. >> what about the relationship with eleanor roosevelt quick. >> she was a great friend and a great candidate so there is a speech that she gave basically she would say that eleanor roosevelt of that element is about her husband but he refused to allow black reporters inside the press conferences that is a matter of record but nevertheless lied to the public that that is not true. and then wish that we could get back in the sense he was very bad about race issues which is why what is that famous poem by langston hughes? and he famously came out long before he did not vote that the black voters got nothing in return. so the important thing about her story is it is the fortitude from which she almost single-handedly with those white prosecutors to be the correct one. thank you all very much for your time. [applause] . >> good evening i am president of the louisiana press club thank you. this is recorded for

eleanor roosevelt toured in 1946. we pulled this to have people thinking as they left, a little bit about what the responsibilities we all have our. at the potential we all had to make a difference. it is sort of part of her perspective. i will just read it and we will and the program. i have the feeling that we lead our constants is realized too late the need of standing up against something we knew was wrong. we therefore had to avenge it. we did nothing to prevent it. i hope that in the future we will remember that there can be no compromise at any point, with the things that we know are wrong. most important thing for us to realize is the great responsibility that lies upon our shoulders. thank you. good evening. >>> who was martin van buren? good question. we need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he is also forgotten as president. he was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a. ted whitner on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time

. >> what about the relationship with eleanor roosevelt quick. >> she was a great friend and a great candidate so there is a speech that she gave basically she would say that eleanor roosevelt of that element is about her husband but he refused to allow black reporters inside the press conferences that is a matter of record but nevertheless lied to the public that that is not true. and then wish that we could get back in the sense he was very bad about race issues which is why what is that famous poem by langston hughes? and he famously came out long before he did not vote that the black voters got nothing in return. so the important thing about her story is it is the fortitude from which she almost single-handedly with those white prosecutors to be the correct one. thank you all very much for your time. [applause]

she was a great friend and fan of eleanor roosevelt. so how did she thread that needle when she was campaigning against him? so there's a speech that she gave, the same theme. basically, she would say when she gave speeches to groups of black voters, she would say eleanor roosevelt is one of the great women of our time, a towering moral intellectual presence, going on about how wonderful she was, but this election is not about eleanor roosevelt, it's about her husband. and fdr had a lot of virtues, but he refused to allow black reporters at his press conferences in spite of being pressed to do so by civil rights organizations. that's a matter of record. but he wouldn't desegregate the armed forces but nevertheless lied to the public saying the naacp went along with this policy, which was not true. everyone has things they did that historically we wish we could get back in a sense, and he was very bad on a lot of race issues which is why there's that famous poem by langston hughes, waiting on roosevelt, which is a poem about -- and, you

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. >> one of the great myths is that they were sitting around pain -- pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt, makes me crazy. had,e bush center you just the library part of it is part of the national archives, you just had a first lady special exhibit. please tell me it wasn't about dresses. >> there were a few gowns, but no, it was not about dresses and we didn't want it to be about dresses. people want to come see the dresses and we had address show earlier when the library first opened, with some of nancy reagan's close. but we wanted this to be substantive because we knew that decides wearing lovely gowns that our first ladies had made so many contributions to our country. -- one g-- down own that i thought was interesting was from dolly --ison, drapes that she made dress from drapes. a copy of it. but we talked about the contributions that each first lady had made and it was a show that we get ourselves. this does give me the chance to thank the national archives. because of course the national archives administer the president's papers and the president's papers are seen as belonging t

one of the great myths, they said around pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt. it makes me crazy. [laughter] at theyou just had national archives a first ladies special exhibit. please tell me it was not about dresses. few bush: there were a gowns, but it was not about dresses, and we did not want it to be about dresses. people loved to come see the dresses, and we did have a dress show earlier when the library first opened with some of nancy reagan's clothes. we knew that besides wearing lovely gals that our -- lovely owns that our first ladies have made contributions. was one that dolly madison made of the red velvet drapes, which she saved from the white house. copy.as a talked about the contributions that each first lady had made. it was a show we did ourselves that the library curators came up with. it gives me the chance to thank the national archives, because of course the national archives administrator, the president's they are seen as belonging to the people of the united states, and the archives administers those papers. so the national archives is a very important part

