Eleanor and Franklin

by Joseph P. Lash

  racial views and attitudes of, 647–48

  received at Buckingham Palace, 264

  receives Keynes’ letter on 1937 recession, 590

  recklessness of surprises Oyster Bay relatives, 328

  recognizes Soviet Russia, 749–50

  and reconciliation with Eleanor, trip to Europe, 280–88 passim

  relationship with children, 297

  relationship with Eleanor during White House years, 575–77

  relationship with Missy, 427, 428, 640–44, 645

  relationship with Sara, 144–46, 148, 149

  remains a Democrat, 206

  resigns Navy post, 312

  reticent to disclose self, 570

  runs for state senate (1910), 205–6, 207–10

  and Sabalo cruise to Campobello, 330

  and sale of military planes to France, 735–36

  and Sara’s death, 818

  Sara’s objections and interference to engagement, 134–37, 138–42, 152, 160

  selects Hopkins to head unemployment relief, 432

  self-esteem leads to brashness, 245–46

  shifts views on Prohibition and League of Nations issues, 433–35

  and Sinclair’s effort to obtain White House support, 484

  and Smith nomination, 361

  and Smith re-nomination speech (1926), 389

  Spanish Civil War, 720–21, 723, 725

  stand on Prohibition issue, 390–91

  strenuous schedule of following 1920 defeat, 320

  studies law at Columbia, 178, 179, 186

  and Subsistence Homestead Program, 495–99, 507–8, 510, 513, 514–17, 518

  and summit conferences, 882, 883–85

  and Sumner Welles’ appointment, Armistice Day conference idea, 726–27

  sworn in as governor, 405

  and Tammany opposition (1912), 218

  tax-bill veto overridden, 887

  teaches Eleanor how to inspect state institutions, 413

  and UNRRA conference, 883

  urges European powers to continue negotiations, 729–30

  and Val-Kill cottage, 378–79

  vetoes Eleanor’s trip to China, 865

  victory in the making, Republican scare tactics, 564–66

  victory of, 907–8

  visits Arthurdale, 521

  visits settlement-house child with Eleanor, 166

  and Wagner Housing Act, 585

  and Wallace-Jones RCF fight, 913–14

  and Wallace’s nomination, 779

  Washington in 1913, political prospects of, 229–30

  wedding of, 170–74

  White House familiars expendable, 645

  and White House lifestyle, 462–65

  and World Court issue, 706–10

  and WTUL anniversary party, 409–10

  and Yalta Conference, 913, 915–16

  and youth movement, 679, 681, 682–85, 686, 692–95, 698–701, 763, 766–70, 773–74, 775

  see also Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Roosevelt, Hall (Brudie; brother), 40, 46, 53, 62, 64, 66, 73, 74, 75, 82, 84, 111, 132, 168, 178, 179, 195–96, 197, 207, 215, 216, 319, 352, 543, 599, 612

  death of, 819

  and death of son, 616–17

  divorce of, 430

  drinking habits of, 634

  enlists in air force (World War I), 257

  enrolled at Groton, 117–18

  at Groton, Eleanor worries over, 128

  relationship with Eleanor and Franklin, 200

  on Sara and Cousin Susie, 349

  on Sara’s interference with Eleanor’s household, 242

  Roosevelt, Helen (Rosy Roosevelt’s daughter; Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Jr.), 113, 140–41, 163, 170, 178, 187, 188, 195, 205, 342, 384, 551, 739, 782–83, 818

  Roosevelt, Henry, 369

  Roosevelt, Isaac, 143

  Roosevelt, James (Franklin’s father), 14, 22, 34, 141–46, 165, 178

  Roosevelt, James Roosevelt (Franklin’s half brother; Rosy), 113, 125, 140–41, 143–44, 171, 210, 336, 338, 378

  Eleanor’s letters to on Franklin’s paralysis, 331–32, 333–34

  marriage to Betty Riley, 235

  Roosevelt, James (son), 203, 280, 294, 312, 334, 342, 364, 370–71, 373, 388, 394, 401, 405, 543, 557, 599, 612, 613–14, 618, 622–24, 625–26, 627, 634, 640, 699, 865, 872, 892

  birth of, 194–95

  “father a lonely man,” 645

  on father’s suffering due to Mrs. Nesbitt, 633

  letter to father as child, 201

  on mother’s canteen work (World War I), 261

  and Palmer assassination attempt, 295

  placed in Groton, 315

  prepares to go to war, 786

  quoted, 241, 243

  resents Howe, 364

  on Sara’s domination, 198

  in uniform after Pearl Harbor, 824, 832

  upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 296, 297–98

  Roosevelt, John Aspinwall (son), 341, 364, 369, 401, 436, 437, 438, 463, 465, 543, 613, 616, 618, 621–22, 765–66, 801, 805, 884, 887

  birth of, 237

  and Christmas party for children of WTUL members, 247

  and European trip with mother, 410, 414–16

  and philosophies-of-government discussion, 533–34

  upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 296, 297

  Roosevelt, Kermit, 217, 473

  Roosevelt, Lorraine, 163

  Roosevelt, Margaret (Mrs. Hall Roosevelt), see Richardson, Margaret

  Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch (grandmother; Mittie), 3, 4, 5, 29, 61

