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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....
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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...
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ENTERING INTO THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE END OF THE HOOVER ADMINISTRATION, EIGHT YEARS OF THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS RIGHT...
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STATE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT WAS A PARTY DEFEATED BY ROOSEVELT IN 1932. WHAT WERE THE REPUBLICANS LOOKING FOR AND WHY WAS YOUR GRANDFATHER THE PERSON...
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FOR A THIRD TERM BEFORE, GOING BACK TO THE TIME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. WHEN WASHINGTON STEPPED DOWN, NO ONE HAD EVEN DREAMED OF RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM...
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| 00:03:06 |
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COME FROM A BUSINESS SIDE. NOBODY WAS ACTUALLY DOING THAT EXCEPT FOR WENDELL WILLKIE. HE CERTAINLY ROSE UP AND HAD AN ELECTRIC PERSONALITY AND MAGNETIC...
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| 00:03:42 |
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WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN POLITICS, EVEN FROM GROWING UP IN HIS HOMETOWN. HE TALKED ABOUT IT IN HIS LIFE, IN HIS CHILDHOOD WITH HIS PARENTS, WHEN THEY...
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ARE IN RUSSELLVILLE, INDIANA, ONE OF THE HOMES OF WENDELL WILLKIE. -- RUSSIA WILHVILLE, INDIANA, ONE OF THE HOMES OF WENDELL WILLKIE. >> THIS IS A WOODEN
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| 00:04:18 |
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POST CARD SENT TO THE UNITED STATES MAIL, SENT FROM ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON. ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN ACTUALLY SIGNED THE BACK OF THE POSTCARD TO SAY...
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| 00:04:39 |
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CAMPAIGN LIKE? YOU HAD OR WILL KEEP CLUBS. YOU HAD BOXES OF BUTTONS AND BANNERS. >> PEOPLE WANTED
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| 00:04:47 |
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SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD BEFORE. THIS IS WHERE THE WILLKIE NAME STARTED TO TAKE OFF. HERE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD CHALLENGED THE...
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| 00:05:09 |
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A BLOCK OFF OF MAIN STREET. YOUR MOTHER, WENDELL WILLKIE'S DAUGHTER IN LAW, LIVED A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE. >> IF IT WAS MY
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| 00:05:22 |
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GRANDMOTHER'S HOME TOWN. MY GRANDFATHER GREW UP IN ELWOOD. WHEN THEY MARRIED, THIS WAS THE PLACE THEY GENERALLY CALL HOME. IN THE FAMILY, MY GREAT GREAT...
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SPEND IN RUSSELLVILLE. >> --
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RUSHVILLE. >> HIS WIFE
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| 00:06:03 |
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AND SON WOULD COME BACK CONSTANTLY, BUT DURING THE CAMPAIGN, THIS WAS THE HEADQUARTERS. >> INDIANAPOLIS AND IN
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THE CENTER OF THE STATE. WE ARE IN RUSHVILLE. WERE IS ELWOOD. >> THE NORTHEASTERN PART
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OF THE STATE, NORTH OF RUSHVILLE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM HERE, A LITTLE BIT OF AN HOUR FROM INDIANAPOLIS. >> WHY
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| 00:06:31 |
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IS ELWOOD SO IMPORTANT FOR THE 1940 CAMPAIGN? >> THE
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| 00:06:37 |
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DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. IT IS THE LARGEST POLITICAL RALLY EVER IN THE HISTORY OF INDIANA. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAID THE...
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| 00:06:58 |
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GOING INTO THE PHILADELPHIA. >>
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NO QUESTION. HE WAS THE DARK HORSE. DURING THE DUMP -- DURING THE NOMINATION SPEECH, IT WAS SUCH A HIGH SWELTERING INDIANA AT BAY. IT WAS A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE...
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| 00:07:22 |
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DAVID WILLKIE, WHO IS THE GRANDSON OF WENDELL WILLKIE. WE'LL BE CHECKING IN WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. TONIGHT WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM RUSHVILLE,...
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| 00:08:01 |
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MUST SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PROXY OF DISTRIBUTED SCARCITY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF UNLIMITED PRODUCTIVITY. I STAND FOR THE RESTORATION OF FULL PRODUCTION AND...
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| 00:09:39 |
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INDIANA, IN AUGUST OF 1940 TO THE WEST COUNTY'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERE IN RUSSIA VILL, INDIANA. THIS IS ONE OF THE POSTAGE STAMPS FROM 1992 -- A 75 CENT...
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| 00:10:18 |
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AGAINST ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL AND AGAINST THE TIDE OF POLICIES AND POLITICS REPRESENTED BY THE NEW DEAL. WE WILL HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK...
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THE SPEECH, IT WAS HEARD ON RADIO BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. >> THIS WAS THE TIME
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FOR RADIO. PEOPLE SAT BY THE RADIO AND LISTENED INTENTLY. >> YOU EVER WRITTEN
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| 00:11:37 |
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EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE NEW DEAL. THIS IS NOW EIGHT YEARS AFTER FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT PROMISED A NEW DEAL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, YET UNEMPLOYMENT STILL IN...
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| 00:12:03 |
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THIS WAS A POLITICAL EXPRESSION. I SEE THE SPEECH AS A ENORMOUS SUCCESS OF SOME KIND. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS BAILING THE COUNTRY. IT WAS NOT GIVING...
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| 00:12:50 |
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WHY HIM? WHAT DID HE DO TO TRY TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK THAT ALLOWED THE PARTY TO TURN TO THIS OUTSIDER, THIS BUSINESSMAN FROM INDIANA WHO SPENT SOME TIME...
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| 00:13:05 |
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UNDERESTIMATE WILLKIE. THE LONG TERM CAREER POLITICIANS DID JUST THAT. HE DID HAVE NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE TO SPEAK UP. HE HAD NEVER RAN FOR OFFICE. HE...
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| 00:13:43 |
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ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH SAID IT WAS A GRASSROOTS OF 1000 COUNTRY CLUBS. YOU ARE SMILING. >>
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| 00:13:50 |
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IN THE GRASSROOTS COMPLAINT -- CAMPAIGN IS PART OF THE POLITICS AND POLITICKING. IT TRULY WAS A GRASSROOTS IN WHAT IT INTENDED, BUT WILLKIE WAS NOT A...
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| 00:14:23 |
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 1940 CONVENTION. THIS HAD THE GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA DELIVERING THE SPEECH. HERBERT HOOVER, FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO IS HOPING THE PARTY...
