Convention in chicago. The illinois governor enter the convention insisted that he was not a candidate for president , but he eventually allowed to name to be put forward in the delegates elected him as the nominee on the third ballot. Governor stevenson lost the 1952 general election to general Dwight Eisenhower with 44 of the popular vote to eisenhowers 55 . This speech is just over 15 minutes and our coverage is courtesy of nbc news. Quite a moment and the rise of adlai stevenson. And i judge that it is. [cheers] getting a tremendous ovation after the handsome introduction by president truman. [cheers] we can see the president seated in the back. Taking it easy. Waiting for the speech to begin. Mr. President , ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [cheers] i should have preferred to hear those words uttered by a stronger, wiser, a better man than myself. But after listening to the president cost speech, i even feel bet
But in the days or years following, some in the political circles decided to substitute for a twofisted warning to creatures who made their threats by crashing airliners loaded. Ith innocent americans happened. Ted what has and i was encouraged again to hear the president of the United States last evening and again this morning to say in effect,. E are going to get them they are not going to get by with it. 1941was the attitude in and iranklin roosevelt am the only one present in the senate to hear him say it. This is a day that will live in infamy. Day that would better live in infamy. Host september 12, 2001. You were both in the United States capitol that day and we have to remind viewers that there was a time in which people in the buildings understood them to be targets. What was the atmosphere . The surprising thing was we came to work. Most of the city was shut down. It was a ghost town. I had to come into work because the senate wanted to be in session. It was a very emotional
Finally, my friends of this staggering test, that you have assigned me i will always try to do justly to love mercy and walk humbly with my god. [ applause ] American History tv primetime continues wednesday night with a look at the 1964 president ial campaign of barry goldwater. A two hour discussion of the life and career of the nominee. At 10 50, a look at his role and the Conservation Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Cspan. Org you can watch our Public Affairs and political programming at your convenience. Go to our home page on cspan. Org. You can type in the name of the speaker and the bill and the event topics and click on the program you want to watch or refine your search tools. If you are looking at current programs and dont want to search the library cspan. Org is a public provider. If you are a cspan watcher, check it out on cspan. Org. Up next, of 1952 president ial election of john robert greene. Mr. Greene talks about the introduction of political tv ads and how they cha
Of the democracy project at the bipartisan policy center. This is a second thing of our day on the release of a report selecting a Vice President come advice for president ial candidates. A report of the bbcs working group. I have announced the members of the working group in the beginning and introduces them. We had some on the first panel. We have more here today with maria cino and Manny Rouvelas and Benjamin Ginsberg but we are joined by one of the countrys leading expert on the vice presidency. Professor of law at st. Louis university and the author of several books and many articles but also the author of the book that is just come out come the most recent off the press, the white house life presidency, the path to significance, mondale to biden. I recommend this book. It is worse or outside. The are many, many virtue purchf this book about the vice presidency itself, a history of the Selection Process. It might be the only book about the vice presidency that does not mention joh
Susan swain president harry truman liked to refer to his wife, bess as the boss. Family was her number one priority. She had little to say to the media and she spent a good time of her white house years home in missouri. She served as first lady on her own terms. Good evening and welcome. Tonight, the story of the life of the 33rd president of the bess truman. , we are happy to welcome back our guest and his latest book is called the imperial season. Nicole is a history professor and the author of the biography of harry truman. Thank you for being here. Nice to meet you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945 the call comes , into harry truman that he is needed. Nicole he is having a drink with his cronies. A lot of politics were accomplished by relaxing and having a more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and he said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and the white house. He was sworn in two hours later. They w