roosevelt visits here. roosevelt and the panama canal. there's a lot of footage that came in through the copyright process. then through the roosevelt memorial association, they're getting newsreel producers, for example, that didn't register their films, but they had a lot of films relating to roosevelt, particularly after he left office. this is a man who had an amazing decade after he left office. going to africa, serving as a roving foreign ambassador all over the world, running for president again, as progressive candidate in 1912, going to brazil and traversing the river of doubt, and there was a lot of film taken of the river of doubt. all of that is here at the library of congress, so we're busy preserving and digitizing that material, as well. the most interesting thing about the roosevelt films, i mean, ironically, there's a good deal of film taken during his presidency, which lasted from 1901 to 1909. but the vast bulk of the film that we have in the collection relating to him comes in the post-presidency era. now, when he made

roosevelt made enemies. they called him militaristic. as soon as war was declared, he when to the white house, offering to lead a division similar to the rough riders. he was refused. then quinton, his youngest son was killed if action. though saddened by the blow, roosevelt continued to tour the country on behalf of the liberty loan drive. he was dedicated to america's winning of the war. victory came. and for weeks the countries over flowed and then suddenly. there was the tremendous sense of loss that comes to a nation when one of its great men passes on. it was impossible to sum him up. but one word helped. better than any other. the house at sagamore hill was quiet. the house where things were always happening. where the roosevelt family lived a full, joyous, and exciting life with a father who enjoyed this role more than any other. the rooms here are rich in memory of hunting adventures of yarns the presidents would it will of branching days of colorful friends and the rough riders. today there are those who can remember the stirri

teddy roosevelt. he was an explosion upon the political scene, dynamic, outspoken, colorful, exciting, inspiring. bursting with vitality he was a man of action, a fighter, a leader of men, and under the surface was a man of ideals, with a passionate belief in america. its people and its principles. today, by an act of congress we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of his by the. not merely to record his greatness as our 26th president but to be fired up by his battles for truth and justice and to remember in our time we when you ready to fight similar battles if we're to remain free men. >> on october 27, 1858, i was born at number 28 east 20th street new york city. having been a sickly boy, with no natural bodily prowess, and having lived much at home i was first quite unable to hold my own when thrown into contact. i was nervous and timid. accordingly, with my father's approval, i started to learn to box but never attained to the first rank. >> a struggle to gain physical fitness helped to make the

roosevelt had been worried about the mail. he asked for the papers, so he went to reading when he came out. the artist was sketching him. he would never sit for her. then, just as he went in, the president said, what a terrific headache he had and summed over in his chair. he never ate that souffli, but it never fell until the moment he died. that was two hours later. that is the miracle part, that this souffli did not fall for two hours. he had his cerebral hemorrhage at 2:12 even though the souffli was time to come out at 1:15. souffli making is a strong concern of white house cooks. the white house that cooked for jfk had this strategy, because jfk was chronically late. what the cook did was make four soufflis him and he would time them at 15 minute intervals just hoping that he would arrive on time. those are the perils of making souffli with our president. daisy bonner was very moved by the president's death. they had a very close relationship. if you go to georgia and go to the kitchen area where she cook, she actually w

roosevelt was not economist or businessman and did not know anything about the economy and roosevelt did not want to signal any particular thing about what his cabinet might be or who might be in it or give it away as far as the relationship and policies. we have those remarks and some of the things roosevelt had for notes and we have hoover's own testimony as to what happened. it seems that hoover tried to use this meeting as a way to demonstrate his mastery of particular international economic policy to tell roosevelt he could not carry forward with anything like the new deal, he had to go forward with hoover's program or international economic relief. he tried to get roosevelt to agree to and go with him on establishing a program for going forward. >> what was the outcome of that? >> roosevelt understood, i think respirator retrospectively say it would be advantageous for him to go in with hoover continuing hoover's policies because he promised very different policies in the election campaign. he politely declined and there was a feeling in the hoover's people's park this was ungr

