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anti-Communism of, 154, 157, 562, 564, 565
on anti-immigrant feelings, 405–6
anti-lynching laws and, 31–32
arms embargo and, 91, 98, 102, 138–39
article to graduates of 1939 by, 53–55
attacks on, 182–83, 412, 413–14, 415–16, 469
AYC and, 94–95, 157–58, 173–79, 202–5, 209, 210, 211–15, 229–30, 245, 261–62
and backlash against New Deal, 59
Baruch and, 363–64
Belafonte and, 567–68
Bethune and, 357–58
birth control supported by, 47
Black’s biography of, 353–57, 362
boundaries of, 246
California trip of, 236, 237–41
in campaign for FDR’s reelection, 333
as chair of President’s Committee on the Status of Women, 568
Chaney and, 239–40
charity given by, 356–57
childhood of, 266
Churchill and, 443, 450, 491, 516, 517, 557
Churchill’s White House visit and, 408–12
civil liberties and, 257, 268, 282, 283, 406–7, 414, 417
civil liberties defended by, 177–78
civil rights movement and, 431–32, 436, 568
competitiveness of, 550, 551
compulsory universal service proposed by, 274–75
Congress criticized by, 106–7
contempt for Wallace’s early policies, 308
critics of, 21–22, 46
DAR resigned by, 32–33
defense buildup and, 256–57
on democracy, 303, 304–8, 333
depressions of, 4, 6, 290, 402–3, 483, 486, 492
dismal state of mind of, 234–35
Displaced Persons and, 554
on education, 144–45, 232–33
education of, 2
in efforts to save British children, 316
Eleventh Street apartment of, 288
face-to-face diplomacy of, 552, 555, 558
FBI/Army Intelligence investigation of, 466–67
FBI investigation of, 521
in FDR’s 1940 reelection campaign, 251, 295–302, 343–52, 355, 360–61, 373
on FDR’s 1940 State of the Union address, 196
FDR’s death and, 539–41, 543, 544
and FDR’s failing health, 504–5, 533–34
FDR’s flu and, 233–34, 241–42
on FDR’s military segregation, 341–42
on FDR speech to AYC, 210
FDR’s policies as influenced by, 10, 357, 382–83
Federal Theatre Project and, 87
fifty-fifth birthday of, 146–47
fifty-seventh birthday of, 402
first 1940 campaign speech of, 96
as “First Lady of the World,” 544
Florida vacation of, 215–18, 220, 221, 224
Four Freedoms and, 496
freedom as core principle of, 425
friendships of, 5–9, 85, 178, 236–37, 293, 294, 493, 564
Goya prints given to, 37–38
Greenwich Village apartment of, 20, 70, 422, 436, 524
Hick and, 6, 8, 43, 48, 52–53, 183–84, 214–15, 293, 361–63, 403
Hitler’s barbarism and, 246–47
and Hitler’s Reichstag address, 120–21
housing and, 238–39, 385–87
Human Rights Commission and, 557–58, 562
human rights crusade of, 542, 545, 549–71
humility of, 3
impact of, 1–2
Indian independence and, 441–42, 535–36
influence on public opinion of, 50–51
and internment of Japanese-Americans, 416–21
on isolationism, 136
Israel and, 556, 558
labor ties of, 10–11
Lash and, see Lash, Joseph, ER and
in Latin America tour, 503–4
in lead in to World War II, 117–30
legacy of, 570–71
London mission of, 438
loneliness of, 392
love of nature and, 309
Manhattan townhouse of, 422
Mann on, 317n
melancholy of, 108–9
military draft and, 274, 323–24, 345
missing Miller correspondence of, 8
in movement for racial justice, 310–11, 321, 333–39, 350
at NAACP conference, 92–94
on national defense, 324–25
national health program upset by, 407
as nationally beloved person, 249
national unity campaign of, 257, 412–13, 485
Nazi atrocities and, 453–54