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| 00:14:48 |
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LITTLE TROUBLE WHEN WE DRAW ANALOGIES. DEWEY WAS THE PROSECUTOR FROM NEW YORK WHO OVERRATED HIMSELF. WE OFTEN HAVE NEW YORKERS COME OUT AND SAY THEY...
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| 00:16:00 |
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HE RETIRED AND AN EXCITING MAN. I THINK FOR MANY PEOPLE, IT WAS NONE OF THE ABOVE. IT WAS THE PERFECT ATMOSPHERE FOR AN OUTSIDER WHO PROMISES AND LOOKS...
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| 00:16:17 |
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WHAT WAS THE STATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AMITY SHLAES, AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND HIS SUPPORT IN 1940, EIGHT YEARS AFTER THE NEW DEAL AT A TIME WHEN...
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| 00:16:32 |
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46 OUT OF 48 STATES IN THE PRECEDING ELECTION -- WAS SO HARD TO GET PAST. EVEN AS THE PARTY WAS BEGINNING TO GET PAST IT, THIS IDEA OF HAVING A THIRD...
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| 00:17:19 |
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MADISON, THE HEADLINES IN THE SUMMER OF 1940 WITH ONE "AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, HITLER MOVING TO FRANCE AND DECLARING VICTORY. THE BIG QUESTION, IS...
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| 00:17:41 |
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TO THE NOT SEES A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA -- NOT SEES A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA -- NAZIS A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA...
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| 00:18:08 |
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FROM THE RUSH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA WILHVILLE, INDIANA, ONE OF THE HOMES OF WENDELL WILLKIE. HE WAS BORN IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. OUR FOCUS...
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| 00:18:54 |
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THERE WAS NO TELEVISION. THEY REALLY HAD TO GET OUT THERE WITH THE PEOPLE. HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CROSSING THE COUNTRY ON TRAINS. RETAIL POLITICS IN...
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| 00:19:13 |
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ROOSEVELT WORRIED ABOUT WENDELL WILLKIE? >> I THINK HE ENJOYED
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| 00:19:16 |
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IT. HE SAID, "I AM NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT IT IS AN UNIMPORTANT DUTY FOR ME TO CAMPAIGN." BOTH OF THEM WERE WARRIORS. BOTH OF THEM ENJOYED THAT PROCESS,...
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| 00:19:46 |
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HEAR FROM FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN JUST A MINUTE. WHO WAS BEHIND THE WILLKIE CAMPAIGN? WHO ARE SOME NAMES ARE AUDIENCE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH? >> ROOKIE...
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| 00:19:56 |
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GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE PUBLISHING AND NEWSPAPER BUSINESS. PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT BANK BY THE BARREL. THE EDITOR OF FORBES MAGAZINE, THE BOOK EDITOR...
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| 00:20:29 |
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WAS A DEMOCRAT BEFORE BECOMING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. >> HE HAD MORE
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| 00:20:34 |
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CREDIBILITY AS AN OUTSIDER. HE SUPPORTED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. HE WAS A DEMOCRAT RIGHT UP TO 1935. YOU CAN FIND DOCUMENTS WITH WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH...
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| 00:21:39 |
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RATE IN 1940 WAS WHAT? >> THE UNEMPLOYMENT
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| 00:21:43 |
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RATE FOR 1940 WAS 10 OR BELOW. IT WAS ABOVE WHERE WE ARE. IT IS A LITTLE BIT MUDDY BECAUSE YOU ARE MOVING TOWARDS A WORLD WAR II. THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 00:22:04 |
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TALKING ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOBS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY. WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO PART OF THAT AND THEN A CONVERSATION, PART...
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STRUCK ME AS I WAS DRIVING UP THE STREETS OF HOBOKEN, WHY IS THE AVERAGE STORE WINDOW -- WHY DOES THE AVERAGE STORE WINDOW HAVE PICTURES OF MY OPPONENT...
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| 00:22:50 |
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PICTURES. [APPLAUSE] >> >> FRANKLIN
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| 00:24:14 |
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ROOSEVELT AND RECORDINGS FROM 1940. JAMES MADISON, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WAS A POLITICIAN. WE HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN THIS OVAL OFFICE REPORTED. >>...
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| 00:24:26 |
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PROBABLY NEVER ANYONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE THE WAS MORE OF A WILY POLITICIAN THAN FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. HE HAD A SKILL AND ABILITY AND SUCCESS THAT HAS FEW...
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| 00:24:49 |
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ON THE ISSUES IN THE 1940 CAMPAIGN -- WAS WENDELL WILLKIE CONSISTENT ALL THE ISSUES IN THE 1940 CAMPAIGN? >> I DO NOT
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| 00:24:57 |
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THINK SO. THE CAMPAIGN STARTED TO GO BADLY FOR WILLKIE. / THE DISORGANIZATION, THE CHAOS. IN THE LAST PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, HE MOVED IN THE POSITION...
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| 00:25:21 |
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AMITY SHLAES. >> HE WAS INCONSISTENT,
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| 00:25:24 |
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BUT WE CANNOT DOWNPLAY IS A SUCCESS. HE WON MORE VOTES IN THAT ELECTION WITH ANY REPUBLICAN HAD EVER WON. ELECTORALLY, ROOSEVELT WAS THAT WILY FOX. ON...
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| 00:26:24 |
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IN YOUR BOOK. LET'S TAKE A FEW PHONE CALLS. WE ARE IN RUSSIA WILHVILLE, INDIANA. OUR FIRST CALLER IS KURT FROM OHIO. WELCOME TO THE CONVERSATION. >> PROCESS...
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GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT SERVICE TO YOU ARE GIVING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. MY...
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| 00:28:03 |
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GOOD POINTS. THANKS FOR THE CALL. HE GREW UP HERE IN INDIANA. OHIO WAS A KEY PART OF HIS CAREER. >> HE FOLLOWED THE
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| 00:28:13 |
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ECONOMIC GROWTH. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. WHY DID HE GO FROM INDIANA TO OHIO? BECAUSE ROBERT WAS THERE. BECAUSE TIRES WERE THERE. WE THINK OF OUR CITIES...
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| 00:28:55 |
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ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL TODAY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NOT NOMINATED A BUSINESSMAN SAID WENDELL WILLKIE. >> I ALWAYS LIKE
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| 00:29:09 |
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WHEN PEOPLE MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PRESENT-DAY POLITICS OR ISSUES AND THE PAST. I AM RELUCTANT TO DO THAT EXCEPT TO SAY THIS -- IT IS TOO EARLY TO...
