. >> congressman, walter williams once called drug prohibition an invitation to make a killing, adding that the war on drugs restricts supplies and raises prices. would legalizing drugs keep people from being incarcerated and why not legalize drugs to drive the prices down, possibly using the tax money to fund these programs in this act, and have the tax revenue where it can only go to these and not be used for any other reason? >> if anyone wants to respond to that? let me say one thing. one of the focuses of the youth promise act is it puts our resources more on prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation rather than incarceration. so before you even get to the question of legalization, there are things you can do in the present system that you can do. and the focus of resources, if you put all of the studies show, for example, that drug courts significantly reduce drug use and reduce crime and cost about one-fifth the amount that it costs to just lock somebody up. one of the first things we have to do is acknowledge that the allocations of resources is in the wrong direction.

williams will be on hand to discuss her book, "a rare titanic family." saturday, april 14, we will be showing the classic titanic film, "a night to remember" based on the book by walter lord. the exhibit will be there until april 23. we are displaying artifacts held as a result of the american hearings into the disaster. finally, in a different vein, friday, may 4, dan rather will be on hand to discuss his book. you may follow us on facebook at national archives. if you live outside of the d.c. area, and you would like to get a copy of the books and you are unable to attend our programs, you can contact the archives bookstore 20, 2-- to purchase a signed copy or reserve a book. samuel halperin, study of naval architecture, and the practice of celestial and coastal navigation. he has a b.s. degree from monmouth university and an msse degree from the pouniversity of new york university. researchers in the study of titanic. he has written numerous articles about the titanic historical societies and titanic community -- sorry. the british titanic society's atlantic daily bulletin and the irish titanic historical society's white star journal and the titanic international

william holden and william powell and john wayne. all these guys. walter pigeon, edward g. robbins. going overseas, but his [inaudible] was so bad that they said you can't leave the united states. he figured out who he was, they put him in the motion picture division. he sat there in san francisco and collected all of these technical guys in all these studios. they would build replicas of tokyo or cities in japan that they were going to bomb -- exact replicas of the cities that were as big as this room -- he did well at this. he went back into the movie business in 1945 when the war was over. and it had changed a lot. the studio system was starting to break up. they told the director what shows you're going to do. this is beginning to change. it did not work as well for ronald reagan because a lot of these other guys stayed, and they had not gone to war. they became the new movie stars. but reagan did become the head of the screen actors guild. every class known to man as a union in the movie business. the people who put in [inaudible]. that was about the time when the communists we

williams will be on hand to discuss her book, a rare titanic family. on saturday, april 14th, we'll be showing the classic titanic film "a night to remember" based on the book by walter lloyd. as an added bonus we ask you please visit our special titanic exhibit that is currently in the rotunda gallery. lit be there until april 23rd. we are currently displaying some titanic artifacts held by the national archives as a result of the american hearings into the disaster. finally, in a different vane, on friday, may 4th, veteran journalist dan rather will be on hand to discuss his book "rather outspoken: my life in the news." for information on these and other programs, you can visit our website, www.archives.gov/calendar or follow us on facebook at national archives noon lectures. if you live outside the d.c. area and you'd like to get a copy of the books and you're unable to attend our programs, you can contact the archives bookstore at 202-357-5271 to reserve or purchase a signed copy. samuel hall person is a systems engineer, technologist and private pilot with a long-standing interest in wireless technology, as tron many, team ships and sailing vessels, the study of

howard baker, sam ervin, jay william fulbright, william byrd, abraham, robert kennedy, wayne moss, henry jackson, ed muskie, warren magnuson, phill douglas, walter mondale, robert dole, frank church, john sherman cooper, eugene mccarthy, george, margaret smith, richard russell, george mcgovern, william that's mired and barry goldwater. that is quite a cast of characters and those are names i think that many older americans will remember today. of those names, which names pop out to you and which have impressed you the most pacs >> guest: let me say first of full disclosure the narrative of the book focuses on the last years of the great senate, the late 70's and it is backlit by what has happened before. my basic argument is there was a great senator from the early 60's through the 70's so all the people the you indicated were a part of that. the once the standoff prominently in my memory would include hubert humphrey who was perhaps one of the greatest centers of all time although i think somewhat of a tragic figure because of what happened to him during the vietnam war when he was vice president. he really invented the modern senate. the role

william holden and william powell and john wayne. all these guys. walter pigeon, edward g. robbins. he was well in the movie business until world war ii breaks out. but what he did was, he never had the money to ride horses when he was in college and all that. so they had the program that is rotc. he became a lieutenant in the calgary of the united states. he got to write the best horses in the world for free. for one weekend a month. the calgary became the armor. it looked like he was going overseas, but his [inaudible] was so bad that they said you can't leave the united states. he figured out who he was, they put him in the motion picture division. he sat there in san francisco and collected all of these technical guys in all these studios. they would build replicas of tokyo or cities in japan that they were going to bomb -- exact replicas of the cities that were as big as this room -- he did well at this. he went back into the movie business in 1945 when the war was over. and it had changed a lot. the studio system was starting to break up. they told the director what shows you'