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Rosenberg, Anna, 167, 202, 257, 282, 293, 297, 305
Rosenman, Dorothy (Mrs. Samuel), 246
Rosenman, Samuel, 241, 269
Rosenmans, the, 291
Rosenthal, A. M., 220
Rosenwald, Lessing J., 105, 115
Ross, Irwin, 163
Rowan, Carl, 150, 268
Rusk, Dean, 59, 122, 189
Russell & Company, 230
Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer, 4, 6, 208
Rutledge, Wiley, 1
Sachar, Abram, 310, 344n
St. Laurent, Louis S., 166
St. Lawrence Seaway project, 166
Salter, Baron, 344n
Sampson, Edith, 175, 193
Sandburg, Carl, 184
Sandifer, Durward, 27–28, 37, 38, 40, 58, 64, 113, 217, 220, 222, 234
Sandifer, Irene, 28, 58, 222, 227
San Francisco Conference, 9, 14, 33
Saudi Arabia, 114n
Scarlett, Leah, 166, 333–34
Scarlett, William Bishop, 166, 333
Schaeffer-Bernstein, Carola von, 106
Schiff, Dorothy, 271, 331
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 187, 242, 258–59, 276, 294, 295
Schneiderman, Rose, 156
Schuller, Mrs. Craig McGeachy, 166
Schwartz, Abba, 261, 288, 324
Scripps-Howard, 270, 271
Seagrave, Sisty, 233
Seagrave, Van, 233
Searching Wind, The, 104
SHAPE, 213
Sheean, Vincent, 186
Sheil, Bernard Bishop, 155
Shertok, Moshe, 116
Sherwood, Robert E., 184
Shumatov, Elizabeth, 6
Sinatra, Frank, 311
Smith, Alfred E., 253, 285, 287
Smith, C. R., 319
Smith, Margaret Chase, 344n
Smith, Walter Bedell, 202
Snyder, John W., 138, 147
South Africa, 30
Soviet Union, 14–16, 22, 30, 32, 35–36, 51, 53, 54–55, 221, 231–32, 263
atomic test (1949), 97
Eleanor on at war’s end, 11–12
Eleanor’s trip to, meeting with Khrushchev, 271–76
Partition of Palestine and, 116, 117, 119–20, 124–25, 126–27
and U.S. 1948 elections, 139, 140
see also Cold War; United Nations
Spaak, Paul Henri, 29
Spain, 38, 150, 151, 152, 158, 162–63n
Spellman, Francis Joseph Cardinal, 151, 175, 241, 287
aid to parochial schools controversy, 151–63
Spivak, Lawrence, 183
Stalin, Joseph, 12, 16, 73, 78, 93, 213, 272, 274
Steinberg, Milton, 102
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 14, 23, 24, 27, 28
Stevenson, Adlai, 26, 38, 67, 91, 123, 146, 149, 279, 282, 315, 319, 337, 340, 341, 342
accompanies Eleanor to Los Angeles press conference, 299
affectionate letter to Eleanor reports meeting with Kennedy, 303
asks Eleanor’s advice on running again, 243
the convention, 301
Eleanor plans strategy for, 297–98
Eleanor suggests Stevenson-Kennedy ticket, 294–98
movement to draft, 291–92
not a “draft evader,” 291
personality attractive to women, 246
presidential campaign (1952), 204, 205, 209–14
presidential campaign (1956), 241–69
presidential campaign (1960), 283, 288, 305, 307
response to draft-movement upsetting to friends, 302–3
speech before Advisory Committee dinner, 289
speeches too academic, 242
writes Eleanor in hospital, 337
see also Democrats/Democratic party
Stevenson, Adlai, Jr., 282
Stevenson Club, 246
Stevenson for President Committee, 243
Stimson, Henry L., 3
Stix, Thomas L., 183, 311, 312, 331, 333, 334
Stokes, Thomas L., 20
Straight, Michael, 32, 32n
Strayer, Martha, 185
Streit, Clarence, 18
“Struggle for the Rights of Man, The,” 63
Suckley, Margaret (Daisy), 4, 5, 6
Suez, 263
Sukarno, Achmed, 201
Sullivan, Lucille, 165
Supreme Court, 1954 desegregation decision, 248–51, 254–56, 262
Svenska, Dagbladet, 189
Sweden, 94
Swing, Mrs. Gram, 33–34
Symington, Stuart, 246, 288, 297
Taft, Robert A., 138
Takagi, Yasaka, 344n
Tamas, 237
Tammany Hall, 13, 173, 278, 280
Taubman, Howard, 183
Taylor-Rostow Report, 326
Ten Little Indians, 104
Third World, 191, 274
“This I Believe,” 340
This I Remember, 164, 184–87
This Is My Story, 184
Thomas, Elbert D., 120
Thomas, Norman, 331
Thompson, Geraldine (Mrs. Lewis), 318–19, 336
