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DON RITCHIE TALKS ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN ITS HISTORY. HE TALKS ABOUT "ADVISE AND CONSENT" AND "MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON." IT IS ALL PART OF HIS NEW...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
CALLED "THE U.S. CONGRESS." >> I WAS ASKED TO WRITE THE BOOK BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. THEY HAVE A SERIES CALLED "A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION." IT
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
IS FOR EDUCATED PEOPLE, BUT NOT IN THEIR FIELD CRITICAL FOR SCIENCE -- THE COLLEGE SCIENCE FOR THE LOST VERSE AND PHILOSOPHY FOR SCIENTISTS. THEY ASKED...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
IN THE FIRST CONGRESS, SENATORS WANTED PRESIDENT WASHINGTON TO COME TO THE CHAMBER WHEN MAKING NOMINATIONS AND REQUESTING THAT TREATIES BE RATIFIED,...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
LIKE TREATIES. AFTER THE MATTER IS IT DID NOT WORK FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON. -- THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IT DID NOT WORK FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON DID...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
BUILDING HE CHOSE IN THE COMPOSITION IN THE 17 NINETIES. WASHINGTON DID WANT -- IN THE 1790'S. THE CAPITOL BUILDING HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ASSOCIATE HISTORIAN SINCE 1976. THE HISTORIAN WHO HIRED ME RETIRED LAST YEAR.
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
I BECAME THE CHIEF HISTORIAN. >> WE HAVE DONE MANY PROGRAMS TOGETHER -- LOTS OF TALK OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE. GOING
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Lamb, Brian - Host
BACK TO THOSE PICTURES OF THOSE BOLLARDS. THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE A SHORT TIME. A COUPLE OF YEARS, AT MOST. IT TOOK A LONG TIME AFTER 9/11 TO DO THAT....
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
DETECTORS WERE THOSE GOING INTO THE CHAMBERS THEMSELVES. IT WAS -- ANY CITIZEN COULD SORT OF WANDER AT WILL. OVER TIME, PART OF THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TO WASHINGTON," 1939, JIMMY STEWART. WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE IT? >> I PROBABLY SAW IT ON A LATE MOVIE SHOW IN THE 1960'S FOR THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE NOW...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
WATCHED IT UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE TAUGHT CLASS IS ON THE SENATE. I HAVE GIVEN LECTURES ABOUT THE SENATE USING "MR. SMITH." ALL SORTS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT TO THE PREVIOUS SENATOR THAT HE REPLACED. HE WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR -- I DO NOT REMEMBER OF WHAT STATE. DO...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LET'S WATCH AND PICK UP ON THINGS THEY TALK ABOUT. >>
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THIS IS IT, SENATOR. >> THE UNITED STATES SENATE. >> THIS IS SENATOR SMITH. >> HOW DO YOU DO, SENATOR? I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. >> SHOWS
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SENATOR SMITH TO HIS SEAT. >> PROVIDE. -- GOODBYE. >>
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SO THAT'S THE BOY WONDER, EH? >> I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE SENATE IS COMING TO. >> DANIEL. --
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DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. >>
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NICE JOB YOU AND THE AMBULANCE CHASERS DID THIS MORNING. >> DID YOU LIKE IT? >>
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HERE YOU ARE, SENATOR. DANIEL WEBSTER USED TO USE THIS DESK. >> DANIEL WEBSTER SAT HERE? >>
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YES. >> I'M JUST GOING TO SIT AND LISTEN. >> THAT IS A WAY TO GET REELECTED. YOU'LL FIND THE SENATE MANUAL IN HERE. >>
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WHERE IS THE MAJORITY LEADER? >> RIGHT OVER THERE, SENATOR AGNEW. AND THAT IS SENATOR BOND, THE MINORITY
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LEADER. >> WHERE IS THE PRESS GALLERY? >> OVER THERE. >> WHAT IS THAT? >> THAT IS FOR THE SIGHTSEERS. THAT SECTION OVER THERE IS RESERVED FOR THE
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SENATORS' FRIENDS TO THE FRONT ROW IS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE GUESTS. THAT THERE IS THE DIPLOMATIC SECTION. THAT'S THE ONLY REAL CLASS WE ...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
THERE. THE MEMBERS' GALLERY. WE STILL HAVE THE DIPLOMATIC GALLERY. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER SET-ASIDE GALLERIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER THINGS....
