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sam rosenman was fdr as white house counsel, and then he was, truman's white house counsel, and then he kind of stayed on as truman's post-presidential advisor, really. he was his lawyer. and he had advised him on the negotiating, the book deals and everything like that. so to two retired couples are going to go on this cruise and they decide they are going to do a mediterranean cruise. so they'll go to italy and france. well, when alfred barr, who was founding director of the museum of modern, found out that harry truman was going to be in southern france, so he thought, well, now i will convince him of the wonders of modern art. alfred barr another incredible, amazing figure in american art history. in american history, really. 1929 was the founding director of, the museum of modern art in new york. and he had long, especially when this controversy about, advancing american art and circus girl wresting came up. he had sent truman book about modern art, trying to convince him that there was value in it. and truman sent him a very nice note back saying, i appreciate you trying conver
sam rosenman was fdr as white house counsel, and then he was, truman's white house counsel, and then he kind of stayed on as truman's post-presidential advisor, really. he was his lawyer. and he had advised him on the negotiating, the book deals and everything like that. so to two retired couples are going to go on this cruise and they decide they are going to do a mediterranean cruise. so they'll go to italy and france. well, when alfred barr, who was founding director of the museum of modern,...
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warren harding's throwing liquor parties at the white house and to the shock of some, it's going to turn the folks who supplied the alcohol to the speakeasies like al capone and the mafia into cult heroes heroes. and with all this cultural change, inevitably there'll be a backlash and a backlash from who got to the crowded, particularly if they had left rural areas, because the being kind of pushed out of farm found them deeply an alienating. and the 1920s is going to see a a rebirth of the ku klux klan. the klan, which had originally been created during reconstruct to fight reconstruction policy, but then had gone kind of into remission after 1877, when white supremacy, again begins to be restored, is going to rise more and time its targets will just be african-americans and their republican. but it's to be immigrants, catholics loose women union members, --, flappers supporting prohibition and it's going to be everywhere. 4 million members from maine to oregon. chicago had 50,000 klan and 50,000 members klan on long island island. and part of what added to the clients for, cassidy, was
warren harding's throwing liquor parties at the white house and to the shock of some, it's going to turn the folks who supplied the alcohol to the speakeasies like al capone and the mafia into cult heroes heroes. and with all this cultural change, inevitably there'll be a backlash and a backlash from who got to the crowded, particularly if they had left rural areas, because the being kind of pushed out of farm found them deeply an alienating. and the 1920s is going to see a a rebirth of the ku...
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well, one of the reasons they also was eager to leave the white house is he had of an american future that he didn't approve of. he disapproved of the federal system. is especially the supreme court. he hated john marshall. he was in 1806 to have salt rubbed into the john marshall wound because in 1806 jefferson eagerly looked to richmond, virginia, where aaron burr was on trial for treason which jefferson thought he was definitely guilty of and the luck of the assignment of supreme court judges to the various outlying districts. john marshall was the at aaron trial in richmond and instructed the jury exactly as to what the treason clause in the constitution meant. and the jury may not like the jefferson's former vice president, jefferson hayes, but he ain't guilty so jefferson hated number of people. one of them was marshall. another one was burr. and of course, another was alexander hamilton, who, though he was dead by a at the end of jefferson's first term, as in the presidency of the time, jefferson was leaving office. and what. should 1809 he he he knew that his own past rule vis
well, one of the reasons they also was eager to leave the white house is he had of an american future that he didn't approve of. he disapproved of the federal system. is especially the supreme court. he hated john marshall. he was in 1806 to have salt rubbed into the john marshall wound because in 1806 jefferson eagerly looked to richmond, virginia, where aaron burr was on trial for treason which jefferson thought he was definitely guilty of and the luck of the assignment of supreme court...