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| 00:29:44 |
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OF A 1940 WERE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE CONVENTIONS OF 2012. >> THE OUTCOMES
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| 00:29:49 |
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WERE LESS CERTAIN THAN NOW. WE SEEM TO BE MORE SETTLED IN A PRIMARY SYSTEM. >> RON IS STARTING
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| 00:29:59 |
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US FROM MARYVILLE, WASHINGTON, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGN OF WENDELL WILLKIE. >> THANKS FOR TAKING
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| 00:30:09 |
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MY CALL AND FOR HAVING THIS SERIES. IT IS OUTSTANDING. I WANT TO PROVIDE THREE CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS TO STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. NO. 1,...
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| 00:31:13 |
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THE CALL IN PLACE FOR THE POINTS. FIRST ON HERBERT HOOVER AND ON NOTE WOODROW WILSON. HOOVER WAS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE -- COMMERCE. WOODROW WILSON, THE...
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| 00:31:32 |
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OF CALVIN COOLIDGE. WILSON AND WILSON'S CROWD TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT WAS CLEAR TO THE PARTY THAT HE COULD NOT BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. THAT...
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| 00:31:58 |
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IS STARTING A SNACK FROM STANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. >> I JUST WANTED TO
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| 00:32:03 |
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COMMENT -- IN THE FALL OF 1940, WHEN THE WILLKIE DID A WHISTLE STOP TOUR OF FLORIDA. I HAPPENED TO BE A WESTERN UNION TRAINEE IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA. HE...
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| 00:32:34 |
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SAW HIM ON THE WHISTLE STOP TOUR? WHAT DID YOU TAKE WHEN YOU SAW HIM CAMPAIGN? DID HE LEAVE AN IMPRESSION? >> I WAS A
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| 00:32:42 |
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KID AT 18-YEARS OLD. I WAS IN ALL. HERE IS A GUIDE COULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I AM 89 NOW. I WAS 18 THEN. JUST A KID. I WAS VISIBLY...
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| 00:33:06 |
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THE CALL. THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES OF THE CROWDS SWARMING AROUND WENDELL WILLKIE. HE ALSO USED THE MEDIA. A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT NBC RADIO CARRIED...
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| 00:33:38 |
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ARE ALWAYS CHANGING. THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW TECHNIQUES, NEW POSSIBILITIES, AND NEW MEDIA. WILLKIE WAS VERY ASTUTE. ET -- HE WAS EXCELLENT AT THAT. HE...
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| 00:34:05 |
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VOTE WAS STILL VERY IMPORTANT IN 1940. THERE ARE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF FARMERS IN AMERICA AND THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT -- THEY VOTE. FOREIGN POLICY WAS...
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| 00:34:58 |
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MAJOR ISSUES IN 1940 -- WHAT WERE THEY, AMITY SHLAES? >> THERE WITH
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| 00:35:03 |
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THE WAR. ARE WE GOING IN? DO WE HAVE TO GO IN? IS LONDON IS TO BE BOMBED, MAYBE WE HAVE TO GO IN. WORLD WAR I WAS SUCH A HORROR. WAR ALWAYS STOPS ECONOMICS....
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| 00:36:22 |
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A MOVIE THEATER IN 1940, YOU VERY WELL COULD HAVE SEEN THIS ADVERTISEMENT PUT TOGETHER BY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR WENDELL WILLKIE. >>...
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| 00:36:33 |
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OR FLORIDA, NEW JERSEY ARE CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW WELL YOUR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR BRETON AND VICE- PRESIDENT UNDERSTAND AGRICULTURAL...
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| 00:37:50 |
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NATIONAL COMMITTEE -- AMITY SHLAES, HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A LIBERAL. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO UNDERSTAND. REBELS, IN THE 1940 IS A VERY DIFFERENT...
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| 00:38:38 |
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FROM WELLINGTON, FLORIDA. WE ARE WITHIN A THE SHLAES AND JAMES MADISON. >> YOU MENTIONED
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| 00:38:45 |
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THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE PUBLICATION, HOUSES IN NEW YORK. -- PUBLICATION HOUSES IN NEW YORK. I VISITED THE ELITE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND WENT TO THE...
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| 00:39:46 |
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AWAY IN 1944. >> WENDELL WILLKIE
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| 00:39:50 |
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WAS A CORPORATE MAN. HE WORKED A COMMONWEALTH AND SOUTHERN, WHICH WAS A COMPANY PUT TOGETHER TO WIRE THE SOUTH KOREAN THE UNITED STATES. -- TO WIRE...
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| 00:40:38 |
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THE IMPACT IT HAD ON WHEN THE WILLKIE AND HIS VIEW OF GOVERNMENT -- THE LINE >> IT REALLY STARTS IN THE 1920'S. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS BEGINNING...
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| 00:42:48 |
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NEW YORK CITY. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE CONVERSATION AS WE LOOK AT THE LIFE, CAREER, IN THE 1940 CAMPAIGN OF WENDELL WILLKIE. >> THEY DO
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| 00:42:58 |
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SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY CALL. IT SEEMS IF EVERY ELECTION SOCIETY -- EVERY ELECTION CYCLE, POLITICIANS AND PUNDITS WILL CITE WENDELL WILLKIE. WHY DOES HE...
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| 00:43:17 |
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IT IS THE FRESHNESS, THE MUNIS THAT IS INEVITABLE. IT IS THE DARK HORSE STANDARD WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS SO DIFFERENT FROM...
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| 00:44:03 |
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IT BE ANOTHER YEAR OF WENDELL WILLKIE?" REPUBLICANS WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE POTENTIAL NOMINATION OF RICHARD NIXON. >> EVERY FEW CYCLES
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| 00:44:15 |
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE OSTRACIZED PARTY. IT TENDS -- WHEN IT GETS TIRED OF ITSELF, SOMEONE COMES FROM OUTSIDE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS MORE AFFILIATED...
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| 00:45:34 |
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AS HE TALKS ABOUT LIBERALISM AND, ALSO, THE ROOSEVELT NEW DEAL. THIS ANOTHER FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, A SERIES OF FILMS. >> THE DOCTRINAIRES
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| 00:45:47 |
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OF THE OPPOSITION HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PICTURE ME AS AN OPPONENT OF LIBERALISM, BUT I WAS A LIBERAL BUT FOR MANY OF THOSE MEN HEARD THE WORD AND I FOUGHT...