Thompson, Malvina, 3–4, 23, 25, 28, 43, 85, 144, 160, 165, 168, 183, 185, 201, 246, 313, 316
exhausted, breaks in Maureen Corr as her successor, 171–72
her death, 238
Thurmond, Strom, 146
Tillich, Paul, 337
Time, “Madame Roosevelt becoming beautiful” report, 171
Tito, Marshal ( Josip Broz), 76, 229, 231–32, 241
Tito, Mrs., 232
Tobias, Channing, 235, 253
Tommy, see Thompson, Malvina
Tomorrow Is Now, 332
Toombs, Henry, 8n, 169
Townsend, John G., Jr., 23, 31, 34
“Tractors for Freedom,” 324
“Tragedy of Liberalism,” 73
Transjordan, 127
Tree, Mrs. Ronald, 323
Truman, Bess, 3, 182
Truman, Harry S., 3, 5–6, 9, 17, 19–20, 43, 46, 63, 70, 86, 97, 136–37, 157–58, 161, 167, 190, 200, 202, 208, 213, 302, 326n, 343, 344n
appoints Eleanor UN delegate, 19–20
corresponds with Eleanor on possibility of Third World War, 94–95
Eleanor defends Truman Doctrine, 85
Eleanor’s fear of Churchill’s influence on, 71
and Eleanor’s plans to visit Soviet Union, 16
Eleanor’s report to on Third World distrust of U.S., 192–94
“get tough with Russia” policy, break with Wallace, 74–75
and James Roosevelt’s candidacy for California governorship, 174
Jewish refugee question, 103–4, 105, 107, 110, 112
lunches with Eleanor, Democratic politics discussed, 14
and presidential campaign (1956), 245, 257–59
problems with Congress, 133, 135
threat to draft striking railroad workers, 75
see also Democrats/Democratic party
Truman, Harry S., Correspondence springs up between Eleanor and, 11
her letter to on Churchill and Russia, 11–12
Truman, Harry S., partition of Palestine question, 113, 114, 115, 119, 121, 122, 125–27
Bernadotte Plan and, 129
Truman, Harry S., presidential campaign (1948), 133–49
disagreements with Eleanor over administration policy, 137–38
Eleanor complains to over Clinton Anderson’s appointment, 135–36
Eleanor’s memo to on major foreign-policy concerns, 148–49
middle-American conservatism, 133–34
Truman, Harry S., presidential campaign (1952), 204, 205, 210, 211–12
Eleanor’s message to at end of his presidency, 218
urges Eleanor to attend Democratic convention, 207
Truman, Harry S., and presidential campaign (1960):
attack on liberals, 289
resigns as convention delegate, 298, 300
Truman Doctrine, 82–86, 87, 135
Tucker, Miss, 182
Tully, Grace, 5
Turkey, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86–87, 88
Udall, Stewart L., 344n
UNICEF, 344
Union for Democratic Action, 17
Union Now, 18
United Features Syndicate, 270
United Jewish Appeal, 164
United Nations, Eleanor and, 9, 43, 87, 132, 140, 141, 145, 157–58, 164, 175
appointed U.S. delegation member (1961), hopes Declaration will be accepted as law, 323
celebration at Amiens in honor of, 188
dealing with Soviets in makes for realism, 77
drafting of Declaration of Rights assigned to Human Rights Commission, 40
enunciation of Truman Doctrine and, 82–85
General Assembly (1952), her broadcasts during, 194
Geneva (1952), three U.S. introduced resolutions comic, 222
headquarters site, question of, 19, 29–30
her resignation from after Eisenhower victory, 214–18
Hiroshima and Nagasaki underscore indispensability of, 18–19, 22
Khrushchev at, his behavior “outrageous,” 277
Marshall Plan and, 88–96 passim
as member of delegation urging Vietnam question be taken before, 325–26
“nuclear” human rights commission annoyed with Alexander Borisov, 43
purpose of, Eleanor appointed to, 41
resolution to break relations with Franco’s Spain, her stand on, 150, 152, 162–63n
she’s elected chairman, agenda completed, 41–42
she speaks of on her seventieth birthday, 239
she urges immediate ratification of Charter, 18
speech on women’s rights, 216–17
U.S. ends support of Covenants, her reaction, 220–21