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he set up the national security council system in the white house. so they do just that. what washington envisioned, which arguing in front of the president, the decider and, then coming into to a decision when kennedy ironically when he came in and won the election, he went and saw eisenhower and eisenhower said to listen, this system really works it is what the founders envisioned. it means different ideas different playing out in front of you. and then you make a decision, kennedy said. you know what? thanks but i've got my brother and i don't need it. i don't need any help. and eisenhower said, i think you really do. you should use this system. and they left they parted ways. kennedy started his presidency he and then the bay of pigs happened. and the first person he called was eisenhower. and that's the front picture on that book. and they're walking at camp david up the path and kennedy turns to eisenhower and says, you know, i just didn't know it was going to be this tough. and eisenhower turns and said, with due respect, mr. president, i told you exactly this. fou
he set up the national security council system in the white house. so they do just that. what washington envisioned, which arguing in front of the president, the decider and, then coming into to a decision when kennedy ironically when he came in and won the election, he went and saw eisenhower and eisenhower said to listen, this system really works it is what the founders envisioned. it means different ideas different playing out in front of you. and then you make a decision, kennedy said. you...
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house, walks statehouse stairs, master the situation. although chamberlain understood his role to be a nonpartizan, he was being assailed by all sides. the threat was out that he would be kidnaped. the threat was out. they might kill him to be able to move forward, to elect their persons. the state house. on january 15, he reached family again. he confided to her of a bitter attack upon him in the republican bangor commercial newspaper, calling him a traitor to the republican cause. he even heard threats to her. if you were afraid, he told her to contact thomas eaton, a political police officer, to have the police keep an eye on you. and on our house, on a particular frantic day. mayor nash of augusta summoned chamberlain. men rushing the capitol fully armed. he stepped to the rotunda with union battle flags around him and stood this angry mob men. you wish. kill me. killing is no new thing to me. i have offered myself to be killed many times when i no more deserved it than i do now. some of you think have been with me in those days. you
house, walks statehouse stairs, master the situation. although chamberlain understood his role to be a nonpartizan, he was being assailed by all sides. the threat was out that he would be kidnaped. the threat was out. they might kill him to be able to move forward, to elect their persons. the state house. on january 15, he reached family again. he confided to her of a bitter attack upon him in the republican bangor commercial newspaper, calling him a traitor to the republican cause. he even...
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house at the white house. the money went to their owners. and so for her son to have done that was really kind of a shocking revelation to me when i discovered that. and there's a reason why these families brought their enslaved workers. and that was simply because congress never gave them enough money to run for the president's mansion house in new york and philadelphia. and that was part of why the washington's brought. they also hired individuals, both whites, to work in their executive houses. but they didn't have enough money. and and and sarah polk was another good example where she sort of made a campaign promise that if she were first lady, she would stay within her budget. and part of the way she she did that was she got rid of ten staff members, the white house, and replaced them all with her enslaved servants. and that was how she budget. so congress has never done enough and. this is sort of the whole history of first ladies and the white house in the frustrations they had of running this house wit
house at the white house. the money went to their owners. and so for her son to have done that was really kind of a shocking revelation to me when i discovered that. and there's a reason why these families brought their enslaved workers. and that was simply because congress never gave them enough money to run for the president's mansion house in new york and philadelphia. and that was part of why the washington's brought. they also hired individuals, both whites, to work in their executive...
