Not a hearing room at first. And then in the 1970s, Senator Frank Church began to investigate problems with the cia and fbi. And this was goaliing to be the first investigation into the intelligence operations. The material they were handling was so secret that it had to be in a secure place. So this room was converted. A floor was built across. It was turned into offices for the Church Committee that was investigating the cia and the fbi. They had armed guards standing at each of the doors to make sure no one came in. Reporters thought it was interesting that the Church Committee was trying to break through secrecy, but they were surrounded by guards to keep these secrets in here. But the fact of the matter is, if the congress was going to investigate, they had to promise to maintain secrets. So this room was a hub for that information. Then, when the Church Committee led to the creation of the Permanent Committee on intelligence which still operates in the senate, this room became th
Birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at Gettysburg College to talk about his military and political career as well as his relevance for 21st century americans. Then on saturday afternoon at 1 00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. Her stand helped instigate the bus boycott as we hear from the attorney for rosa park and demonstrators. Then at 6 00, William Davis on the littlephoneknown aspects o ulysses s. Grant and robert e. Lee. And a 1965 Progress Report on nasas projects, including the manned Space Program and the mayriner fly by. All weekend and on holidays too, only on cspan 3. Up next on American History tv, a group of authors and historians talk about the legacy of the 1965 hartcellar act which changed immigration policy from a quota system to one that focussed on skills and family relationships with american citizens or resi
Later, congress and the 1965 heart seller immigration and nationality act. Next on American History tv, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell gives a lecture on the rivalry between two kentucky politicians who served as governors and the senate. Senator mcconnell argues that the competition between Happy Chandler and Earle Clements led to the election of Thruston Morton. Well, thank you very much, robert. Its a real pleasure to be here today at transylvania. Want to thank president kerry and transylvania for hosting me here today. Happy to be veterans day here as well. I also want to acknowledge my good friend ben chandler. He and his family of course are descendants of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been extremely well served with ben as the executive director of the Kentucky Humanities Council and i want to thank him for sharing some of the anecdotes im going to use today. Finally, i want to thank chris mosher, all of whom have contributed in one
There are a hundred of them, and their job is invisibility. They come into giant office buildings after everyone has gone home and, if they do the job right, make the evidence of the day’s work disappear.