one of the great myths, they said around pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt. it makes me crazy. [laughter] cokie: you just had at the national archives a first ladies special exhibit. please tell me it was not about dresses. mrs. bush: there were a few gowns, but it was not about dresses, and we did not want it to be about dresses. people loved to come see the dresses, and we did have a dress show earlier when the library first opened with some of nancy reagan's clothes. we knew that besides wearing lovely gowns that our first ladies have made contributions. my favorite was one that dolly madison made of the red velvet drapes, which she saved from the white house. this was a copy. but we talked about the contributions that each first lady had made. it was a show we did ourselves that the library curators came up with. it gives me the chance to thank the national archives, because of course the national archives administrator, the president's papers, they are seen as belonging to the people of the united states, and the archives administers those papers. so the national archives

for her book "no ordinary time, franklin and eleanor roosevelt, the home front in world war ii. 1995."her work on abraham lincoln was adapted for the big screen. "lincoln" earned 12 academy award nominations, and daniel day-lewis won an oscar for his portrayal of president. spielberg has acquired the rights to her book about theodore roosevelt. ms. goodwin graduated magna cum laude from colby college and earned a doctor of philosophy degree in government from -- a phd in government from harvard university, where she taught government, including a course on the american presidency. she is a frequent guest on nbc's "meet the press," after -- and her appearance in ken burns documentary on baseball let to write her baseball memoir "wait until next year." if you do not know this, she is a diehard fan of the boston red sox, so i guess she is pretty happy after their big win in the world series. so with the midterm elections tomorrow and politics on the mind of so many, this is the perfect time to have doris speak through effect of political leadership in the direction of our country. we hav

one of the great myths, they sat around pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt. it makes me crazy. [laughter] cokie: you just had at the of thenter, part national archives a first ladies special exhibit. please tell me it was not about dresses. mrs. bush: there were a few gowns, but it was not about dresses, and we did not want it to be about dresses. people loved to come see the dresses, and we did have a dress show earlier when the library first opened with some of nancy reagan's clothes. we knew that besides wearing lovely gowns that our first ladies have made contributions. my favorite was one that dolly madison made of the red velvet drapes, which she saved from the white house. this was a copy. but we talked about the contributions that each first lady had made. it was a show we did ourselves that the library curators came up with. it gives me the chance to thank the national archives, because of course the national archives administrator, the president's papers, they are seen as belonging to the people of the united states, and the archives administers those papers. so the n

eleanor roosevelt also the first woman to address the club from this very spot in the ballroom. a lot of the presidency come here to set and to relax and journalist come to the club to socialize and relax this photo upstairs on the 14th floor of harry truman as vice president playing the piano as a young movie star sitting on top of it and what you think about the role the club played in people been able to get together and relax a little bit? >> from what i've read the history that was the first idea that a couple journalists wanted a place to go and play poker and relax with each other and have a few drinks. and then the place developed and it's a larger point in the study of leadership for the study of career and we feel today especially that we have no time to relax because everything goes with us. e-mail or iphone but my presidents were busy and maybe busy than we are. they often time to relax and feel camaraderie and replenish their energy. lincoln went to the theater 100 times during the civil war and when the lights came down in the shakespeare kate came on for a few pre

one of the great myths, they said around pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt. it makes me crazy. [laughter] cokie: you just had at the national archives a first ladies special exhibit. please tell me it was not about dresses. mrs. bush: there were a few gowns, but it was not about dresses, and we did not want it to be about dresses. people loved to come see the dresses, and we did have a dress show earlier when the library first opened with some of nancy reagan's clothes. we knew that besides wearing lovely gowns that our first ladies have made contributions. one gown that was there that i think was interesting was a mock-up of a gown that dolly madison made of the red velvet drapes, which she saved from the white house. this was a copy. but we talked about the contributions that each first lady had made. it was a show we did ourselves that the library curators came up with. it gives me the chance to thank the national archives, because of course the national archives administrator, the president's papers, they are seen as belonging to the people of the united states, and the arc