  Roosevelt, Mrs. James (Betsy), see Cushing, Betsy

  Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, Jr., 846

  Roosevelt, Quentin, 257

  Roosevelt, Rebecca, see Howland, Rebecca

  Roosevelt, Ruth (Mrs. Elliott son Roosevelt), 615, 618, 887

  Roosevelt, Sara Delano (mother-in-law; Cousin Sally), 23, 34, 84, 109, 124–25, 126, 129, 130, 158, 160, 164, 165, 166, 210, 214, 224, 225, 228, 229, 237, 238, 249, 251, 256, 257, 259, 265, 267, 276–77, 285, 287, 299, 318, 328–29, 330, 345, 346–47, 361, 365–66, 367, 369–70, 389, 392, 432, 457, 465, 609, 619, 645, 801, 805, 812–13, 891, 907

  admires Eleanor’s managerial abilities, 220

  aeroplane flight from London to Paris, 328–29

  at Albany after Franklin’s election, 209

  allies with Eleanor on Prohibition issue, 433

  and Anna’s wedding gift, 373–74

  approves of Morgenthau, 263

  attitude toward Eleanor’s public life, 370

  attitude toward Franklin’s entering politics, 205, 208

  autocratic personality of, 197

  on birth of grandchild Franklin Jr. (1st), 199

  on birth of grandchild James, 195

  builds new house for Franklin and Eleanor, 197–98

  buys Kuhn cottage, 199

  at Campobello, 335

  character traits of, 144

  controls raising of grandchildren, 189–90, 196, 236, 238, 240–43

  couple’s honeymoon letters to, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184–85, 186

  death of, 818

  disagrees with Eleanor over Franklin’s care, 339–40, 341, 342–43

  discovers Eleanor has typhoid (1912), 219

  divided loyalties in 1912 campaign, 216, 219

  does not wish to sell 65th St. house, 599

  Draper house furnished and staffed by, 186

  in early eighties, still dominates Hyde Park house, 609

  Eleanor prods Franklin to write, 194

  Eleanor rebels against, 301–2

  Eleanor’s best defense against to get away from, 378

  Eleanor’s campaign reports to, 315–16

  and Eleanor’s desire to please, 179

  Eleanor’s devotion to, 187

  Eleanor’s household planning runs athwart of, 214

  Eleanor’s new relationship with, 320–21

  on Eleanor’s propensity for trav
el, 616

  on Eleanor’s Val-Kill cottage, 379

  enjoys limelight, 633

  entertains British monarchs at Hyde Park, 739–40

  family background of, 141–42

  family picture on eightieth birthday, 612

  on Franklin as a child, 146

  and Franklin and Eleanor’s wedding, 171, 172, 173–74

  on Franklin Jr.’s illness and death, 202–3

  and Franklin’s decision to run for governor (1928), 396

  and Franklin’s nomination for vice president, 308, 309, 310

  and Franklin’s notification ceremonies, 312

  and Franklin’s presidential nomination, 436

  and future-of-Hyde-Park argument, 259–60

  gives WTUL anniversary party, 409

  on grandchild Anna’s birth, 189

  greets couple in New York, 178

  interferes with Eleanor’s European trip plans, 411

  interferes with Eleanor’s household, 363, 365, 376

  is feudal in outlook, 348–49

  is ill with pneumonia, 432

  and Lucy Mercer affair, 270, 271, 276, 277, 278, 279

  manages Hyde Park, 191

  marriage to James Roosevelt, 141–45

  and Maude’s romance with David Gray, 222

  on 1928 Democratic convention, 395

  objects to and interferes with son’s marriage plans, 134–37, 138–42

  opposes Rosy Roosevelt’s marriage, 235

  oppresses Eleanor, 196, 197–200, 236, 238

  relationship with granddaughter, 372–73

  and relationship with and influence on Franklin, 141–42, 144–46, 148

  resents son’s match but yields gracefully, 162

  returns to Hyde Park, 210

  sets Eleanor’s lifestyle during first year of marriage, 187, 188, 189–90

  summers at Campobello, manages household, 191

  told that Franklin has polio, 335

  unaware of Eleanor’s frustration, 198–99

  upbraids Franklin over Rogers’ party incident, 192

  worries over Eleanor’s treatment of royalty, 737–38

  Roosevelt, Theodore (uncle), 3, 4, 29, 100, 117, 118–19, 125, 133, 154, 160, 163, 189, 211, 213, 216–17, 224, 226, 229–30, 232, 233, 256–57, 262, 313, 406, 462, 564, 613, 643, 644

