practicality of, 484
prefab houses inadequate, 505–6
presses for Landis appointment, 826
pressures Franklin on home-front issues, 812–14
prevents NAACP from picketing DAR, 668
and problems with Farley, 553–56
projects federalized, 504
and prospect of Franklin’s fourth term, 902
public-service-employment concept and, 686
and public speaking, 526–27, 531–33
public vs. private life, 597–99
pushes conference idea, 727
quits Youth Congress over Geneva meeting resolutions, 776–77
racist attacks on, southern rumor factory, 856
and Reader’s Digest article controversy, 857
as “realistic pacifist,” 705
realizes change in Franklin, 913
rearranges Sara’s Hyde Park room, 891
and refugees’ plight, her work for rescue agencies, 809–11
regrets Franklin’s Youth Congress speech, 773
relationship with Bethune, 661–62
relationship with Franklin, her influence on him, 575–77
relationship with Missy, Franklin and, 640–44, 645
relationship with Pauli Murray, 662–63
relations with State Department, Summer Welles’ appointment and, 726–27
relationship with Tommy, Val-Kill lifestyle, 605–9
relationship with Tugwell, 513–20, 521
relations with the homesteaders, 512
relieved war does not follow Rhineland invasion, 715
as reluctant mailman between Franklin and Earl Browder, 895–98
reports to Franklin on government-agency directors, 581
and Republican exploitation of her contacts with blacks, 657–59
Republicans make issue of First Lady’s role, 563
resettlement-administration channels bypassed by, 516
resigns from DAR, 665–66
resigns OCD post, 830–31
resumes radio talks (1934), 525–26
reunions with children, 612–13
revolutionary aspects of, 478, 481–82
on role of federal government and youth unemployment, 682
role of in Wallace nomination (1940), 779
rural-industrial community impossible, 517
Sara’s death and, 818
seeks New Deal support in leftist organizations, 755
sees future implication of racial struggle, 678
sense of humor about self, 629
and sense of spiritual mission, 490
severs connections with Todhunter, 602, 603
and Sinclair’s EPIC program, 484
and skit contrasting her with cousin Alice, 537
social affairs of, her control over, 634–35
and social-security-bill issue, 551–52
southern ties of, 660–61
Southwest Pacific tour of, 865, 868–81
Spain and Munich do not convince her on use of force, 726
stands against segregation at Southern Conference on Human Welfare, 665
Steve Early knees policeman, 673
still prods Franklin, 912
success as newspaper columnist, 533–39
and suggestions for business community, 590–91
supports 1936 Emergency Peace Campaign, 713–14
supports Spanish loyalists, 720–25
supposed Communist sympathies of, 747–48
talks before delinquent girls and women, 528–29
talks with GIs, sees Maj. Evans Carlson, 834
thrust at Franklin about Uncle Teddy, 643
with Tiny on campaign train, 599
transference of homesteads to Tugwell, 513
trip home of, 850
trips to China and Russia vetoed, 865, 867
trip to Britain of, 836–50
trusted by Washington’s black community, 647
understands mood of Negro youth, backs Richard Wright, 663
and UNRRA conference, Franklin’s food program, 883
urges Franklin to be patient with Congress, 550
Val-Kill Industries dissolved, 601
victory in the making, Republican scare tactics, 564–65
views on accomplishing reforms, 550
views on campaign speeches, 566
views on Communism in early White House years, 744
views on Democratic process, 567
views on marriage, 618
views on misallocation of government funds in South, 649
views on sanctions, 711
views on the CCC and universal youth service, 680, 683, 700–701
views on white domination and postwar world organization, 852, 853
visits with European royalty, 846, 847
and volunteer-service idea, 680
and Wagner Housing Act passage, 585
and Wallace-Jones RFC fight, 913–14
wants to attend summit conferences, 882, 883
wants women included in New Deal, 486, 489–90
and Washington, D.C., social-welfare institutions, 579–80
and Washington sit-down demonstration, 694, 697
Westbrook Pegler challenges credentials of, 538–39
West Coast tour of, 823–25
and White House Christmas, Franklin’s summit-conferences report, 884
White House menus on dull side, 633
white-supremacy issue raised over Casablanca, 860–61
and women at Democratic convention, 556–57
on women leadership, 489
works for OCD, 815–18, 821–31
and work for women in administration, 584
works while Franklin away, 917–19
and World Court issue, 706–10
worries about Franklin, 913
writes autobiography, 540–45
writes “If I Were a Negro,” 857–58
and Yalta conference, 913, 915
youth as messengers of the future, her pleas for, 698
see also Roosevelt, Anna Hall; Roosevelt, Elliott; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Elfrida, 114
Roosevelt, Elliott (father), 44, 45–46, 112, 135, 141, 154, 181, 221, 605
adjudged insane, 46–47
advises daughter on education, 60
and anti-Semitism, 30–31
bent on self-destruction, 3
birth and family background of, 3–7