teddy roosevelt was explosive on the political scene. dynamic, outspoken, warm, colorful, exciting, inspiring. bursting with vitality, he was a man of action, a fighter, a leader of men. and under the surface was a man of ideals with a passionate belief in america, its people and its principals. today with an act of congress, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. not only because he was our 26th president, but because he fought numerous battles of truth and justice, and to remember that we in our time must be ready to fight similar battles if we are to remain free men. >> on october 26, 1858, i was born at 20th street in new york city. having lived much at home, i was barely able to hold my own when thrown into chaos with other boys. i was intimidated. accordingly, with my father's approval, i started to learn to box. i did a good deal of boxing and wrestling in harvard but never attained to the first rank in either. >> the struggle to gain physical fitness helped to make the man. he entered politics and was elected to the sta

hoover, the then secretary of the treasury, roosevelt and one of his aids who roosevelt took a because he was not an economist and businessman, and roosevelt did not want to signal any particular thing about what his cabinet might be or give anything away as far as his relationship to economic policies. we have these remarks and some of the things roosevelt had for notes and hoover's testimony as to what happened there. it seemed hoover tried to use this meeting as a way to demonstrate his mastery of international diplomacy and tell roosevelt he could not carry forward with anything like the new deal, that he had to move forward with hoover's plan and he tried to get roosevelt to agree with him to establish a program moving forward. host: what was the outcome? eric: roosevelt understood it correctly that it would be disadvantageous for him to go it with hoover on continuing hoover's policies because he had promised very different policies so he politely declined. there is a feeling in the hoover's peoples part that was not gracious. host: how was this playing out in the press at the ti

here, i encourage you to become a roosevelt library member. you can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdr library.org and if you haven't already please do go see our new special, temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. so let me quickly go over the format for the festival's sessions today. at the top of each hour, a session begins with a 30-minute author talk followed by a ten minute question and answer period. the author then moves to the lobby to sign books and talk with you more if you have more questions. so during the question and answer period today, this session will be taped for c-span, so we would appreciate it if you could approach the microphone over here at the edge of the room to raise any questions. so now it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker, and this is adrian miller who is a food writer, attorney, and certified barbecue judge who lives in -- [laughter] denver, colorado. [laughter] he is currently the executive director

, that they donated to the roosevelt memorial association and later in the 1950s, the roosevelt memorial association donated their film collection to the library of congress and we have that today. so roosevelt is captured not only in the paper print collection because of course companies like edison biograph and others were shooting footage of roosevelt, his inauguration in 1905 and him visiting here or there and him and the panama canal. there's a lot of footage that came into the copyright process but through the roosevelt memorial association, they are getting newsreel producers for example that didn't register their films, but they had a lot of films relating to roosevelt, particularly after he left office and this is a man who had an amazing decade after he left office going to africa, serving as a roving for an ambassador all over the world, running for president again as a progressive candidate in 1912 , going to brazil and traversing the river of doubt and there's a lot of film taken by the river and all of that is here at the library of congress, so we are busy preserving and d

roosevelt: i, franklin delano roosevelt, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. [cheering and applause] ♪ narrator: it was rumored that roosevelt, battling for his program, had a plan. a plan to reform the courts, including the supreme court. two weeks later, he sent his proposal to congress and later explained them to the people. pres. roosevelt: we have reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the constitution from the court, and the court from itself. we must find a way to take an appeal from the supreme court to the constitution itself. we want a supreme court which will do justice under the constitution and not over it. in our courts, we want a government of laws and not of men. what is my proposal? it is simply this -- whenever a judge or justice of any federal court has reached the age of 70, and does not avail himself of the opportunity to retire on a pension, a new member sha

louis, clashed roosevelt with lincoln. here is a valet's wife, the spectacle of the white house cook doing a swell job as a campaign speaker. mrs. mcduffy was cheered in st. louis, chicago and gary, indiana. she was went on to make one speech, did make three and could have made 24 more before returning to washington in order to cook the president's meals. she went to a lot of cities that had a large african-american voting constituency and campaigned for the president. mind you, the federal hatch act was in place. for whatever reason, nobody tried to prosecute her. she made such a difference that after the election was over, president roosevelt calls her into the oval office and thanks her personally for what she did for him. shows you relationship they had. another interesting thing about lizzi mcduffy is during one of the white house dinners, there was a movie executive from hollywood who was dining at the white house. he took one look at her and said, i want her in my next movie. does anybody want to guess what that mov