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house and he became a chief intermediary between the white house and the administration and congress. and, of course, this legislation could come before the supreme court. and so it's really remarkable. and as i say, sort of astonished by today's standards that here you have a justice working out of the white house and the administration legislation, another very conspicuous example, in 1944, when fdr was running for his fourth term and had decided that he was not going to run again with incumbent vice president henry wallace, whom this building is named after. and so then there was the question of who is going to be his who was going to be wallace successor, an fdr running mate, and fdr very much drawn to william douglas to be his running mate. he was kind of infatuated with with douglas frizzell personally. they had a very close relationship. douglas was part his poker circle. he loved the way douglas told good stories, said and this was very, very important to fdr. he said that douglas made the best martinis of anybody in washington, but he also douglas would have great political
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so she's the only daughter to have owned a pet snake in the white house. a little bit of trivia for you. and i think there's probably a great children's book. it's probably here that goes into detail about her story because it's really amazing to move to the next question there are other words of angst in the book. it took some time for harry. it's truman and first lady. best to come to terms with the demands of the presidency. what did you learn from their letters? okay. well, a harry truman was devoted to bess truman from the time he was five years old and saw her in sunday school. he never loved anybody else. he was he, in fact, propose to her many, many times before she finally accepted. and he was devoted to her really his whole life. and he wrote her letters on virtually everything in the white house. politics is all life it was. he was just completely emotionally open to her. but there was one exception where he when he became when he became president, of course, he was covered. all of a sudden, he had all of these incredible problems after fdr died
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he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. anof course, that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policemen who were injured inheanuary 6th riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did continue services together and that it has helped all of us ever since. by 1885 and this is the third and last photograph we have of mark one he's age 60 he's turned he's withdrawn from from societ but he starts writing and he starts writing. and so now the man who used to deliver people's il, writing these st hundreds of letters, everybody, including jefferson davis and the president and and then they're all very interesting and often important letters. but the other thing does is he starts to look into his heritage and wonders whether. he's related to abraham lincoln, whose mother, of course,
he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. anof course, that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policemen who were injured inheanuary 6th riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did...
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house and talks to lincoln. when lincoln used to have those audiences and gets reinstated. so there is blood between warmth and grant and in warmth memoirs he hates grant you can you can tell. and so it just fits perfectly. yes. love reconstruction which. i'm not. we're here for you. that's great. i was going to say, since we're this is being recorded for posterity we probably have time for one more question that i don't want to speak with for all of our guys, but all happy to stick around and talk with more now when we hard stop at because i was told to do jake what happened to these black homesteading families how long did they last their. so most of these communities they last until about i mean, as you might expect the dustbowl great depression. and so a lot of the interpretation around these communities that existed was that they had failed like they went out and they didn't make it. i talked to a lot of descendants when writing this book of black homesteaders and their take is completely different. like no
house and talks to lincoln. when lincoln used to have those audiences and gets reinstated. so there is blood between warmth and grant and in warmth memoirs he hates grant you can you can tell. and so it just fits perfectly. yes. love reconstruction which. i'm not. we're here for you. that's great. i was going to say, since we're this is being recorded for posterity we probably have time for one more question that i don't want to speak with for all of our guys, but all happy to stick around and...
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house where we presented the signatures a and at the dinner that night had photo of your who was our national president presided and eleanor was there and jane addams and in the afternoon we had a big public meeting in one of the washington squares in washington. and mr. adams initiated, the first round the world, broadcast. many of us hope that the course of time, the millions of people who day by day see the newsreels portraying as they do the inhabitants from every part of the globe named time obtain such a sense of identification, such an understanding, various kinds of life that will be quite impossible for them to visualize any of these an enemy people in time will develop the talents which will make war impossible and the old for universal will come about because the people will no longer tolerate anything else. the women's international league grew and became active in a variety of areas. they supported, the league of nations, reduced educational, organized speaking tours and held more international congresses. in 1934, dorothy dixer, a member of the women's international lea
house where we presented the signatures a and at the dinner that night had photo of your who was our national president presided and eleanor was there and jane addams and in the afternoon we had a big public meeting in one of the washington squares in washington. and mr. adams initiated, the first round the world, broadcast. many of us hope that the course of time, the millions of people who day by day see the newsreels portraying as they do the inhabitants from every part of the globe named...
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all his inaugurals and in the forties she started coming to the white house under an assumed name, and he would stop at this stop in new jersey to see her. all right. well, thank you. thank you both for being here. let's give them a round of applause. it is now my honor to introduce our speaker candice shy hooper, our fine careers on capitol hill and as a lobbyist, candice earned a master's degree in history with a concentration in military history from the george washington university. she has served on the editorial advisory board of the journal of military history, the advisory board of the ulysses s and julia d grant home, and the board of directors of president lincoln's cottage. her work in the historical field has also included publications in the new york times. the journal of military history and the michigan war studies review her book lincoln's generals wives for women who influenced the civil war, for better or for worse, won three national awards. her most recent publication, delivered under fire, absalom margolin and freedom's mail, is the first biography of the childhood
all his inaugurals and in the forties she started coming to the white house under an assumed name, and he would stop at this stop in new jersey to see her. all right. well, thank you. thank you both for being here. let's give them a round of applause. it is now my honor to introduce our speaker candice shy hooper, our fine careers on capitol hill and as a lobbyist, candice earned a master's degree in history with a concentration in military history from the george washington university. she has...