  brother Elliott and, 3, 9, 13–14, 22, 28, 37–38, 49, 50, 56, 63, 65, 69–70

  childhood and education of, 6–7

  death of, 283

  Eleanor favorite niece of, 89

  at Eleanor’s wedding, 173–74

  influence on Franklin, 148, 205, 206

  plans to head division in France, 256

  and public life, 14, 31, 32, 108, 170–71, 173–74, 184, 216–18, 219, 229–30, 250–51

  racial sympathies of, 32

  reaction to Eleanor’s engagement, 169–70

  World War I and, 250

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. (cousin), 314, 361–62

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr. (grandfather), 3–14, 29, 72

  Roosevelt, William Donner (grandson), 891

  Roosevelts, the, Civil War loyalties of, 5, 32, 126, 142

  Root, Elihu, 246

  Root Grace C., 314

  Rose, Alex, 897

  Rose, Flora, 454, 535

  Rosenberg, Anna, 677–78, 816

  Rosenman, Samuel I., 432, 433, 436, 550, 638, 642, 795, 805, 814, 894, 900–901, 914

  Roser, Frederic, 52, 59, 60, 73, 74, 75–78, 86

  Ross, Malcolm, 919

  Ross, Nellie Tayloe, 393, 404

  Rosy, see Roosevelt, James Roosevelt

  Rowe, James H., 623

  Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 456, 480, 486

  Russell, Dean William, 512, 798

  Rutherfurd, Lucy, see Mercer, Lucy Page

  Rutherfurd, Wintie, 279

  Sachs, Alexander, 590

  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 292, 293

  Saltonstall, Gladys, 267, 297

  Samaia, Signorina, 93, 99, 101–2, 112

  Sayre Frank, 883

  Scanlan, Patrick, 721

  Schaeffer-Bernstein, Carola von, 93, 249, 712, 720, 731, 741

  Schall, Thomas D., 502

  Scheider, Malvina, see Thompson, Malvina

  Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 272

  Schneiderman, Rose, 291, 348–49, 357, 387, 410, 471

  Schwab, Charles M., 283

  Schwartz, Nell, 403, 404

  Scudder, Vida, 66

  Selmes, Isabella (Mrs. Robert Ferguson), 163, 170, 173, 183, 190, 208, 216, 219, 310, 357, 787

  Sforza, Count Carlo, 910–11

  Shaposhnikova, Ludmilla, 751

  Shaw, George Bernard, 156, 845

  Sherwood, Robert E., 637, 639, 906, 908

  Simon, Abbott, 692, 693, 694, 698, 767, 773

  Sims, Adm. William S., 285

  Sinclair, Upton, 484, 501

  Sisty, see Dall, Sisty

  Sloan, Alfred, 548, 561

  Sloane, Jessie, 74, 88

  Smith, Alfred E., 213, 308, 346, 347, 400, 425, 432, 433, 548, 551, 647, 912

  and Franklin’s gubernatorial nomination, 395–98

  and 1924 campaign, 359–62

  and 1928 campaign, 389–99 passim

  and power struggle with Franklin, 402–5, 551

  relationship with Eleanor, 389–91

  Smith, C. R., 792, 865

  Smith, Harold, 825

  Smith, Moses, 611

  Smith, Winifred, 326

  Smuts, Gen. Jan Christiaan, 716, 751

  Sohier, Alice, 130

  Souvestre, Marie, 90, 91–92, 93–94, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 118, 155, 172, 179, 180, 181, 239, 340, 380, 382, 388, 389

