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her personal campaign to overthrow De Sapio, 279–81
misgiving about Hannegan as national committee chairman, 13–14
praises Truman for backing FEPC Bill, 14
refuses NCPAC chairmanship not to alienate, 15
refuses to run for Senate (1946), 10
will not follow party line, 11
see also
individual party officials
Democrats/Democratic party, Eleanor and, 1946 campaign:
country lacks leadership, 133
Republicans sweep elections, 132–33
stops movement to draft her, 132
ticket nominated, 131–32
Democrats/Democratic party, Eleanor and, 1948 campaign:
assessment of Truman’s leadership, 147–48
conservative party shift and, 133–35
“draft Eisenhower” movement, 139–43
Franklin Jr. and, 139–41
her final endorsement, 146–47
her political importance, refusal to run for office, 136
need for a “new party,” 148
policy disagreements with Truman, 137–38
remains aloof from Truman candidacy, 141, 143–47
she disapproves of third party, 134
will not be Truman’s running mate, 144
will not support Clinton Anderson as national chairman, 135–36
Democrats/Democratic party, Eleanor and, 1952 campaign:
Chicago convention, her defense of the UN, 208–9
criticizes party organization for lack of support, 211
disenchantment with Eisenhower, 212
effect of Eisenhower victory on her UN role, 214–18
enthusiasm over Stevenson, not asked to campaign, 211
indirect support of Harriman, 205–6
movement to draft her, 205
praise for Stevenson’s ability, best man to deal with Soviets, 213
Republican landslide, sees Stevenson leading opposition, 213
Stevenson her candidate, 204, 205
Stevenson nominated, she suggests meeting with Baruch, 209–11
Democrats/Democratic party, Eleanor and, 1956 campaign, “Madly for Adlai”:
ADA and civil rights plank, Stevenson statement, 254
advises change in his approach, 245
advises him to run again, urges he “meet the people,” 243
Baruch alienated by Stevenson’s advocacy of end to H-bomb tests, 266
civil rights plank controversy, 248–53, 258, 259–60, 269
concerned over Stevenson’s inability to reach audiences, 267
confrontation with Truman, 257–59
the convention, 256–62
convinced he deserves another chance, 241–42
defends his political ability, 241
difficult campaign schedule, 263–64
effect of campaign on her journalistic income, 270–71
feud with Roy Wilkins, 251–53
her speech, 259–61
her thoughts on, 266–67
her work in the primaries, 243–48
his strengths and weaknesses, her views on, 242
ideas on campaign policy, 265–66
“Meet the Press” interview on Nixon and Eisenhower, 264–65
meets with Negro leaders, 254
Minnesota defeat, 245, 246
personal involvement with him, 246
refuses to back Kennedy as vice-presidential nominee, 261
$75,000 fund-raising dinner, 256
Stevenson’s defeat, 268
Stevenson wins nomination, 262
tempering principle to political reality, new perspective on Franklin, 269
trip to Europe during, her return, 263
Washington, D.C., and California victories, 247
Democrats/Democratic party, Eleanor and, 1960 campaign:
arrival in Los Angeles for convention, 299
attitude toward Johnson, 285
choice of likely 1960 candidates, foreign affairs her main concern, 282–83
the convention, Kennedy nominated, 301
defends liberals against Truman attack at Advisory Committee dinner, 289
disappointed Stevenson not appointed secretary of state, 307
does not commit herself to a candidate, 284
“draft Stevenson” movement, 291–92
fears Humphrey-Kennedy battle in primaries, 291
fears Kennedy winning nomination, 292
hope in Stevenson renewed, 288
Kennedy speaks to at airport, 302
Kennedy support grows, she suggests Stevenson-Kennedy ticket, 294–98
at Kennedy’s inauguration, 307–8
kind words for Johnson, softening toward Kennedy, 290
looks favorably on Humphrey and Douglas, 284