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he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. and of cours that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policemen who were injured in the janua riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did continue services together and that it has helped all of us ever since. by 1885 and this is the third and last photograph we have of mark one he's age 60 he's turned he's withdrawn from from society. but he starts writing and he starts writing. and so now the man who used to deliver people's mail, writg these just hundrs of letters, everybody, including jefferson davis and the president and and then they're all very interesting and often important letters. but the other thing does is he starts to look into his heritage and wonders whether. he's related to abraham lincoln, whose mother, of course,
he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. and of cours that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policemen who were injured in the janua riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did continue...
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he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. and of course, that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policem were injured in the january 6th riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did continue services together and that it has helped all of us ever since. by 1885 and this is the third and last photograph we have of mark one he's age 60 he's turned he's withdrawn from from society. but he startwriting and he starts writing. and so now the man who used to deliver people's mail, writing these just hundreds of letters, everybody, including jefferson davis and the president and and then they're all very interesting and often important letters. but the other thing does is he starts to look into his heritage and wonders whether. he's related to abraham lincoln, whose mother, of cou
he didn't he didn't wait for the bill to be carried up pennsylvania avenue to the white house. no, he went to the capitol and he signed the ku klux klan act of 1871. then. and of course, that is that is the act right now under which the capitol policem were injured in the january 6th riot are suing. and it was it's the the law under which the charlottesville attackers were prosecuted. so fact what grant had asked for had hoped for when gave the saddle to mark when came true that they did...
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and also, this may be the time to mention this crucial white house where eisenhower, after hearing about lumumba's latest antics, says to the effect of lumumba needs to be gotten rid physically. and so that sets off this whole thing about who ends killing lumumba. a lot of talk about the belgians, the cia. you walk us through the plot that is the center of your of your book. sure. so eisenhower has comments. he says these comments looking at allen dulles, the director of the cia dulles eventually gets to work and has the chemist a man named sidney gottlieb procure poisons and fly them to congo that devil. and the cia chief is to put in lumumba's food toothpaste poisons that will kill this man within a matter of hours or days. what that plot actually sort of fizzles because meanwhile, has been which does fire him. lumumba says no, can't fire me if i use the fire to each other. and then mobutu, we haven't talked about in a while. he comes back and, he comes back, he's the head of the army now. and steps into the void and says, i'm charge. he says, this is not a military coup. it in fact wa
and also, this may be the time to mention this crucial white house where eisenhower, after hearing about lumumba's latest antics, says to the effect of lumumba needs to be gotten rid physically. and so that sets off this whole thing about who ends killing lumumba. a lot of talk about the belgians, the cia. you walk us through the plot that is the center of your of your book. sure. so eisenhower has comments. he says these comments looking at allen dulles, the director of the cia dulles...
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he has, you know, some controversy in the white house himself. and lincoln really cares for his servant quite a bit and gets him a placement at the treasury, but he brings him to some of his engagements or appointments with him still. and they go to gettysburg to come to gettysburg here for the speech. and shortly after that, william johnson dies from smallpox. lincoln pays off his house debt. he pays for his headstone and his his burial. this is a plot at arlington cemetery. it is most likely his, but we don't really know it is. and it speaks in the essay about this could be and it could not be. it is a mystery. and why? because his story is vastly different than many of the people that are buried at arlington cemetery. the next one is john wilkes booth. and this one was really fascinating to see. it. then, you know, he's marked 's buried in an unmarked grave. he has no headstone. and i think we can all imagine why he's a shame to his family. but his burial has multiple pieces as well. he's originally the government doesn't want to give anybody
he has, you know, some controversy in the white house himself. and lincoln really cares for his servant quite a bit and gets him a placement at the treasury, but he brings him to some of his engagements or appointments with him still. and they go to gettysburg to come to gettysburg here for the speech. and shortly after that, william johnson dies from smallpox. lincoln pays off his house debt. he pays for his headstone and his his burial. this is a plot at arlington cemetery. it is most likely...
