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Stalingrad,
464

Standard Oil Co. (N. J.),
28

Stassen, Harold,
366

State Department, F.D.R. relations with,
247
,
352-57
,
383
;
see also
Hull, Cordell; Hopkins, Harry; Byrnes, James F.; Foreign policy

Steagall, Congressman,
166

Steffens, Lincoln,
15
; quoted,
475

Stetson, Francis Lynde,
39

Stilwell, Joseph W.,
483
n

Stimson, Henry L.,
31
,
34
,
108
,
122
,
147
; F.D.R. letter to (World Court),
251-52
; Secretary of War,
424
,
436
,
438
,
439
,
458

Stock market: (1929),
124
; (1937),
319-20
;
see also
Financial crisis; Securities regulation

Stone, Harlan F.,
230
,
232
,
233
,
297
,
302
,
303
; quoted on taxing power,
333

Straus, Jesse I.,
176
,
259

Strikes,
216
,
351
;
see also
Labor

Sudetenland,
383-87

Suiyuan,
260

Sullivan, Big Tim,
35-36
,
42

Sullivan, Mark, quoted on F.D.R.’s “Happy Warrior” speech,
94

Sulzer, William,
49
,
56

Sumners, Hatton,
294
,
348

Supreme Court,
19
; NRA decision,
193
,
219
,
222
,
224-25
; F.D.R. attacks “Horse-and-Buggy Decision,”
222-23
; Gold Clause Act decision,
226
; political background (1936),
229-31
; invalidates AAA and other New Deal legislation,
231-34
,
269
; F.D.R. reorganization plan,
271
,
293-316
; Wagner Act decision,
303-4
; shift of viewpoint,
303-5
,
314-16
; F.D.R.’s speeches on,
299
ff
.; Black appointment,
312-13
,
315
;
see also
Checks and balances; Judicial review; Judicial reform

Sutherland, George,
230

Suzuki, Baron Kantaro,
261

Swanson, Claude,
149
,
177
,
253

Swope, Herbert Bayard,
241
; quoted,
278

Taconic State Park Commission,
98

Taft, Robert A.,
366
; 1940 campaign,
422
,
424
,
434
,
448

Taft, William Howard,
31
,
34
,
47
,
48
,
75
,
199
,
213
,
344
,
424
; Supreme Court appointments as President,
229
; opposition to Brandeis appointment,
230
; quoted,
230

Talmadge, Eugene,
363
,
364

Tammany Hall,
21
,
23
,
31
,
35
,
72
,
73
,
77
,
174
,
364
,
436
,
453
; F.D.R.’s early battles,
36-43
passim
,
48-49
,
55-60
,
79
; improved relations with F.D.R.,
64-65
,
74
,
104
; F.D.R.’s straddling,
80
,
133
; judgeship scandal (1930),
120-21
; Seabury investigation,
127-28
; support of Smith against F.D.R. (1931-32),
129-30
,
136
, HI; Walker case,
141
;
see also
Democratic party

Tarawa,
464

Tariff,
31
,
53
,
71
,
75
,
126
,
133
,
142-44
,
177
,
179
,
252
,
311
;
see also
Reciprocal trade program

Tarkington, Booth, quoted on Willkie,
433

Taxation,
39
,
53
,
71
,
224
,
269
,
333
;
see also
Deficit spending

Taylor system,
52

Teamsters Union,
409
,
442
,
468

Teapot Dome,
83
,
148

Teheran Conference,
464

Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (N. Y.),
124-25

Temporary National Economic Committee,
328

Tennessee Valley Authority.
See
TVA

Terry, Edmund R.,
37
,
39

Textile Workers Union,
216

Third-term battle,
408-18
,
422
ff
.,
431-36
,
442-51

Third-term tradition,
412-13
,
443
,
465

Thirty-hour bill,
180

Thomas, Elmer,
361-62

Thomas, Norman,
144
,
242
,
356

Thoreau, Henry,
162

Three Power co-operation.
See
Big Three

Tilden, Samuel J.,
108

Time-Life-Fortune
,
445

Tobin, Dan,
213
,
285
,
409

Tojo, Hideki,
460-61

Townsend, Francis E.,
212-13
,
224
,
271
,
281

Townsend Clubs,
212-13
;
see also
Townsend, Francis E. (
above
)

Trade unions.
See
Unions; Labor

Trinidad,
388

Tripartite Pact,
441

Trade Agreements Act,
310

Trade agreements program.
See
Reciprocal trade program

Treaty of Washington,
319

Truman, Harry S.,
203
,
309
,
466
,
478

Trusts and monopolies,
22-34
passim
,
54
,
180-81
,
326
;
see also
NRA; Business regulation

Tugwell, Rexford G.,
153-54
,
172
,
177
,
183
,
188
,
198
,
510

Tulane University,
211

Tully, Grace,
152
,
264
,
318
,
382
,
388
,
441
,
491

Tunney, Gene,
292

Tunisia,
464

Turner, Frederick Jackson,
20

Tuttle, Charles H.,
120-22

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority),
117
,
179
,
180
,
196
,
224
,
233
,
356
; socialism question,
242-43
; Willkie opposition,
433

