by A. J. Baime
midterm elections (1946) and, 47
Republican National Convention and, 136, 137
Dewey Story, The, 185, 279
Dewey, Thomas
after 1948 election/death, 350–51
Annie (mother), 137, 157, 319–20, 322
description/personality traits, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 139, 197, 235, 236, 281–82
FDR and, 183
on GOP split, 348
midterm elections (1946) and, 42, 47–48
presidential campaign (1939/1940), 55–56
presidential campaign (1944), 57
on presidential hopefuls, 58, 351
presidential talk around (1946), 48–49, 50–51
residences/offices, 49
Robert Taft and, 18
Roosevelt, Theodore and, 48, 56–57
social programs and, 81
on Truman/presidency, 57–58
views, 49, 50, 81
winning election/reelection (New York governor), 48, 56
Dewey, Thomas childhood/background
Brownell’s campaign and, 52–53
coming-of-age era, 52
family and, 51–52
as hero/celebrity, 54, 55
law/as prosecutor, 52, 53, 54–55
music and, 52
Republican Party significance and, 50–51
Roosevelt, Theodore and, 51, 52
run for New York governor (1938), 55
Young Republican Club and, 52
Dewey, Thomas presidential run/general election
advertising agency, 185–86
on Berlin, 157–58, 184
black vote and, 195
California and, 249, 251, 252–53
campaign beginnings/Stassen rebuttal speech and, 186, 218–19
celebrities/The Dewey Story, 185
congratulations and, 307–8
contrasts with Truman campaign, 236–37
dairy farm vacation and, 181–82
data/polls use and, 182, 183–84, 185
Eisenhower’s visit to dairy farm and, 157–58
election day, 317–18, 321–22
expectations/endorsements, 183, 184, 185, 197, 212, 235–36, 246, 258, 264, 270, 272–73, 277, 282–83, 294, 297, 307–8, 320, 321–22, 325, 326, 327, 348, 349
fans and, 181–82
final itinerary/following Truman, 283, 292, 293–94, 295–96, 299–300
handshaking and, 282
Idlewild Airport dedication/Truman and, 196–97
in-house polling unit, 186
on Israel/foreign affairs, 289, 290, 291
mail from angry voters, 271
making no commitments, 237–38
managing New York/successes and, 185
money/donors and, 272–73
platform schism/Republican Party, 139, 145, 263, 299–300
platform/views similar to Truman, 231, 264, 299
pollsters/interviews and, 185–86
public appearances and, 184
staff worries and, 283
strategy/discussions on, 182–84, 236, 264, 283, 293
stumping for other Republicans, 237
team worries on Truman crowd size, 272, 282–83
train lurch/Dewey comment and, 281–82
train tours, 234–38, 252, 272, 281, 283, 292, 293–94, 295–96, 299–300
on Truman, 253, 295–96
Truman win/concession speech, 333, 338, 340
“unity” and, 236, 237, 253, 256, 283, 289, 290, 293, 306, 309
Vinson mission/foreign policy statement and, 271–72, 274
See also election (1948)
Dewey, Thomas presidential run/GOP nomination
advertising agency/activities, 111
black vote and, 97
congratulations on becoming candidate, 139–40
expectations, 111–12, 120
global leaders visiting, 112
Jewish vote and, 106
launching, 79, 110–11
as liberal Republican, 80, 81
luncheons/donations, 111
Marshall Plan and, 80–81, 83
Oregon and, 113–15
policy views, 80–81
poll on GOP candidates, 110
primary results and, 112, 113–14
Stassen debate/consequences, 114–16
western states tour (1947), 110
See also Republican National Convention (1948)
Dixiecrats
as anti-civil rights/anti-Truman, 158, 159–61, 238, 239, 246
campaign strategy, 160
consequences of southern revolt, 230
name, 158–59
platform/segregation, 159, 160–61
as political party, 158
as States’ Rights Democratic Party, 161
Wallace on, 311
See also specific individuals
Dixon, Frank, 160
Donnelly, Phil, 148
Donovan, Robert, 230
Douglas, William O., 144
Draper, William H., Jr., 287
Drummond, Roscoe, 15, 119, 235, 253
Dubinsky, David, 24, 303
