Roosevelt (140 page)
Authors: James MacGregor Burns
Rhone Valley,
478
Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
16
,
17
,
81
,
82
,
108
,
174
Ribbentrop-Molotov line,
413
Rice, Stuart,
452
Rimini,
479
Robin Moor
, (U.S. freighter),
101
,
140
Roman Catholics: feeling against
involvement with Bolshevism,
152
Rome,
383
,
391
,
393
,
394
,
408
,
438
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439
,
476
,
478
Rommel, Erwin,
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78
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235
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236
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291
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295
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308
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313
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326
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327
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329
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474
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477
Roosevelt, Anna (Mrs. John Boettiger) (daughter of F.D.R.),
7
,
199
,
269
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447
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448
,
521
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523
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564
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578
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579
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581
,
594
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605
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606
,
612
Roosevelt, Eleanor (wife of F.D.R.),
23
,
450
,
455
; accused of stirring up racial hatred,
498
; backs Wallace for Vice President,
503
; campaigns for F.D.R. in New York,
525
; as a champion of the poor and oppressed,
8
,
59
,
123
,
124
,
266
,
472
; character of,
7-8
,
59-60
; Christmas 1944,
554
; and Churchill,
178
,
521
; criticism of,
211
,
498
; election night, 1940,
3
; at funeral of F.D.R.,
601
,
602
,
604
,
606
,
612
; grief at parting from her sons,
177
; hears F.D.R.’s speech to Congress on Yalta,
581
; hears F.D.R.’s speech on the Four Freedoms,
34
; helps found Freedom House,
275
; letter to A. Philip Randolph,
124
; letters to, from F.D.R.,
402-403
,
404
,
451
,
463
,
579
; marriage of,
4
; marriage relationship,
7
,
59-60
; observation of, re Democratic party,
276
; on the oil embargo to Japan,
21
; opens school,
577
; persuades F.D.R. to have checkup,
448
; presented with tiara by Sultan of Morocco,
322
; prods F.D.R. to appoint liberals,
62
; at Quebec Conference,
518
; questions F.D.R. about the war,
201
; rooms of, at the White House,
58
,
59
; and Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd,
199
,
606
; tours U.S. with F.D.R.,
268
; with F.D.R. in Washington,
22
; as White House hostess,
7
,
33
,
302
,
530
; witnesses signing of United Nations Declaration of Allied Unity,
185
; wonders about Hopkins’ friendship with F.D.R.,
62
; works in Office of Civilian Defense,
198
: world travels,
300
,
390
,
447
Roosevelt, Elliott (son of F.D.R.),
126
,
177
,
316
,
317
,
322
,
379
,
390
,
403
,
407
,
410
,
554
,
605
,
612
Roosevelt, Mrs. Elliott (Faye Emerson),
554
,
605
Roosevelt, Mrs. Elliott (Ruth JosephineGoggins),
270
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
personality and private life:
as a bird watcher,
200
; character, vii,
9
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36
,
58
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62
,
63
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67
,
88
,
92
,
115
,
131
,
143
,
176
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177
,
253
,
298-299
,
342
,
347
,
421
,
452-453
,
549-550
,
595
,
602-603
,
604-605
,
606-609
; childhood and early life,
4-5
,
604
; cruise down the Potomac,
24
; cruise through the Caribbean,
24
; daily routine and work habits,
22-23
,
61
,
299-300
,
447
; death and funeral.
600-612
; and the death of his mother,
139-140
; eulogies,
611
: health,
4-5
,
36
,
143-144
,
324
,
326
,
332
,
390
,
409
,
424
,
448-450
,
498
,
507-508
,
509
,
521
,
526
,
533
,
562
,
564
,
573-574
,
579
,
582
,
584-585
,
589-590
,
591
,
594-595
; as a humanitarian,
7
,
595
; humor,
67
,
88
,
213
,
299
; journalistic days,
491
; law practice,
4
; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt,
21
; letters to Eleanor Roosevelt,
402-403
,
404
,
451
,
463
,
579
: love for royalty,
253
; love of Hyde Park,
199-200
,
389
; marriage,
4
; marriage relationship,
59-60
: mentions his four sons in the services,
527
; moral credo,
549-550
; reads
Christmas Carol.
