[applause] this occasion [inaudible] a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the new great have addressed this audience, but tonight we welcome a man whom history will record as renowned among World Leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i had in mind the rapid secession communist aggression as millions of people were involved behind the farreaching iron curtain. Ivan mine the stalemate of korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings, and traveling our Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man trained in war, who will be unclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] welcome to t common with clifford on george hammond, chair of the communities from ich put together todays program, along with the staff at theommonwealth club, the staff is helping to putogether all these online p
Rates in the wave of the horrors of the great war. And at some of these women who are attending 1919 1920 press conference, helped push president Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th amendment. The National World War One Museum hosted this event and provided the video. It is such a pleasure to cooperate with the museum and i am thankful to laura for reaching up to me and making this program possible. I have about 45, 50 minutes of stories and information that i am excited to share with you. I do very much hope that you will pose whatever questions you have. I dont always have the answers but i will certainly give it my best shot. So, the cover that you are looking at there on your screens, the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. It is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My back as a snapshot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactly 100 years ago, as the world finally began accident from the devastation f
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I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. And as your nominee i expect to conduct by crusading an aggressive, fighting campaign. The republicans in we want willkie, Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. And as we watch some of the images of him on the campaign trail were joined here in rushville, indiana with david willkie. I want you to introduce our audience to some of the fervor were seeing from these Iconic Images of the 1940 campaign that really surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat franklin dellanor roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. Here wed come out of entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration, roosevelt was president , right at the height of his power and that opened up a time for a dark horse can