bouts of depression of, 23–24
and Britannic collision, 35
calls Eleanor a coward, 44
childhood and youth of, 6–11
and courtship and marriage to Anna Hall, 21–25
death of, 68–69
and deaths of mother and Alice Lee Roosevelt, 29
devoted to Eleanor, 34–35
and Eleanor’s childhood reading memories, 53
Eleanor’s great love, “sportsman,” 3
and Eleanor’s letters to prior to his death, 66–67
and Elliott Jr.’s illness and death, 62, 63
erratic behavior of, 65
escapades and drinking sprees of, 35
European trip of, placed in sanitarium, 42–47
expedition to India of, 13–16
and father’s illness and death, 12–13
fractured ankle of, trip to South due to, 39, 41
gives Eleanor pony, 62
his French mistress on, 47
income and lifestyle of, 26, 28–29
influence on Eleanor’s life, 3
is full of large plans, 29
is heavy drinker, has “epicurean” appetites, 13
last letters of, 68
letter to Eleanor on eight birthday, 53–54
not allowed to rejoin children, 63
not cured, drinking worsens, 42
political views of, 31
in real-estate business, 17, 26
returns to N.Y., gives up children, 56–57
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Roosevelt and Hall households compared, 20
and secret understanding, with Eleanor, 57
and separation from family, 49–51
social skills and popularity of, 13, 15, 17, 26, 27–28
stands by Theodore’s political activities, 31
tone of correspondence with Eleanor, 58, 64
trip to Europe resumed, 36
undertakes Keeley cure, 49
visits Eleanor, Knickerbocker Club incident, 64
and wife’s illness and death, 55–56
wife’s pregnancy, Eleanor’s birth and, 29
see also Roosevelt, Anna Hall
Roosevelt, Elliott, Jr. (brother), 39, 42, 43, 45, 51, 62
Roosevelt, Elliott (son), 312, 341, 364, 370–71, 392, 394, 401, 427, 432, 436, 437, 438, 443, 465, 472, 536, 543, 567, 618, 622, 626, 784, 792, 793, 801, 839, 843, 848, 884
birth of, 203, 207
burns self while mother away, 239–40
divorces Ruth, 887
rushes into marriage, 429
in uniform after Pearl Harbor, 824, 832
upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 297
Roosevelt, Emlen, 31, 114, 171
Roosevelt, Ethel, 919
Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr. (1st son):
birth of, 199
illness and death of, 202–4
Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr. (2nd son), 179, 247, 296–97, 341, 364, 369, 370, 401, 463, 465, 612, 613, 616–17, 621, 627, 673, 792, 793, 795, 800, 801, 805, 806, 890
and Christmas party for children of WTUL members, 349–50
and European trip with mother, 410, 411, 414–16
Franklin wants to attend summit conferences with, 884
and philosophies-of-government discussion, 533–34
resents Missy, 641
on Sara’s manipulation of grandchildren, 364
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO, 22, 34, 112, 113, 123, 156, 158, 159, 163, 164, 191, 192, 193, 195, 361, 362, 369, 370, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 383, 413–14, 415, 426, 427, 454, 460, 462, 468, 530, 539, 540, 577, 578, 580, 581, 599, 600, 609–11, 614, 615, 733, 739, 754, 765, 807, 835, 838, 844, 849, 850, 860, 870, 874, 880
acceptance by social elite important to, 232
acceptance speech of, 557
achievements during first one hundred days, 473
and Admiral Byrd’s and Sir George Paish’s suggestions, 718
against Josephus Daniels’ pacifism, 246–47
aids Eleanor in League of Women Voters’ work, 323–25
and aid-to-Finland issue, 768, 770
aligns with Wilson movement, 216–17
all interests subordinate to his, reticence of, 430
anti-New Deal Congress forces him further left, 755
and Arthurdale address, 523
Arthurdale his idea, 495
asks Anna to White House, 891–92
and attack on Eleanor at OCD, 831
attempts to negotiate with Hitler and Mussolini are rejected, 736–37
attends Theodore’s inauguration, 170–71
attitude toward Bernard Baruch, 509
attitude toward Dies Committee, 740
Baruch’s advice to, 591
becomes assistant secretary of the Navy, 224–25
becomes ill, Howe manages re-election campaign, 218–19
and beginning of Cuff Links Club, 319
bids for the presidency, victory of, 422–25, 429, 432–37, 438, 443
birth and childhood of, 144–46
birthday parties of, 633
and bout with polio, 331–43, 363
builds own house at Hyde Park, 611
and campaign and election, 312–18, 799–806
cannot bear to have real discussions, 912
and Caribbean inspection tour, 253
character traits of, influences on, 144–50
and Chatauqua speech, 544n
and child-refugee issue, 732, 733, 809, 810, 811
closest advisers resent Eleanor, 432
confers with Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, 862
confers with world powers, 866
congratulates Eleanor on convention role, 795
and conscription and tax-bill issues, 796–98
considers selling houseboat, 366
in contact with Earl Browder, 895–98
and convention, 788–95
converts to women’s suffrage, 213
and Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill, 651–56
and Crimson as preparation for public life, 148
cruises to Campobello, 558
deals with Congress conservative coalition, war-before-reform speech, 886