417
,
554
; social life,
33
; stimulated by memories of old times,
450-451
; world reaction to his death,
610-611
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
political and public life:
accessibility,
62
; accused of deliberately inviting attack on Pearl Harbor,
453-454
; accused of nepotism,
390
,
431
; appointments,
122-123
,
350
; as an arbiter of aid priorities,
248
; at
ARCADIA
Conference,
178-191
,
229
,
247
: as architect of military victory,
546-547
; at Argentina,
125-131
,
132
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
178
,
475
; as Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
4
,
353
; and atomic bomb,
456
,
457
,
458
,
550
,
558
,
591
; on the British,
566
; cables Churchill condolences on Greece,
77
,
89
; cables Churchill essence of American proposals to Japan,
156
; at Cairo Conferences,
389
,
402
,
403-405
,
414-416
,
443
,
445
; and the campaign of 1912,
594
; and the Casablanca Conference,
308
,
315-324
,
381
,
389
; and Chiang Kai-shek,
82-83
,
109
,
186
.
188
,
240-242
,
377
,
378
,
389
,
399
,
402
,
403-405
,
407
,
414-415
,
541-545
,
574
,
576-577
,
590
,
592
,
601
; as Chief Executive,
347-355
; and China.
82-83
,
109
,
145
,
159
,
186
,
204-205
,
238
,
374-378
,
407
,
541-545
,
546
,
549
,
574
,
576-577
,
588-590
,
592
,
609
; and civil liberties,
216-217
; and colonialism,
218
,
322
,
378
,
381
,
388
,
404
,
549
,
591-593
,
608-609
,
611
; as Commander in Chief,
228
,
490-496
,
546
; commitment to the survival of Great Britain,
84
,
88-89
; compared with Stalin,
92
,
551
; concern over war in Asia,
596
; congratulates Churchill on Burma victory,
541
; conventional view of,
547
; on D day,
476
; and the Darlan deal,
296-298
,
300
,
319-320
,
548
,
608
; and Declaration of Allied Unity,
183-185
; and de Gaulle,
287
,
320-323
,
389
,
407
,
480-481
,
482
,
566
,
579
,
591
,
592-593
,
604
; and the Democratic party,
7
,
36-37
,
39-40
,
273
,
274
,
276-277
,
279
,
280-281
,
510-512
,
513
,
594
; describes his politics as left of center,
553
; early political career,
4-5
; and education,
464
; election of 1910 (New York Senate),
4
; election of 1920 (Vice Presidency),
4
; election of 1940 (Presidency),
3-4
,
5-7
,
33
,
36
; election of 1944 (Presidency),
498-513
,
516
,
521-534
; as the first President to fly,
316
; on freedom,
387
; as Governor of New York State,
5
; as grand strategist,
544-552
; and Greece,
77
,
365
,
395
,
538-539
; greets new British Ambassador,
74
; harsh attitude toward Germany,
441
,
520
,
566
; on Hitlerism,
149
,
151
,
387
; at Honolulu Conference,
488-489
,
490
,
496
,
507
; inaugurals.
35
,
260
,
559
,
562-563
; and India,
219-220
,
221-222
,
231
.
239
,
240
,
241-242
,
380-381
,
422
,
549
,
593
,
608-609
; indignant about the attitudes he found at home,
422
; and Indochina,
127
,
135
,
156
,
157
,
158
,
160
,
161
,
379
,
407
,
591-592
,
593
; insists on direct attack on Germany,
548
,
554
; issues proclamation of unlimited national emergency,
101
; and Italy,
6
,
318
,
368-369
,
391
,
537-538
; and Japan,
6
,
79
,
107
,
127-128
,
149-150
,
153
,
155
,
601
; and Japanese-Americans,
267
; and the Jews,
43
,
395-398
,
545
,
577-579
; and labor.
7
,
117
,
177
.
