. he ran, he lost, but he changed history anyway. here he is launching his campaign in 1948 and the criticism he

thomas dewey of new york. u.s. senator pat from ohio this was a convention in philadelphia that went for six hours. >> and nobody had come from a business side. nobody was actually doing that except for wendell willkie. he certainly rose up and had an electric personality and magnetic energy about him >> you obviously never do your grandfather. he died at the age of 52. we will learn more about his life. why did he ultimately decide to run for the nomination? he did set the groundwork in 1939 for a possible predator to bed in 1940. >> he was always interested in politics, even from growing up in his hometown. he talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got to college -- it was always an integral part of its life. >> we are in russellville, indiana, one of the homes of wendell willkie. hville, indiana, one of the homes of wendell willkie. >> this is a wooden post card sent to the united states mail, sent from aberdeen, washington. all of the people in the town actually signed the bac

citizen who will be sorely missed. >> although this approved false, dewey's defeat over truman had a great impact. follow the career of thomaswey, a dominant force in new york state politics as three- time governor and influence in national politics in elections apply eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow, political logger craig crawford discusses the present plans for jobs and the economy and his reelection. talks about his company's plans to team up with starbucks to create jobs. and nirvi shah looks at funding. >> live monday on c-span 3, and and and financial analysts from around the world gathered to discuss the impact of the global crisis. there will talk about what is happening in their region and the emerging trends they see in the financial-services industry. the event is hosted by the american enterprise institute and you can watch live coverage at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> every weekend, led the c-span network to the resource for public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. on c-span, it is politics and public affairs events. c-span 2

. >> although this headline proved false, the defeat of thomas dewey had impact. tonight on the contenders, followed the career of thomas e. dewey, a dominant force in new york politics as governor and in closing -- and influence in national politics. "the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city tonight. >> in a few moments, your calls, e-mails and today's news on "washington journal." the libyan ambassador to the u.s. will talk about the death of moammar khaddafi and that political transition taking place in libya at two o'clock 4 in 45 minutes, the chairman of the house transportation committee, john mica, will talk about transportation spending and budget cut negotiations. former vermont gov. howard dean who ran for president in 2004 will give his take on the 2012 campaign. after that, it roundtable this session on agricultural issues. cynthia clark of the usda and bob young of the american farm bureau association joins us. "washito

the disney character dewey was named after thomas e. dewey. how did he feel about that? >> i did not hear that. i apologize i did not hear the question. let's move on to cheryl in bakersfield, california. >> i have been calling the series. the one thing that comes to my mind is, what was his relationship with the tammany hall people in the new york city during that time? my mother comes from brooklyn. my father was a californian. it is amazing they always split their votes in the 1950's and 1960's when i was growing up. my father change to republican when he ran in 1948. thank you. >> you might say tammany hall was the making of tom dewey in some way. he had it drummed into his head at tammany hall was the epitome of political and civic evil. he would spend a significant part of his public career demonstrating the truth of that. >> hello. my name is adam and i am a college student. i actually read part of the book that mr. norton wrote about dewey. i was just wondering -- what did dewey think about his chances of going into the 1948 campaign about winning the race? i kno

senator thomas dewey of new york. u.s. senator taft from ohio. mr. republican.his was a convention in philadelphia that went for six hours. >> and nobody had come from a business side. nobody was actually doing that except for wendell willkie. he certainly rose up and had an electric personality and magnetic energy about him. >> you obviously never knew your grandfather. as you talk to family members who knew him, he died at the age of 52. we will learn more about his life. why did he ultimately decide to run for the nomination? he did set the groundwork in 1939 for a possible predator to bed in 1940. -- presidential bid in 1940. >> he was always interested in politics, even from growing up in his hometown. of ellwood, indiana, which is just up the road from here. he talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got to college -- it was always an integral part of its life. -- of his life. >> we are in rushville, indiana, one of the homes of wendell willkie. we are inside the historical society. i want to turn back here and look at thi

today the life of thomas e. dewey. >> i don't want every story to b be 1800 words. >> last month jill abrahmson is the first executive editor of "new york times." she envisions some changes. >> there is a certain lack of discipli discipline, sometimes a point is repeated too many times in a story or there are three quotes making the same point where one would do. i would like to see a variety of story lines. >> she will discuss her career, new book and the future of the times tonight on c-span's "q&.". >> the heat is on. this is the first time that i have seen in my long tenure in politics where the heat, the real heat. because if they can't come up with something and watch this go on they won't want to go home. >> the deficit reduction committee will hear from former senators and white house officials who participated in past deficit reduction talks. you can watch video of those meetings and at the c-span video labor. everything is archived and searchable. watch what you want when you want. >> book tv and american hi