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE APPOINTED SENATOR SMITH -- HOW MANY ARE APPOINTED RIGHT NOW? >> 6 OR 7. >> HOW DOES THAT FIT IN HISTORY? BUT IT IS NOT THE MAXIMUM, BUT IT IS A LARGE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MAXIMUM, BUT IT IS A LARGE NUMBER. >> SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW A BILL GETS THROUGH THE SENATE. >> YOU TAKE IT OVER THERE. YOU START SPOUTING, BUT NOT...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LOUD, BECAUSE
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A COUPLE OF SENATORS MIGHT WANT TO SLEEP. THAN A PAGE TAKES IT TO THE DESK WHERE A LONG-BASED CLARK READ IT AND REFER IT TO THE RIGHT COMMITTEE -- CLERK...
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DAYS ARE GOING BY. DAYS, WEEKS. FINALLY, THEY THINK IT IS QUITE A BILL. GOES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR DEBATE. HAS TO WAIT ITS TURN ON THE...
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YES. WHAT IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE? >> THEY
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ARE THE MAJORITY PARTY LEADERS. THEY
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DECIDE WHEN THE BILL IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE MOVED UP THE HILL. >> THIS IS. >>
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WHERE ARE WE NOW? >> WE ARE IN THE HOUSE. >> MORE CHANGES AND THE BILL GOES BACK TO THE SENATE. THE SENATE DOES NOT LIKE WHAT THE HOUSE DID. THEY MAKE...
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DOES NOT LIKE THOSE CHANGES. THEY APPOINT MEN FROM EACH HOUSE TO GO INTO A HUDDLE CALLED A CONFERENCE AND A BATTLE IT OUT. FINALLY, IF YOUR BILL IS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
TIME I WENT INTO THE CHAMBER WAS IN 1969 --
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
YES, I HAVE. THE FIRST TIME I WENT AND THEN -- WHEN THE CHAMBER WAS IN 1968. SENATOR EVERETT DIRKSEN, THE MINORITY LEADER, HAD PUT HIS HEAD DOWN ON HIS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THREE INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE NAMED AFTER. IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO ASK ANYBODY TODAY IF THEY CAN TELL YOU WHO RICHARD RUSSELL, EVERETT DIRKSEN AND YOU...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
IT WAS THE ONLY OFFICE BUILDING AND 1958 WHEN NEW S.O.B. WAS BUILT ACROSS THE STREET. IN 1971, THE SENATE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO NAME IT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
OF ALL OF THAT IN NAMING A BUILDING AFTER SOMEBODY WHO CLEARLY THOUGHT THE WHITE AND BLACKS OUGHT TO BE SEPARATE? >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS OF REFLECTION...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN AFRICAN- AMERICAN TO VOTE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. HIS CONSTITUENTS WERE WHITE. HE FELT THAT HE WAS PRESERVING...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE WAS THERE 17 YEARS. WHO NAMED HIM THE CONSCIENCE OF THE SENATE? >> HE WAS ELECTED IN 1958 -- THE BIG CLASS OF 1958. HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON, IN...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
WHO ACTUALLY STOOD AGAINST WHAT HIS CONSTITUENTS WERE INTERESTED SOMETIMES. THERE IS AN ISSUE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE THERE AS A DELEGATE OR AS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
MISSING ONE. I CANNOT FIND -- >> DIRKSEN WAS BUILT AS A COMMITTEE BUILDING. IT WAS BUILT WHEN TELEVISION HAD COME INTO ITS OWN. THEY
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
WANTED TO SET THE COMMITTEE ROOMS SO THAT TV CAMERAS COULD BE BROUGHT IN FAIRLY EASILY. THE IDEA WAS THAT MOST -- BUT NOT ALL OF THE COMMITTEES SHOULD...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE LIVED UNTIL HE WAS 89 OR A 90 YEARS OLD. THESE MOVIE FOLKS LIKE THE NAME OF JEFFERSON. HE RISES TO INTRODUCE HIS BILL. SET ASIDE A PORTION OF WILLOW...
