So, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Robert merry, this is his second presentation in the somewhat hallowed halls of the kansas city public library. Five star library this week from the public journal. Thank you. Hes a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. Hes been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor, executive editor and editor in chief of congressional quart ley and more recently, the american conservative. The american conservative, he says its collaborative, but it sounds like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy. We believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound monetary policy, clearly delineated borders, authentically free markets and Foreign Policy mixed with diplomatic acuity. We adhere closely to institutional max um, principles over party. One could wish there were more of that kind of true
Relationship with Woodrow Wilson. Until the falling out in 1920. From the hoover president ial library and hue seemuseum. This is 45 minutes. Ross kennedy. Is professor of history at Illinois State university. He received the phd in history from the university of california burke lee. And specializes in the United States Foreign Relations and International History from 1914 to 1965. Woodrow wilson and world war i are of special interest. Having written a prize winning book. The will to believe Woodrow Wilson world war i. And americas strategy for peace and security. Kennedy is also editor of a companion to Woodrow Wilson. The title of the talk today is rising star, Herbert Hoover and the Wilson Administration 1914 to 1920. Please welcome ross kennedy. Thanks very much. Tom. For that introduction. And thanks to the Hoover Library and foundation for organizing this conference. Just Walking Around the museum before coming up here, its really impressive. If you get chance to, you should go
Shooting were landing to explain the governor state. The first year you develop some kind of an illness, an element and never was quite explain what a biased, but he had to return to in that time he he recuperated he couldnt go back to college because economic difficulties had rendered in need all of the family members to go to work. He got two jobs as a schoolteacher and u. S. A. Postal clerk he enlisted immediately and whether his family was a strong abolitionist, his mother particularly subscribe to the weekly tribune in the mail and he and his cousin decided within a day and how first though they couldnt add of the war and was a Pretty Amazing war record. And immediately as Commanding Officer and became a general and was wounded five times and became governor and his remarkable organizational ability. And was taking care of supplies and visibility day of battle in our history was two miles behind the line in the unit that had gotten caught essentially in the area of that battle or
InterNational History from 1914 to 1965. [applause] tom, for very much, that introduction. Thanks to the Herbert Hoover Library Foundation for organizing this conference. Its really impressive. If you get a chance to come at you should go and look at the exhibits because theyre great. Woodrow wilson was the most important president that hoover had a relationship with. Its hard to see how hoover could have advanced as far as he did in american politics. Of Woodrow Wilson that hoover went from being a relatively unknown mining engineer in 1914 to just six years later being a serious candidate for the presidency. He was good at the task the administration had him perform. Hoover was an exceptionally able administrator of largescale complex organization dealing with a wide variety of war related problems. Even Wilson Administration officials who clashed with wilsonsuch as , wouldry of the treasury have admitted that hoover was effective at managing his assignments. Still, being an effectiv
Interested and keep the story moving along a. One of the powerful things and reading and the people ive read tend to be people i consider implementing my writing tends to emphasize clean spare prose and that would be hemingway. Hes lost a lot. Although the detection and made night and this was lovely. [laughter] anyway because in particular the short stories and collection of our time were good examples of clean spare prose and the art thats not one of the best short stories. I dont know how many of you know the story but you read that and by the time youre done you know whats going on. It was my experience i worked for quite a bit at the wall street journal i dont lucky after my first job at the time when it was the first thing emphasized and they wanted people that could write. So i didnt have to buy one of these stories and appearing it down to the absolute minimum of what you need to get the story across so that was tremendously valuable otherwise it was evolutionary but thank you