mistrusts Kennedy, 286–88
plans convention strategy, 297–98
press conference on Stevenson and Kennedy, 299–300
progressive party elements should look to Stevenson for leadership, 282
still prefers Stevenson, will not pressure him to run, 290
upset over defeat and Stevenson response to draft movement, 302–3
visit with Kennedy, work for his campaign, 304–6
Denmark, 263
Denniston, Elinore, 311–12, 332, 335
De Sapio, Carmine, 278–81, 302
Dewey, Thomas E., 10, 23, 131, 136, 138, 143, 146, 147, 148
Dewson, Molly, 334
Dick, Jane (Mrs. Edison), 245, 257
Dickerman, Marion, 169–70, 320
Dickinson, Emily, 184
DiSalle, Michael V., 297
Donegan, Horace Bishop, 343
n
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 143, 146, 175, 265, 285
Douglas, Lewis, 85, 142, 188
Douglas, Melvyn, 143
Douglas, Paul H., 343
n
Douglas, William O., 143, 144, 273, 284
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, 343n–44
n
Dows, Mrs. Olin, 317
Drewry, Elizabeth, 278
Dubinsky, David, 139, 235
Du Bois, W. E. B., 52
Duclos, Jacques, 14
Duffy, 233, 237
Dukeston, Lord, 48
Dulles, John Foster, 23, 24, 27, 31, 63, 66, 86
n
, 91, 152, 157, 162, 222, 234
and “art of brinkmanship,” 244
change in attitude toward her, 37–38, 39
Eleanor critical of, 36
and U.S. decision not to support Human Rights Covenants, 220, 221
Eastland, James O., 252
Eaton, Charles A., 23, 34
Eccles, Marriner S., 138
Economic Bill of Rights, 17
n
Eden, Anthony, 37
Edwards, India, 205, 207
Eichelberger, Clark, 18, 65, 219, 222, 237, 326
Eidson, Mrs. H., 188
Einstein, Albert, 181
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 30, 136, 208, 219, 220, 222–23, 239, 253, 290
and Eleanor’s resignation from UN, 214–18
Little Rock crisis, 262
McCarthyism and, 234
movement to draft (1948), 139–43
presidential campaign (1952), 204, 205, 208, 210, 212–13
presidential campaign (1956), 244, 266, 267, 268
Eisenhower, Mamie, 216, 309
Elibank, Lord, 244, 291, 330
Eliot, George, 180
Elizabeth II (of England), 31, 309
Elmhirst, Mrs. Leonard, 32
n
Emerson, Faye, 7, 79, 178, 331
Emerson, Scoop, 331
Encampment for Citizenship, 237, 314
Entrup, Marge, 334
Ethical Culture Societies, 237
European Convention on Human Rights, 67
European Recovery Program,
see
Marshall Plan
Evatt, Herbert V., 188
n
Faisal Alsaud, Emir, 26
Fala, 5, 171–72, 237, 328
Faubus, Orval E., 262
Feldman, Justin, 281
FEPC Bill, 13, 14
Ferber, Edna, 246
Ferguson, Hector, 26
Field, Ruth, 297, 305
Finland, 94, 189
Finletter, Thomas K., 243, 247, 257, 266, 267, 280, 297, 302
Fisher, Dorsey, 26
Fitzpatrick, Paul, 131
Fitzwilliams, Hilda, 330
Fleeson, Doris, 143, 155, 221, 239
Flynn, Edward J., 13, 15, 135–36, 138, 140–41, 158, 161
Ford, George B., 319
Foreign Affairs
, 87
n
Formosa, 201
Forrestal, James, 140
Partition of Palestine question, 114, 117–18, 119–20, 121, 123
Fortas, Abe, 24
Franco, Francisco, 151, 152, 158, 162–63
n
Frankfurter, Mrs. Felix, 101
Franklin, Freeda, 6
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, 333
Fraser, Peter, 37
Freeman, Orville L., 344
n
French Broadcasting System, 63
Fritchie, Barbara, 12
Fujikawa, Anna Rosenberg, 223
Galbraith, J. Kenneth, 290, 294, 306
Gandhi, Mohandas, 199
Gardner, Richard N., 195
Gellhorn, Martha, 233
George VI (of England), 31
Germany, 70, 72, 94, 104, 106–7, 112, 326–27
Goldberg, Arthur J., 344
n
Golden, John, 17, 24, 165, 182, 224
Goldmann, Nahum, 344
n
Goodhart, Arthur L., 344
n
Gould, Beatrice, 93, 186
Gould, Bruce, 93
Graham, Frank, 193, 319
Gray, David, 162
n
, 186, 223, 234, 243, 264, 268, 279, 320–21, 340
Gray, Maude, 2, 29, 64, 130, 145, 173, 176, 178, 201, 238
Great Britain, 30, 32, 35, 73, 82, 94, 188, 221
see also
Churchill, Winston; Palestine question
Greece, 82, 83–85, 87, 88, 231