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| 00:47:09 |
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THE WORDS OF WENDELL WILLKIE, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> THAT
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| 00:47:15 |
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LIBERALISM WHICH HE DESCRIBED, WHICH HE DIFFERENTIATES FROM PROGRESSIVISM, MODERN LIBERALISM, GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GERMANY OF HIS FAMILY. HIS...
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| 00:48:40 |
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SHLAES IS A COLUMNIST WITH BLOOMBERG. JIM ADDISON TEACHES HISTORY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. OUR NEXT CALLER IS TED FROM MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY. >> DID WILL...
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| 00:48:51 |
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HE GOT AN INAPPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FROM THIS NOMINATION RIVALS, TAFT AND HOOVER, AND THEIR PEOPLE OR WAS HE TO RECENTLY...
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| 00:49:09 |
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PROFESSOR MEDICINE, YOU ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD NO. >> I DO NOT PAY THE
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| 00:49:14 |
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GOT THE SUPPORT -- I DO NOT THINK HE GOT THE SUPPORT HE WANTED. JAMES WATSON SAID ON HEARING OF THE NOMINATION, "IT IS ALL RIGHT IF SHE WANTS TO JOIN...
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| 00:49:43 |
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SPEECH IN ELWOOD, INDIANA, HE SAID, " YOU REPUBLICANS." HOW DID THAT RESONATE WITH THE REPUBLICAN BASE? >> I THINK SOME OF
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| 00:49:54 |
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THEM NOTICED THERE WERE CALLED "YOU" RATHER THAN "US." >> OUR NEXT CALLER IS
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| 00:50:08 |
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FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. >> BANKS
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| 00:50:10 |
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ARE DOING THIS PROGRAM ALL WENDELL WILLKIE. I BELIEVE HE WAS FAR AHEAD OF HIS TIME ON MANY ISSUES. FIRST OF ALL, CIVIL RIGHTS. HE WAS A GREAT ADVOCATE...
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| 00:51:21 |
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CHARLES. >> ONE
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| 00:51:22 |
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THING THAT REALLY RESONATES FROM ONE WORLD WHEN WE LOOK AT IT TODAY, HIS BOOK SOLD TREMENDOUSLY WELL ABOUT THIS TIME -- WHEN HE WENT TO THE MIDDLE...
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| 00:52:28 |
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MARYVILLE, INDIANA. >> WITHIN
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| 00:52:33 |
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SIX MONTHS OF THE ELECTION OF 1940, WILLKIE WAS TOTALLY UNPOPULAR WITH THE REPUBLICANS MERELY BECAUSE HE HAD ADOPTED ROOSEVELT'S FOREIGN- POLICY. HE...
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| 00:54:16 |
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UP A NUMBER OF KEY POINTS. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK, "ONE WORLD," AND HIS POST CAMPAIGN VISIT TO NEW YORK. YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP THE 1940 FALL...
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| 00:54:51 |
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ROOSEVELT DID HAVE LIABILITIES GOING INTO THE CAMPAIGN. HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE IN 1936. THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS IN 1938 PRODUCED, I THINK, 81 NEW REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:55:52 |
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DO IT, IN PART, BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST HIS OWN FORMER POSITION AS MUCH AS AGAINST HIS OPPONENT. >> HE DID NOT
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| 00:56:03 |
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HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD POLITICALLY. >> HE
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| 00:56:06 |
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WAS PRO UNION. HE WAS WITH JOHN L. LEWIS. HE WAS QUITE IN SUBSISTENT -- HE WAS QUITE INCONSISTENT. THE BEST WAY TO SEE HIM IS AS A WONDERFUL ATTORNEY...
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| 00:57:06 |
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A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER PIECE OF FILM. THIS IS FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE AS A WAY OF TRYING TO FRAME WILLIAM...
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| 00:57:22 |
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WENDELL WILLKIE, BORN 48 YEARS AGO, EMERGES IN RESPONSE TO THE GREATEST DEMONSTRATION OF SUPPORT AND OUR COUNTRY HAS EVER KNOWN. HIS GRANDPARENTS, LIKE...
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| 00:58:09 |
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SCENES FROM ELWOOD, INDIANA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF WENDELL WILLKIE. DAVID WILLKIE IS WHEN THE WILLKIE'S GRANDSON. MANY SAY THE RESEMBLANCE IS PRETTY RESEMBLANCE...
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| 00:58:24 |
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NOT EXACTLY. >> WHAT KIND OF A
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| 00:58:28 |
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MAN WAS WENDELL WILLKIE? DESCRIBE HIS PERSONA AND HOW YOUR FAMILY VIEWS HIM AS A POLITICIAN. >> PHYSICALLY, HE WAS A
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| 00:58:39 |
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LARGE MAN. SOME CALLED HIM A BIG BEAR OF A MAN. HIS BROTHER WAS A HEAVYWEIGHT ROMAN-GRECO WRESTLER. HE WAS ALWAYS TASSELED. HE WOULD PUT ON A SUIT. HE...
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| 00:59:17 |
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INDIAN ROOTS AND, ALSO, WHERE HE WENT TO COLLEGE AND HOW HE BEGAN HIS CAREER HERE AS A LAWYER. >> HE GREW
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| 00:59:24 |
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UP IN ELWOOD, INDIANA. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT HIS -- HIM AND HIS PARENTS WAS NOT ONLY WAS HIS FATHER A LAWYER, BUT HIS MOTHER BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST...
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| 01:01:20 |
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THE EARLIER CONTENDERS WE HAVE COVERED, WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE RADIO, TELEVISION AND FILM AGE, SO WE CAN HEAR SOME OF THESE PERSONALITIES SPEAK, AND...
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| 01:01:36 |
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ABSOLUTELY. HE WAS DRAWN TO THE CAMERA, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CLIPS YOU HAVE SOME -- HAVE SHOWN. HE RELISHED TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS BOTH IN CASUAL...
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| 01:02:04 |
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WAS EDITH WILL KEEP. HOW DID THE TWO MEET -- EDITH WILLKE. HOW DID THE TWO MEET? >> THEY WERE IN A
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| 01:02:17 |
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NEUTRAL WEDDING PARTY TOGETHER. HE WAS DRAWN TO HER. SHE WAS A LIBRARIAN BY TRAINING, INTELLECTUAL IN HER OWN RIGHT, AND THERE WAS A NATURAL ROMANCE THAT...