so what about roosevelt? what is striking is that the messages between churchill and stalin are nearly double the messages that are sent between stalin and franklin roosevelt. roosevelt mostly tweaks the drafts of others. he's not as involved in the writing as churchill is or stalin is. what roosevelt's off trying to do is use vip envoy, significant people, to get maximum quality time with stalin. roosevelt who can travel uses others as his eyes and ears. he used his wife through the '30s to get a sense of the pulse of america. he uses people like harry hopkins and avril harriman to get an idea of foreign leaders. there's a picture of hopkins who goes to moscow in july '41. just very soon after the german invasion. to try to work out if the russians are going to survive. hopkins doesn't go anywhere near the front. his judgment about soviet survival is based on meeting stalin, talking to stalin, and in the library, there's a detailed letters and messages back from hopkins about the will power of stalin, the co

roosevelt and garner carried the rest. once more roosevelt rode to office on his pledge of a new deal. but could he carry out that new deal program? >> and will to the best of your ability preservative protect and defend the constitution of the united states, so help you god. >> i tank lynn delano roosevelt do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states so help me god. >> it was rumored that roosevelt, battling for his program, had a plan. a plan to reform the courts, including the supreme court. two weeks later he sent his proposals to congress and later explained them to the people. >> we have reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the constitution from the court and the court from itself. we must find a way to take an appeal from the supreme court to the constitution itself. we want a supreme court which will do justice under the constitution and no

current state of the economy and to say that you and you alone, that is roosevelt and roosevelt alone, could address the ongoing bank panics and other evidence of the depression by renouncing his plans for the new deal. >> before we leave that story, is the perpetrator of the assassination attempt important to know in the scheme of how people were responding to the tension in the country? >> the would-be assassin or apparently would-be assassin of franklin roosevelt was a fellow named zagara, who is an italian-american. i don't know that we could say his motive bore directly on the situation. that's not really clear. he seems to have been mentally unwell and to have had some hallucinations. he was an italian-american worker. he had been a registered republican. there are some people who to this day believe he wasn't actually trying to shoot roosevelt. his intended victim was, in fact, the mayor of chicago and that was related to internal affairs of the city of chicago. so, i'm not sure it's entirely relevant to the story. >> one detail i read in one site about that nine-page letter to

roosevelt's final year including the state of his health and contributed to the roosevelt house, election. the great biographer, wanted to go to yalta but she had many other things to do. dorothy samuel, member of the board of advisors is here. i am thrilled my friend kate whitney has been important, the granddaughter of franklin and eleanor roosevelt and a pleasure to welcome kate as well. please join me in welcoming catherine grace katz. >> hello, and thank you for that lovely introduction. it is my pleasure to introduce catherine grace katz. i can't remember the last time i had so much pleasure reading a book like yours. it is an absolute triumph and i'm thrilled to have the opportunity to talk about it today. >> guest: thank you so much for joining me this evening and thank you to roosevelt house for having me. this is great fun. this is the next best thing and glad we gathered here, thank you very much, everyone. >> you have an interesting bio, harvard, cambridge, back at harvard, tell us a little bit about your self and was led you to have this education. >> i've always loved histor

economy and to say that you and you alone, and roosevelt and roosevelt alone can have evidence of the depression by announcing plans for the new deal. >> before we leave that story, is the perpetrator of the a s s assassination attempt important to know in the scheme of how people were responding to the tension in the country? >> the would-be assassin and the apparent would-be assassin was a fellow named zangara, an italian-person and we don't know if his situation boarded on the situation. he seems to be mentally unwell and to have had hallucinations. he was an italian-american worker and he had been a registered republican. there are some people who to this day believe he wasn't actually trying to shoot roosevelt and that his intended victim was, in fact, the mayor of chicago and that was related to the internal affairs of the city of chicago and i'm not sure entirely relevant to the story. in the nine-page letter to fdr that it was transmitted with the misspelled name of roosevelt. is that correct? >> to be honest, that's an uncharitable thing to do. i think if you look at the arch