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| 00:25:17 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
BOY SCOUTS. >> BOYS RANGERS. >> THEY ARE THE HEROES OF THE MOVIE. THE ARE THE ONES TO, ULTIMATELY, RISE TO SENATOR SMITH'S DEFENSE.
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
IT IS SIMILAR FOR THE MILITARY AT TIMES, WHICH IS AN UNEASY ABOUT WHAT HOLLYWOOD WILL DO WHEN THEY MAKE A PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DO NOT HAVE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT DID YOU GET ME OUT OF BED FOR? MIND TELLING ME WHAT IS GOING ON? >>
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I'VE GOT THE PRINCIPAL ACTOR IN OUR PLAY. DON QUIXOTE SMITH. OVER
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HERE, A GUERRILLA IN MAN'S CLOTHING. >> THE MEAN + IN BOOTS -- YOU MEAN PUSS IN BOOTS. >> MOSTLY PUSS. >>
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YOU WOULDN'T BE GOOFY, WOULD YOU? >> HE WAS BE TWO IMPORTANT
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WORDS. THE SILVER NIGHT WILL FALL OFF HIS TIE GROW.
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PUSS WILL FALL OUT OF HIS BOOTS. >> IT IS SO ORDERED. INTRODUCTION OF A NEW BILL. >>THE
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CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE RATHER STRONG-ALLUNGED
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JUNIOR SENATOR, MR. SMITH. >> I AM VERY SORRY, SIR. I HAVE A BILL. >> YOU MAY SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER SIR, BUT NOT TOO LOUD. >>
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I HAVE A BILL TO PROPOSE,
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SIR. [LAUGHTER] [GAVEL] >>
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ORDER, GENTLEMEN. OUR JUNIOR SENATOR IS ABOUT TO MAKE A SPEECH. [LAUGHTER]
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YOU MAY PROCEED, SENATOR. >>[LAUGHTER] >> LET THERE BE APPROPRIATED AS A LOAN A SUM SUFFICIENT TO CREATE A NATIONAL BOYS' CAMP TO BE PAID BACK
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TO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VOICE OF AMERICA. -- BOYS OF AMERICA. THIS CAMP IS TO BE SITUATED ON THE LAND ADJACENT TO THE HEADWATERS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THIS MOVIE IS LOOSELY BASED ON CACTUS JACK, THE FORMER SPEAKER OF
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
THE HOUSE. HE HAD A VERY FOLKSY APPROACH. HE BECOMES A SYMPATHETIC PERSON TOWARDS MR. SMITH IN THIS MOVIE. SENATOR PAYNE IS A MUCH MORE DISTINGUISHED...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LEADER OF THE SENATE. HE IS THIS -- THERE IS THIS HUGE MONUMENT TO THIS MAN WHO, OTHER THAN BEING MAJORITY LEADER FOR ONE TERM, THAT WAS IT. THE SON...
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| 00:31:26 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
HAD BEEN PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES. WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH ON MY DOCTORAL DISSERTATION, I WAS READING THE PAPERS...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
LET'S WATCH A LITTLE BIT OF THIS. WE WILL SEE HENRY FONDA, WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? >> I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
MINUTE, 15 SECONDS. [RINGING] >> SENATOR JOHNSON -- MUNSON. >> WAIT A MINUTE. DAD, SENATOR MUNSON ON THE
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PHONE. >> HUH? >> THE PHONE. >> TELL HIM I'VE GONE OUT. >> WHY? >> HILL WANTED TO THINGS THAT MIGHT OBLIGATE ME. >> WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO LIE? IF YOU...
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IT IS
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A WASHINGTON, D.C., KIND OF LIFE. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE LYING AND THE OTHER PERSON KNOWS.
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THE SENATOR WILL UNDERSTAND. >> OK, IF YOU SAY SO. HE IS NOT HERE. HE WENT OUT. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE I
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MIGHT REGION? >> NO, MA'AM. HE DID NOT LEAVE A FORWARDING ADDRESS. >> I SEE. WELL,
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THANK YOU. (music) >>
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THE HART BUILDING WAS NOT THERE. >> THAT IS THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S PARTY BUILDING ON THE CORNER
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| 00:36:03 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
NEXT TO THE HART BUILDING. >>
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| 00:36:07 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
A WASHINGTON, D.C., KIND OF LIE. >> THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WOULD GO ON RECORD AS SAYING SOMETHING THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS
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| 00:36:17 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
HAPPENING BECAUSE IT IS THE SAFER RESPONSE. IT IS THE SAME THING AS MEMORANDUM THAT ARE WRITTEN TO NOT LET YOU KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT A PARTICULAR...
