Blue and Herbert Hoover came to the white house is trained geologists, an experience world travelers who were successful in both the private and public sectors. But just months into hoovers term, the market crashed. First Lady Lou Hoover used her office to advocate volunteer is a man charity, but as the Great Depression deep into, theyre one term and it amidst great public frustration. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies influence an image. Tonight the story of Lou Henri Hoover the. Hoover administration in 1929 to 1933 and what an interesting life she had. Here to tell us about her years before the white house as we get started tonight is annette dunn lap. Historian author first ladies biographer scholar with the Hoover Institution and working on a biography of Lou Henri Hoover. What is to just interested you to dispensable years of your life looking into this one. I got interested in her with talking with a friend of mine through the library up in canton ohio and when i started
Relationship with Woodrow Wilson. Until the falling out in 1920. From the hoover president ial library and hue seemuseum. This is 45 minutes. Ross kennedy. Is professor of history at Illinois State university. He received the phd in history from the university of california burke lee. And specializes in the United States Foreign Relations and International History from 1914 to 1965. Woodrow wilson and world war i are of special interest. Having written a prize winning book. The will to believe Woodrow Wilson world war i. And americas strategy for peace and security. Kennedy is also editor of a companion to Woodrow Wilson. The title of the talk today is rising star, Herbert Hoover and the Wilson Administration 1914 to 1920. Please welcome ross kennedy. Thanks very much. Tom. For that introduction. And thanks to the Hoover Library and foundation for organizing this conference. Just Walking Around the museum before coming up here, its really impressive. If you get chance to, you should go
Committee military base here in spokane because they wanted to make this the most northern military airbase in the country. This was a great spot because it was just an old municipal golf course. It had lots of open area, lots of space. That was really needed back then for taking off in Different Directions with the wind speeds. , spokane hasen been 100 behind developing aviation here. Currently, we are in the historic felts field brick hangar. 19was initially broken in 23 and was introduced in 1934. Onewas touted as of the most modern hangers in america. It was the modern base for our first squadron. Squadron ervation 116th observations watch in. Observation squadron. 116th observation squadron first volunteered in 1954. It was made up of businessmen and officers from the great war. It was pretty barebones. The first couple of hangars were torn down from the old airfields in france and brought over here by steamer ship. The First Mission of the observation squadron, observation being
there is a bill before congress now called the start of this act. it was supported by american venture capitalists. but it would do is more or less automatically grant a visa to any foreign entrepreneur who wanted to settle in the u.s. and could and had already secured the american venture-capital funding. there are a large number of highly skilled entrepreneurs who would love to move to the u.s. they could create jobs immediately. the bill is languishing. it would not cost money. we are not doing it. i describe that. there are a host of measures that we could be pursuing, you know, without any impact on the deficit. collectively they at least at up to something, and we are not doing them. one last quick question. putting bad if government policies aside for the moment, a lot of people who talk about economics and write books and talk about this problem seemed to believe in something that i guess i could call the business cycle. the dips, troughs and pekes and stuff lik