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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3

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by Blanche Wiesen Cook


  “freedom and democracy”: My Day, 3 November 1961.

  “It has always seemed”: My Day, 14 September 1962.

  With “proper education”: ER, Tomorrow Is Now.

  “The influence you exert”: Ibid.

  “Her life was crowded”: Adlai Stevenson, 9 and 17 November 1962, Memorial Address at the UN and St. John the Divine.

  Index

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  Acheson, Dean, 25, 527

  Addams, Jane, 59n, 90, 169, 321, 322

  African Americans, 93, 96, 165–67, 169, 204, 216–17, 333–43, 566

  in armed forces, 11–12, 338, 339–43, 345, 338–43, 350, 416, 431, 437, 439–40, 446, 450–51, 472–73, 511, 518–19, 535

  education of, 216, 328–29

  lynchings of, 54, 166, 243

  violence against, 204, 336–37

  voting rights of, 336–37, 357

  see also racism

  Allenswood School, 2, 109, 121, 144, 450

  American Friends of German Freedom, 198, 289, 468–70

  American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), 26, 62, 83, 134, 179, 229, 242, 288, 323, 370, 421, 431, 505, 521–22, 569

  American Red Cross, 430, 444–45, 451, 479–80

  American Student Union (ASU), 95n, 174, 175–76, 177, 182, 183, 197, 208

  American Youth Congress (AYC), 94–95, 109, 117, 158, 196–97, 201, 202–5, 210, 211, 219, 245, 261–62, 285, 324, 342

  Communist members of, 153, 157, 172, 175–76, 177, 197, 203, 208, 230, 282, 330, 360, 393

  Dies Committee hearings on, 172–79, 182, 184

  ER and, 95, 153, 157, 212–15, 229–30, 330, 334, 356, 360

  Amery, Leo, 182–83, 252

  Anderson, Charles Alfred, 11, 437

  Anderson, Marian, 33, 34–35, 36, 57, 66, 73, 93–94, 159

  anti-colonialism, 436, 439, 459, 464, 535–36, 537, 549

  anti-Communism, 157, 281, 328, 360, 561, 564–65

  see also Red Scare

  anti-lynching laws, 31–32, 166

  anti-Nazi films, 316, 318–19, 359

  anti-Semitism, 25, 26, 27–28, 29, 92, 96–97, 100, 126–27, 156, 171, 192, 258, 321, 406, 426–27, 449, 451–52, 459, 486n

  appeasement, 30, 41, 45, 124, 136, 269

  armed forces, U.S.:

  Blacks in, 11–12, 338, 339–43, 345, 338–43, 350, 416, 431, 437, 439–40, 446, 450–51, 472–73, 511, 518–19, 535

  women in, 426, 427–28, 437–38, 444, 450–51

  arms embargo, 86, 90, 91–93, 97, 98, 100–102, 101n, 123, 124, 134, 137–38, 160–61

  Arthurdale, W.Va., 59, 68, 142, 157–58, 230–31, 243, 414

  Atlantic Charter, 396, 411, 418, 448, 461, 464, 477, 550

  Auschwitz-Birkenau, 431, 453, 454, 516, 526

  Australia, 302, 465, 479, 480, 483

  Austria, 26, 41, 99, 131

  Backer, Dorothy Schiff, 168, 351, 401, 474n

  Baldwin, Roger, 283–84, 395

  Baruch, Bernard, 8, 63–64, 146, 157–58, 175, 178–79, 293, 363–64, 390, 391, 407, 409, 429, 483, 505, 542, 547, 564

  Belafonte, Harry, 512n, 564, 566–68

  Belgium, 81, 140, 163, 252, 253–54

  Nazi invasion of, 255, 257–58, 262

  Bergen-Belsen, 516, 538

  Bergson, Peter, 469, 474–75, 484, 485, 487

  Bermuda Conference (1943), 470–72, 474

  Bethune, Mary McLeod, 211, 215–16, 250, 271, 336, 339, 343, 401, 407, 428, 432, 518–19, 549