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| 01:02:30 |
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THE GRANDSON OF THE -- WILLKE IS THE GRANDSON OF THE 1940 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, WENDELL WILLKIE. HE GOT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION ON THE SIXTH BUCKET...
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| 01:03:33 |
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AMERICA, I ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION WITH COMPLETE GOOD WILL. I KNOW THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS I SHALL FOR THE UNITY OF OUR PEOPLE...
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| 01:04:07 |
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BECAME AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE UNITED STATES. HE HAD A FRIENDSHIP WITH FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. HE CERTAINLY SEEMED TO PROSPER FROM THAT. HE WAS NOT A BAD...
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| 01:04:39 |
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OF SENATOR DICK LUGAR AND HOW HE VIEWED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THAT WAS JUST A PORTION OF WENDELL WILLKIE POSE A CONCESSION SPEECH. DID HE EXPECT TO...
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| 01:04:52 |
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TO GO AGAINST HIM IN OCTOBER. THE RESULTS WERE NOT A SHOT AT ALL TO WENDELL WILLKIE OR TO ANYONE WHO WAS FOLLOWING THE CAMPAIGN. >> POST-ELECTION,
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| 01:05:02 |
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THE RELATIONSHIP BEGAN TO REALLY GROW BETWEEN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WENDELL WILLKIE. >>
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| 01:05:07 |
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IT IS QUITE AMAZING. ALL OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS, ROOSEVELT'S RELATIONSHIPS ARE HARD TO NAIL DOWN, BUT HE AND WENDELL WILLKIE DID MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER...
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| 01:05:32 |
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WILLKIE GOES TO EUROPE ON A TOUR FOR ROOSEVELT AS HIS AMBASSADOR, THE FAMOUS TOUR IN 1942, HE REPEATS THE SAME BEHAVIOR HE DID AT HIS LAW SCHOOL GRADUATION....
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| 01:06:42 |
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FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA. >> GOOD
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| 01:06:44 |
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EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOUR AUDIENCE THAT YOU'RE GETTING A VERY ONE-SIDED ECONOMIC ARGUMENT ON YOUR PROGRAM FROM YOUR PANEL. SHE IS ENTITLED...
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| 01:07:59 |
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OUR GUESTS A CHANCE TO RESPOND. >> I DO NOT
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| 01:08:02 |
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THINK WE NEED TO GET TOO PERSONAL ABOUT THIS. WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, WE SEE BOTH PARTIES, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, AND UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 01:09:02 |
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A DIRT FOR PAR AT THE BEGINNING -- DIRT- POOR FARMERS TO BEGINNING OF THE NEW DEAL -- FORMER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW DEAL BUT HE HAD A FRAMED PHOTO...
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| 01:09:33 |
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WILLIAM FROM FLORIDA FIRST. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> JUST AS A DEFENDANT
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| 01:09:40 |
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TO THE HISTORY OF THE 1940 CAMPAIGN, THAT -- FOOTNOTE TO THE HISTORY OF THE 1940 CAMPAIGN, ONE OF THE MOST COURAGEOUS SUPPORTERS THE WENDELL WILLKIE HAD...
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| 01:10:48 |
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FOR THE CALL. YOU BRING UP AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE TETOUCHED ON IN THE LAST HOUR. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WENDELL WILLKIE AND THOMAS DEWEY. >>
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| 01:11:04 |
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NOT A HAPPY RELATIONSHIP. I DO NOT THINK THEY EVER RECONCILED. IN THE 1944 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, NO ONE BOTHERED TO INVITE WENDELL WILLKIE TO SPEAK OR...
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| 01:11:24 |
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ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION WAS A LEND-LEASE PROGRAM. WHAT WAS THAT? >> WE GAVE MONEY, LOANED
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| 01:11:31 |
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MONEY TO EUROPE, SEND ARMS, SO THAT ENGLAND COULD DEFEND HERSELF. THAT IS THE SIMPLEST WAY TO PUT IT. EVENTUALLY, WE WENT INTO THE WAR. THAT WAS AN...
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| 01:12:44 |
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WILLKIE TRAVELS TO LONDON. HOW UNUSUAL IS IT FOR A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT TO SELECT HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT? >> HE
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| 01:12:53 |
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CARRIED A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FROM ROOSEVELT TO CHURCHILL. AT A TIME WHEN IT HAS ALREADY BEEN BADLY BATTERED BY THE GERMANS, HE SEES CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL....
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| 01:13:30 |
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WILLKIE BEFORE CONGRESS. >> IF WE ARE TO
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| 01:13:36 |
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AID BRITAIN EFFECTIVELY, WE SHOULD PROVIDE HER WITH 5-10 DESTROYERS A MONTH. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS DIRECTLY AND SWIFTLY RATHER THAN THROUGH...
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| 01:14:26 |
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OF 1941, WHAT WAS THE COUNTRY GOING THROUGH AND WHAT WAS WENDELL WILLKIE THINKING AS HE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS AND REALIZES WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING...
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| 01:14:40 |
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CAME OUT OF WORLD WAR I AND SAID NEVER, NEVER AGAIN. 30% OR MORE OF VETERANS WERE DISABLED IN SOME WAY. THE CASUALTIES WERE TREMENDOUS. AMERICAN SAID...
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| 01:15:44 |
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US FROM SAN FRANCISCO AS WE LOOK AT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF WENDELL WILLKIE. HELLO. >> HELLO, I
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| 01:15:50 |
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HAVE ENJOYED TREMENDOUSLY YOUR AUTHOR'S BOOK ON THE NEW DEAL. THERE WERE LOTS OF BOOKS WRITTEN, OR SOME BOOKS WRITTEN MANY YEARS AGO, BUT SHE HAS TAKEN...
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| 01:16:59 |
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CALL. IS AS SENTIMENT PRETTY TYPICAL OF WHAT MANY REPUBLICANS FEEL? >> A LOT OF
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| 01:17:06 |
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REPUBLICANS WOULD OF SAID THAT SENTIMENT AND MAYBE IN STRONGER WORDS. THEY CALLED WENDELL WILLKIE NAIVE. THEY FELT HE WAS TAKEN IN. HE WAS JUST A TOURIST....
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| 01:17:28 |
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HE RECEIVED MORE VOTES THAN HERBERT HOOVER IN 1932 OR THE CANDIDATE IN 1936. >> HE RECEIVED A
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| 01:17:36 |
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LOT OF VOTES FOR SOMEONE WHO ALLEGEDLY HAD NO SUPPORT. THIS HALL OF TELEVISION SHOW IS A LOVE AFFAIR WITH WENDELL WILLKIE BECAUSE HE IS INTERESTING ON...