. >> what about eleanor roosevelt? . >> she was a great friend and a great fan so there is a speech that basically she would say with that intellectual presence that is not about the roosevelt but her husband. and then those by civil rights organizations that is a matter of record but those that nevertheless lied to the public that's not true. and those that wish what they could get back in a sense to get back on race issues waiting on roosevelt. and in his judgment got nothing in return. and the fortitude of the feistiness almost single-handedly with those 19 white prosecutors to her theory thank you all very much. [applause] . >> one of the things i talk about in the book that he tells a lot of people is to keep your dreams and tells people if they come to him on the campaign trail that you want to go into politics one day maybe in that they are anxious to say that so that's the first step to tell people you want to do something. so he said over the years growing up so not only speak your dreams that speak them to me

eleanor roosevelt also was the first woman to address the club again from this very spot in the ballroom. so lots of the presidents also come here to sit and to relax. journalists founded this club to have a place to socialize and to relax. this photo upstairs on the 14th floor of harry truman as vice president playing the piano with young movie star sitting on top of it. what do you think about the role that the club played in being able to get together and just relax a little bit? >> from what i've read about the history of it, that was the idea in the first place that a couple journalists wanted a place to go where they could play poker, relax and have a few drinks and was in such a place. then this place eventually developed. it's a larger point i think in the study of leadership or the study of any career. we post today that we have no time to relax because everything goes with us, e-mail or the iphone. but my four presidents were pretty busy, maybe busier than even we ourselves and all found time to relax and feel camaraderie and replenish their energy. lincoln went to the theater

. >> one of the great myths, they were sitting around pouring tea until eleanor roosevelt or something, makes me crazy. so you've just had at the bush center, which is the library part of it is part of the national archives, first lady special exhibit. please tell me it wasn't about dresses. >> there were a few gowns there, but, no, it was not about dresses and we didn't want it to be with dresses. people love to come see the dresses and we had had a dress show earlier, when the library first opened, with some of nancy reagan's clothes, but we wanted this to be substantive because we knew besides wearing lovely gowns that our first ladies had made so many contributions to our country. one gown that was there, i think was interesting, was a mockup of a gown that dolly madison made out of the red velvet drapes that she saved from the white house when the british burned the white house. >> where had they had been saved. >> this was a cope, it was a copy of it, so i think the dress was not saved. but we talked about the contributions that each person had made. it was to show that we did ou

roosevelt and you could not found. >> wears his bike today? we are in a similar mass. democrats might think about nominating the republicans. >> i think there is a republican i think one thing we might to come a wilkie lives with us. his likeness is just on the wall that side distorting the dead of night by a debt developer. sculpted for him. on the wall of the mayor public library. any moments i love his extraordinary contributions to this country. and the decency of the public protests. >> all right, do you want to set it up for questions? [inaudible] >> hello. i used to work in the wendell wilkie building 40 years ago and that that was destroyed. i wanted to ask you about given the fascination with marxism what his attitude was. you mention he visited stalin and how that affect did his own definition of freedom. did he just focused on free enterprise. >> yes, the interaction with joseph stalin is an interesting one. wilkie as guest of the russians debated the values of capitalism at the drop of a hat with russians and indeed with stalin. he

roosevelt. against thempaigned malley factors holding companies and had a man named samuel companyad found a called commonwealth edison. he seemed to on much of america. ,hen the depression came along the implosion rattled much of the midwest. so he used them, the money changer, to get them out of the temple. he did this over and over again. when he became fdr president, one of the first things he did in the first hundred days was to create with george norris, a senator from nebraska who fought henry ford, who wanted to buy surplus stuff after world war i on the cheap. muscle shoals, the government was going to produce nitrates for the war effort. no longer necessary. the tennessee valley authority wendell willkie argued knowledgeably about the problems that would ensue. example, the cost of energy provided by the government entity would not be determined by market, but by the federal charges -- treasury. this would not be fair, he said. he said that to congressional committees and that they scr

roosevelt. roosevelt campaigned against the malley factors holding companies and had a man named samuel insult had found a company called commonwealth edison. he seemed to on much of america. when the depression came along, the implosion rattled much of the midwest. so he used them, the money changer, to get them out of the temple. he did this over and over again. when he became president, fdr, one of the first things he did in the first hundred days was to create with george norris, a senator from nebraska who fought henry ford, who wanted to buy surplus stuff after world war i on the cheap. muscle shoals, the government was going to produce nitrates for the war effort. no longer necessary. the tennessee valley authority was created wendell willkie argued knowledgeably about the problems that would ensue. for example, the cost of energy provided by the government entity would not be determined by market, but by the federal treasury. this would not be fair, he said. he said that to congressional