  ER and, 34, 156, 310, 333, 357–58, 564–65

  Biddle, Anthony J. Drexel, 120, 139, 316

  Biddle, Francis, 27, 337n, 417, 418, 420

  Biddle, Margaret, 164, 316, 444

  Bill of Rights, 180–81, 304, 321, 406, 417, 545

  Bingham, Hiram, 371, 373, 381, 384, 389

  Black, Ruby, 193, 353–57, 362

  Blitz, 241, 314–15, 330–31, 375, 390, 392, 412, 441, 442, 506, 507

  Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt, 48, 74, 79, 103, 183, 215, 352, 359, 474, 539, 541

  ER’s correspondence with, 65–66, 71–72, 159, 210, 263, 268, 290, 351, 360, 399, 410, 423–24, 428, 430, 456, 483, 512

  ER’s visits with, 36–37, 53, 61, 144, 235, 236, 385, 402–3, 420, 422, 495

  as FDR’s aide, 501–2, 503, 504–5, 529

  Tommy and, 167–68, 277–78, 310, 362, 422, 430

  Boettiger, John Jr., 36, 37, 72, 359, 385, 430, 508, 533, 539

  Boettiger, Johnnie (ER’s grandson), 53, 144, 236

  Bowman, Isaiah, 459, 486–88

  British Empire, 212, 439, 458–59

  Brittain, Vera, 316n, 505–6, 553–54

  Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 333, 334–35

  Broun, Heywood, 184–85, 354

  Buck, Pearl S., 30, 278, 406–7, 517

  Bullitt, William, 27, 37, 112, 120, 134, 139, 163, 219, 258, 263, 273, 316, 394

  Burke-Wadsworth bill, 323–24, 332, 338–39

  Burma Road, 331–32, 492

  Buttinger, Joseph, 288, 289, 379

  Byrnes, James, 298, 300, 347, 511, 512, 548, 552

  Cadden, Joseph, 94n, 173, 174, 204, 212, 261–62, 393

  Cairo Conference, 483, 491, 492, 494

  California, 236, 238–41

  Campobello, 393, 394–95, 396, 397

  Cardwell, Ann, 161–63

  Carlson, Evans, 460, 461, 512

  Casablanca Conference (1943), 452, 457, 458–59, 461

  Catholics, Catholic Church, 41, 47, 151, 189–92, 360

  Catt, Carrie Chapman, 90, 92, 321, 497, 549

  Celler, Emanuel, 63, 498–99

  Chamberlain, Neville, 113, 115, 218, 252, 347

  Chaney, Mayris “Tiny,” 7, 145, 236, 239–40, 241, 412, 414, 415, 416, 512

  Chapman, Oscar, 34, 35, 159

  Chiang, Madame, 424, 460, 460–63, 491, 517

  Chiang Kai-shek, 331, 460, 461–63, 465, 474, 483, 491, 494, 548

  China, 41–42, 82, 99, 116, 203, 210, 213, 254, 278, 331–32, 460, 461, 463, 548, 549, 561

  Churchill, Clementine, 442–43, 445, 450, 476, 514, 517

  Churchill, Winston, 40, 114, 136, 140, 151, 252, 255, 263, 314, 315, 332, 375, 390, 393, 438, 442, 472, 474, 490, 515, 524–25