on Nazi-Soviet Pact, 117
on Neutrality Act, 22–23
New Year’s Day message of, 19
niece’s debutante dance planned by, 18
at 1940 Democratic Convention, 353
in 1942 mission to England, 337, 440–47
at OCD, 405, 407–8, 412–15
in OCD resignation, 415
optimism of, 569–70
outfits of, 173, 228–29
Pacific Theater tour of, 465, 479–84
Palestine and, 487–88, 547–48
Pastor Hall and, 316, 318–19
as political pro, 551
on possibility of FDR’s third term, 51
post-1940 election tour of, 359–60, 364–65
power of, elements of, 355–56
praise for, 171–72
public approval for, 228
public health and, 247–48
racism deplored by, 166–67, 357–58, 413, 414–15, 416, 424, 427, 435, 440, 446, 450–51, 472–73, 518–21, 535, 545, 561, 564, 566
radio broadcasts of, 416
radio series of, 242
Rearmament Act and, 58
Red Scare and, 153–54, 328–30
refugees and, 26–30, 61–62, 63–64, 161–62, 170–71, 188, 190, 192–93, 195, 199–200, 222–24, 229, 235–36, 253–54, 263–64, 276–77, 287–91, 311–13, 316, 325, 368, 369–74, 377–82, 383–84, 389, 427, 470–71, 472, 475, 485, 489, 555–56
Robeson defended by, 565
Royal visit and, 65–79
on SDR, 397–98
second child lost by, 70
“secret plan” of, 392–93
self-deprecating nature of, 172, 357
self-perception of, 355
as serial romantic, 363–64
as sickened by Hitler, 320–21
sixtieth birthday of, 522–23
Smith Act and, 282, 330
social agenda of, 256–57, 265, 274, 469, 477–78, 496–98, 513, 525–26, 535, 547, 569–70
and sons’ military service, 408, 420, 423, 428, 483, 508, 534, 536
Southern speaking tour of, 133–34
Soviet invasion of Finland and, 187–88
speaking tours of, 229–33, 239, 240, 242–45, 249, 414–15, 535
speech/voice lessons for, 240, 248
speeding stop of, 104–5
sports and music education and, 313–14
on State of the Union (1939), 23–24
Time article on, 44–46
in tour of post-war Europe, 555–56
Trude and, see Lash, Trude Pratt
Truman and, 546–49
UN and, 13, 15, 538, 548, 549–55, 557–58, 559–60, 568
UN founding conference and, 533, 536, 543, 544
and U.S. aid to Britain, 287
in U.S. delegation to UN, 548, 549–55, 568
Wald and, 322
Wallace and, 308–9<
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on war, 51–52, 90, 152–53, 164
war information received by, 134
as WILPF member, 322–23
women’s rights and, 84–85, 426, 427–28, 437, 447, 450, 462, 535, 545
Woolf interview of, 67–68
at World’s Fair (1939), 56–57
world citizenship championed by, 535, 545–46
on World War II, 314, 315, 327–28
writing of, 50, 86, 108
writing skills of, 48–49
Youth Act and, 198–99, 203
youth and, 356
Roosevelt, Eleanor, FDR’s relationship with, 9–10, 107–8, 139, 169, 246, 294, 296–97, 466
arguments in, 381–82, 385–86, 387
ER’s defense of FDR and, 213
ER’s view of, 542
FDR’s affairs and, 3–5, 367, 401, 446, 502, 541
growing distance in, 429, 474
after Hall’s death, 400
internment of Japanese-Americans as turning point in, 419, 421
marital partnership in, 382, 387, 388
policy issues in, 284, 426, 431, 437, 442, 460, 465, 521
political distance in, 167
renewed mutual respect in, 456, 457
Suckley on, 541–42
thirty-fifth wedding anniversary of, 233
Roosevelt, Eleanor, II, 18, 19, 43, 56, 104, 400
Roosevelt, Elliott Bulloch (father), 2, 399
alcoholism of, 239, 266
death of, 314
Roosevelt, Elliott
ER’s relationship with, 266
Roosevelt, Elliott (son), 72, 145, 147, 184, 268, 316, 345, 352, 396, 408, 423, 446, 458, 495, 528, 534