eleanor roosevelt to her undying credit said no, even j. edgar hoover at the fbi says it's not necessary. don't do it. and one day in february in 1942, infamously fdr weekend the japanese american internment. and eleanor was furious that the people who knew her felt this marriage was never the same after that. and if you look at her during world war ii, she spent an awful lot of time traveling away from her husband. she felt that maybe they didn't share the same political ideals which she felt that she had. another thing you really look for in all these war president is empathy. you want a president withhe empathy, it's very important in the office especially in wartime. and for instant abraham lincoln, there were so many casualties in the civil war that lincoln's people came to them and said we have to build a new national cemetery. there are so many people being buried. and lincoln said you're right, build the cemetery near my summer home, which is now known as lincoln's cottage. it's been restored in washington, d.c. he said it's going t

hoover we hear on the radio and every sunday the nation hears eleanor roosevelt on the radio. the nation not only hears mrs. roosevelt a lot of the nation actually saw misses roosevelt. she was very rarely at the white house because she was constantly on the move. this was during the great depression and she assumed famously the role of eyes and ears of the president. she saw an opportunity when the war broke out in europe, an opportunity for american fashion industry and she was very much a supporter of the ladies garment union but also for all of her social activism took enormous pride to the fact that she was named to a best dressed list. when she made disappearances she knew that the public wanted a little touch of elegance and they were in -- expecting it from the first lady. except in the hottest winter days she always brought a for peace. people later spoke about that for peace was pretty ratty by the time the roosevelt years ended but people loved it. little kids would come up and want to touch it. misses roosevelt was very practical. if she liked address she would ord

eleanor roosevelt to her undying credit, no, hoover at the fbi says it's not necessary, you itknow, don't do it and one dayn february of 1942, infamously fdr began the japanese-american and eleanor was furious and the people who knew her felt the marriage was never the same after that. if you look at eleanor roosevelt she spent awful time traveling away from her, they felt maybe they didn't share the same political ideals which she felt that she had and another thing that you really look for in war presidents is empathy, you want a president with empathy. it's very important in the office especially in wartime. and, for instance, abraham lincoln, there were so many casualties in the civil war that lincoln's came to him and said, we have to build a new national cemetery, there's so many people being buried and lincoln said, you're right, build the cemetery near my summer home which is now known as the lincoln's cottage, it's been restored in washington, d.c. and he said, it's going to be severely painful to me but i want to see the graves being dug, i don't want to be distant from the deci

, was the father of eleanor roosevelt. so that's what is the real connection. so eleanor's uncle is teddy and her father, elliott, teddy's younger brother, had an epilepsy as a child, became an alcoholic died young, so teddy roosevelt became like a father to eleanor, but in franklin loved teddy roosevelt. so, all three of. the become this wonderful circumstancal fdr grows up in a wealthy setting. the only child of his father's marriage with his mother. but it's buie alcoholic setting in -- bucolic setting in hyde park but nick thought he would be president of the united states. >> guest: certainly not fdr. teddy roosevelt and fdr were the center of their parent's love which gave them a certain confidence. with teddy roosevelt he was not only the sir of miss father's and mother's love but the other siblings made him he story of the life because he would tell their stories and they would sit around and he would organize their games. and so to fdr was the center otherwise his parents' life. in fact teddy so wanted to be the c

roosevelt talked about vulnerabilities, she hid them in a subtle way and said my mother was the most beautiful woman in new york and she called me granny because i looked so old fashioned. but she didn't explain what that really meant and how that must have hurt her to feel that but i think women feel more able, if they're confident to speak out about vulnerabilities and i think it's going to help a lot of people who can look at that and said, she went through that trouble, i can too. >> really good to have you here, doris kearns goodwin. thank you. >> thank you. >>> many have trouble getting the support. 10% of homeless adults served. when he saw former comrades falling through the cracks, he built a solution. 2018 top ten cnn hero. >> what branch were you? >> after starting to work with veterans, a huge gap in services. if you've ever served, one of your fellow platoon guys need help, you help them. what we do here gives them an opportunity to get stable, gives them a safe and secure place and then fix what got them there in the first place. when i see a win for them, it's a celebr