191-192
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194-196
,
259-260
,
263-265
,
334-338
,
465
,
522
; lack of leadership,
65-66
,
119-120
,
133
,
149
,
353-355
; leads nation in prayer,
476
; and the League of Nations,
7
,
359
; legislative fortunes at lowest ebb,
594
; letters and notes,
43
,
84
,
98
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103
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108
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114
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122-123
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156
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186
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190
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223
230
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232
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241-242
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253
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259
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275
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282
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289-290
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297
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299-300
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307
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314
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334
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335
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363
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371
,
390
,
417
,
436
,
445
,
450
,
512
,
561
,
584
,
587
,
594
,
609
; on liberty,
214
; and MacArthur,
109
,
182
,
205
,
207-209
,
211
,
226
,
274
,
284
,
350
,
485
,
488-489
,
490
,
500
,
527
,
528
,
603
; meetings with Churchill in the U.S.,
176
,
178-190
,
229
,
247
,
251
,
367
,
368-371
,
389
,
394
,
416
,
458
,
521
; meetings with congressional leaders,
61
,
433
; meeting with Eden,
365-367
; meeting with Gromyko,
517-518
; meeting with Gimther,
56-58
; meeting with Hurley,
588-590
; meeting with Mikolajczyk,
483
,
570
; meetings with Nomura,
134
,
135
,
155
; meetings with Willkie,
43
,
275
,
280
,
512
; and the Munich crisis,
7
; and the Navy,
46
,
228
,
244
,
349
,
444
,
526
; and Negroes,
123-124
,
265-266
,
463
,
472
; non-political posture,
273-281
; opinion of Hitler,
67
,
68
,
140-141
; Pacific trip,
488-490
,
496
,
507
,
508
; party coalition under,
7
,
36-43
,
274
,
279
,
524
; party-realignment plan,
275-276
,
280
,
511-512
,
513
,
608
; peace aims and postwar planning,
33
.
232
,
300-302
,
306
,
358-364
,
365
,
509-510
,
515
,
582
; peak of his political prestige,
36
; and Pearl Harbor,
162
,
163-164
,
165
,
172
,
176
; personal popularity,
210
,
272-273
,
468
; and planning,
353-355
; pledge to keep out of the war,
6
,
28
,
42
,
388
,
513
,
530
; and Poland,
129
,
360
,
372
,
373
,
412
,
413
,
483
,
534-537
,
565
,
569-573
,
583-584
,
585
; political courage,
606
; political goals,
547-550
; and presidential organization,
339-343
; and the press,
398
,
428
,
453
,
497
,
509
; press conferences,
24
,
26
,
33
,
88
,
116
,
172-173
,
269-270
,
273
,
323
,
332
,
384
,
423
,
428
,
460
,
463
,
468
,
472
,
476
,
497
,
532
,
540
,
553
,
596
; projected trip to England,
594
; projected visit to New York City,
200
; as a propagandist,
381-388
; proposals of, to Churchill, on India,
219-221
; and public opinion,
40-43
,
66
,
98
,
152
,
209-213
,
467-468
,
559
,
607
; at Quebec Conferences,
389
,
392-393
,
397
,
457
,
458
,
518-521
,
543
; quotes Lincoln,
107
,
492
,
507
; rallies the nation at the time of Pearl Harbor,
172
,
176
; reaction to German invasion of Russia,
98
,
102-103
; relations with Churchill,
11
,
39-40
,
65
,
73
,
77
,
89
,
219
,
221
,
288-290
,
369
,
403
,
405
,
415-416
,
478-480
,
518
,
521
,
537-538
,
585
,
596
; relations with Congress,
120
,
197
,
246
,
301
,
305
,
307
,
331
,
332
,
362
,
426
,
427
,
430
,
431
,
434
,
435
,
436
,
437
,
510
,
594
; relations with Hopkins,
60-61
,
62
,
579
; relations with Joint Chiefs of Staff,
491
; relations with Russia,
102-103
,
151
,
611
; relations with Stalin,
201
,
232
,
313
,
399
,
412
,
416
,
484
,
537
,
566
,
575
,
585-587
,
596
,
603
,
608
; relations with Vichy,
24
,
286-287
,
293
; “Relief, Recovery, and Reform” program,
53
; and the Republican party,
7
,
38
,
43
,
122-123
,
279
,
427
,
522-524
,
526
,
527
,
528
,
529
; respected in France,
290
; responds to Churchill’s letter with Lend-Lease program,
25
; reviews American Negro troops,
324
; reviews courts-martial sentences,
493
; reviled in German propaganda,
37
,
388
; on rubber,
258-259
; “Sail on, O Ship of State!” quoted by,
43
; salutes the fall of Rome,
476
; as seen by Hitler,
15
,
67-68
,
174
,
309
,
475
; sends to Churchill confidential cable from Chiang Kai-shek,
241
; separation of political and military policies,
494
,
495
,
546
,
549
,
587
; strategy,
84-92
,
101
,
153
,
312
,
422
,
440
,
478
,
485
; succumbs to classic dilemma of democratic leaders,
550
: and taxation,
121
,
256-257
,
260