tonight thomas e. dewey, 1944- 1948, republican nominee. and the program will originate from the roosevelt hotel in new york city, in fact, from a suite where thomas dooley watched the returns in 1948. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. coming up in about 45 minutes, former vermont governor, dnc chair, presidential candidate howard dean. he will take your calls. coming up next, john mica, the chair of the house transportation committee. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> i don't want every story to be 1800 words. >> last month, jill abramson became the first woman to hold the post of executive editor at "the new york times." she believes the "times" is more replaceable than ever but sees changes. >> sometimes a point is repeated many times in a story or there are three quotes making the same point where one would do, and i would like to see a variety of storylines. >> she will discuss her career, her new book, and the future of "the times" sunday night on c- span's "q

do we -- of thomas dewey.the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york this morning, john steele gordon. he is written a book. our topic is the history of the income tax. when was the income tax first introduced and why? guest: the first income tax was during the civil war, and that tax lapsed in the early 1870's. the personal income tax was reintroduced in 1913, following an amendment to the constitution, which made it possible. host: what were the circumstances in that time that the income tax was introduced? guest: after the civil war, the government's revenue came overwhelmingly from the tariff, which was very high in order to protect american industry from largely british competition, and the government was also running large surpluses, but the tariff is a consumption tax that is added to the price of the imported goods, in consumption taxes are always are regressive, because people with lower incomes spend a higher percen

this week on the contenders follow the career of thomas dewey. a dominant force in state politics and influence in national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. the contenders live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next a forum on the influence of the global financial crisis with members of the american enterprise institute joint shadow financial regulatory committee. this is a less than two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome. to the public symposium following the eighth joint summit meeting of the regulatory committee. the theme of our meeting is lessons from the past moving into the future. that is what we're focusing on in this symposium. there are six shadow financial regulatory committee. the oldest one is the u. s. that is 1986 followed by europe, let's see. where is it. in 1990s -- 1996 in japan. also in 1996. then we had -- here we go. u.s. in 1996. the twenty-fifth anniversary of the u.s. shadow meeting committee. european 1998 and japanese 1998 and latin ame

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this week on "the contenders," follow the career of thomas dewey who influenced national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, secretary of state hillary clinton cautioned congress about cutting spending in afghanistan and pakistan. she is also asked about the u.s. withdrawal from iraq. secretary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee. this hearing is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> after recognizing myself and the ranking member for 7 minutes for our opening statements, i will recognize the chairman and the ranking member of the middle east south asian subcommittee for three minutes each for their statements. we will then hear from our witness, the distinguished secretary of state. welcome home and happy belated birthday. without objection, the witness is -- the witnesses prepared statement will be made a part of the record. members may have five days to insert questions and statements subject to the rules. we are getting started right awa

. -- thiser than week's week on "the contenders," thomas dewey. live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city, friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >> nato's secretary general said military operations will wind down on october 31. a press briefing today in brussels, the head of nato's operations in libya answered questions and a possible threat of violence last lists. this is a half-hour. >> good afternoon. i'm glad to see that some of you have recovered. good afternoon that everybody here in brussels, and in naples. we have just been joined by a lieutenant general, the commander of the operation unified protector, who has taken time to give us a preliminary assessment of our nato-led mission for libya and the details of the over watched. . let me say a few words before i give the floor to the general. unfortunately, the death toll of yesterday's terrible earthquake in turkey is rising. the secretary-general issued a statement expressing his sadness on behalf of nato. he conveyed his sympathy and solidarity to those who are affected by the earth

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follow thomas dewey as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the presidential races of eisenhower and nixon, "the contenders," friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> former pakistan president pervez musharraf that america has, "abandoned pakistan and afghanistan," leading to the rise of al qaeda and the taliban in the region. he spoke yesterday at the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington. this is an hour. >> it's my pleasure to recognize you and your perseverance. i think it's worth -- it's worthwhile because few countries have been as important to each other as the u.s. and pakistan has been since the early 1950's, and yet as anyone who reads a paper or watches the news knows the importance of u.s.-pakistan relations does not make it satisfactory to either country. nor does the two -- does the importance mean that the two governments trust each other. in washington, the feeling is that the relationship in the past was broken because pakistan's pursued interests and activities that it knew were contrary to u.s. interests , the nuclear programs

