Eleanor and Franklin (179 page)

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

returns to States, life at Hempstead House, 37–38

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, 544
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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

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