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Jonathan director of roosevelt house who is in albany this evening. So were very excited to have ken whyte here to talk about his biography of hoover. And also to have amity shlaes to interview him. This is not a house in Herbert Hoover historically or in the present day talked about often or usually too kindly. So one thing that i want to say about ken whyte in the introduction to his book says that indictment and advocacy shape and often overwhelm the story of the man, Herbert Hoover. I think there has been more indictment of Herbert Hoover in these halls than anywhere else perhaps because franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt lived here in new york in this house during the 1932 campaign. So i think well hear a different story of the 1932 campaign than you might have heard them interpret it as being. We met earlier in the franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt library on the second floor which is where Franklin Roosevelt met with prospective cabinet members after the 1932 election. I have a feeling
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