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| 01:18:45 |
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WITH US ON THE SERIES SAID WENDELL WILLKIE IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THIS 14 PART SERIES. AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE A LOT OF AMERICANS MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT...
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| 01:18:57 |
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THINK THAT IS A GOOD POINT. I THINK WENDELL WILLKIE BRINGS US TO OUR BETTER NATURES. HE ASKS MORE OF US. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT HIM....
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| 01:19:26 |
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GEORGIA, GO AHEAD. >> I WILL TAKE YOU BACK
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| 01:19:32 |
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TO THE GLAMOUR AND EXCITEMENT OF THAT DAY IN PHILADELPHIA. AT THE CONVENTION HALL. I WAS THERE. I WAS THERE WITH MY FATHER WHO HAD A UNIQUE INVOLVEMENT...
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| 01:20:44 |
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ALSO POINT OUT A 26-YEAR-OLD YOUNG REPUBLICAN FROM MICHIGAN, GERALD FORD, WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. HE TALKED TO C-SPAN ABOUT THAT IN 2000 AS HE WENT...
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| 01:20:56 |
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CONVENTION. >> THAT IS RIGHT. >> DO YOU
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| 01:21:00 |
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WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT THE WENDELL WILLKIE GENERATED IN THE 1940 CONVENTION? >> I THINK WE'RE DONE
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| 01:21:08 |
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WITH THAT TOPIC. >> WE WILL GO TO OLIVER
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| 01:21:10 |
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NEXT. >> I WOULD LIKE
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| 01:21:15 |
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TO COMMEND C- SPAN, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS ON TELEVISION. I DID NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT WENDELL WILLKIE. THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. I SEEM TO REMEMBER...
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| 01:21:49 |
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TO THOSE -- SHE WAS RELATED TO THOSE MANDARINS. WE TALKED ABOUT -- VAN DORENS. WE TALKED ABOUT WENDELL WILLKIE'S IDENTITY. WHAT WAS HIS LIBERALISM. RITA...
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| 01:22:56 |
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ALSO ON CALVIN COOLIDGE'S BOOK TOUR. >> SHE WAS A
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| 01:23:00 |
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WONDERFUL BOOK EDITOR. SHE EDITED MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DOWN. THERE ARE FIGURES TO BE A PEER OVER AND AGAIN. -- WHO UP HERE OVER AND AGAIN. -- UP HEREAPPEAR...
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| 01:23:49 |
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TO PLAY ONE MORE PIECE OF SOUND FROM FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT POSER RECORDINGS. HE IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER HIS RELATIONSHIP...
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| 01:24:05 |
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WAS NOT COMMON TO REVEAL THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. REPORTERS KNEW ABOUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. OTHER POLITICIANS HAD THEM, INCLUDING ROOSEVELT HIMSELF, OF...
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| 01:24:27 |
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AGAIN, THIS IS A RECORDING WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE RELATIONSHIP, AND THE FEAR THE WENDELL WILLKIE WAS HAVING WITH RITA VAN DOREN. -- A FAIRFFAIR...
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| 01:25:29 |
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MADISON, TWO POINTS, PLAYING DIRTY POLITICS, THAT CONVERSATION, AND THE PRESIDENT WONDERING WHETHER EVEN IF WAS HIRED TO COME BACK -- EDITH WAS HIRED...
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| 01:25:50 |
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AND REMAINED WITH HIM UNTIL THE END. SHE HAD A PARTY IN HER APARTMENT IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER WENDELL WILLKIE DIED. SHE INVITED RITA VAN DOREN TO THAT...
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| 01:26:25 |
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UTAH, GO AHEAD. >> YES, I'M CURIOUS AS
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| 01:26:31 |
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TO WHY WENDELL WILLKIE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH MADAM CHIANG HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED. >> YOU HAVE BROUGHT IT UP, SO
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| 01:26:40 |
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WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT. >> LEAVE THAT
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| 01:26:45 |
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TO THE INTERNATIONAL HOOSIER SCHOLAR AND. >> I THINK THE
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| 01:26:57 |
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ANSWER IS WE DO NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE KNOW THAT THIS WAS ON THE ONE WORLD TRIP IN LATE 1942. IT INCLUDED A STOP IN CHINA. WE KNOW THAT...
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| 01:27:38 |
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OF THIS SECOND TRIP IN 1942 FOR WENDELL WILLKIE. >> ROOSEVELT SENT HIM ON
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| 01:27:45 |
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A TOUR. HE WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING TO CHINA, RUSSIA, THE MIDDLE EAST. OFTEN TO PLACES THAT WERE ALSO A LITTLE BIT TRICKY, CLOSE TO THE BATTLEFIELD....
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| 01:29:40 |
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READ YOUR GRANDFATHER'S BOOK. IT IS STILL AVAILABLE NOW. WHY DID IT RESONATES SO IN 1942- 1943? >>
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| 01:29:48 |
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THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONS. NUMBER ONE WAS THAT HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO VISIT ALL DIFFERENT WAR CRIMES AT THE SAME TIME. HERE WE WERE IN THE SECOND...
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| 01:31:18 |
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LIKE A BELEAGUERED CITY, LIVING WITHIN HIGH WALLS. I HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE WALLS, AND THEN HE TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT HE SAW. >> HE TALKED ABOUT...
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| 01:31:31 |
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TIME -- BUT ONE IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT NATIONAL BOUNDARIES WERE BECOMING LESS AND LESS IMPORTANT TO COUNTRIES IN AND OF THEMSELVES. IT WAS MORE COMMERCE...
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| 01:32:08 |
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WAS PUBLISHED 70 YEARS AGO. HOW CAN YOU GET A COPY? >> YOU CAN
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| 01:32:13 |
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E-MAIL HERE TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I BELIEVE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS IS UP. >> LET ME TAKE OUR AUDIENCE
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| 01:32:27 |
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BACK A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO A HOME YOU SPENT MANY YEARS IN. THIS IS THE SAME HOME WHERE WENDELL WILLKIE CAME BACK AND TALKED ABOUT HIS ONE WORLD TOUR....
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| 01:32:51 |
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TO REMEMBER THAT WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PRESIDENT AT ONE TIME AND ONE FOREIGN POLICY AT ONE TIME. IT DOES FOLKS COULD -- GOOD TO SAY I AM NOT THE PRESIDENT...