Gromyko, Andrei, 73
Guide for the Bedevilled
, 100
Gunther, John, 187
Gurewitsch, A. David, 195, 198–201, 218, 267, 290, 299, 312–13, 317, 330, 344
accompanies her to Russia, 231–32
with Eleanor in Greece and Yugoslavia, 231
friendship with Eleanor, his illness, 179–80
her illness and, 329, 331, 336–39, 340
Gurewitsch, Edna, 180, 290, 337, 338
Gurewitsch, Grania, 256, 263
Gurewitsch, Maria, 337
Haganah, 108
Hall, Edith (Aunt Pussie), 319, 321
Halls, the, 177
Halprin, Rose, 101
Halsted, Anna, 7
n
, 13, 164, 177, 183, 233, 238, 312, 322, 329
Eleanor questions about Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, 4
Eleanor’s illness and, 336, 338, 340
her divorce troubles Eleanor, 178
their radio program, 181–82
Halsted, James A., 238, 322, 329, 331, 336, 339
n
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 66, 123
n
–24
n
, 239, 277, 326, 342
Hammer, Victor, 327
Hannegan, Robert, 13–14, 91, 135
Harper & Brothers, 185, 200, 311
Harper’s
, 323
Harriman, W. Averell, 85, 210, 279–80, 291, 299, 344
n
and 1952 presidential campaign, 205–6, 208
and 1956 presidential campaign, 243, 246, 247, 254, 257–58
Harrison, Earl G., 104
Harrity, Eileen, 183
Harrity, Richard, 183
Harvard Class of 1904, Eleanor attends 1954 reunion of, 239
Hassett, Bill, 156, 157
Hayes, Carlton, 99
Hearst, William Randolph, Jr., 151
Hearst papers, 150, 151
Hecht, Ben, 100
Hellman, Geoffrey T., 9
Helm, Edith, 239
Henderson, Loy W., 114
Hendrick, James P., 40, 41, 48–49, 53–54, 55, 57, 58–59
Henry Street Settlement, 231
Herbert H. Lehman College, 40
Hickok, Lorena (Hick), 184, 238, 269, 316, 317
Hillman, Sidney, 15
Hirohito, Emperor, 228
Hiroshima, 18, 224–25
Hiss, Alger, 24
Hitler, Adolf, 40, 98
Hobart, Alice Nourse, 165
Hoffman, Anna, 319
Hoffman, Paul, 293
Hogan, Frank, 279–80
Holland, 190
Hong Kong, 229
Hooker, Henry S. (Harry), 17, 173, 176, 317
Hoover, Herbert, 136, 207
Hope
(hospital ship), 331
Hopkins, Harry, 16, 19, 69, 73, 133, 246
Howard, N. R., 299–301
Howe, Grace (Mrs. Louis), 316
Howe, Louis, 141, 278, 281
How to Succeed in Business without Really Tryi
ng, 317
Hoyle, Marguerite, 186
Hudson Shore Labor School, 314
Hull, Cordell, 24, 225
Humphrey, Hubert H., 146, 250, 261, 284, 285, 291, 344
n
Humphrey, John, 48–49, 50, 52, 53
Hunter College, 40, 41
Hyde Park, Eleanor returns to, 3, 4–5, 6–8
as possible UN headquarters site, 19, 29
Ibáñez, Carlos, 203
Ibn Saud, 103, 104, 130
Ichikawa, Fusae, 223
Ickes, Harold, 10
Ickes, Jane, 10
Ihdler, John, 167
India, 30, 192–93, 196–202, 228, 230
Indonesia, 191, 201
International Red Cross, 341
international refugee organization, 45
Intourist, 272
Iran, 70, 321
Israel, 130, 196, 321, 330
see also
Jerusalem; Palestine question
Istanbul, 230
Ives, Mrs., 213
Jackson, Andrew, 170
Jah, Chandra S., 323
Jahn, Gunnar, 342, 343
Janeway, Elizabeth, 97, 186, 187
Japan, 222–29
Jardine & Co., 230
Javits, Jacob K., 279
Jenner, William E., 212, 235, 253
Jerusalem, 113
see also
Israel; Palestine question
Jessup, Philip C., 125
Jewish Agency, 116
Jewish homeland question,
see
Palestine question
“Joe Hill,” 321
John Birch Society, 151
John XXIII, Pope, 67
Johnson, Herschel V., 115
Johnson, Lady Bird, 171, 284
Johnson, Lyndon, 1, 283, 288–90
and 1960 presidential campaign, 297, 298, 301
Johnston, Colin Keith, 183
Joseph, Nannine, 302, 311, 334
Journey’s End
, 183
Juliana (of the Netherlands), 190, 276
Junior League, 314
Just So Stories
, 314
Kardelj, Vice President, 231
Kefauver, Estes, 204, 205
and 1956 presidential campaign, 245, 246–48, 256, 261, 263
Keller, Helen, 65, 66
Kennan, George F., 86–87
Kennedy, Caroline, 328
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 328–29
Kennedy, John F., 162, 176
appoints Eleanor as member of U.S. delegation to UN (1961), 323