Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 this is not something that 40, 50, 70 years later we were saying that was a mistake back then but they had their reason for it, they had no reason at the time except to uphold what they thought was a patriotic duty. For the record, i want to get some of this on the screen so people can have the reference. First of all, the chief justice at the time was hare land fisk stone . Hare land fisk stone. He was appointed by herbert hoover. He was a republican but he was he wouldnt be a republican today because he was, in fact, one of the great chief justices weve had. There were also a number of other names that have become famous to people who dont even know much about the court. You mentioned william o. Douglas. Frank murphy and robert jackson. 7 of the 9 members with the exception of Justice Jackson and justice stone had been appointed by franklin roosevelt. They were the new deal justices. When roosevelt threatened to pack the court in
Might be disloyal to their country. What did they think, away from their families, unsure what would happen to them, interrogated by strangers, people who were going to determine their fate. The museum i think have done a great job. They have some of the original barracks. We are sitting in the original courtroom where the hearings were held for the japanese, so it is a really great place for people. It is a story that largely people do not know that either italians or japanese were held here during the work. Most of the people who were arrested had been civilians in the concentration core camp. They had the Justice Department to bring people here, and also it had housed, since may of 1941, almost 1000 italians who had been taken off primarily merchant ships that were stranded in u. S. Ports once war broke out in 1939. Britain would not guarantee their safety passage home, because they did not want both the ships and the men to be enlisted in the war effort against them, so they langui
Two committees of congress on wednesday, july 17. At 9 a. M. Eastern he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. Later in the day, he will take questions from the house intelligence committee, both open session. His report on russian inter his testimony on russian interference in the election will air live on cspan. Listen free with the cspan radio app. Announcer the cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, coming to you every first and ,hird weekend of the month visiting Historic Sites, talking to local authors, with support from our spectrum Cable Partners this weekend we traveled to missoula, montana, with a population of about 66,000. 110 a second largest city sits on the western part of the state montanas second largest city sits in the western part of the state in the heart of the rocky mountains. Over the next hour, we will learn about the history of missouri and the Literary History of the region. In theo
And conjure up in your mind and image of world war ii. Just try to get an image of world war ii. I will make a couple of suggestions. You may try picturing a burning u. S. Warship at pearl harbor. Or if you would rather to a happier image, how about a man kissing a woman, leaning over and kissing a woman on victory day. Or maybe you prefer politics. Now i would like you to do the same exercise and think about the imprisonment of japaneseamericans during world war ii. Try to find in your mind the image that represents the imprisonment of japaneseamericans during the war. What are you picturing . Does it look like this . A budget of young japaneseamerican girls in kimonos dancing . This is a photograph taken by a government photographer at the Granada Relocation Center also known as amache in eastern colorado in 1943. If this is not what you had in mind, what is different . Celebrating the spirits of their ancestors in a summertime buddhist ritual. Does it surprise you that japaneseameri
On bill harris and im Deputy Director here. Its very nice to see everyone out on this sunday afternoon. We want to thank you on behalf of all of our supporters and want to thank you and for theport National Archives and records administration. The organizations helping to make this possible today. Its a place not just to hold and display the materials that were generated in collected of the course of his career but also as a place to study and learn about his administration and the about the times in which he was working. Little could have appreciated the economic complexities but the ultimate war which helped define his administration and his presidency. Seriouslye cars fair and we seem to encourage analysis into all facets of after your post life, leadership, and his decisions, as well as those now in retrospect of mrs. Roosevelt. Everything that was controversial must be taken with the good and the appreciation and the honor. This isnt to tear down but to understand and foster an at