Everything im going to say about the relief efforts are in the context of the battle over intervention and antiintervention. I dont think America First has received the attention it deserves. Justice don has done some good work on it. It is usually written off as right wing isolationist organization, but it is a key factor in the Antiwar Movement, along with hoover, who did not belong to America First committee, the quakers, the pacifists, people who were upset about world war i. It is truly the Antiwar Movement to 19. It deserves more attention. Arthur slashing said the battle over intervention was the greatest split in American History except the runup to the american civil war. He said it was greater than the split during the war in vietnam and the anticommunist crusade in the 1950s. I wonder what he might say about that now. Let me go back and show you one more. This is one of the very strong antiwar pieces published during this time. Within this contest, since hoover is an anti in
Conference at the Herbert Hoover president ial library. The conference explored hovers right reputation as a great humanitarian both world wars. This is my first hoover days, i am mary cox. I just published my first book ill do a little plug at the beginning this was released in the u. S. A few weeks ago and todays lecture ill be giving a lot of what is inside this book and theres a lot more thats in there. What im going to try to do is tell you a story about what it was like to be in germany as a civilian during the First World War and the years following. As part of that story, ill be discussing Herbert Hoover and some of the things he did to alleviate the suffrage in germany which had been a big enemy and ally of the United States. For me, one of the things i enjoyed so much of my research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular and were to encourage others to feel that same compassion and save millions of life. Heres the book im, going to start by telling you a
Themselves for others, including the mother of three shielding her 2monthold. Now the suspected shooter in custody. This as we hear from some of these heroes who raced in running toward the gunfire, risking their lives to save others. And in ohio, chaos in downtown dayton. We got shots fired. We got multiple people down. Were going to need multiple medics. A gunman killing nine people, including his sister, and injuring more than two dozen. The dramatic surveillance images showing people running for their lives and police on the scene taking out the shooter in just 30 seconds, saving countless lives with their quick action. Overnight the powerful vigils and the calls for action. President trump set to address the nation this morning, facing questions about how his rhetoric is fueling the violence. Now some lawmakers calling for bold measures, demanding congress be called back to washington to act right now. Will this time be different . And what you can do to help. Our special edition
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Good evening and welcome to the Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. It is a pleasure to have you all here tonight for our speaker program. Those also who are watching on cspan. The Lincoln Group of washington, d. C. , is the longest, continuously functioning lincoln organization having been founded in the 1930s. Www. Ve a website at lincolngroup. Org, which is where our members and friends find out what we are doing. We are pleased tonight that our speaker is charles strozier. Charles is both a historian, professor at the City University of new york, but also a practicing psychoanalyst, and his study of Abraham Lincoln, which began many years ago 40 years ago and more has culminated in the book he published last year, your a. Lincoln the enduring friendship of Abraham Lincoln and joshua speed. Author of many books. In particular in 2011, and the anniversary of 9 11, his book until the fires stopped burning the11 and new york city in words and experiences of survivors and witnesses was n