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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 Legion,
80
,
86
,
166
,
167

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

Antilynching bills,
198
,
321

Ardennes,
419

“Arsenal of Democracy,”
457

Arthur, Chester A.,
108

Ashurst, Henry,
294
,
297

Astor, Vincent,
147
,
211

Atlanta
Constitution
,
129

Atlantic, Battle of the,
464
;
see also
World War II

Atlantic Charter,
459

Atlantic Conference,
459

Atomic bomb,
397
,
469

Australia,
250
,
462

Austria,
146
,
353-54
,
382
ff
.

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

Baldwin, Stanley,
250
,
256
,
264

Balfour, Lord,
65

Balkans,
458

Baltimore
Sun
,
381

Bank holiday,
166
;
see also
Financial crisis

Bank of the United States (1932),
115

Banking reforms,
166-67
,
224

Bankhead, William B.,
294
,
307
,
429
,
432

Barkley, Alben W.,
130
,
309
,
361-62
,
379
,
412
,
427

Barnes, William,
37
,
39
,
498-99

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

Belgium,
61
,
418-19

Beneš, Eduard,
387

Benson, Elmer,
365

Berle, Adolf A., Jr.,
154
,
172
,
383
,
394

Bermuda bases,
440

Biddle, Anthony,
352
,
394

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

Bloch, Maurice,
101
,
102

Blue Eagle,
453
;
see also
NRA

Boer Relief Fund,
20

Bonbright, James C.,
117
,
154

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

“Bossism,”
24
,
31-32
,
36-38
,
41

Boston-Cambridge social circuit, F.D.R. and,
16-18

Boston
Herald
,
355

Boston
Evening Transcript
,
355

Boulder Dam,
227

Bowers, Claude,
261
,
317
,
356

Boy Scouts,
86

“Brain trust,”
153-56
,
172

Brandeis, Louis D.,
53
,
155
,
222
,
230
,
232
,
294
,
297
,
302
,
368

Brant, Irving,
301
,
302

Bray, William,
119

Bremen, S.S.
,
395

Bricker, John,
366

Britain.
See
Great Britain

Broker rule,
183
ff.
,
196-202

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

Bulkley, Robert J.,
361
,
366

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

Burke, Edmund,
237
,
239

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, Pierce,
230
,
295

Butler case (U.S. v.
Butler
),
231
,
233

Byrd, Harry F.,
149
,
370

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, Lawrence,
362-63
,
364

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

Chiang Kai-shek,
388
,
464
,
483
n

Chicago
Tribune
,
241
,
381
,
439

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

Clemenceau, Georges,
65
,
68
,
69

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