vigorous support of necessary, at loggerheads with Churchill, 71–72
wants Franklin’s name associated with, 19
see also American Association for the United Nations; Cold War; Palestine question
United Nations, Eleanor and, Commission on Human Rights, drafting of Declaration and Covenant:
Covenant question, political and racial factors involved, 50–54, 58–59
Declaration approved, phrasing not satisfactory to her, 57
final approval of Declaration, Eleanor praised, 62
first Declaration article problematical, 55
her optimism at final Geneva press conference, 57–58
member of drafting committee, her suggestions, 49–51
1948 drafting committee sessions, debates with Pavlov, 60–62
ordering priorities, U.S. draft Covenant submitted, 55
philosophical debates, 46–47
policy formulation, her influence, 47–48
progress slow on the Covenants, 60–61
right to work question, U.S./Soviet differences, 50
she’s appointed chairman, 46
Soviet demands of U.S. at Geneva, her rebuttal, 54–55
State Department agrees to Covenant, 59–60
U.S. opposition to Covenant, attempt to win Lovett over, 58–59
United Nations, Eleanor and, first General Assembly meeting (London), she’s appointed delegate, 20
Albert Hall speech welcoming delegates, 32
Anglo-American anti-Soviet alliance, her views on, 35
appointment attacked by Pegler, 25
Assembly opens, Spaak elected president, 28
assigned to Committee III, Sandifer her chief aid, 27–28
business sessions, her observations on, 29–30
critical of U.S. male delegates, 34, 36
delegation meets press, Vandenberg and Dulles absent, 27
fellow delegates, 22–23
her views on own influence, 22
Spaak’s tribute to her, 30
refugee question, confrontation with Vishinsky over, 36–39
secretary-general, election of, 35
underrepresentation of women and women’s rights question, 33–34
voyage to England, shipboard activities and views, 23–24
world government, her views on chances for, 32
United Nations, Eleanor and, General Assembly (1946), 35–37
her State Department advisers, 45
refugee question, second confrontation with Vishinsky, 45
United Nations, Eleanor and, General Assembly (1950), Korea main preoccupation, 191
her report on Third World distrust of U.S., 191–93
United Nations, Eleanor and, General Assembly (Paris)
Communism issue, her speech at the Sorbonne, 63–64
Declaration before Committee III, its adoption, 64–65
praise for her role in Declaration’s influence, 65–67
United Nations, Eleanor and, Human Rights Commission session (1952), Covenants question, Soviets attack U.S., 206
campaign against U.S. support of, 206, 207, 219
her defense before 1952 Democratic convention, 208, 209
United Nations Atomic Energy Control Commission, 27, 77
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 55
United Nations Emergency Force, 123n
United Nations Headquarters Site Agreement, 61
United Nations Human Rights Prize, 67
Up from Liberalism, 322
U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, 99
U.S. Committee for the United Nations, 336
U.S. Committee on Intellectual Interchange with Japan, 222–23
Val-Kill, Eleanor buys, 7–8, 168–70
Vandenberg, Arthur H., 23, 24, 26–27, 38, 41, 70, 84
Variety, 181
Vatican, 155, 156
Vaughan, Harry, 147
Vaughn, Bennett (Mrs. Philip), 268
Veterans Administration, 325
Vietnam, 326
Vinson, Frederick M., 95
Vishinsky, Andrei, 40, 69, 73, 91–93, 97, 181
attends Eleanor’s seventieth birthday party, 239
Eleanor opposes on refugee question, 37–39, 45
Voice of America, 191, 194
Volunteers for Stevenson, 211
Volunteers in Politics, 237
Voytkins, Ellie (niece), 314, 320, 334
Wagner, Robert, 152, 157, 280, 320
Waldron, Nurse, 339
Walker, Frank, 23, 32
