After her husband announced his bid for reelection. Tonight, the life and times of Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening and welcome. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers turn. Here to tell us about her life are two people who spent a lifetime with the first lady. We have a historian and author of a biography. We also welcome back edith. She has been one of our guiding forces on first ladies. Nice to be back. What should we take away watching that video about her popularity, about the use of television . The film clip you show from the birthday celebration, this was shown in an election year, and immediately the democrats want equal time, because this is in their view a campaign ad. William haley, president of cbs, and a close friend of the eisenhowers says, its not equal time because this is nonpolitical entertainment with the first lady. Obviously, her birthday is in november. We are just a few days away from it right now. Obviously there was some political background to this, but if you watch the
Downpour of destruction. Google it, and you will get millions of results. I do worry about americas militaryindustrial complex using any excuse to ramp up the war machine again. In the more than half century since president eisenhower said it, its been regularly invoked by all sorts of people in all sorts of places. But for all its use, is it truly understood . I would not trust anything being said by the militaryindustrial complex of this great country. Indeed, the meaning has changed through time and continues to change. He said, beware the militaryindustrial complex. I dont believe that the question of the militaryindustrial complex was quite the phrase, even after the speech, that it is today. In other words, i think it grew. The line was part of eisenhowers farewell address, delivered three days before john f. Kennedy took office. In it, he was trying to offer some hardwon wisdom. Now, bureaucracies take on. They have interests. They will try to force choices on the american peopl
The sky rained a teeming downpour of destruction. Google it, and you will get millions of results. I do worry about americas militaryindustrial complex using any excuse to ramp up the war machine again. In the more than half century since president eisenhower said it, its been regularly invoked by all sorts of people in all sorts of places. But for all its use, is it truly understood . I would not trust anything being said by the militaryindustrial complex of this great country. Indeed, the meaning has changed through time and continues to change. He said, beware the militaryindustrial complex. I dont believe that the question of the militaryindustrial complex was quite the phrase, even after the speech, that it is today. In other words, i think it grew. The line was part of eisenhowers farewell address, delivered three days before john f. Kennedy took office. In it, he was trying to offer some hardwon wisdom. Now, bureaucracies take on. They have interests. They will try to force choi
The sky rained a teeming downpour of destruction. Google it, and you will get millions of results. I do worry about americas militaryindustrial complex using any excuse to ramp up the war machine again. In the more than half century since president eisenhower said it, its been regularly invoked by all sorts of people in all sorts of places. But for all its use, is it truly understood . I would not trust anything being said by the militaryindustrial complex of this great country. Indeed, the meaning has changed through time and continues to change. He said, beware the militaryindustrial complex. I dont believe that the question of the militaryindustrial complex was quite the phrase, even after the speech, that it is today. In other words, i think it grew. The line was part of eisenhowers farewell address, delivered three days before john f. Kennedy took office. In it, he was trying to offer some hardwon wisdom. Now, bureaucracies take on. They have interests. They will try to force choi
THOMASVILLE —The April meeting of the Thomasville Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) featured an interesting program on President Dwight Eisenhower by Georgia state Rep. Darlene Taylor.