others to whom i want to extend special greeting, members of the roosevelt's, toby roosevelt, david and manwell roosevelt and kathleen harryman's son david mortimer. very happy to have you with us. it is an honor because it helps make a direct connection even in these direct times. before we begin let me mention some housekeeping details. we aim always to re-create robust audience q and a that always characterizes our in person events. online we do the same and we ask to use the q and a button on the bottom of your zoom screen to input your questions at any time during the program. at the end they would all be fielded, directed in a moderated q and a hosted by the roosevelt house programming back to back so get your questions in and to obtain a copy of the book 'the daughters of yalta: the churchills, roosevelts, and harrimans: a story of love and war" complete with an autographed roosevelt house bookplate autographed by the author please keep an eye on the chat function on your laptop for a link to purchase a copy with a bookplate exclusively from our bookstore shakespeare and company.

the churchill, roosevelt and hariman -- harriman. she tells the eye-opening story of the three intelligent women who eye candidate their fathers toal. cathleen harriman, fewer governor of number, averill hair royman. sarah churchill, daughter of the british primeman, and franklin and eleanor's only daughter, an newscast. through the eyes of these loyal and politically savvy women, readers are given fresh inside perspective on the drama of the yalta conference as well is a its reverberation during the final days of world war ii. catherine is not only a scholar with degrees in history from harvard and came bridge, she -- came brim she is always pursuing her jd at harvard law school. her expertise bridges past and present. i'm also delighted to welcome back to roosevelt house, albeit virtually, my friend, amanda foreman, known as bill, who will conduct the conversation. amanda foreman is an acclaimed braver, historian and off authorize whose prize winning best sellers including georgian ya, duchess, and a world on fire,, an epic history

toby roosevelt, david and manwell a roosevelt and kathleen harryman's son david mortimer. we are happy to have you all with us. it is an honor because it helps us make a direct connection even in these remote times to the subject of tonight's conversation. let me mention a few details. we aim always to re-create the robust audience you and a that always characterizes our in person events. online we ask you to use the q and a button on the bottom of the zoom screen to input your questions at any time during the program. at the end of it they will be field and directed to our guests in a moderated you and a hosted by birdhouse programming, so get your questions in, to obtain a copy of the book "the daughters of yalta" complete with an autographed roosevelt house book place autographed by the author please keep in mind on the chat function on your laptop for a link to purchase a copy with the bookplate exclusively from our bookstore. we call it the next best thing to doing a reception and book signing in the roosevelt house. i want to add a couple acknowledgments before we be

others to whom i want to expend special greetings are roosevelt of the -- members of the roosevelt family, david and will and also kathleen's son. we are very happy to have you with us and it is an honor because it helps us make a direct connection even in these remote times to the subject of tonight's conversation. we aim always to re-create the robust audience q and a that catalyzes our in person events. online we do the same and we ask you to use the q and a button on the bottom of your screens to input your questions at any time in the program and at the end they will be directed to the guests in a moderating q-and-a hosted by our programming curator. and to obtain a copy of the book complete with an autographed roosevelt house book plate, please keep an eye on the chat function for a link to purchase a copy with a bookplate exclusively from the bookstore. we call it the next best thing. i want to add a couple of acknowledgments before we begin. doctor steven has written extensively about the final year including the state of his house at yalta and he's also contributed many wonderful

roosevelt that went on the pledge of a new deal. and a group of men once referred to as old men presided over charles evans hughes. the issues were large, they included the problems of a nation's industry. it its people. its agriculture. its resources. but the immediate battlefield was the constitution with it's chec checks and balances. this is the struggle known as the court packing fight. >> on august 14th, 1935, frankly d. roosevelt signed the social security act that included old age benefits. the president made a brief statement. >> to 30 million of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation through old age pensions and through increased services for the protection of children and the prevention -- >> the payroll taxes were to start in 1937. months before that an action was begun by attorneys for george p. davis. a shareholder in boston. he was suing for an injunction. his claim cited a 1935 constitution. this had to do with the railroad retirement act of 1934. it established a plan very dolla

