Eleanor and Franklin (166 page)

69
. Associated Press, July 2, 1935.

70
. Letter from Bernard Baruch to Eleanor Roosevelt, Oct. 24, 1935.

71
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Rexford Tugwell, July 8, 1935.

72
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsie Clapp, July 8, 1935.

73
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Rexford Tugwell, Aug. 3, 1935.

74
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsie Clapp, Aug. 9, 1935.

75
. Letter from Clarence Pickett to Eleanor Roosevelt, Aug. 26, 1935.

76
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsie Clapp, Aug. 23, 1935.

77
. Letter from Bernard Baruch to Eleanor Roosevelt, Oct. 24, 1935, Jan. 27, 1936, and April 6, 1936.

78
. Eleanor Roosevelt, speech to the Women's National Democratic Club, Jan. 24, 1936; Schlesinger, Jr.,
The Coming of the New Deal,
pp. 371–72.

79
. Steinberg,
Mrs. R.: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
, cited (Ch. 14), p. 210.

80
. Rexford G. Tugwell, Foreword to E. C. Banfield,
Government Project
(Glencoe, Ill., 1951), p. 12.

81
. “Diary of a Homesteader's Wife,”
Liberty,
Jan. 2, 1937; letter from Bernard Baruch to Eleanor Roosevelt, June 22, 1936.

82
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch, July 12, 1936.

83
.
Ibid.

84
. Letter from Raymond Kenny to Eleanor Roosevelt, June 8, 1940; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Maj. Dillon, June 15, 1940; letter from James Rowe to Eleanor Roosevelt, July 31, 1940.

85
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch, July 12, 1936.

86
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Marshall, May 25, 1938; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Maj. Walker, July 5, 1938.

87
. Letter from Pa Watson to Malvina Thompson Scheider, March 26, 1935.

88
. Lash Diaries, May 27, 1940.

89
. David E. Lilienthal,
The Journals of David E. Lilienthal
(New York, 1964), I, p. 236.

90
. Conkin, p. 167.

91
. F. D. Roosevelt,
Public Papers,
cited (Ch. 13), 1938, p. 356.

92
. E. Roosevelt,
TIR
, cited (Ch. 16), p. 133.

93
. “Eden Liquidated,”
Business Week,
July 27, 1946.

94
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to C. D. Beebe, Sept. 5, 1934.

38. PUBLICIST FOR THE NEW DEAL—COLUMNIST AND LECTURER

1
. Eleanor Roosevelt, speeches and articles, 1934.

2
. President's Personal File 2, Sept. and Oct., 1934.

3
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to L. Denison, Nov. 2, 1934.

4
.
New York Times,
May 21 and 14, 1934, respectively.

5
.
Radio Guide,
Nov., 1935; “First Lady of the Land Is First Lady of Radio,” NBC Feature Service, 1939.

6
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Clarence Pickett, March 4, 1937.

7
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” cited (Ch. 8), July 15, 1937.

8
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Granville B. Jacobs, Aug. 13, 1937.

9
. Eleanor Roosevelt, DAR speech, April 21, 1934.

10
. Letter from Dorothy Canfield Fisher to Eleanor Roosevelt, April 23, 1934.

11
. Eleanor Roosevelt, Alderson speech, May 28, 1934.

12
. Letter from Mary Harris to Eleanor Roosevelt, May 31, 1934.

13
. Letter from Frank P. Graham to Eleanor Roosevelt, June 17, 1935; Negro woman, quoted in
St. Louis Globe Democrat,
Nov. 5, 1939.

14
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” March 10, 1936; report to W. Colston Leigh in Eleanor Roosevelt file, March 14, 1936.

15
. Virginia James, article in Omaha morning newspaper, undated.

16
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Bess Furman, March 29, 1937; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nov. 10, 1937; Associated Press, March 22, 1937.

17
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Nov. 10, 1936, and letter from T. P. Carpenter to Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 19, 1936.

18
. The Frenchman's remark quoted by June Rhodes to Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 4, 1935; Eleanor Roosevelt chosen as best-dressed woman, Dec. 28, 1934; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Lily Loscher, Sept. 16, 1939.

19
. Letter from Elizabeth von Hesse to Eleanor Roosevelt, Aug., 1937; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth von Hesse, Feb. 1, 1938, and Elizabeth von Hesse's reply, Feb. 4, 1938.