Tweedsmuir, Lord,
396

Two-thirds rule, nominating conventions,
125
,
131
,
134-37
,
270
,
272
,
505

Tydings, Millard,
348
,
363
,
364
,
369
,
386
,
428
,
431

Unemployment,
115-17
,
121-25
,
142
,
162
ff.
,
170-71
,
219-21
,
246
,
266-67
,
324
;
see also
WPA; Civilian Conservation Corps; Recovery program; Labor

Unemployment insurance,
124
;
see also
Social security;
and above

Union College,
8

Union of Democratic Clubs (N. Y.),
119

Union party (1936),
271
,
281
;
see also
Coughlin, Father Charles E.; Townsend, Francis E.

Unions,
215-21
,
276
,
350-51
,
462
;
see also
Labor and labor unions; American Federation of Labor; CIO; Wagner Labor Relations Act

Unit rule, nominating conventions,
47
,
72
,
136

United Mine Workers,
216
;
see also
Lewis, John L.

United Nations,
465
,
471

U.S.
v.
Butler
,
231
,
233

United States Chamber of Commerce,
219
,
222
,
226
,
239

United States Steel Corp.,
217

United Textile Workers Union,
216

Untermeyer, Samuel,
39

Universal military training,
61
,
70
;
see also
Selective service

Utility regulation,
103
,
112-15
,
117
,
121
,
142
,
170
,
224

Van Buren, Martin,
108

Vandenberg, Arthur H.,
253
,
270
,
298
,
392
,
422
,
490

Van Devanter, Willis,
230
,
295
,
306
,
312
,
314

Van Nuys, Frederick,
301

Vassar College,
86

Veblen, Thorstein,
155
,
240

Vera Cruz,
60

Verdun,
62

Versailles Treaty,
70
,
260
,
384

Veterans’ bonus,
167
,
222
,
234

Veterans Bureau,
345

“Veterans of Future Wars,”
254

Vetoes, presidential,
186
,
187
,
190
,
234
;
see also
Congress; Checks and balances

Vice Presidency, nominations,
73
;
see also
Democratic party, nominating conventions; Republican party, nominating conventions

Villard, Oswald Garrison,
133

Virginia, University of,
421

Volstead Act,
168
;
see also
Prohibition

Wadsworth, James W.,
439

Wages-and-hours legislation,
143
,
171
,
180
,
215-19
,
221
,
233-34
,
342-44
,
462
;
see also
Labor

Wagner, Robert M.,
108
,
120
; State Senator,
36
,
39
,
40
,
43
,
64
; U.S. Senator,
198
ff
.,
341
,
365
; collective bargaining bills,
198
,
216
,
219
,
341
(
see also
Section 7a; Wagner Labor Relations Act); antilynching bill,
198
,
321
; housing bill,
311

Wagner Act.
See
Wagner Labor Relations Act

Wagner Housing bill,
311

Wagner Labor Relations Act,
216
,
224
,
225-26
,
242
,
244
,
350
; sustained by Supreme Court,
303-4

Wake Island,
462

Wald, Lillian,
270

Walker, Frank,
436

Walker, James J.,
128
,
141

Wallace, Henry A.,
173
,
222
,
320
,
321
,
325
,
327
,
412
,
465
,
466
; Secretary of Agriculture,
149
,
150
; AAA,
168
,
193
,
211
; friction with Ickes,
371
,
372
,
374
; F.D.R. vice-presidential choice (1940),
428-30
,
432
,
436
; 1944 vice-presidential question,
466

Wallace, Mrs. Henry A.,
429

Wallace, Schuyler,
154

Walsh, David I.,
131
,
344
,
421
,
437-40
,
445

Walsh, Thomas J.,
130
,
135
,
148

Walsh-Healy bill,
234

War debts,
145-46
,
177
,
179
,
249

War Production Board,
463

Warburg, James P.,
206

Warm Springs,
88
,
98-101
passim
,
107
,
147
,
152
,
203
,
227
,
328
,
345
,
362
,
382
,
471
,
477

Warren, George F.,
154
,
166
,
195
,
322

Washington, George,
151

Washington Conference (Churchill-F.D.R.),
464

Washington
Post
,
381

Washington
Times-Herald
,
381

Watson, “Pa,”
227
,
382
,
429-30
,
450

Welles, Sumner,
494
; Ambassador to Cuba,
253
; Under Secretary of State,
353
,
372
,
383
,
387-88
,
390
,
416
,
420
,
465
; quoted on F.D.R. reaction to Pearl Harbor attack,
462

Wheeler, Burton K.,
29
,
203
,
222
,
254
,
431
,
438
,
439
; Supreme Court fight,
297
,
301-2
,
305
,
306
,
317
; on Black appointment,
312
; quoted,
341-42

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