roosevelt made enemies. militaristic.m ♪ >> as soon as war was declared e went to the white house offering to lead a division rough riders. he was refused. quinton, was son, killed in action. though saddened by the blow oosevelt continued to tour the country. he was dedicated to his mission. america's winning of the war. ♪ victory came and for weeks the country's happiness and then suddenly -- there was the tremendous sense a nation at comes to great men passes on. up.was impossible to sum him but one word helped. better than any other. -- was quiet, go roosevelt family lived a full life, where the father enjoyed this role more than any other. the rooms here are rich in hunting adventures, f the president's stories, of colorful friends and the rough riders. there are those who can remember the stirring personalities of teddy who can still hear that energetic impassioned voice old havingt with its sagimore the porch at hill. >> the fate of the 20th century, bears on the world will in no small degree depen

roosevelt and garner carried the rest. once more roosevelt rode to the office on his trench of a new deal. but could he carry on that new deal program. >> to the best of your ability reserve protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. so help you god. >> i franklin delano roosevelt, do you solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute, the office of the president of the united states, and will to the best of my ability, preserve protect, and defend the constitution of the united states so help me god. . >> it was rumored that roosevelt had a plan. a plant to reform the courts including the supreme court. two weeks later he sent his proposal to congress and leader explain them to the people. >> we have reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the constitution from the court, and the court from itself and we must find a way to take an appeal, from the supreme court to the constitution itself. we want the supreme court that will do justice, under the constitution and not over it. in our c

in a way i think roosevelt wanted to create his own lincoln that would kind of a firm what's roosevelt himself was doing. what he wanted was, yes, somebody who really kind of strengthened the hand of the federal government and did so with the aim of helping the people. that is what franklin roosevelt would've said about himself and that is what lincoln did to. you have over and over again sort of people repeating the steam that link in -- he is not just as kind of, oh, the two sides, let's get the two sides together again. he is a much more kind of forceful figure that uses the national government in those kinds of ways. >> for can you quickly also just kind of speak to lincoln's own background, kentucky, indiana, illinois and how did that resonate with people as well? >> i am not sure that they -- will i do not think roosevelt played up so much all the different, you know, parts of lincoln's formation or his childhood although it is true that i think -- it's interesting that so many of the movies about lincoln and the 19 thirties tended to focus on his upbringing before he got to the

raichlen roosevelt used it once. rough-hewn for his needs, so he went to a camp in maryland called camp shangri-la, which of course is named after ,resident eisenhower's grandson camp david. park service still operates four of the structures at camp raffadan. there is a book called "herbert hoover, the fishing president," explores all of hoover's fishing habits. the places he went, the types of fish he saw. he was big on catch and release and flyfishing. he did his own flies. bonefishingched to at the end of his life, down in florida. again, for the sport of it. one thing that people comment on as you exit our permanent galleries, there is a figure of ,erbert hoover in his waders with a jacket, a tie, fishing. people ask, did he really where a jacket and tie when he fished? the answer is yes. the reason being, a photographer once caught him with his shirt sleeves rolled up and without a tie. and he thought that was on presidential. at the dignity of his office required him to be photographed with a coat and tie. the

>>> my trip abroad by eleanor roosevelt, is a short newsreel style film narrated by the popular newspaper columnist and former first lady. she reports on her trip in 1950 to sweden, norway, finland, denmark, holland, france and england to observe post-world war ii rebuilding efforts. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> few presidents of the united states have shown such interest in europe and its democratic traditions as the late franklin delano roosevelt, an interest deeply shared by his well-traveled wife eleanor. mrs. roosevelt is not only a noted traveler, but also a successful journalist who likes to see things for herself and whose column "my day" has been read for 14 years by nearly 6 million readers in more than 100 american papers. they have been following with special interest an important trip she just made through europe. >> we landed in the airport in oslo, norway, at 9:45 a.m. where there was a large crowd on hand to meet us including the crown prince and crown princess. the primary reason for my trip to europe was to unveil a late statue of my late husband. i think all of the people present

roosevelt embraces him. a lot of people embraced lincoln as a person -- [indiscernible] sometimes, there is a moral principle that is worth fighting for. the idea that lincoln would embrace -- this is pretty much the picture of lincoln -- lincoln embraces emancipation. -- this is all over the propaganda that leads up to world war ii, pictures of lincoln using this language that says we cannot live in a world that is half slave and half free. there is a great quote from robert penn warren where he talks about looking back on the period of world war ii, we used to go to the movies and at the end, what flashes across the screen was not a picture of washington or jefferson but it was lincoln. the moral force that could sway people to say ok, maybe this is a war we should commit ourselves to. peter: you mentioned the movie. you refer to the code. nina: the motion picture code. peter: what is the code? if you would rather bring in a different movie, that would be ok. -- 1934 -- the hollywood motion picture associa