20
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth von Hesse, Oct. 25, 1938.

21
. Letter from Elizabeth von Hesse to Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 18, 1939; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth von Hesse, April 10, 1939.

22
. Letter from Leon Pearson to Eleanor Roosevelt, Dec. 3, 1938, and Eleanor Roosevelt's reply, Dec. 13, 1938.

23
. Associated Press, Sept. 27, 1938.

24
. Margaret Marshall, “Columnists on Parade,”
Nation,
Feb. 26, 1938.

25
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Dec. 31, 1935.

26
.
Ibid.,
April 30, 1936, May 7, 20, and 10, 1936, July 27, 1936, and March 5, 1937.

27
.
Ibid.,
Jan. 7, 1936.

28
. Anne O'Hare McCormick, in the
New York Times,
Oct. 16, 1938.

29
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Frank, June 15, 1939, and to Mrs. Auer, Feb. 3, 1937.

30
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Aug. 31, 1936; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Flora Rose, Feb. 13, 1937; E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Dec. 19, 1937, and March 10, 1937.

31
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Sept. 21, 1936.

32
. Letter from George Carlin to Malvina Thompson Scheider, Sept. 17, 1936.

33
. Letter from Monte Bourjaily to Eleanor Roosevelt, Jan. 16, 1936, and Eleanor Roosevelt's reply, Jan. 17, 1936.

34
. Damon Runyon, syndicated column, Nov. 1, 1937; letter from William Laas to Eleanor Roosevelt, March 23, 1940.

35
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Nan Wood Honeyman, Jan. 22, 1936.

36
. Women's National Press Club skit, in the
New York Times,
March 3, 1936.

37
. Bruce Bliven, in the
New Republic,
Nov. 4, 1936; letter from United Features Syndicate to Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 16, 1936; Marshall,
o
p. cit
.

38
. Letter from George Carlin to Eleanor Roosevelt, April 2, 1938.

39
. Pegler, syndicated column attacking Eleanor Roosevelt, Aug. 6, 1940; for Franklin D. Roosevelt's comment, Lash Diaries, Aug. 5, 1940; Eleanor Roosevelt's reply to Pegler in “My Day,” Aug. 9, 1940.

40
. Letter from George Carlin to Eleanor Roosevelt, Aug. 7, 1940.

41
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, April 23, 1934.

42
. Alma W. Johnson, “Farm Woman Battles the Depression,”
Forum,
July, 1936; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Alma W. Johnson, Sept. 28, 1936.

43
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Jan. 5, 1937; letter from Fannie Hurst to Eleanor Roosevelt, Feb. 13, 1937.

44
. The Goulds,
An American Story,
cited (Ch. 29), p. 188;
New York Times,
Feb. 25, 1937; E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Feb. 26, 1937.

45
. The Goulds, p. 272.

46
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Martha Gellhorn, Jan. 16, 1937.

47
. E. Roosevelt,
TIMS
MS., in FDRL.

48
. Letter from Anna and John Boettiger to Eleanor Roosevelt, undated.

49
. Letter from Bruce Gould to Eleanor Roosevelt, May 7, 1937.

50
. The Goulds, p. 198.

51
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Nov. 3, 1937.

52
. Lady Florence Willert reported Alice Longworth's reaction to Eleanor Roosevelt in a letter, March 30, 1937.

39. WITHOUT LOUIS HOWE—THE 1936 CAMPAIGN

1
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Howe Baker, March 11, 1935; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Molly Dewson, March 22, 1935.

2
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Grace Howe, Aug. 23, 1935.

3
. Lela Stiles,
The Man behind Roosevelt
(Cleveland, 1954), pp. 289–94.

4
. John Keller and Joseph Bouldt, “Franklin's on His Own Now,”
Saturday Evening Post,
Oct. 12, 1940.

5
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” cited (Ch. 8), April 20, 1936; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch, quoted in Stiles, p. 294.

6
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Russell Carney, Nov. 1, 1935; letter from Molly Dewson to Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 5, 1935, and Dec. 19, 1935.

7
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Charles E. Kizer, May 20, 1935.

8
. Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Eleanor Roosevelt, March 18, 1935.

9
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Molly Dewson, March 9, 1935.

10
. Caroline Phillips, Diaries, Feb. 12, 1935.

11
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to R. Gifford, March 20, 1935.