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| 01:33:53 |
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AS YOU HEAR AND SEE YOUR GRANDFATHER JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE ARE IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE MESSAGE THAT HE WAS DELIVERING TO THOSE RESIDENTS...
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| 01:34:06 |
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THOSE THOUGHTS DIRECTLY HERE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO MIDDLE AMERICA, TO SAY THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE BECOME SO IMPORTANT. IT IS COMMON WISDOM...
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| 01:34:52 |
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MONTH, OCTOBER OF 1942, THE BOOK HITS STORES. DID IT FACE CRITICISM? >>
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| 01:34:57 |
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IT DID. IT DID FACE -- IT DID SELL MANY COPIES, PEOPLE LIKE IT VERY MUCH, BUT IT HAD MUCH CRITICISM. THERE WERE MANY WHO BELIEVED THAT AMERICA AND SHOULD...
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| 01:36:00 |
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THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR HOSTING US HERE TONIGHT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WENDELL WILLKIE OR THE BOOK, YOU CAN E- MAIL...
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| 01:36:13 |
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HELLO. >> PLEASE
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| 01:36:16 |
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GO AHEAD. >> I AM THE LAST
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| 01:36:20 |
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SURVIVING MEMBER I THINK OF THE ROOSEVELT WHITE HOUSE STAFF. I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE MAIL ROOM. I READ THE INCOMING MAIL. ENTERING INTO...
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| 01:37:33 |
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FOR ADDING AN IMPORTANT DIMENSION TO OUR CONVERSATION. ANOTHER AMAZING CALL. >> ONE THING ABOUT "ONE
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| 01:37:41 |
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WORLD," THE ANTI-HUMAN PEOPLE HATE IT, BECAUSE IT DOES -- ANTI-UNITED NATIONS PEOPLE HATE IT, BECAUSE IT DOES LAY OUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR IT, BUT THE...
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| 01:38:43 |
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CALIFORNIA AND THEN GET YOUR FOLLOW-UP. GO AHEAD. >> COULD YOU HAVE
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| 01:38:47 |
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YOUR GUESTS TO SPECULATE ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN HAD WENDELL WILLKIE WON THE ELECTION? >> AS MUCH AS
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| 01:38:55 |
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I ADMIRE AND RESPECT WENDELL WILLKIE, I AM PERSONALLY GLAD THAT HE DID NOT WIN. IT'S COUNTERFACTUAL HISTORY. WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED,...
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| 01:39:16 |
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TO MICHAEL NEXT IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. >> I WAS A LITTLE LATE
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| 01:39:23 |
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GETTING TO THE PROGRAM, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WENDELL WILLKIE NEVER HELD POLITICAL OFFICE. I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF HIS VICE- PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WAS...
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| 01:39:44 |
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WAS NOT SELECTED AND SO IT CAME TO THE PARTY ESTABLISHMENT TO COME TO WENDELL WILLKIE. HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT AND WHO ULTIMATELY DID HE CHOOSE?...
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| 01:39:57 |
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A TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN IN MANY WAYS, FAR MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE RANK AND FILE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERSHIP, SO I THINK...
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| 01:40:11 |
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D.C., YOU'RE NEXT. >> VERY INTERESTING
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| 01:40:14 |
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PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TWO QUESTIONS. ONE WAS THAT WENDELL WILLKIE WAS NAMED IN A NEWSWEEK ARTICLE IN 1960 AS A MODEL FOR A CANDIDATE THAT...
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| 01:41:10 |
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AS THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. PLEASE CONTINUE. >> THE OTHER PRESIDENT WHO
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| 01:41:18 |
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RAN FOR A THIRD TERM WAS ULYSSES S. GRANT. HE HAD BEEN PRESIDENT FOR TWO TERMS, STEPPED DOWN FOR A TERM, AND WAS A CANDIDATE AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION...
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| 01:41:43 |
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FOR THE CALL. ALMOSTTEDDY ROOSEVELT ALSO RAN FOR A THIRD TERM AFTER A DIFFERENT -- UNDER A DIFFERENT PARTY AFTER HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> COOLIDGE...
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| 01:41:58 |
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UNDER HARDING. HARDING DIED. COOLIDGE BECAME PRESIDENT AND ONE OF HIS OWN RIGHT -- WON OF HIS OWN RIGHT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. EASY CALL. THE DEMOCRAT...
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| 01:42:59 |
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LEARN MORE ON OUR WEBSITE AND GET MORE ON THIS PROGRAM AND OUR 14-WEEK SERIES, LOOKING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO RAN FOR OFFICE, LOST, BUT CHANGED...
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| 01:43:18 |
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TEACHER. MY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO WATCH AND THEY WILL BE SO ENVIOUS THAT I'M GETTING TO SPEAK TO YOU. I LOVED YOUR BOOK. I AM LOOKING FORWARD...
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| 01:43:46 |
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DO HAVE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE TOTALS. WE KNOW THAT IT WAS A LANDSLIDE FOR FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. >> BUT WE DO NOT HAVE
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| 01:43:54 |
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THE SHARE OF THE TURNOUT AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE WILL SUPPLY THAT ON OUR WEBSITE IN 24 HOURS. WE ARE SORRY. >> YOU SEE WHEN
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| 01:44:05 |
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THE WILL BE RECEIVING JUST OVER 22 MILLION VOTES, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT JUST OVER 27 MILLION VOTES. >> IT
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| 01:44:12 |
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WAS NOT A LANDSLIDE. WENDELL WILLKIE HAD DONE BETTER THAN HIS REPUBLICAN PREDECESSORS, BUT IT WAS A CLEAR VICTORY FOR ROOSEVELT. >> DAVID, YOUR
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| 01:44:26 |
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GRANDFATHER HAD A VIEW OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY 20 + YEARS BEFORE WE SAW THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT LED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING. >> HE
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| 01:44:35 |
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WAS CERTAINLY AHEAD OF HIS TIME WHEN IT CAME TO THINKING ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE. IT WAS PART OF HIS CREASE. IT WAS PART OF HIS...
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| 01:45:06 |
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TRYING TO ALWAYS GET A SENSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, IN INDIANA, TALK ABOUT THE KKK AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY...
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| 01:45:19 |
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HAD A VERY STRONG PRESENCE HERE IN INDIANA. THERE WAS A MAJOR PUSH TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THERE WAS DIVISION IN SMALL TOWNS. THERE...