president roosevelt stunned the people in every land -- the death of president roosevelt stunned the people in every land. harry s truman succeeds his former chief as president of the united states, and takes the oath of office. the truman home, independence, missouri, where we see the president and his daughter. wife, and hiss mother, to whom he was devoted. presidential duties soon call him back to washington. a san francisco conference, at which delegates from around the world, founded the united nations. president truman emphasized the cause of which he has dedicated himself. we all have to recognize, no matter how great our strength, we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please. , no regional group can or should expect any special privilege which harms any other nation. [applause] the conference, where it was enduring peace settlement could be made. president truman, the secretary of state, talking with foreign minister's, the victory completed by the british prime minister. ♪ and a parade of fellow veterans of the first world war, the president of the united s

others to whom i want to extend a special grading is member of the roosevelt family, toby roosevelt, david and manuel it roosevelt and also kathleen son david. we are very happy to have you all us, it is an honor. it helps us make a direct connection even in these remote times to the subject of tonight's conversation. before we begin let me just mention a few housekeeping details. the aim always to re-create the robust audience q&a always characterizes are in person events. online we do the same. we ask you in the audience to use the q&a button on the bottom of your zoom screen to invite your questions at any time during the program. and at the end of it, the role of me fielded and directed to our guests in a moderated q&a and hosted by our programming for later. so get your questions on. and, to attain a copy of the book, "the daughters of yalta", complete with an autographed book plate and remove it under the rule of the house off the signed by keep an eye on a checkbox for a link to purchase a copy with bookplate exclusively from our bookstore. we call it next best thing to our as

franklin roosevelt used it once. it was too rough hewn for his needs and so he went to a camp in maryland calls camp shangrila, which is named after president eisenhower's birth, camp david. but the camp still operates four of the structures at camp rapid inn. there's a book called herbert hoover the fishing president that explores all of hoover's fishing habits throughout his life, the places he went, the types of fish he sought. he was big on catch and release and fly fishing. he did his own flies. he then switched to bone fishing at the end of his life in florida. again, for the sport of it. the one thing that people comment on as you exit our permanent galleries, there's a picture of herbert hoover in his waders with a jacket, a tie, fishing. and people say -- you know, ask, did he really wear a jacket and tie when he fished? and the answer is yes. the reason being a photographer once caught him with his shirtsleeves rolled up and without a tie and he thought that was unpresidential. that the dignity of the offic

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because he pre-dates roosevelt. well, two things occurred. what you're seeing is the hoover tower at stanford university. herbert hoover was with president wilson and versailles in europe heading the american relief administration providing humanitarian assistance to countries in the aftermath of world war i. he learned that many of the records of countries that were removed from the map of europe and broken up into new countries that those records were threatened with destruction. so at his own expense, hoover had them sent over to stanford university, he made arrangements with stanford to rent sack space in their library and hired out of pocket two assistants to catalog the materials, and over the years, those collections continued to grow and hoover then included his own private and public papers in that. so what you're seeing, he intended to be his presidential library. next slide. what had happened was that in the '50s, stanford university began to question why they had this private institution in the middle of the campus and stanford ha

. -- from cornelia roosevelt. back to their letters. i began to see how a pattern was developing and established between them. how they had utilized a shared vocabulary of intimacy with one another. like other intimate male friendships, this common language appeared at various points in their correspondence, most clearly during periods of separation. after receiving his letter from buchanan, cornelia vanness roosevelt passed it along to king, who wrote back immediately to his former mess mates in washington. the full quote is worth reading and analyzing. i am selfish enough to hope you will not be able to be here and -- to procure an associate will , cause you to feel no regret at our separation. for myself, i shall feel lonely in the midst of paris, are there -- parents, for their i shall have no friends with whom i can commune as with my own thoughts. as was typical in his correspondence with buchanan, king responded with sentimentality. understandably, he did not wish to feel replaceable by ather congressman af

