Next step is portland, oregon. He makes another stirring bid for the northwest ballots. Well, it appears he has at least one hardened supporter. Those are some of the regions finest salmon specificitiments. Well know soon. November is just around the corner. President truman continues his swing. The chief executive gets a present which he said will be on the white house lawn for the next four years. He rides to the home of his old friend, cactus jack, for a real texas breakfast and and gets a warm welcome. Later, he visits the alamo. A shrine of texas independence. In austin, a big crowd meets the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star state. 23 electoral votes. Addressing civil rights, saying the republicans dont want public unity. On his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam raburn, former speaker of the house. At the boarder, bringing the southern vote back into line. Dewey defeats truman. From the 1948 president ial campaign. Harry s. Truman, pictured her
Governor dewey, making a plea for world peace and striking at communist elements in government, the gop leader draws big audiences. Next step is portland, oregon. With mrs. Dewy by his side. He makes another stirring bid for the northwest ballots. Well, it appears he has at least one ardent supporter. Those are some of the regions finest salmon specimens. Well know soon. November is just around the corner. President truman continues his swing around the circuit, meeting former Vice President garner in texas. The chief executive gets a present which he said will be on the white house lawn for the next four years. He rides to the home of his old friend, cactus jack, for a real texas breakfast and gets a warm welcome enroute. Later, he visits the alamo. A shrine of texas independence. In austin, a big crowd meets the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star states 23 electoral votes. Addressing civil rights, saying the republicans dont want public unity. On his tour, the p
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans, in we want wilkie, and as we watch on images of him on the campaign trail, we are joined here, in russia indiana, with wilkie. I want to introduce her audience, to some of these iconic images, of the campaign, they really surrounded the ground or thought. He ran for president , and try to defeat roosevelt, who is seeking a third term. The end of the hovered ministration, going for eight years in the result administration, roosevelt was president roosevelt right at the height of his power, and that opened up a time for a dark horse candidate to come outside of the political spectrum. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party, this was a party that had been defeated by roosevelt in 1932. Off landed in 1836, so, what were the republicans looking for, and why was your grandfather the
Professor in american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise and American History in 1919, he has wr wrun three other books including buying power. Published in 2009. And a living wage and Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for publications including the Washington Post though um not sure we recall that popular. The Boston Review and dissent. His article the racist plucks of the english language. Most loved and the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you to rachael for the behind the scenes work and pete and eric and christian and all the organization thats helped make this possible. Im really grateful. Thanks to all of you for coming out. Um real im really honored by the size of the audience today. We rub shoulders with those that came before and id like to begin by mentioning a few of mt scholars who helped me identify Free Enterprise as a topic worth exploring. I have selling Free Enterprise, to serve god in walmart, ki
The life of Wendell Willkie. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with David Willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. Was seeking a third term. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac. Grew up in elwood. When they married, this was the place they generally call home. In the family, my great great grandfather had lost his shirt during the depression. Instead of giving his father in law a handout, when the willkie and bought a farm land. He asked his fatherinlaw if he would manage it. How much time did he spend no ques