Authors: James MacGregor Burns
Adams, John,
239
AFL.
See
American Federation of Labor Agricultural Adjustment Act.
See
AAA
Albania,
390
Aleutians,
462
Allen, Frederick Lewis, quoted,
23
Allies, World War I.
See
World War I
Allies, World War II: war aims,
465
; FDR as chief propagandist,
465
;
see also
World War II
Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
216
American
Magazine,
23
American Bar Association,
230
,
301
American Car and Foundry Co.,
148
American College (Rome),
215
American Construction Council,
85
,
155
American Farm Bureau Federation,
184
,
194
,
303
,
321
,
351
American Federation of Labor,
52
,
98
,
121
,
124
,
154
,
216
,
276
,
307
; and Perkins appointment,
150
; and Wagner Act,
219
; and wage-and-hours bill,
311
,
321
,
342-43
; C.I.O. split,
217-18
,
302
,
350
,
417
“America First,”
176
ff
.;
see also
Isolationists
American Institute of Public Opinion,
445
;
see also
Gallup Poll
American Labor Party (N.Y.),
287
,
364
,
377-78
American Liberty League.
See
Liberty League
American Tobacco Co.,
28
American Youth Congress,
417
,
422-23
Amherst College,
230
Anderson, Marian,
393
Andrew, Abram Piatt,
20
Anti-Comintern Pact,
261
Ardennes,
419
“Arsenal of Democracy,”
457
Arthur, Chester A.,
108
Atlanta
Constitution
,
129
Atlantic, Battle of the,
464
;
see also
World War II
Atlantic Charter,
459
Atlantic Conference,
459
Avery, Sewell L.,
206
Axis.
See
World War II
Bailey, Josiah,
257
Baker, Newton D.,
134
,
137
; quoted on F.D.R.’s development (1913),
53
Baker, Ray Stannard,
214
Balfour, Lord,
65
Balkans,
458
Baltimore
Sun
,
381
Bank holiday,
166
;
see also
Financial crisis
Bank of the United States (1932),
115
Bankhead, William B.,
294
,
307
,
429
,
432
Barkley, Alben W.,
130
,
309
,
361-62
,
379
,
412
,
427
Barton, Bruce,
448-49
; quoted on masses’ love for F.D.R.,
362
Baruch, Bernard M.,
125
,
154
,
178
,
191
,
383
; quoted,
178
Beard, Charles and Mary,
83
; quoted on F.D.R.’s 1936 speeches,
280
Beer legislation,
168
,
172
;
see also
Prohibition, repeal
Beneš, Eduard,
387
Benson, Elmer,
365
Berle, Adolf A., Jr.,
154
,
172
,
383
,
394
Bermuda bases,
440
Biddle, Moncure,
11
Big Three,
469-70
;
see also
Churchill; Stalin
Bigotry, F.D.R. on,
102
Bilbo, Theodore,
214
Bingham, Robert W.,
130
,
176
,
189
Bipartisanship,
61
,
112
,
114
,
118
,
120
,
145-46
,
183
ff.
,
201
,
278-79
,
509
Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1936,
233
Black, Hugo L.,
180-81
,
302-3
,
311
,
369
; Supreme Court appointment,
312-13
,
315
Black, Van Lear,
99
Blue Eagle,
453
;
see also
NRA
Boer Relief Fund,
20
Bone, Homer T.,
253
Borah, William B.,
230
,
317
,
356
; as isolationist,
251
,
254
,
260
,
317
,
392
; in 1936 campaign,
270
,
279
; Supreme Court fight,
298
,
302
,
306
Boston-Cambridge social circuit, F.D.R. and,
16-18
Boston
Herald
,
355
Boston
Evening Transcript
,
355
Boulder Dam,
227
Boy Scouts,
86
Brandeis, Louis D.,
53
,
155
,
222
,
230
,
232
,
294
,
297
,
302
,
368
Bray, William,
119
Bremen, S.S.
,
395
Bricker, John,
366
Britain.
See
Great Britain
Brooks, Phillips,
10
Broun, Heywood,
243
; quoted,
151
Brown, La Rue,
488
ff
.