  background of, influence on Eleanor, 97–104, 110–11

  compared to Endicott Peabody, 147

  and trip to Florence with Eleanor, 104

  Spring, Blanche, 189, 194, 195, 199–200, 202, 203, 237

  Spring-Rice Sir Cecil, 233, 249, 251, 253, 255, 262–63, 292, 780

  Stalin, Joseph, 716, 741, 743, 758, 775, 846, 860, 882, 884–85, 915

  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 110

  Stanton, Jessie, 512

  Stark, Adm. Harold R., 839, 844

  Starnes, Joseph, 762

  Steinberg, Isaac H., 918

  Stephenson, Frances L., 555n

  Stettinius, Edward R., 910, 911, 917

  Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., 866

  Stimson, Henry L., 669–70, 671, 673, 674, 677, 797, 837, 848n

  Stix, Thomas L., 434

  Stokes, Anson Phelps, 733

  Stokes, Frederick A., 489

  Stokes, Thomas, 563

  Storm, Frederick A., 555n

  Strachey-Bussy, Dorothy, 91n, 93, 98

  Straight, Dorothy, 348, 349

  see also Elmhirst, Dorothy

  Straus, Nathan, 585, 812

  Strayer, Martha, 457

  Strong, Anna Louise, 720–21, 751–53, 756, 758–59

  Strunsky, Simeon, 592

  Studebaker, Dr. John W., 701n, 768

  Suckley, Margaret (Daisy), 892, 893, 916, 921

  Sullivan, Mark, 119, 452

  Sumners, Hatton W., 584

  Sunrise at Campobello, 397

  Susie, see Parish, Susan

  Swan, Nathalie, 187, 384

  Swanson, Claude, 650

  Swartz, Maud, 291, 348–49, 357, 360

  Sweet, Thaddeus, 345

  Swope, Gerard, 503

  Szilard, Leo, 898, 901, 902, 918

  Taft, Charles, 835

  Taft, William H., 205, 206, 217

  Talmadge, Eugene, 561, 658

  Tarbell, Ida, 416, 425

  Taussig Charles, 683, 686, 687, 698, 919

  Tchernavin, Vladimir V., 757

  Teapot Dome scandal, 361–62

  Terry, Edmund R., 211

  This I Remember (E. Roosevelt), 398, 431, 617, 789, 921

  This Is My Story (E. Roosevelt), 539–45, 606

  Thompson, Dorothy, 538,
541

  Thompson, Malvina (Tommy), 393, 458, 466–67, 530, 531, 536, 540, 544, 564, 571, 593, 598, 599–600, 601–2, 604, 637, 639, 642, 655, 657, 735, 780, 786, 788, 837, 838–39, 847, 860, 863, 868, 873

  relationship with Eleanor, Val-Kill apartment of, 606

  Thompson, Mildred, 907

  Tillettt, Gladys, 917

  Tissie, Aunt, see Hall, Elizabeth

  Tito, Marshal (Josip Broz), 910

  Tobias, Channing, 855

  Todhunter School, 380–83, 401, 416, 444, 601, 602

  see also Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Tolstoy, Alexandra, 754

  Tommy, see Thompson, Malvina

  Tone, Aileen, 231, 271

  Toombs, Henry, 379

  Townsend, Dr. Francis E., 548

  Trevor, Caroline, 384

  Trigg, Daniel, 55, 56

  Truman, Harry S, 903, 920–21

  Tucker, Ray, 583

  Tugwell, Rexford G., 432, 560, 574, 576, 579, 746, 887

  and Subsistence Homestead Project, 508–9, 513–20, 521, 523

  Tully, Grace, 166n, 393, 436, 437, 438, 570, 592, 595, 636, 892, 900, 921

  Tumulty, Joseph, 288

  Turner, Georgiana, 600

  Tuttle, Charles H., 419, 651

  Twining, Gen. Nathan, 877

  Uncle Tom’s Children (Wright), 663

  United Nations, 30, 174, 915–16, 919

  see also Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Val-Kill Industries, 601–2

  see also Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Vanderbilt, Frederick, 610

  Vanderlip, Narcissa (Mrs. Frank), 321–22, 323, 324, 351, 353

  Van Dyke, Henry, 438

  Van Kleeck, Mary, 120–22

  Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 716

  Van Rensselaer, Martha, 419

  Vasilikos, Steve, 572

  Vaughn, Mrs. Phillip, see Bennett, Marjorie

  Wadsworth, Alice, 289, 307, 314

  Wadsworth, James W., 323, 387, 796

  Wagner, Rev. Charles, 101

  Wagner, Robert F., 213, 387, 733

  and anti-lynching bill, 651–56

  Wald, Lillian, 748

  Walker, Frank, 789, 805

  Walker, James J., 441, 522

  Wallace, Henry, 496, 534, 573, 590, 659, 746, 789, 792–95, 799, 853, 882, 903, 904, 913–14

  mistrusts Eleanor’s influence, 574

  Wallace, Mrs. Henry, 751

  Waller, Odell, 853–55

  Walsh, David I., 684, 707

  Walters, Jennie, see Delano, Mrs. Warren

  Warburg, James P., 555

  Ware, Harold, 507

  Warm Springs, 397, 399

  see also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

  Warner, John A., 406

  Washington, Booker T., 32

  Washington, Martha, 454

  Waterbury, Larry, 104, 221

  Watson, “Pa,” 634, 669, 677, 777, 784, 787, 804, 805, 893, 904

  Weaver, Robert, 659

  Webb, Beatrice, 94, 98, 99, 101, 147, 184, 207, 220, 310