  at Cairo Conference, 492

  at Casablanca Conference, 458–59

  and cross-channel invasion plan, 477, 494

  delays in opening second European front urged by, 492

  destruction of French fleet ordered by, 281

  ER and, 443, 450, 491, 516, 517, 557

  in first wartime meeting with FDR, 395–96

  Greece and, 527–28

  Hyde Park visits of, 476–77, 516–17

  Ibn Saud’s meeting with, 531

  imperialism of, 451, 458, 535, 544n

  Indian independence and, 434–35, 439, 459, 463–65, 491–92, 517, 535, 536

  “iron curtain” speech of, 556–57

  Italy and, 527

  Jewish refugees and, 475–76, 484, 500–501

  as monarchist, 527

  in Quebec Conference, 484, 514, 516, 517, 518

  Soviets and, 42, 546–47

  “sphere of influence” policy of, 517–18

  in Tehran Conference, 483, 492

  Truman and, 546–47

  U.S. destroyers requested by, 256, 331

  in White House meetings with FDR, 408–12, 417

  at Yalta Conference, 530

  Citizenship Institute, 202–205, 210,
216

  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 23, 54, 63, 74, 87n, 160

  civil liberties, 157, 178, 230, 232, 244, 257, 268, 281–83, 406, 417, 418, 419, 565

  civil rights, 9, 11, 13, 204, 211, 304, 310–11, 321, 334, 336–37, 561

  civil rights movement, 243, 425, 431–32, 436, 522, 568

  Cohen, Ben, 102, 103, 105, 123, 205, 206n, 552

  Cold War, 556, 560–61, 562

  Communism, Communists, 24, 88, 92, 96, 135, 141, 156, 159, 178, 210, 219, 245, 247, 258, 269, 460, 463, 523, 525

  AYC and, 153, 157, 172, 175–77, 197, 203, 208, 230, 282, 330, 360, 393

  Dies Committee and, 69, 153–54, 181–83

  see also anti-Communism; Red Scare

  concentration camps, 81, 99, 126, 198, 199, 452–53, 454, 515–16, 538, 558

  Congress, U.S., 58, 31, 63, 79, 91, 98, 102, 113, 196, 270, 346–47, 375, 391, 396, 404, 408, 415, 437

  anti-alien bills in, 27–28

  anti-New Deal legislation in, 86–93

  Churchill’s address to, 410

  draft bill in, 273–74

  ER’s criticisms of, 106–7

  FDR’s post-Yalta address to, 533

  FDR’s relations with, 270, 502–3

  Madame Chiang’s address to, 462

  Neutrality Acts in, 137–38

  opposition to WPA in, 60

  refugee issue in, 82

  Congress Party, India, 434, 435, 491–92

  Connally, Tom, 548, 551–52

  “Conquer Fear and You Will Enjoy Living” (E. Roosevelt), 48–50

  Constitution, U.S., 92, 180–81, 230, 304

  Cook, Nancy, 6, 85, 97, 110, 125, 168, 360

  Corcoran, Tom, 102, 105, 123, 205, 394

  Coughlin, Charles, 41, 156, 158, 321

  Crim, Howell, 387–88, 540

  Cripps, Stafford, 434–35, 442

  Czechoslovakia, 18, 29, 41, 58, 113, 115, 131, 148n–49n, 210, 213, 232, 254

  Dachau, 317, 516, 538

  Daily Worker, 135, 176, 182

  Daladier, Édouard, 164, 218, 280

  Danzig, 112, 113, 136

  Darlan, François, 448–49, 451–52

  Darlan Deal, 449, 451–52, 457

  Davis, Norman, 41, 42, 138, 253, 277, 430, 451, 481

  D-Day, 501, 508–9

  death camps, 515–16, 538, 547, 554

  Declaration of Independence, 304, 545

  de Gaulle, Charles, 411, 449, 451, 458–61, 508, 516

  Delano, Laura “Polly,” 8, 401, 502, 526, 528, 534, 537, 539, 540n

  democracy, 24, 231, 303–7, 333, 341, 358–60

  Democratic Digest, 251, 356, 360–61

  Democratic National Committee, 236

  Women’s Division of, 250, 309, 343, 356, 360–61

  Democratic National Convention, 292

  of 1940, 295–302, 353

  of 1944, 512

  Democratic Party, Democrats, 1, 6, 17, 84, 102–3, 107, 303–8, 521

  Dewey, Thomas, 291, 488, 514, 522

  in 1944 election, 513, 518, 523, 525

  Dickerman, Marion, 6, 85, 97, 110, 125, 168

  Dies, Martin, 41, 69–70, 147, 153, 154, 158, 260, 469

  Dies Committee, 69–70, 86, 147, 153, 158–59, 172–74, 175–76, 178–79, 181–82, 184, 197, 202, 204, 244, 281, 469