Du Bois, W.E.B., 120, 163
Dulles, John Foster, 137, 138, 184, 204, 272
E
Earle, Grace, 323
Earle, Willie
accusation against, 194
mob killing and, 194–95
economy under Truman, 144, 169–70, 347–48
Edison, Charles, 172
Edwards, India, 249, 278, 337–38
Edwards, Willard, 293
Egan, Leo, 235
Eightieth Congress
description, 139, 145
“do-nothing Congress” and, 180, 227, 245, 290, 314
elections (1948) predictions and, 246–47
overriding Truman vetoes and, 127, 128
schism with Dewey-Warren platform, 139, 145
Truman and, 62–63, 73–74, 98–100, 128, 149, 178–80, 200–201, 227, 231, 232–33, 245–46, 250, 283, 290, 314, 347
See also specific individuals/legislation
Eightieth Congress, emergency session (1948)
Democratic strategy, 145
Dewey-Warren platform schism and, 139, 145
“do-nothing Congress,” 180
GOP meetings on/response to, 156–57
rumors/memo on, 144–45
Truman acceptance speech and, 150, 349
“Turnip Day” and, 150, 151, 180, 348
Eisenhower, Dwight
background/description, 142, 158
campaign to draft, 127, 142–43
Dewey and, 157–58, 350
Mamie (wife), 157
on national situation (1947), 59
election (1948)
background events/communication and, 263–64
candidates/parties (summary), 165
Democrats/Congress changes and, 339, 345
Dewey family/GOP headquarters, 321–22, 326, 327, 329–30, 333, 339–40
Dewey family voting, 318
DNC headquarters, Biltmore Hotel, 323–24, 329, 331–32, 337–38
final predictions, 315–16
Hart’s Location, New Hampshire, 322
Moscow misinformation on Wallace, 325
newspapers and, 336–37
“other” candidates, 319
returns and, 322, 326, 327–28, 329, 330–33
Roper analysis on, 143
television and, 321, 324, 325, 329
Thurmond family voting, 319
Truman 1948 State of the Union/significance, 98–99
Truman and Alabama ballot, 319
Truman campaign headquarters, Kansas City, 322–23
Truman family voting, 317–18
Truman “missing” and, 320–21, 326–27
Wallace family voting, 318
Wallace run consequences, 326, 336
warning on Soviet/Russian interference, 83–84, 96–97
White House scene, 324–25
See also “Polit
ics of 1948, The” memo (Rowe); specific aspects/events; specific individuals/groups
election (1948) and Truman win
aftermath, 333–40
analysis of, 345–49
black vote and, 346–47
crowds/welcome back to Washington, 342–43
Dewey and, 344
media and, 336–37, 341, 342–43
pollster/mistakes and, 344, 348–49
Truman family/group vacation, 353
world leaders’ congratulations/communications, 343–44
election, presidential (1876)
candidates/results and, 189–90
Compromise of 1877 and, 189–90
elections, midterm (1946), 41–42
electoral college/abolishing resolution, 345
elevators, 170–71
Elmore, George/case, 192, 193
Elsey, George
on Bess Truman, 228
Truman/Truman administration and, 61, 95, 98, 99, 100, 178, 210, 213, 226–27, 230, 258, 267, 277, 301
Emperor Waltz, The (movie), 210
Esquire, 36
Europe, postwar overview, 5–6
Evans, Tom, 330–31
Ewing, Oscar, 24, 171, 172, 176, 178, 300
executive mansion, Albany New York, 47
F
fake news, 295
Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)
description/accommodations, 123, 212–13, 247
name and, 341–42
Truman tours/speeches and, 123, 200, 212, 214, 224–25, 244–45
Ferguson, Homer, 98, 202–3
Fields, Alonzo/wife, 151–52, 324–25
Flynn, Ed, 32
Folliard, Edward, 86
Folsom, James, 101
Fontaine, Joan, 210
Foreman, Clark, 208
Forrestal, James
atomic bombs and, 153, 154, 211, 223
background/description, 153–54
Berlin/Blockade and, 140, 155, 211
on Jewish homeland debate, 22
military/intelligence establishments reorganization and, 75
postwar communism and, 60
suicide of, 75–76
Truman running for election and, 77–78
Forsythe, Clellan, 307–8
Foster, William Z., 162, 198
France, “Big Bill,” 170