12
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to June Rhodes, Nov. 22, 1935.

13
. Rosenman,
Working with Roosevelt
,
cited (Ch. 33), p. 54.

14
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. W. N. Prince, Feb. 13, 1935.

15
.
New York Times,
Dec. 29 and 31, 1935; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Alfred Smith, Dec. 18, 1935; letter from Alfred Smith to Eleanor Roosevelt, Dec. 26, 1935; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Alfred Smith, Dec. 31, 1935.

16
. Letter from Helen Robinson to Eleanor Roosevelt, March 7, 1935, and Eleanor Roosevelt's reply, March 12, 1935.

17
. Eleanor Roosevelt, radio broadcast, March 17, 1935, and news conference, Feb. 17, 1935; letter from Molly Dewson to Eleanor Roosevelt, March 13, 1935.

18
. Letter from Martha Strayer to Eleanor Roosevelt, Jan., 1935.

19
. Letter from Molly Dewson to Eleanor Roosevelt, mid–1935.

20
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Martha Gellhorn, June 26, 1936; Louis Howe, in an interview, in Furman,
Washington By
-
Line,
cited (Ch. 35), pp. 234–35.

21
. Letter from Molly Dewson to Jim Farley, Dec. 21, 1935.

22
. Letter from Molly Dewson to Charles Michelson, July 17, 1936.

23
. Letter from Molly Dewson to Jim Farley, April, 1936; letter from Jim Farley to Eleanor Roosevelt, May 9, 1936.

24
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward L. Roddan, April 18, 1936.

25
. Eleanor Roosevelt,
My Days
(New York, 1938), p. 44 (a selection of Mrs. Roosevelt's columns).

26
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Molly Dewson, May 22, 1936.

27
.
New York Times,
June 24 and 25, 1936;
New York Herald Tribune,
June 26, 1936.

28
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” June 28, 1936; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Philip Vaughn (“Bennett”), June 27, 1936.

29
. Ickes,
Secret Diary,
cited (Ch. 24), I, p. 639; Franklin Roosevelt outlined his campaign in a letter to John Nance Garner, July 19, 1936.

30
. Farley,
Behind the Ballots,
cited (Ch. 33), p. 354.

31
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 16, 1936; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Jim Farley, July 16, 1936.

32
. Ruth Finney, series of articles on Eleanor Roosevelt, in Scripps-Howard papers, May 26–31, 1937.

33
. Alice Longworth, “The Ideal Qualifications of a President's Wife,”
Ladies' Home Journal,
Feb., 1936.

34
.
New York Times,
Nov. 8, 1936.

35
.
Afro-American,
May 23, 1936; the attitudes of Steve Early and Marvin McIntyre in E. Roosevelt,
TIR,
cited (Ch. 16), p. 164.

36
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. C. Whitney, Oct. 25, 1935.

37
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Carrie Chapman Catt, April 18, 1936.

38
. Emma Bugbee, in the
New York Herald Tribune,
March 3, 1936.

39
.
New York Times,
July 12 and 22, 1936, and Aug. 21, 1936.

40
. Finney,
o
p. cit.

41
. Thomas L. Stokes,
Chip Off My Shoulder
(Princeton, 1940), pp. 453 and 363 respectively.

42
.
New York Herald Tribune,
June 24, 1936.

43
. E. Roosevelt,
My Days,
pp. 79–80; interview with Alice Longworth

44
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Dorothy Kenyon, Nov. 9, 1936.

45
. Rosenman, pp. 134–35; F. D. Roosevelt,
Public Papers,
cited (Ch. 13), 1936, pp. 566–73.

46
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Nov. 1, 1936; E. Roosevelt,
My Days,
pp. 82–84; “My Day,” Nov. 2, 1936.

47
. E. Roosevelt, “My Day,” Nov. 4, 1936.

48
.
Ibid.,
Nov. 15, 1936, and E. Roosevelt,
My Days,
p. 90.

49
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt, from Kansas City, Nov. 14, 1936.

40. WISE AS A SERPENT, GUILELESS AS A DOVE

1
. Rexford G. Tugwell,
The Democratic Roosevelt
(New York, 1957), p. 332; E. Roosevelt,
My Days,
cited (Ch. 39), p. 129.

2
. Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Josephine Roche, March 6, 1939; letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Sanford Bates, Feb. 17, 1939.