Wallace, Henry, 19, 77–78, 79–80, 92, 94–95, 143, 242
approves of PCA, Eleanor backs ADA, 80
and Baruch Plan for control of atomic energy, 76–77
break with Truman administration, Eleanor’s reaction, 74–75
criticizes U.S. foreign policy in Europe, 82–83
her disenchantment with, 76–77
opposition to Marshall Plan, 89
third-party candidacy (1948), 137–38, 139, 145, 146
Walton, William, 303–4
Warburg, Eva, 112
Warburg, Ingrid, 112
Waren, Helen, 104, 106
Warren, Avra M., 193, 195
Warren, Earl, 143, 174
Washington Square, 315
Wechsler, James A., 237, 331
Weekes, Freddy, 321
Weekes, Mrs. Freddy, 321
Weiss, Louis, 99, 101
Weizmann, Chaim, 101, 103
Welles, Sumner, 120
“Where Do I Get My Energy?,” 323
White, Mrs. Walter, 251
White, Walter, 17, 52, 61
White House, Eleanor moves out of, 3
Whiteman, Marjorie, M., 50
Wiese, Otis, 185
Wigner, Eugene, 19
Wilhelmina, Princess, 190
Wilkins, Roy, 251–53
Williams, Aubrey, 285, 319
Williams, Charl, 133
Williams, G. Mennen, 282, 283, 292
Wilmerding, Helen, 1
Wilson, Woodrow, 101
Wiltwyck School for Boys, 17, 165, 314
Winant, John Gilbe
rt, 2, 14, 26
Windsor, Duke and Duchess of, 182
Winslow, Richard S., 218
Wise, Stephen S., 100, 103, 104
Woman’s Home Companion, 136
Women’s House of Detention, 314
Wood, Lee, 10
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 241
Woolf, S. J., 18
World Women’s Party for Equal Rights, 33
Yalta, 143, 274–75
Yoshida, Shigeru, 224, 225
You Learn by Living, 311
Youth Congress, 198
Yugoslavia, 35, 84–86, 229, 231–34
Yugoslavian and Greek relief, committees for, 17
Zanders, Roosevelt, 315
Zionism, 99, 100–101, 102, 115, 119
see also Palestine question
Zuckerman, Mr., 165
Praise for Eleanor: The Years Alone
“HER HUSBAND, THE PRESIDENT, WAS DEAD. . . .Seventeen years of life were left to her, of whom her husband once jokingly prayed: ‘O Lord, make Eleanor tired.’ The Lord was not ready for that miracle in 1945, and Eleanor went on her controversial way. . . .She is always at the center of the stage, holding our attention as she acts out an extraordinarily rich life. . . .Lash’s book will always keep her memory fragrant.”
—National Observer
“SUPERB. . .Joseph P. Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer’s art. . . .His portrait of an extraordinary person whose journey from shy, narrow-viewed young woman to world-venerable figure is astounding. . . .Certain to receive wide acclaim.”
—Wall Street Journal
“A NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. . . .Will the huge audience for Eleanor and Franklin lose anything if it fails to go on to Eleanor: The Years Alone? It will indeed. Mr. Lash’s concluding volume is remarkable for its accounting of what it takes to translate sympathy, vitality, and natural intellect into major influences on the quality of the national life.”
—Saturday Review
“A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. . .lucid. . .sensitive. . .as rich as his understanding of the remarkable human being he celebrates.”
—The New Yorker
“READS SWIFTLY AND INTERESTINGLY FROM FIRST PAGE TO LAST. Joe Lash entirely merits the laurels and rewards brought by the first volume and certain to be brought by this one.”
—Chicago Tribune, Book World
“FASCINATING. . .ABSORBING. . . .A definitive look at one of the most liberated women of all time.”
—New York Daily News
“COMPELLING. . . .The story of a truly remarkable woman. It is unlikely that our century will know another one to equal her.”
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“ENTHRALLING. . . .One leaves the book feeling that Eleanor may have been an even greater human being than her very great husband.”
—Philadelphia Bulletin
Copyright © 1972 by Joseph P. Lash