Franks, Oliver, Sir, 258–59
Frisino, Woody, 182
Fulbright, J. William, 42
G
Gallop, George, 50, 186, 321, 348, 349
Gallop polls, 50–51, 77, 92, 110, 134, 238–39, 272, 282–83, 299, 315
“Gangbuster,” 55
Garner, John Nance, 255–56
Gathering Storm, The (Churchill), 181
Gearhart, Bertrand W., 251
Georgia
political crisis/governor-elect (1946), 219
racism in, 219–21
Germany and Allied powers postwar control, 103
Germany, Berlin
Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift, 140–41, 155, 210, 287, 347
Berlin city council and, 211
fears of war, 143, 155, 156, 223, 224, 256, 287
postwar control and, 103–5
Soviets raiding US sector, 210–11
Germany, West Germany, 103
Gilda (film/atomic bomb), 36
Goldwater, Barry, 352
Gordon, Waxey, 53
Graham, Wallace, 42, 210, 320, 321
“grand jury squad,” 54
Grant, Ulysses S., 23
Great Depression, 8–9, 11, 52, 53–54, 169, 191, 232
Greathouse, Pat, 119
Greek-Turkish aid, 59–64, 65–66, 67
Green, Dwight H., 332
Green, Samuel, 220
Greenville Piedmont, 194
Grew, Joseph, 13
H
Hachmeister, Louise, 323
Hagerty, James, 164, 246, 293
Hague, Frank, 142
Hale, William Harlan, 87
Halleck, Charles
background/description, 137, 138
Dewey campaign and, 283
on midterm elections (1946), 11
as possible Dewey VP candidate, 137, 138–39
on Truman, 347
Hall, John H., 113
Hannegan, Robert, 32, 40
Harding, Warren G., 52, 80, 89, 322
Harris, John G., 263
Harrison, Earl G., 6
Harris, Willie, 190
Hartford Courant, 269, 296
Hartley, Fred, 73–74
Hastie, William, 275
Hayden, Martin, 162
Hayes, Rutherford B., 47, 189–90
Hayworth, Rita, 36
Hazard, Tom R., 182
health insurance program (Truman), 16
Hearst, William Randolph/organization, 81–82, 297
Heck, Oswald, 111
Hellman, Lillian, 93, 163
Henderson, Leon, 172
Henderson, Loy, 23
Hepburn, Katharine, 119–20
Herbert, “Tootsie,” 54
Hickenlooper, B. B., 140
Hines, James J., 54–55
Hiss, Alger
description/status, 199–200
espionage and, 253
HUAC and, 199, 200, 203, 222
Hitler, Adolf/comparisons, 23–24, 56, 75, 91, 160, 292
Hoeber, Johannes, 177, 266
Holeman, Frank, 331
Hoover, Herbert, 52, 53, 58, 80, 99, 322
Hoover, J. Edgar, 69, 88, 122, 188, 234–35
Hopkins, Harry, 267
House Un-American Activities Committee. See HUAC hearings
Howard, Charles P., 163
HUAC hearings
Bentley and, 197–98
descriptions, 197–200
names given, 198–99
Truman/“red herring” comment and, 201–3, 253, 257, 298
See also Red Scare; specific individuals
Hume, Paul, 229–30
Humphrey, Hubert H., 283
Hurd, R. Carlos, Sr., 194
I
Ickes, Harold
Dewey and, 56, 120
Eisenhower and, 142
FDR administration, 56
Truman administration/resignation, 17, 37
Truman presidential run/election and, 171, 297, 344
impeachment, 202–3
Iowa and politics, 225
Irgun, 21
Isacson, Leo, 120
Israel. See Jewish homeland/Israel
J
Jackson, Andrew, 101
Jacobson, Eddie
Jewish homeland and, 76, 308
Truman and, 29, 76, 308, 336, 338
Jaeckle, Edwin, 182, 293
Japan
Korea and, 287
Potsdam Declaration and, 3
surrender and, 3, 4–5, 33
US bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, 5, 14, 15, 34
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC (1948), 101
Jefferson, Thomas, 101
Jessel, George, 251
Jester, Beauford, 256
Jewish homeland/Israel
Arab-Israeli War (1948), 109, 210, 288, 353
Arab refugees and, 288
assassination of Bernadotte, 288
Austin incident and, 106–7
complications during presidential campaign and, 288–91, 300–302, 308
Israelis wanting US loan, 155
Jewish declaration of nation, 109
Palestinian violence and, 155
State Department views, 23, 25
Stern Gang and, 105, 288
support/opposition for establishing, 22–25, 76–77
Truman administration discussions on, 22–25
Truman views/recognizing, 10, 77, 109, 304