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| 00:38:16 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
THIS WOULD THIS AFFECT THE LIVES OF EVERYONE EVERYWHERE. TO TELL THE STORY, THE CAMERAS MOVED IN WHERE NO MISSION -- MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS HAVE EVER...
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM? AND HE IS A COMMUNIST. >> IT IS
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THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE OF HIS CAREER PATH
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T.
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THEY RECREATE THEIR ANNUAL DINNER FOR THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. >> YOU CONTEND THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT HIS NOMINEE ONE...
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FOR THE CONFIRMATION NO MATTER WHAT. >> THE BLONDE YOUNG MAN IS GEORGE DESERT -- GIZZARD
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FROM THE BROADWAY STAGE, STARTING A NEW CAREER IN FILM. >> DO YOU WANT TO GET US BOMBED OUT OF EXISTENCE FOR A COUNTRY THAT CANNOT DEFEND ITSELF? >>...
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PURSUE THE POLICY. WE WILL NOT WORRY -- WEEKEND OF MORAL FIBER -- WEAKEN
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THE MORAL FIBER. >> THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD IS BEING DECIDED IN TWO CITIES -- ONE OF THEM IS WASHINGTON, D.C. (music) >>
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I CAME IN 1976 AND I KNEW MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE IN THE MOVIE. THEY WERE ALL REALLY PLEASED WITH THEIR ROLES. THAT
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| 00:40:31 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
MOVIE WAS SO DISRUPTIVE -- SO MANY PEOPLE WENT DOWN TO WATCH IT BEING FILMED, PARTICULARLY THE UNITED STATES SENATORS, THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE SAID...
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| 00:40:55 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
THE ACTUAL SENATE CHAMBER HAD BEEN REMODELED. THEY HAD TO REMODEL THE HOLLYWOOD SET TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE CHAMBERS THAT EXISTED IN 1961. >> I READ...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
WHAT TECHNIQUES DO YOU USE? >> I HAVE SORT OF LIVED THIS FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. WE DEAL WITH THIS ALL THE TIME. WE WRITE THINGS FOR THE
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| 00:41:25 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
SENATE. WE DO A LOT OF MATERIAL ON THE SENATE WEBSITE . SOME OF IT DEALS WITH "ADVICE AND CONSENT." FOR 10 YEARS, I TAUGHT AT CORNELL AND I SHOWED THESE...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
ON THE INTERNET TO BUY THIS? >> THEY ARE IN BOOKSTORES. >> THEY ARE CALLED THE "VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION" OR THE "V.S.I." SERIES. >>
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| 00:42:12 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
PROMISE IT LIVES UP TO ITS NAME. IT IS VERY SHORT. >> SHE IS LOOKING DOWN AT THE SENATE. THIS IS JUST
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
A SHORT THING WE WILL WATCH. >>
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| 00:42:26 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
GOOD MORNING. >> EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? >> THAT HEARING MIGHT BE SET FOR TOMORROW. >> THAT'S RUSHING THINGS ISN'T? -- THINGS, ISN'T IT? >> AND TO
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SAY THAT IS RATHER SUDDEN? >> THE PARTY WILL BE STRONGLY DIVIDED. WILL HAVE TO PUSH IT THROUGH
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BEFORE THAT DIVISION RUPTURES. >>
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I WONDER IF THE MINORITY PARTY IS ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY. >>
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DOES AMERICA HAVE SO MANY LEFTISTS? >> IT IS PURELY GEOGRAPHICAL.
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THEY DO HAVE LIBERAL
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TYPES, BUT THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY SHOW UP. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> WHO IS THAT? >> CHARLIE HUDSON, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. >> HE IS VERY ATTRACTIVE....
