Capitol and saw these pages and thought, wow, what a great opportunity this would be and saw they were all boys and was told, well, we just dont feel like this is the place for girls to operate. And i at that age between sixth and seventh grade said, well thats just not fair. He said, well, maybe we can do something about that. So when i went back to school in the fall, i wrote letters to mr. Albert. And wrote letters to mr. Albert and wrote letters to mr. Al berd for many years, and finally one day when i was just about to graduate from high school, i got a call from charlie ward, who was mr. Alberts administrative assistant, and he asked me how i would feel about being the first woman page. Well, needless to say, i was finally ecstatic about this. I said, well ill have to ask my parents first. He said, well, mr. Albert has already spoken the to your parents and its okay with them. And i said absolutely. So thats how it began. And by the latter 1970s. Its about half and half females,
Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan networks. 50 years ago on september 24, 1964, Supreme Court chief Justice Earl Warren handed a report on the assassination of president kennedy to president johnson in the oval office. The commissioners pictured here concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The warn Warren Commission acted here for nine months. We set up a camera to talk to a local author using key phone calls, documents and art facts some of the lingering controversies regarding the warn report but first we take a brief tour of the former officers. Hi, im brian summers. So much testimony from the witnesses and those essential to the investigation met here in this Historic Building itself. It was in this room here on this floor that the Warren Commission saw for the first time the entirety of the committee. Would have taken place down here at that time and mid may of 64, Lee Harvey Os walds brother was here. And we have photographs to subs stanceuate that here in the building.
C span networks. For our complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, Supreme Court chief Justice Earl Warren handed a report of the president s commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. The seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel Jay Lee Rankin concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. The Warren Commission worked for nine months in this building, the Washington Office of the vfw, a short walk from the Supreme Court building and the u. S. Capitol. We set up a camera in a fourth Floor Conference Room to talk to investigative journalist philip shenon, whose book a cruel and shocking act examines the Warren Commissions work, using key phone calls, documents and artifacts, mr. Shenon explains the lingering controversies regarding the war and the report. But first we take a brief tour of the former Warren Commission offices. Hi, im b
Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan americas. For our complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, Supreme Court chief Justice Earl Warren handed a report of the president s commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. The seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel Jay Lee Rankin concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. The Warren Commission worked for nine months in this building, the Washington Office of the vfw, a short walk from the Supreme Court building and the u. S. Capitol. We set up a camera in a fourth Floor Conference Room to talk to investigative journalist philip shenon, whose book a cruel and shocking act examines the Warren Commissions work, using key phone calls, documents and artifacts, mr. Shenon explains the lingering controversies regarding the war and the report. But first we take a brief tour of the former Warr
You are for me with the story. The late 1950s, a young attractive president ial candidate, scion to financial fortune, a one man force field of celebrity good looks and charm, fresh off a loved one victory in his home state in the northeast and patient with the status quo under president eisenhower, itching to get the country moving again and encountering his main impediment to the white house in the form of richard m. Nixon. That description applies of course the john f. Kennedy but equally fits our subject tonight, nelson a. Rockefeller. In fact, the resemblance is more uncanny when comparing the two men intellectual interest, in the arts, the vibe, the future of latin america individual belief in Government Action to improve working conditions, advance of rights and promote nuclear disarmament. Im not interested in what i cant do rockefeller reminded his age. I want to know how i can do what i want to do and it is your job to tell me. Richard norton smith said governor rockefeller c