. >> plr plenty of instances from eleanore roosevelt and others where they advised a president to fire someone and to move on, but that was always done quietly and back stage, just the way any other member of the administration who is advising that someone be fired. they would do it quietly and back stage. and, jason, that's the big defense. there is no back stage at the trump white house. >> no. it's all out on front street. it is literally the definition of drama. we play it out on stage. what was mentioned here is absolutely brilliant. everything that looks crazy to us on the outside must be worse for people who are there. it's not uncommon for there to be a bit of a purge after the first midterm election. people just voluntarily want to leave, they want to move on to other jobs. this has been a chaotic white house. the nonsense we are hearing now indicates how difficult it is for people to go in and do their jobs every day. they don't know what their jobs are. the president makes commands that they can't follow. they could be fired by people who are not in their direct line of comm

hoover we hear on the radio every sunday the nation hears eleanor roosevelt on the radio. the nation not only hears mrs. roosevelt, but a lot of the nation actually saw mrs. roosevelt. she was very rarely at the white house. she was constantly on the move. this during the great depression and she assumed the role of eyes and ears of the president. she saw an opportunity when world war ii -- when war broke out in europe, an opportunity for american manufacturing, american fashion industry. she was very much a supporter of the ladies' garment union, but she also for all her social activism took enormous pride to the fact she was named to a best dressed list. she knew the public wanted a little touch of elegance. they were expecting it from the first lady. she was in trains and planes, drove her own car. she always brought this fur piece. people spoke about that fur piece was, you know, pretty ratty by the time the roosevelt years ended. people loved it. little kids would come up and want to touch it. mrs. roosevelt though was very practical. if she liked a dress, she would o

certainly eleanor roosevelt was upset about the incarceration camps. she wanted more done on civil rights. but she was fighting for causes. this seemed to be a personal resentment. and to make it public, i still have such a hard time with public humiliation. why not allow the person to have the dignity of firing them. but to suggest, as she did, that she didn't deserve the honor of the white house. that's much worse. they have done it time and again. there is a sense of where you have the dignity of the person at your issue. you care about their sensitivity. you want to give them an easy landing, even if you are going to fire them. that seems out of question in this thing. that's the emotional intelligence that's missing in this white house and trump's inner circle. and now melania has put herself in the middle of it. >> we thank you so much for your perspective. we want to let our viewers know tomorrow night be sure to watch david's full interview with justice sonja sotomayor. she talks about what it is like behind the scenes on the supreme court now

roosevelt biography that seth bought me for mother's day. thanks, big spender.y >> back iny, i got a good eight hours of sleep every night. now i have to stay up late to watch this show because -- [ laughter ] seth calls every mning and says, "did you watch? i made a joke about trump." oh, did you? [ laught ] way to switch it up. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: back in my day, we didn't sit around the tv and watch netflix on thanksgiving. hogwash. we sat around the tv, and watched vhs tapes as a family.ks and one thving mom rented "basic instincts" because she liked michael douglas. and then sharon stone crossed and uncrossed her legs, and let's just say things took a real awkward turn. [ laughter ] i mean, we're a close family and all, but christ almighty we'reth no close. [ laughter ] >> back in my day, there was no legalized medical mariin our home state of new hampshire. it was illegaland that's why seth was suspended in high school. [ laughter ] rry you had to find out like this, mom and dad, and on thanksgiving, no less. >> seth, no

roosevelt biography that seth bought me for mother's day. thanks, big spender. >> back in my day, i got a good eight hours of sleep every night. now i have to stay up late to watch this show because -- [ laughter ] seth calls every morning and says, "did you watch? i made a joke about trump." oh, did you? [ laughter ] way to switch it up. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: back in my day, we didn't sit around the tv and watch netflix on thanksgiving. hogwash. we sat around the tv, and watched vhs tapes as a family. and one thanksgiving mom rented "basic instincts" because she liked michael douglas. and then sharon stone crossed and uncrossed her legs, and let's just say things took a real awkward turn. [ laughter ] i mean, we're a close family and all, but christ almighty we're not that close. [ laughter ] >> back in my day, there was no legalized medical marijuana in our home state of new hampshire. it was illegal, and that's why seth was suspended in high school. [ laughter ] sorry you had to find out like this, mom and dad, and on thanksg