Brown, Lathrop,
16
Brownlow, Louis,
344
Brussels Conference,
353
Bryan, Charles W.,
94
Bryan, William J.,
25
,
98
,
110
,
156
,
230
,
337
; 1896 campaign,
22-23
; 1900 campaign,
23
; 1912 campaign,
48
; as Wilson’s Secretary of State,
52
,
61
; 1924 campaign,
92
Bryan, Mrs. William J., F.D.R. letter to,
110
Budget balancing.
See
Deficit spending; Economy
Budget fight (N. Y., 1929),
110-12
,
501
Bull Moosers.
See
Progressive party (1912, 1914, 1916)
Bullitt, William C.,
305
,
394
,
416
,
420
,
439
Bureaucracy: legislative control,
370
; presidential control,
370-74
Bureaucrat, F.D.R. as,
50-67
Buna,
464
Burgess, John W.,
496
Burke, Edward R.,
298
,
317
,
439
,
509
Burleson, Albert S.,
55
Burlingham, Charles C.,
440
Burma,
462
Burns Bros. Coal Co.,
83
Business Advisory Council,
269
,
326
Business attitude (1920’s),
85-86
Business regulation,
162
ff
.,
325
;
see also
Securities control; Trusts; NRA; Utilities regulation
Butler case (U.S. v.
Butler
),
231
,
233
Byrnes, James F.,
166
,
349
,
427
,
428
,
429
,
465
Byrns, Joseph W.,
174
Cabinet,
148-50
,
174
,
420
,
436
,
492
;
see also
“Kitchen cabinet”; “Little cabinet”;
and under individual names
Cahalan, Dan,
39
Cairo Conference,
464
Camp, Walter,
67
Campaign methods, F.D.R.,
32-34
,
58-59
,
74-75
,
103
,
118-21
,
126
,
140
ff
.;
see also
Elections
Campaign staff, F.D.R.,
130
,
140
,
142
Campobello,
5
,
18-19
,
26
,
48
,
51
,
67
,
86-87
,
498
Canada,
114
,
115
,
250
,
277
,
386
,
435
,
438
,
471
;
see also
St. Lawrence power project
Cannon, Joseph G.,
31
Capone, Al,
83
Caraway, Hattie,
213
Cardozo, Benjamin N.,
230
,
231
,
232
,
368
Caribbean: F.D.R. visit (1904),
26
; World War II,
436
;
see also under place names
Carlisle, Floyd L.,
113
Carpenter, Terry M.,
279
Carter
v.
Carter Coal Co.
,
233
Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn,
28
Casablanca Conference,
464
Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
86
Catholic: issue in elections,
37
,
93
,
102
,
104
,
129
; voters,
108
,
356
; balance in Cabinet,
150
,
436
Catt, Carrie Chapman,
270
CCC.
See
Civilian Conservation Corps
Cermak, Anton J.,
147
Chahar,
261
Chamber of Commerce.
See
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamberlain, Neville,
250
,
353-54
,
385-88
,
390
,
393-95
,
399
,
418
Chandler, Albert B.,
361
Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant,
29-30
Channing, Edward,
20
Chavez, Dennis,
202
Checks and balances,
19
,
20
,
110-12
,
114-17
,
164
,
174
,
314
;
see also
Judicial review
China,
15
,
248
,
460
,
483
n
; Japanese aggression,
176
,
261
,
318
,
319
; World War II,
353
,
388
; Yalta,
470
Churchill, Winston (U.S. novelist),
64
Churchill, Sir Winston,
51
,
65
,
354
,
388
,
415
,
418
,
437
; asks U.S. aid,
420-21
,
437
; destroyer deal,
440-42
; conferences with F.D.R.,
459
,
464-65
,
469-70
; quoted on Gallup polls,
458-59
; on F.D.R.’s death,
471
Ciano, Galeazzo,
385-86
CIO (Committee for Industrial Organization),
217
,
276
,
307
,
311
,
449
,
454
; 1936 election,
286-87
; 1938 election,
350-51
; split with AFL,
217-18
,
302
,
350
,
417
Civil Service Commission,
344
Civil Works Administration,
196
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC),
169
,
181
,
242-43
Clapper, Raymond,
298
Clark, Bennett Champ,
48
,
253
,
272
,
298
Class friendships and associations, F.D.R.,
78
Class issues,
133
Class nature of 1936 election,
287-88