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conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. ç z(j( follow the career of thomas e. dewey a dominant force in state politics as we 3-time governor and influence in national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. the contenders live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> next a hearing on the military readiness could be affected by budget cuts. the house armed services subcommittee on readiness with representatives of the army, navy, air force and marines for about two hours. [silence] >> i want to welcome our experts and the panel to the hearing focusing on how to maintain readiness in an age of austerity and what is the risk of the national defense of our country if we continue making the cuts to defense that we hear being discussed in washington. i want to thank our witnesses for being with us. i know several of you had to cancel longtime personal commitments to be with us this morning. appreciate your willingness to set the fire before the subcommittee on this most important topic. in the interest of tim

tonight followed the career of thomas dewey as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. [no audio] span >> this weekend in knoxville, tennessee, with book tv and american history tv and the behind-the-scenes at the literary life of the marble city on c-span2. university of tennessee's body farm is 4 acres of decomposing human remains. a look at "roots" author alex haley. on american history tv, a visit to the sequoia of birthplace museum. -- sequoyah birthplace museum. also, a visit to secret city. is not still a true southern city? historian bruce wheeler on its future. watch throughout the weekend on both tv and american history t in knoxville, tennessee. >> james amos said the marine corps should go back to the pacific once the service is out of afghanistan. he talked about the restructuring of the corps. his comments are about an hour. >> good morning, everybody. just a couple of housekeeping matters. for those of you with blackberries and cell phones and pager

this week, all the carrero thomas e. dewey, a dominant force in new york state politics, influencing national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. the contenders, friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. [applause] >> texas governor rick perry today outlined his proposal for a flat, 20% income tax rate. governor perry was up to sell tehran a manufacturing plant for a little more than a half-hour. >> it is indeed an honor to be with you today. he was a high-school classmate with one of the great conservative senators in our country, and that is jim demint. i want to thank you for allowing me to come here today. we discuss a plan that will get america working again. today i lay before the american people might cut, balance, and grow plan. it cuts taxes and also cut spending. it balances the budget by 2020 and it grows jobs and growth the economy. it neither reshuffles the status quo nor does expand the ways that washington can reach into your pocketbook. it reorders the way they do business in washingto

this headline proved false, dewey's defeat by harry truman was iconic, and he continued to impact political history. this week on "the contenders," follow the career of thomasey, a dominant force in new york state politics as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the elections of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city, friday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> middle and high school students, it's time to get those cameras rolling for this year's c-span student cam video competition. make a 5-8 minute video on this year's theme, "the constitution and you," and get it to c-span by the deadline of january 20th. and you could win the grand prize of $5,000. for complete details go to studentcam.org. >> today in the house members voted to repeal a 3% withholding from federal contractors created to insure contractors pay their taxes. that measure passed 405-16. making up for the income lost, the chamber approved a new income calculations for the 2010 health care law. the bills are being combined to be sent to the senate. next, the debate on the repealing of the contractors tax. this is

this week on "the contenders, what follows thomas e. dewey, a dominant force in the of state politics as three-time governor and influencing national politics and the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> british prime minister david cameron spoke to parliament today about libya and his participation this past weekend in the european union summit. parliament members asked him about the eurozone crisis. his comments and the question and answer session last about an hour. >> statement, the prime investor. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with permission and, i would like to make a statement on recent developments in libya and yesterday that the european council. it is today in libya, after 42 years of tyranny and several months of fighting, the national transitional council declared a formal liberation of their country. everyone would have been moved by the pictures of the joy and relief that we saw on our television screens last night. from tripoli to

this headline proved false, dewey's defeat by harry truman was iconic, and he continued to impact political history. this week on "the contenders," follow the career of thomas eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city friday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> president obama announced plans last week to send 100 u.s. military advisers to uganda and several other african nations. the u.s. troops will help those countries fight a rebel group. the house foreign affairs committee held a hearing yesterday on the issue. florida republican ileana ross late anyone chaired the almost two-hour hearing. >> the committee will come to order. that was my gavel. we improvised. but before we begin, i'd like to acknowledge the presence of ms. evelyn opoko. evelyn s that you right there? thank you. evelyn, if you could stand a second. thank you. e-in is an lra -- evelyn is an lra survivor who has traveled to washington to witness this important hearing firsthand. [applause] we thank her for coming and for her continued efforts on behalf of children impacted by this horrific conflict. after reck thesing myself and the ranking m

this headline proved false, dewey's defeat by harry truman was with iconic, and he continued to impact political history. this week on "the contenders," follow the career of thomas e. dewey, a dominant force in politics as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the elections of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city friday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> spend this weekend in knoxville, tennessee, with booktv and american history tv and look behind the scenes at the history and be literary life of the marble city. on booktv on c-span2, the university of tennessee's body farm is four acres of decomposing human remains. dr. william bass on a real-life csi. also, a look at "roots" author, alex haley, and his life in knoxville. how haley fell in love with the city during a 1982 visit. and on american history tv on c-span3, a visit to the sequoia birthplace museum. an indian silversmith successfully created a system of writing for the cherokee language. also a visit to secret city. oak ridge national laboratory historian steve stowe on the lab's par