much bigger differences than between hoover and roosevelt. who had very different views themselves about where government should come to rescue citizens who are locked in a depression. the other thing was this is a similarity, hoover in 1933 wanted to run again in 1936. would deem himself defeating fdr taking the white house back. just as trump is alleged to do right now. but, unlike trump, hoover was a patriot. and he knew it was his responsibility as an out going to say yes i have lost, in america we are good losers and admit we have lost and try to get the country to unite behind the new president and see what he can do. trump isn't trying to do any of that. this is all about it seems collecting money that he may use himself. running for president possibly in four years. keeping himself in the public eye. i don't see anything in the proceedings of the constitutional convention where the founders want a president to be that ugly and selfish. >> one of the things that stands out is hoover to roosevelt. he was a four term president. he went o

craig: teddy roosevelt. i don't know that i ever crunched the numbers specifically, but it can't imagine anybody other than teddy roosevelt did it. it was well over 30. you have to define whether a pamphlet is a book or a collection of speeches. i feel confident it was teddy roosevelt. if he were here, he would be announcing that fact. host: who was the most gifted presidential writer? craig: it was probably lincoln. just in his style of his speeches and books. there are also some surprising presidents. calvin coolidge, maybe even history fans don't have his presidency at the front of their mind. he was such a talented writer. i found a new york times article where they said that calvin coolidge, and this was during his presidency, calvin coolidge is the best literary president since lincoln. he wrote a thank you letter to that author because it mattered to him. host: you talk about presidential reading as well. which among the presidents were the most voracious readers? craig: for a lot of them, books helpe

roosevelt, did you see a definite improvement in these countries you visited? taken the trouble to see people everywhere and to actually ask. done different things in different countries it has done a really outstanding job. i am not sure that everywhere they would be ready to stand on their own feet. [applause] ♪ tripe been on a very short but i have been to quite a number of countries, and one impression is outstandingly clear, the interdependence of these nations. i personally believe we must but wee our aid for them must coax working together. it the key word is integration, and the goal is peace. ♪ hudson's 81968 film by the naval white house photographic unit featuring lady bird johnson on a journey by boat. dedication of a museum at the statue of liberty and then she visits new york sites andsit cultural visits with historic preservationists. ♪

she was a great friend of eleanor roosevelt and a fan of eleanor roosevelt. how did she thread that needle? gave --s a speech she she would say when she would , eleanor roosevelt is one of the great women of our time. intellectualring presence, but this election is not about eleanor roosevelt about her husband. he refused to allow black reporters at his press conferences. that is a matter of record, but he wouldn't desegregate the armed forces, but lied to the public saying the naacp went along with this, which is not true. everyone has things they did which historically we wish we could get back, and he was very bad on a lot of race issues, which is why there's that famous poem by langston hughes, "waiting on roosevelt." this poemughes writes about hall of the black voters have gone over to roosevelt and gotten in his judgment in return. maybe that's true. maybe it's not true. was not what thing happened in politics later on, but the fortitude and feistiness through which she brought 19 white prosecutors around to her lonely theory, which turned out to be th

he continued to believe that the as roosevelt framed it during the campaign, and began o work towards it after the election, represented a fundamental threat toward the american way of life. himself to d preventing roosevelt from being able to enact it. > contentious presidential transitions, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's

equally important, the person to whom buchanan wrote, cornelia roosevelt. only rarely did he write with such emotional expression, and when he did, he only did so to women. all the same, the quotation contains phrases commonly appeared in buchanan's correspondence with other public men, many of the most peculiar lines were actually allusions to the bible and novels, rather than expressing sexual industry -- intimacy for king, human them as anhanan met them emotional connection to roosevelt. in the context of the washington boardinghouse, they conveyed political meeting as well. let's start with waiting period. the letter illustrated the practical difficulty of finding a new mess mates with whom to unite. whether he cared to a medic, buchanan had throat in his lot with his mess mates of whom king had been last survivor. most likely, the unnamed several gentlemen who buchanan wooed meaning he asked to join him in, the boardinghouse, had already made other living arrangements. these unnamed men may have been uninterested in joining the mass of an old bachelor,