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so many he had had open house in the morning anybody could come to the white house and anywhere, any day of the week actually. but on new year's day, they could all come and he'd shaken so many hands at his own hand was numb and shaking. so he put the pen down and famously said, you know if anything my whole soul is in this thing. but if i sign with a shaking hand, posterity will say he hesitated. so he waited till could sign with an unusually bold hand. but all of that came from the accessibility that he had to the troops, to the people. i mean, ordinary people come in, in the mornings and talk to him and him. why they wanted a clerkship or a postmaster. and after a while, nicola and hay. you know, mr. president, you don't have time for these ordinary. he said you're wrong. these are my public opinion base. i must never forget the popular assemblage which i have come. so that trait in a leader is so important and was beleaguered by all those people who kept running in. that's why he had to go away to the soldiers home. to be able to think and think through the emancipation proclamat
so many he had had open house in the morning anybody could come to the white house and anywhere, any day of the week actually. but on new year's day, they could all come and he'd shaken so many hands at his own hand was numb and shaking. so he put the pen down and famously said, you know if anything my whole soul is in this thing. but if i sign with a shaking hand, posterity will say he hesitated. so he waited till could sign with an unusually bold hand. but all of that came from the...
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and also, this may be the time to mention this crucial white house where eisenhower, after hearing about lumumba's latest antics, says to the effect of lumumba needs to be gotten rid physically. and so that sets off this whole thing about who ends killing lumumba. a lot of talk about the belgians, the cia. you walk us through the plot that is the center of your of your book. sure. so eisenhower has comments. he says these comments looking at allen dulles, the director of the cia dulles eventually gets to work and has the chemist a man named sidney gottlieb procure poisons and fly them to congo that devil. and the cia chief is to put in lumumba's food toothpaste poisons that will kill this man within a matter of hours or days. what that plot actually sort of fizzles because meanwhile, has been which does fire him. lumumba says no, can't fire me if i use the fire to each other. and then mobutu, we haven't talked about in a while. he comes back and, he comes back, he's the head of the army now. and steps into the void and says, i'm charge. he says, this is not a military coup. it in fact wa
and also, this may be the time to mention this crucial white house where eisenhower, after hearing about lumumba's latest antics, says to the effect of lumumba needs to be gotten rid physically. and so that sets off this whole thing about who ends killing lumumba. a lot of talk about the belgians, the cia. you walk us through the plot that is the center of your of your book. sure. so eisenhower has comments. he says these comments looking at allen dulles, the director of the cia dulles...
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the chances of our party regaining the white house for if the president sends of policies that republicans can support. it's frequently a frustrating. so when you have people are coming in not for purposes of debate and and discussion on something but merely they demand their special or their single concern. that's where it becomes difficult because there might be an equal number on the opposite side of the coin. every time i come to washington. i'm impressed. all again, with how much power concentrated in this city. but we must understand the character of that power. it is not monolithic in a few hands the it is in countries like the soviet or red china. it is fragmented into lots little bits and pieces with every special group the country trying to get its on whatever bits and pieces can. the result is that hardly an issue in which you won't find government on both sides. for example in one of these massive buildings spread scattered all through this town, filled to the bursting with government employees, some of them are sitting around trying to figure out how to spend our money to disc
the chances of our party regaining the white house for if the president sends of policies that republicans can support. it's frequently a frustrating. so when you have people are coming in not for purposes of debate and and discussion on something but merely they demand their special or their single concern. that's where it becomes difficult because there might be an equal number on the opposite side of the coin. every time i come to washington. i'm impressed. all again, with how much power...