Herbert hoover president ial library and museum in iowa. We are here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in American History, the president ial election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the Great Depression. The two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i . Thomas sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . He did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize, which meant every day of the week, you gave up a
Come and hear what i have to say. I thought i would begin with the 2012 election and im sure you are aware come after that election, many people proclaimed the death of modern american conservatism. One commentator said the titanic is sinking, referring to american conservatism. Another observe the conservative arguments we heard in this election are going to be relics in museums very shortly. Lots of people said conservatism really its message and its methods if it was ever going to win an election again. Its still being debated today. I noticed in this mornings wall street journal scott walker has a piece about what he needs to do to be relevant. His thought is they dont need to give up their principles, they need to be stronger on their principles and people are looking for that kind of leadership. In this book, we talk about this in the public in the final chapter of this book. My coauthor and i talked about the future of conservatism in the last chapter. But we begin elsewhere and
Thank you for taking a break to be here today. You are brave to come and listen to me in particular. In an earlier career i was an attorney which is a group known not only for its brevity of speech and now for a long time ive been an academic which is a group not known for its clarity of speech so as i said you are brave to come on a friday to hear what i have to say. I thought i would begin with the 2012 election and as im sure you are aware after that election many people proclaimed the death of modern american absolutism. One commentator said the titanic is sinking referring to american conservatism. Another one observes that the conservative arguments we have heard in this election are going to be relics in a museum very shortly. Lots of people said conservatism really needed to change both its message and its methods if it so ever going to win an election again. It still being debated today. I noticed in this mornings wall street journal Governor Scott walker from wisconsin talkin
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Radio and online audiences also our cspan audience today. Its my pleasure to introduce David Davenport hes the author of rugged individualism dead or alive. Hes also a Research Fellow at Hoover Institute at Stanford University and president at pepper dime one of our great Educational Institution just not in the bay area. David thank you for coming to share is this with us. [applause] thank you, george and ladies and gentlemen, its pleasure to be with you today. It occurred to me as we collected up yet one more spring rain and were competing with the warriors playoff game, and i assume that giants and dodgers game, i dont need to give a talk on rugged individuals you are the rugged individuals for showing up here tonight to thank you for coming. Youre also brave to come and hear an academic talk of many good stories i think about scholars and academics one i heard recently was at a Scholarly Panel that i was attending. And the moderator of the panel was a federal judge. And he said you