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12–13, 15, 48, 86, 97, 99n, 100, 100n, 172–73, 174, 179, 181, 185, 200, 215, 246, 252, 253, 254, 281, 291, 292–93, 295–96, 297, 317n, 326, 345–46, 361, 363, 375–77, 378–79, 381, 387, 390–91, 395, 397, 402–3, 456, 490
in address to Youth Council, 206–10, 214
agriculture policy of, 489–90
anti-colonialism of, 459, 463, 531, 535, 537
anti-lynching laws and, 32
on arms embargo, 98
arms embargo and, 91, 100–102
on birth control, 47
Black Cabinet of, 357
on Black’s biography of ER, 354
Britain aided by, 393
Britain supplied with destroyers by, 331
at Cairo Conference, 483, 491, 492, 494
campaign for war preparation, 178
and Casablanca Conference, 458–59
China and, 461
Churchill’s White House meeting with, 408–12, 417
Congress and, 270
Congress’s relations with, 502–3
criticism of, 204
Darlan Deal and, 457
death of, 539–41, 543, 544
declaration of war and, 404
defense buildup and, 256–57, 259–60, 272
Einstein letter to, 148–49
on ER, 356
ER’s impact on policies of, 10, 357, 382–83
European leaders offered refuge by, 163
failing health of, 495–96, 501, 504–5, 533–34
“Fala” speech of, 523
FBI wiretaps condoned by, 467
fighting mood of, 22
in first wartime meeting with Churchill, 395–96
flu of, 233–34, 241–42
Four Freedoms and, 382–83, 494, 496, 560
fourth inaugural address of, 528–29
Frankfurter and, 283–84
Frankfurter nomination and, 24–26
GI Bill and, 489
handicap of, 169, 242
Hatch Act and, 105–6
at Hobcaw, 505
honorary degree received by, 316
Ibn Saud’s meetings with, 530–32
imperialist tendencies of, 457–58
inconsistent policies of, 421–22
Indian independence and, 435, 437, 459, 464–65
infidelities of, 146
and internment of Japanese-Americans, 416–21
Jefferson Day speech of, 540–41
Jewish quotas supported by, 459
J. Kennedy and, 347–48, 358, 359
Lash on, 200–201
lend-lease act proposed by, 375
May 1940 radio address of, 258–61
in meeting with young people, 268–70
Mercer’s affair with, see Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer
Middle East and, 486
military draft and, 332
Nazi–Soviet Pact and, 195
Nazi attrocities and, 455–56
Nazi-Soviet Pact and, 114–15, 198–99
Neutrality Act (1939) signed by, 161
neutrality proclamation of, 123–24
New Deal and, 178, 205–6
Nicaragua policy of, 60–61
1940 reelection campaign of, 251, 284, 295–302, 343–52, 360–61, 373
in 1944 election, 521, 523–24
1944 State of the Union address of, 496
Open Door concept of, 531
Palestine and, 486–88, 530–31, 532
Pearl Harbor attack and, 403–4
Philippines independence and, 535, 537
pledge to keep U.S. out of war by, 346, 347, 348–49
presidential archive of, 167
proclamation of “limited national emergency” issued by, 137–38
public message to Hitler and Mussolini from, 39–40
purge of conservative Democrats for, 17
in Quebec Conference (1944), 484, 514, 516, 517, 518
race issues and, 337–38, 339–43
Rearmament Act of, 58
Red Scare and, 153–54
refugees and, 13–14, 27–30, 61–62, 190, 199–200, 236, 253–54, 289, 311, 312, 313, 369, 373–74, 377–78, 381, 471, 475, 484–85, 486, 530–31
Royal visit and, 65–79
Sachs meeting of, 147–50
St. Louis affair and, 80–82
silence and inaccessibility of, 393
Smith Act and, 328, 330
southern strategy of, 311, 333
Soviet invasion of Finland and, 174, 187–88
spend-lend bill of, 90
State of the Union Address (1939) of, 22–24