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OF THOSE ODD LITTLE STATES. >> HE WAS GOVERNOR
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OF DELAWARE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN. HE IS THE PRESIDENT
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OF THE SENATE. >> BUT YOU SAID HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT? BUT IT'S ALL VERY CONFUSING. >> HIS JOB AS VICE
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PRESIDENT IS TO PROVIDE -- PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE. >> HE IS
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ALSO A SENATOR? >> NO. HE CANNOT EVEN VOTE. >> HE CAN VOTE IN THE CASE OF A TIE. >>
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THE SENATE WILL COME TO ORDER. THE CHAPLAIN
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WILL NOW OFFER PRAYER. >> HAS THERE EVER
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BEEN A CATHOLIC PRIEST CHAPLAIN? >> VERY BRIEFLY. MOST SENATE CHAPLAINS
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| 00:44:27 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
HAVE BEEN PROTESTANT, BUT I THINK THERE WAS ONE CATHOLIC. >>
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| 00:44:31 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
BOTH OF THESE DIRECTORS WERE REPUBLICANS -- YOU SEE THAT THREAT
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| 00:44:39 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
OF ANTI-COMMUNISM RUNNING THROUGH THERE. >> HE WAS WRITING THIS IN THE 1940'S. THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT YOU
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| 00:44:49 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
SAW IS VERY MUCH BASED ON HARRY TRUMAN. A PRESIDENT IS BASED ON FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT -- THE PRESIDENT IN THE BOOK IS BASED ON FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. THE...
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| 00:46:41 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
HEARD HOF. THIS IS FROM YOUR BOOK. "BLUE SHEETS" -- WHAT ARE THEY? >> IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE ARCHIVES, YOU CAN TAKE OUT A FOLDER. STAPLED ON ONE
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| 00:47:05 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
SIDE WILL BE A BLUE PIECE OF PAPER WITH TWO SIGNATURES FROM THE SENATORS FROM THAT STATE. UNLESS YOU SEE THOSE TWO NAMES, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT PERSON...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
HE MARRIED PATRICIA KENNEDY. >> JACK KENNEDY'S SISTER. THIS WOMAN IS STILL ALIVE.
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| 00:49:20 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
SHE'S 88, MAYBE 89. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS A LOT LATELY. SHE IS PLAYING A WOMAN SENATOR IN 1962. LET'S WATCH AND SEE IF YOU RECOGNIZE HER. >> IT IS...
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OF THAT COMMITTEE IS DEMIT -- IS DELIBERATELY BLOCKING THE COMMITTEE VOTE. IT IS ONE MORE THING TO ADD THE MOST UNFAIR HEARING IN THE HISTORY OF THE...
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TELEVISION AND IT SEEMS EMINENTLY FAIR TO ME. >>
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I AM SORRY THE SENATOR FROM KANSAS WAS NOT PERCEPTIVE ENOUGH TO GRASP WHAT WAS OBVIOUS. I AM TELLING THE SENATE EXACTLY WHAT
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HAPPENED. >> AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THE SENATOR'S PARTICULAR VIEW, I AM CONSTRAINED TO SEE I WILL NEED
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MORE PRESENT -- SUBSTANTIAL PROOF THAN HIS PRESCRIPTION. >> IT SHE CALLED ME A LIAR? >> THE RECORD WILL STAND. HOW THE INTEREST THAT IS HIS OWN PROBLEM,...
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I AM SURE THE SENATOR FROM KANSAS IS WELCOME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER SEX. >> OH, COME ON. >>
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Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY? YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SMEAR A MAN WHO BELIEVES
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IN PEACE? >> YOU CANNOT ADDRESS EACH OTHER BY PERSONAL NAMES IN THE SENATE. THAT RULE IS BASED
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| 00:50:54 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
ON JOE MCCARTHY. AGAIN, HE HAS LET IT. -- FLIPPED IT. SIGILLATE PARTY IN FAVOR OF PEACE -- THIS IS JOE MCCARTHY IN FAVOR OF PEACE AT ANY PRICE. SHE IS...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
SCHOOL? >> NEW TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. IN THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK. THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND
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| 00:52:41 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
PH.D. >> WHAT WAS YOUR DISSERTATION ON? >> JAMES LANDIS, THE MAN
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| 00:52:51 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
WHO REALLY CREATED THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THE SECOND CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMISSION AFTER JOSEPH KENNEDY. HE
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| 00:52:57 |
Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
HAD A LOT TO DO WITH FINANCIAL REGULATORY LAW. >> YOU HAVE A FIGURE IN YOUR BOOK THAT 42% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS --
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| 00:53:08 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
THE HOUSE AND SENATE -- BETWEEN 1988 AND 2004 -- THEY LOBBIED FOR A LIVING. GUEST:>> PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE SENATE. A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RETIRE STAY...
