Print things and publish things. It is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. Lectures in history on American History tv on cspan3. Every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lecture s in history is always available as podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith discusses his book, an uncommon man, the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard smith, why kdid you call your book you wrote 35 years ago, uncommon man . Its taken from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. You remember Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, maybe 43, about the common man. And wallace, from the left of center, perspective, was projecting in effect the goals and am birgss of the generation that was fighting world war ii. It wasnt enough to simply beat the nadzis, but to create at home, a true democracy. A place where the common m
Belva lockwood campaigned to be the first woman of the United States. Jill norgren chronicles her life for womens rights. This is an hourandahalf. When jill norgren sent me her manu script and asked if i would write a forward, we were just gearing up for the new term and it was not a time when i welcomed additional extra curricular assignments. But after sampling several parts of the manuscript i just said yes. Jills book tells the story of a woman who would not be put down. The book paints a vivid portrait of Belva Lockwood and should gain for her life the public attention long overdue. Jills was a prodigious effort. Women in the public eye nowadays are courted by various archives seeking to be the repository of their papers. Not so in lockwoods time. Piecing together her work and days required the relentless pursuit of a determined sleuth, and thats just what jill became in this process. A most persistent detective. In the introduction to the biography, i noted that Elizabeth Kaley s
Country stronger and made the world better. Ive had the privilege to work with chairman hall for nearly four years to ensure america obtained human space flight. The budget of 2010 threatened to stop that, he used all his tools of Public Service to help him win the battle. Here are a couple of those tools he had, neil armstrong, tom stafford, part of a Bipartisan Coalition to put the United States on a path to go into orbit. As a boy who grew up within a mile and a half of the Johnson Space center, i saw ralph hall make history, that my kids, your kids, can see americans go into space. One more slide. Weve all talked about the children earlier this year, because you did that, my kid said, dad, lets jump out of a plane when i turn 18. Thank you, mr. Chairman, you made a difference in my life and a difference to so many people. Mr. Smith i yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, bill posey. Mr. Posey thank you, mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to join with me colleague