State of the Union address (1940) of, 196
at Tehran Conference, 483, 491, 492, 494
third inauguration of, 353
third term debate of, 50–51
Tuscaloosa vacation of, 218
UN and, 410–11
and UN founding conference, 533
and U.S.-U.K. relations, 18–19
“Vichy gamble” of, 448, 466
Virginia Law School address of, 272–73, 285
Wallace as running mate of, 298–99
in Warm Springs, 365, 526, 528, 534, 535, 536, 537, 539
on war profiteering, 122–24
White House Conference on Political Refugees held by, 151–52
Willkie’s nomination and, 292
and World’s Fair (1939), 56–57
at Yalta Conference, 530, 533
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Jr., 72, 212, 234, 272, 310, 343, 344, 352, 385, 394, 408, 423, 428, 474, 495
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, III, 19, 310, 351
Roosevelt, Hall, 18, 20, 33, 37, 43, 111, 133, 147, 325, 364, 393, 397, 398–401, 402
Roosevelt, James “Jimmy,” 72, 125, 145, 147, 229, 236, 318, 344, 352, 399, 400, 402, 408, 424, 428, 460, 483, 512
Roosevelt, Janet, 325, 364, 400
Roos
evelt, John, 70, 103–4, 112, 116, 125, 271, 402–3, 408, 423
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 19–20, 44, 65, 66, 76, 102, 163, 167, 168, 172–73, 186, 196, 225, 284, 295, 319, 351, 365, 375, 385, 399, 401, 402, 446, 492–93, 495
death of, 397–98
European trip of, 97–98, 111–12, 116
health of, 235, 393, 395, 397
Rosenman, Sam, 25, 452, 456
Royal Navy, 252, 331, 375
Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer, 3–4, 8, 367, 401, 528, 537, 539, 540n, 541
Sachs, Alexander, 147–50, 148n–49n
St. Louis, USS, 69, 80–82, 81n, 90, 312
Saudi Arabia, 486
oil deposits in, 531
U.S. as favored trading partner of, 532
Save the Children Fund, 413, 253, 517
Schröder, Gustav, 69, 80, 81n
segregation, 9, 10, 34, 35–36, 93, 156, 169, 216, 497, 566–67
in military, see armed forces, Blacks in
of schools, 33–34, 358, 566–67
see also racism
Selective Service Act, 332, 344–45, 396
Senate, U.S., 21, 32, 88, 97, 105, 160, 246
Foreign Relations Committee of, 98, 269
Sherwood, Robert, 265, 412, 525–26
Shirer, William, 119, 133, 163–64, 199, 284, 396
Sicily, Allied invasion of, 459, 476
Simon, Abbott, 197, 198–99, 212, 214, 219
Smith Act, 281–82, 321, 328–30
Soames, Mary Churchill, 472, 476–77
Socialist Party, 175, 176, 324
Social Security, 23, 412, 469, 496–97
Social Security Act (1935), 58–59, 59n, 179, 477–78, 496
Social Security Board, 59, 286, 496, 497
Soul of Chaos (Brittain), 505–6
South, 166, 308, 321
South Africa, 69, 549, 550–51
Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), 34, 242, 243, 244, 321
Souvestre, Marie, 2, 3, 5, 109, 144, 221, 233, 275
Soviet Union, 40, 41, 42, 99, 208, 212, 411, 439, 492, 554
Churchill and, 546–47
Finland invaded by, 174, 187–88, 197, 204, 213, 219, 227
Nazi invasion of, 389
in nonaggression pact with Germany, see Nazi-Soviet pact
Poland invaded by, 133–34, 151
Truman and, 546, 547
Warsaw uprising and, 515
Spain, 17, 21, 26, 37–38, 41, 42, 58, 91, 100, 101n, 131, 176, 203, 210, 213, 220–21, 254, 549
Spanish Civil War, 91, 157, 176, 221, 255, 269, 366, 443, 466
Stalin, Joseph, 42, 113–14, 115, 134, 157, 172, 195, 411, 439, 455, 465, 474, 483, 490, 491, 515, 518
State Department, U.S., 27, 30, 41, 61n, 65, 66, 82, 99, 99n–100n, 101, 116, 120, 164, 219, 348, 403, 431, 476, 526–27, 528, 529, 55, 562–63