death and funeral of, 919–23
decides to run for third term, 779, 780, 781, 782–84, 787
declines to speak for NAACP, 668
defends Eleanor’s food-saving program, 258
Democratic convention in Houston, 392–93, 395
Democratic prospects bad, 309, 312
and Detroit racial riot (1943), 857
dislikes disciplining children, 241
dissatisfied with White House menus, 633–34
and early summer trip through N.Y., cultivates rural areas, 412
economic views of, 698–99
educational effect of Joint Legislative Conference on, 386
effect of Wilson years on, 226
Eleanor carries out political strategy of, 346
and Eleanor’s attitude toward New Deal, 481
and Eleanor’s autobiography, 541, 542, 543, 544
and Eleanor’s estrangement from Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman, 602, 603–4
and Eleanor’s hope for change in their relationship, 421–22, 429, 430–31
and Eleanor’s increased political activity, 356–57
Eleanor’s influence on issues, 592–96
and Eleanor’s involvement in Bok Peace Award controversy, 351–53
and Eleanor’s involvement with Emergency Peace Campaign, 713–15
and Eleanor’s Latin American tour, 887–88
and Eleanor’s letter from Australia, 875
and Eleanor’s ombudsman duties, 417–18
and Eleanor’s pacifist views, 705
and Eleanor’s radio-talks issue, 525–26
Eleanor’s visits to on houseboat, 364–65
Eleanor in tears over 65th St. house, 197
Eleanor visits as child, 34
election returns and victory of, 567–68
at end of Wilson years, nominated for vice president, 269, 308–10
enjoys and admires, Hall Roosevelt, 200
establishes OCD, 814
and Esther Lape’s fight for social health legislation, 586–88
and European developments and third-term considerations, 785, 786, 787
and exclusion of China from Casablanca conference, 860–61
and Farley’s resignation, 799
and feud with Oyster Bay clan, 644
first vote Republican, 170–71
follow-through on quarantine speech, 726
found of Campobello, 165
and fourth-term prospect, Eleanor and, 902
as front runner of Democratic presidential hopefuls (1930), 421, 422
future-of-Germany issue, 905
goes to France to be with Sara, 432
goes to Warm Springs, 916
and “great design” for peace, 717
at Groton, 147–48
he and Eleanor a team, 418, 435
hires Marguerite LeHand, 319
and Hitler’s invasion of Poland, 743
Howe compared to Hopkins, 638
and Howe’s illness and death, 546–48
and Hyde Park lifestyle during 1930s, 609–11
illness of, 885, 889–91, 903, 904, 906
impatient with Congress, 550
impatient with New Dealers, 639
and inauguration day, 450–52
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p; independent and self-reliant, 149
as insurgent during Sheehan-designation fight, 210–12
interested in and courts Eleanor, 124–37, 150, 152–61, 162–69
invasion of Europe, 894
irritated by Eleanor and young people, 768
is accomplished politician, Eleanor learns from, 646
isolationists still tie hands of, 737, 740–41
key man in 1912 legislature, 215
learns of trade-union movement through Eleanor’s WTUL friends, 350
looks forward to summer in Campobello (1921), 328
and Lucy Mercer affair, 270–79, 293
Lucy Mercer visits, 893
and Madison Square Garden speech, 565–66
Marian Anderson concert and, 667, 668
and MetLab-nuclear-research issue, 898–902
mutes support of League of Nations despite Wilsonian ideals, 350
and naval rearmament, suspicious of Japan, 705
Nazi-Soviet Pact, Danzig crisis, 741
and Negroes-in-armed-services issue, 669–72, 673
and Negro-exclusion-from-defense-industries issue, 674–77
neutrality laws not amended, 740
New Deal opposition grows, 548–50
New Deal racial stand of, 648, 659–60
1916 presidential campaign and, 251–52
and 1918 N.Y. Democratic primary, 266
and 1922 N.Y. State Democratic convention, 346
1928 gubernatorial nomination and campaign, 395–99 passim
and 1930 gubernatorial campaign, 419–20
and 1936 campaign plan, 553–55
1936 first campaign without Howe, 546
1940 campaign and, Negro vote in question, 672–73
and 1944 campaign, 903–7
“nonpolitical” tour of Democratic convention, 556
and notification ceremonies, 312
not popular at Groton or Harvard, 150
on OCD civilian participation, 815
Odell Waller’s case and, 855
offers to write Eleanor’s column, 536
opinion of Mme. Chiang, 864, 866
other tickets considered, 782, 783, 785
and outbreak of World War I, 247–54, 256, 262, 266
owns one of first Fords, Eleanor attempts to drive, 195
Oyster Bay relatives side against, 314
Pearl Buck pursues on white-supremacy issue, 852
and Pearl Harbor, 823–24
petitions to go overseas, 259
political ambitions of in 1908, 205–6
political chain of command unclear, 554
political prospects darken, 216
political views and attitudes contrasted with Eleanor’s, 401–2
postwar world organization ideas of evolving, 852
and power struggle with Smith after becoming governor, 402–5
and problems with Farley, 553–56
purchases Warm Springs, 367–68
quarantine speech of, 718–19
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