  Displaced Persons, 547, 554, 555–56

  Dixiecrats, 13, 167, 216, 510, 561–62, 566

  Dombrowski, James, 243, 565–66

  Dominican Republic, 236, 372, 373

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 174, 175, 237–38, 239, 250, 402, 413

  Douglas, Melvyn, 174, 175, 237–38, 413, 414, 415, 416

  draft, 55, 273–74, 280, 323–24, 332, 344–45

  Dubois, Rachel Davis, 169–70, 186

  Du Bois, W. E. B., 549, 561

  Dulles, John Foster, 514, 548, 550–51, 552, 554–55, 562–63

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 513–14, 534

  Durr, Virginia, 251, 321, 565

  Early, Steve, 122, 340, 346–47, 358, 539

  Eden, Anthony, 455, 458, 490

  Edison, Charles, 120, 122, 280

  education, 28, 33–34, 59, 93, 97, 144–45, 160, 169–70

  Ehrenburg, Ilya, 114, 219, 220–21, 228

  Einstein, Albert, 30, 148–49, 383

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 439, 440, 449, 459, 494, 508, 516, 538, 562

  Eisenhower, Milton S., 418, 419, 420, 457

  Eleanor Roosevelt (Black), 353–57

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1938, 17

  of 1940, 96, 103, 131, 164, 168, 178, 251, 284, 291–92, 295–302, 343–52, 360–61

  of 1944, 510, 512, 513, 518, 521, 523–24

  of 1948, 561–62

  of 1952, 562

  Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 43, 44, 65–79, 441, 450

  Emergency Committee to Save the Jews of Europe, 485, 488, 490, 501

  Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), 288–90, 311, 368, 369, 373, 377, 379–80, 383, 384, 389, 430

  Ethiopia, 203, 213, 269

  Europe, 161

  Displaced Persons in, 547, 554, 555–56

  ER’s travels in, 266

  Normandy invasion in, 501, 508–9

  Farley, James, 102–3, 104, 267, 292, 296, 297, 298–300, 309, 355

  Farm Security Administration (FSA), 59, 142, 237, 239, 243

  fascists, fascism, 24, 41, 69–70, 156, 159, 172, 220, 247, 310, 320, 321, 358

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 73, 153, 172, 337, 466, 467, 492

  ER investigated by, 521

  Federal Theatre Project, 86–90, 97

  Feuchtwanger, Lion, 368, 370–71

  Field, Marshall, 229, 288, 290, 312, 430

  Finland, 114, 178, 203, 208, 210, 221, 225, 254

  Soviet invasion of, 174, 187–88, 197, 204, 213, 219, 227

  Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 53, 225, 254, 325

  Flynn, Ed, 309, 343, 351, 352, 360, 361

  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 474, 477, 560

  Forbes, Dora Delano, 103–4, 116, 128, 163, 279, 284, 310

  Foreign Office, British, 476, 500, 536

  Four Freedoms, 56, 382–83, 411, 461, 494, 496, 560

  France, 141, 153, 203, 219, 227, 229, 247, 252, 254, 280, 373, 374, 431, 448

  anti-Semitism in, 258

  colonial empire of, 212, 458–59

  Communists is, 154, 214, 219, 258

  in early stages of war, 154, 214, 252

  fall of, 276, 279, 280, 302, 310, 327, 328, 348, 370

  German invasion of, 257–58, 262–63, 271, 276, 286, 302, 327, 328

  German occupation of, 286, 448–49

  internment camps in, 221, 275, 279, 370

  Jews in, 374, 430, 431, 451, 489, 499

  lack of preparedness in, 114, 154, 219

  refugees in, 81, 147, 152, 164, 229, 253–54, 258, 273, 275–77, 369–70, 374, 381, 384