eleanor roosevelt was the first woman to address the club, again, from this very spot in the ballroom. so a lot of the presidents also come here to sit and relax. journalists founded this club is a place to socialize and to relax. the 14th floor of harry truman playingice president the piano with movie stars sitting on top of it. what do you think about the role that the club played in being able to get together and just relax a little bit? ms. goodwin: from what i have read about the history of it, that was the idea, a couple journalists wanted a place to go where they could play poker, relax, have a few drinks, and there was not such a place. and this place eventually develop. the larger point in the study of leadership for the study of any career, we feel today that we have no time to relax because everything goes with us, email or the iphone. but my four presidents were pretty busy, may be busier than we are ourselves, and they all found time to relax and feel camaraderie and replenish their energy. lincoln went to the theater 100 times during the civil war. they say when the ligh

. >> plr plenty of instances from eleanore roosevelt and others where they advised a president to fire someone and to move on, but that was always done quietly and back stage, just the way any other member of the administration who is advising that someone be fired. they would do it quietly and back stage. and, jason, that's the big defense. there is no back stage at the trump white house. >> no. it's all out on front street. it is lig it is literally the definition of drama. we play it out on stage. what was mentioned here is absolutely brilliant. everything that looks crazy to us on the outside must be worse for people who are there. it's not uncommon for there to be a bit of a purge after the first midterm election. people just voluntarily want to leave, they want to move on to other jobs. this has been a chaotic white house. the nonsense we are hearing now indicates how difficult it is for people to go in and do their jobs every day. they don't know what their jobs are. the president makes commands that they can't follow. they could be fired by people who are not in their direct li

he knew that because of the stevenson people and eleanor roosevelt people, but they had the influence of power, the votes. gene mccarthy make a brilliant speech, you know, let us not -- i forgot, and bears the second ballot. but the kennedy people had the votes and are able to get it, and johnson agreed to be the vice president. partly because he wanted to be, sam rayburn and company said you will do it, and so that was about. are there any of the questions? yes. >> board on one side of the widest and grew up on pennsylvania avenue during the kennedy and johnson years and so often we got notoriety and credit for johnson during this great society time and now you're shedding light about humphrey's influence who lived right up the street from it. can you just should, that you take too much temperatures of more like the first of that balance of influence to getting all that great society past, whether johnson or humphrey would get more of that. >> almost everything that was in the works at the time had been proposed early by humphrey in one form or another. and he was a great galvanizing

and it appeared next to columns by eleanor roosevelt and mcpherson, kind of the punditry , the television pundits of the day. she was one of them. before he became a columnist he worked at the state department starting in the 1920's. novels. books, he wrote the novels were about a fictional intelligence agency political bureau of and current intelligence. debonair that swab suave debonair. when his superiors found out that he was writing his novel he gave a choice. in the course of writing these know franklin to roosevelt. he got a job working a new deal. he was one floor below this. 1941, he approached the president and he said intelligence in this country is loud stuff. right.was especially foreign intelligence was nonexistent or screwed up. you need a private intelligence service the reports to you. i know just the person to run it. and roosevelt said that's a great idea. and his conditions were don't get caught. there's never going to be anything on paper. and it's all over. carter accepted those conditions. congress had given roosevelt a slush fund that he could use for emergencies.

but more important, teddy roosevelt, his brother elliott was the father of eleanor roosevelt. that is the real connection. so eleanor's uncle was teddy hiand her father, elliott, tedd his younger brother had epilepsy as a child. he became an alcoholic and he died young. so teddy roosevelt really became like a father to eleanor. franklin loved tell nervous about. all three of them become this wonderful circle. >> fdr grows up in a very wealthy setting as well. he is the only child of his father's marriage with his mother. but it is in hyde park. anyone who thought this man is going to be president of the united states? >> certainly not fdr. the interesting about fdr and teddy roosevelt, they were the center of their parents love.ir which gave them a certain confidence. with teddy roosevelt not only was he the center of his father's love and his mother is low but the other siblings made him the center of their lives because he used to tell them stories after he read books. he would tell them stories and they would sit around and he would organize their games. and teddy wanted to