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| 00:54:20 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
GENTLEMAN." IT IS WRITTEN BY A SPEECH WRITER FOR WALTER MONDALE. EDDIE MURPHY IS THE MAIN CHARACTER. HE RAN FOR CONGRESS AFTER THE PREVIOUS CONGRESSMAN...
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AMERICAN TOBACCO COUNCIL. >> YOU ALL KNOW HER FROM MY OFFICE. >> AS SOON AS I SAW HOW YOU GOT ELECTED, I KNEW YOU WERE A REAL COMER. >>
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| 00:55:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHO'S ANDERSON? >> WON'T TELL HIM YOU ASKED. CHAIRMAN OF GULF
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| 00:55:35 |
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CCOAST -- GULF COAST POWER. CAN I HOST A WELCOME TO WASHINGTON FUND-RAISER FOR YOU? >> ABSOLUTELY. BUT AT $500 PER HEAD, WE COULD PICK UP $20,000
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| 00:55:51 |
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OR $25,000 TO GET YOU STARTED. >> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO GET? >> I WILL BILL YOU AT $500
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PER HOUR WHENEVER I TAKE YOU TO LUNCH. >> YOU AND I ARE GOING TO BE SO CLOSE. [LAUGHTER] >>
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I WANT TO WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS
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TO WASHINGTON. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE NOT HAD
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A FRESHMAN CLASS THIS BIG IN A LONG TIME. CONGRESS NEEDS YOUR NEW BLOOD. YOU ARE GOING TO NEED NEW FRIENDS. THAT IS WHY, TONIGHT, WE UNITE THE TWO GREAT...
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THE DIFFERENCE. >> GAP, OF COURSE. >> BUT I AM NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU DO NOT KNOW. >> HE IS ON THE RIGHT COMMITTEE. >>
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HE IS NOT JUST ON THE COMMITTEE. HE IS CHAIRMAN OF IT. THE BIG BOYS HAVE TO LINE UP TO
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TAKE NUMBERS TO THROW MONEY HIS WAY. >> THE CHAIRMAN IS NAMED DICK DODGE. HE WROTE THIS AND HE KNEW THIS TOWN.
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THEIR REPRESENTATION? >> IT IS ABOUT A CON MAN WHO GETS ELECTED TO CONGRESS. IT WAS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO KNEW ABOUT THINGS. IT IS A GREAT
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
SPOOF AND GREAT EXAGGERATION. THERE ARE LOTS AREFLAWED TOUCH IS -- ARE LOTS OF FLAWED TOUCHES IN THE MOVIE. HE SAYS THAT FINANCE AND POLITICS ARE COMING...
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| 00:59:05 |
Lamb, Brian - Host
JOE CANNON, NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, SAM RAYMOND. OF THOSE THREE MEN, IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH A CUP OF COFFEE, WHO WOULD YOU PICK? >> HE...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
WOULD BE HARD TO TURN DOWN AN INVITATION TO MEET WITH HIM. UNCLE JOE CANNON WAS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL PERSON. I WOULD HAVE HAD TO SIT THROUGH ALL THE...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
LONGWORTH, QUITE A GOOD POLITICIAN AND VERY FRIENDLY WITH HIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTERPART. WHEN HE WAS SPEAKER, HE HAD ONE OF THE FEW CARS THAT WAS AVAILABLE...
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Ritchie, Donald A. - Historian
OF GROUPS IN TOWN. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF VISITORS. YOU ALSO SEE FAMILIES COMING IN, TAKING THEIR CHILDREN AROUND, POINTING OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN...
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Lamb, Brian - Host
THE SILVER MINE IS GETTING TOO BIG FOR US.
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I PICK YOU OUT OF ALL: WALL AND MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A SENATOR. MAYBE WE CAN FIX IT SO YOU WILL NOT FORGET. THAT IS ALL RIGHT. IT SEEMS A SHAME TO PART...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.