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| 01:46:08 |
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OF HIS LIFE, HIS VIEWS ON CIVIL RIGHTS? >> QATIF DAVID IS BEING
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| 01:46:13 |
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UNDULY MODEST ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER -- I THINK DAVID IS BEING UNDULY MODEST ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER'S POSITION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. HE WAS WELL AHEAD OF EVERYONE...
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| 01:47:23 |
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WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY, WHAT DID WHEN THE WILKINS SAID THAT THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN INDIANA...
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| 01:48:44 |
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THANK YOU. DAVID, HE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER. WHAT ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER AS YOU HEAR THAT SENTIMENT? >> HE THOUGHT
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| 01:48:57 |
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THAT EVERYBODY WAS RESPONSIBLE JUST FROM THEIR OWN MERITOCRACY OF WHAT THEY WOULD DO FOR THEIR OWN LIVES. THAT WAS PART OF HIS DREAM, IS THAT ANYBODY,...
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| 01:50:06 |
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QUESTION IS, WHAT THIS REPUBLICAN PARTY ACCEPT A WENDELL WILLKIE AND HIS BRAND OF POLITICS. WE ASKED THAT QUESTION OF DICK LUGAR, REPUBLICAN FROM INDIANA?...
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| 01:50:22 |
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THAT WENDELL WILLKIE COULD WIN TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS A MODERATE. HE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THERE WAS NOT...
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| 01:51:00 |
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THINK ABOUT WENDELL WILLKIE'S POLITICS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY? >>
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| 01:51:08 |
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WONDERFUL OBSERVATION FROM SENATOR LUGAR. I BEG TO DIFFER ABOUT WHETHER A BUSINESS CANDIDATE WOULD DO WELL TODAY. I THINK HE WOULD. WHAT WE SEE FROM...
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| 01:51:43 |
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AGAIN IN 1944 BRIEFLY. >> AND NOT
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| 01:51:45 |
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AT ALL SUCCESSFULLY. THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT HAD NO USE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT TO ROOSEVELT AFTER THE 1940 ELECTION. IN FACT, THERE...
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| 01:52:14 |
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FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. >> THANK
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| 01:52:18 |
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YOU FOR DOING THIS. IT IS A GREAT SHOW. I HAVE A POLICY QUESTION IF WE COULD GO BACK A LITTLE BIT. I THINK I'VE UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF THINGS THE SHAPE...
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| 01:52:43 |
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POLICY OF WENDELL WILLKIE? >> I WOULD
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| 01:52:46 |
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MENTION HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND. THEY HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF FREEING -- FLEEING OPPRESSION MILITARISM. HIS GRANDFATHER WAS BEATEN FOR NO REASON BY OPPRESSION...
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| 01:53:22 |
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FAMILY, THINKING ABOUT WENDELL AND HIS LIFE, GROWING UP BEING PART OF WORLD WAR I, HIS TIME IN THE ARMY OPENED HIS EYES. THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE...
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| 01:53:59 |
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JOINING US FROM OHIO. GO AHEAD. >> I WAS JUST
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| 01:54:04 |
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CURIOUS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP HE MAY REMAIN NOT HAVE HAD WITH YOU LONG. >> ARE YOU SUMMIT --
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| 01:54:15 |
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HUEY LONG? >> ARE YOU FAMILIAR
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| 01:54:20 |
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WITH THAT? >> I
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| 01:54:22 |
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KNOW HE DEFENDED HIM AGAINST CRITICISM AND CHARGES. HE DEFENDED ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT POPULAR. HE DEFENDED AMERICAN NOT CEASE, COMMUNISTS....
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| 01:54:52 |
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YOUR FATHER PASSED AWAY -- A GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY? >> HE HAD
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| 01:54:56 |
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A SERIES OF HEART ATTACKS. HE WAS A WORKAHOLIC. DIET, EXERCISE AND GENETICS, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT THOSE THINGS CERTAINLY PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS...
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| 01:55:11 |
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AN EXCEEDINGLY HARD WORKING PERSON. HE WAS 24/7. HE ALSO LIVED HARD. HE SPOKE. HE SMOKED HEAVILY. I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIM WITH A CAMEL CIGARETTES...
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| 01:55:37 |
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JUST A FEW MILES FROM WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. >> A
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| 01:55:41 |
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BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY THAT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING LOOKING OUT OVER THE PRAIRIE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT QUITE PRAIRIE HERE. HE HAS A STONE GRANITE BOOK LAY...
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| 01:56:14 |
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ONE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> HOW DO WE BRING
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| 01:56:19 |
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OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER THIS TIME SO THAT WE HAVE A POLITICAL PROCESS THAT YIELDS ECONOMIC RECOVERY? THAT WE GET PAST CALLING EACH OTHER NAMES TO FORMULATE...
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| 01:56:35 |
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US FROM CONNECTICUT. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. >> FIRST OF ALL, I MET
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| 01:56:41 |
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WENDELL WILLKIE AND MY GRANDFATHERS, ALONG WITH THOMAS E. DEWEY, TWO VERY, VERY FASCINATING PUBLIC PERSONS. I WAS 10-YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, BUT I DO REMEMBER...
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| 01:59:23 |
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YOU FOR THE CALL. NEXT WEEK, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE PERSONALITY AND POLITICAL CAREER OF THOMAS DEWEY AS WE BRING YOU OUR LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE...
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| 01:59:37 |
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THE CALLER IS SAYING AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM. BUT OVERALL, MOST OF THE TIME, IN THE LONG RUN, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PESSIMISTIC...
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| 02:00:02 |
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YOUR GRANDFATHER'S LEGACY? >> THERE WERE MANY
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ASPECTS TO HIS LEGACY. CERTAINLY, THE TALK ABOUT COMMERCE, AND TO THE CALLER'S POINT, DO POLITICS AND BUSINESS HAVE A PLACE AT THE SAME TABLE, COMING...
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FORGOTTEN MAN." JAMES MADISON, PROF. OF HISTORY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. DAVID WILLKIE, THE GRANDSON OF, WENDELL WILLKIE. WE THANK THE RUSSELLVILLE HISTORICAL...
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WELTY, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1940, TAKEN SUDDENLY AT AGE 52. DOMINATED BY POPULAR ACCLAIM, WENDELL WILLKIE...
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FEATURES PROFILES OF KEY FIGURES WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND LOCKED. THE CHANGE POLITICAL HISTORY, NEVERTHELESS. OUR LIVE LOOK AT THE CONTENDERS CONTINUES...
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OBAMA OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING U.S. TROOPS PATROL IN IRAQ FOLLOWED
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