  rescue of Jews and antifascists in, 288–89, 368, 369

  in run-up to war, 21, 40, 41–42, 99, 112–15

  sale of planes to, 43–44

  U.S. aid to, 43–44, 115, 134, 136, 161, 163, 219, 257, 273

  Franco, Francisco, 17, 21, 37, 68, 91, 100, 443, 527

  Frank, Karl, see Hagen, Paul

  Frankfurter, Felix, 24–26, 283–84, 394

  Fry, Varian, 9n, 289–90, 311, 368, 369, 370–71, 373, 377, 381, 384, 389, 430, 454

  Gandhi, Mohandas K., 434, 435, 437, 464, 491–92

  Garner, John Nance, 21, 101–2, 184, 295, 298

  Gellhorn, Martha, 187, 220–21, 232, 275

  George VI, King of England, 19, 43, 65–79, 441

 
Germany, Nazi, 126, 136, 187, 189, 221, 222, 229, 241, 246, 314, 317n, 323, 328, 330, 332, 375, 376, 391, 404

  Allied bombing of, 438, 505, 533n

  book burning in, 470

  France invaded by, 257–58, 262–63, 286

  French armistice with, 276, 279, 280, 370

  Hitler’s purification of, 320

  murder of Jews by, see Jews, Nazi slaughter of

  in nonaggression pact with Soviets, see Nazi-Soviet pact

  Poland invaded by, 120

  Poles massacred by, 199, 452

  Polish Jews expelled by, 82

  propaganda of, 199

  “resisters” in, 198

  in run-up to World War II, 119–20

  Soviet Union invaded by, 389

  unconditional surrender of, 546

  GI Bill of Rights, 477, 483, 489, 524

  Goebbels, Josef, 38, 119, 150, 153

  Graham, Frank, 28, 244, 415

  Gray, David, 98, 128, 246, 450

  Gray, Maude, 98, 119, 120, 133, 143, 450, 534, 542

  Great Britain, 78, 81, 113, 136, 141, 152, 153, 161, 163, 195, 196, 212, 219, 227, 246, 252, 254, 327, 332, 358, 391, 401, 403

  American racism and, 439–40

  anticipated Nazi attack on, 255, 280–81, 290

  in Battle of Britain, 314–15; see also Blitz

  ER’s 1942 mission to, 437, 440–47

  imperialism of, 212, 439, 458–59

  Jewish immigration to Palestine blocked by, 427

  as not prepared for war, 136

  oil and, 471, 531

  refugee children from, 316

  Soviet Union and, 40, 42, 99, 140

  U.S. aid to, 137, 161, 263, 287, 376, 393

  U.S. public opinion on, 18–19, 65, 320

  U.S. relations with, 471–72

  Greece, 332, 346, 365, 391, 518, 533n

  Greenway, Isabella, 34, 56, 291, 293, 456

  Gruber, Ruth, 14, 500, 510, 521

  Gurewitsch, David, 7, 14, 564

  Hagen, Paul (Karl Frank), 465, 198, 199, 288, 311, 368, 369, 465

  Halsey, William, 481, 482, 513

  Hastie, William H., 340, 342, 473

  health care, 23, 93, 179, 233, 497, 566

  Hecht, Ben, 359, 378–79, 469, 474–75

  Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 432, 436, 470

  Helm, Edith, 66, 167, 179, 351, 466

  Hickok, Lorena “Hick,” 20, 55, 64, 73, 74, 78, 85, 120, 143, 237, 241, 250, 253, 292, 299, 343–44, 389, 399, 406, 410, 480, 483, 485, 510, 511, 515, 528, 542, 544, 564

  bigotry of, 96–97, 293

  DNC work of, 236, 292, 297, 361

  ER’s friendship with, 6, 7, 8, 43, 48, 52–53, 109, 183–84, 214–15, 293, 361–63, 403, 516, 522

 

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