No Ordinary Time

  V-E Day and, 620–21

  voted out of office, 621

  “we shall never surrender” speech of, 63

  at Yalta Conference, 573, 575–78, 580–82, 585

  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 140, 163, 325, 385, 482

  civil rights movement, 161, 247, 627–628

  see also race relations

  Civil War, U.S., 290–91, 624

  Clapper, Raymond, 11, 25, 209, 225, 324, 357, 482

  Clardy, Jack, 187

  Clark, Anne Lindsay, 178, 529

  Clark, Bennett, 47, 48, 255

  Clark, Champ, 130

  Clark, Mark, 405

  Clayton, Will, 562

  coal strikes, 285–86, 440–43

  Cody, James, 187

  coffee rationing, 384, 394

  Cohen, Ben, 357

  Cold War, 585

  Collier’s, 46, 107, 362–63

  Collins, Marguerite, 536

  Colville, John, 254, 255

  Combined Chiefs of Staff, 305, 465, 478

  Commodity Credit Corporation, 443, 602

  Commonweal, 524

  Communist Party, U.S., 228, 230, 256

  Community Facilities Act (1942), 416

  Conant, James, 590

  concentration camps, 396, 454, 515–516

  Condren, Dan, 513

  Conference of Foreign Ministers (1943), 470

  Congress, U.S., 25, 53, 84, 221, 281, 292, 503, 583, 628

  anti-lynching bill and, 163–64

  Arthurdale and, 85

  Barkley’s resignation from, 486–87

  child-care crisis and, 416

  Churchill’s address to joint session of, 307–10

  Commodity Credit Corporation and, 602

  conscription and, 139, 141, 148, 149

  convoys and, 233

  destroyers-for-bases deal and, 139, 142, 147–48

  ER criticized in, 468

  FDR’s addresses to, 40–41, 44–45, 103, 291, 294, 295, 313, 586–87

  GI Bill enacted by, 469, 512

  immigration quotas and, 99–100

  isolationists in, 22

  Jewish refugees and, 455

  Kennedy’s testimony in, 210–12

  lend-lease and, 201–2, 210–14, 609

  National Service Act and, 589

  Neutrality Acts and, 22, 101, 282–83

  New Deal and, 43–44, 481–83

  1940 composition of, 40–41

  1942 election and, 384–85

  OCD criticized in, 323–25

  price controls and, 316, 359

  rationing system and, 357

  revenue bill override and, 486–87

  Smith-Connally Act and, 441–43

  Southern bloc in, 447

  tax legislation and, 137, 156–60, 359, 486–87

  Wallace’s commerce nomination and, 575

  war on Japan approved by, 295, 298

  Willkie’s testimony in, 213–14

  WPB reorganization and, 411

  Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 40–41, 44–45, 55, 103, 183, 184, 228–30, 285, 295, 441

  Congress Party, Indian, 343

  Connally, Tom, 292–93

  Conrad, A. L., 583

  conscription, 137, 140–49, 191, 609

  of British women, 380–81

  civilian, see national service; National Service Act

  congressional legislation on, 139, 141, 148, 149

  Democratic vote and, 268

  Drum on, 143–44

  ER’s view of, 140–41

  extension of, 267–69, 609

  lottery and, 186–87

  morale and, 268

  of Negroes, 167

  opposition to, 139, 183, 230, 485

  training camps and, 217–18

  Willkie’s endorsement of, 145–46

  consumer goods, 394

  aluminum, 260–61

  black markets and, 356

  coffee, 384, 394

  food, 485

  gasoline, 356–59

  rubber, 355–59, 450

  silk, 372

  sugar, 316, 356

  see also rationing

  convoys, 233–34, 236, 277–78, 609

  Cook, Nancy, 90, 207, 208, 209, 338

  Cooper, Frankie, 622, 623

  Cooper, Gary, 192, 387

  Coral Sea, Battle of the, 468

  Corcoran, Tommy, 35, 242

  Cornell, Douglas, 25

  Corn Is Green, The (play), 198

  Corr, Maureen, 633

  Costa Rica, 499

  cost of living, 359, 485

  “cost plus fixed fee” contracts, 59

  Coughlin, Father Charles, 446

  Courtney, William, 561

  Cox, George, 164

  Coy, Wayne, 252, 262

  Craig, May, 25, 140, 145, 256

  Creel, George, 31

  Crimean Conference, see Yalta Conference

  Crisis, The, 162, 171, 567

  Cromwell, Oliver, 282

  Cropley, Ralph, 535–36

  Cuba, 102, 103

  Cudahy, John, 14, 25

  Curtenius, A. E., 325

  Curtin, John, 499

  Curtis, Barbara, 20–21, 117, 119, 155, 242, 534

  Curtis, Egbert, 116–18, 242, 286–87

  Cushing, Betsey, 177, 452, 489

  Cushing, Richard J., 536

  Cutler, Robert, 24

  Czechoslovakia, 70, 190, 239, 578

  Dachau concentration camp, 515

  Dalfiume, Richard, 628

  Dall, Curtis, 181

  Daniels, Jonathan, 629

  Darden, Colgate, 351, 352

  Darlan, Jean-François, 389–90

  Davenport, Walter, 362–63

  Davis, 6l7

  Davis, Benjamin, 172

  Davis, Benjamin, Jr., 423–24

  Davis, Chester, 56

  Davis, Henry, 165

  Davis, Maxine, 243

  Davis, Norman, 82–83, 85

  Davis, Oscar, 352

  D-Day, see Overlord, Operation

  “Declaration by the United Nations, A,” 312–13

  Defense Department, U.S., 424

  defense mobilization:

  aircraft industry and, 258–59

  ALCOA and, 259–60

  and attack on Pearl Harbor, 294–95

  auto industry and, 231–33, 314–15

  civil defense and, 280

  civilian conscription and, 331–32

  economic expansion and, 315–17

  Executive Order 8802 and, 252

  Knudsen’s ouster and, 314–15

  production goals and, 313–14, 318

  racial strife and, 246–53, 326–31, 333

  Reuther plan and, 196–97

  scrap drive and, 260–61

  shipping crisis and, 318–19

  strikes and, 224–31

  see also economy, U.S.; labor; rationing; war production, war industry

  de Gaulle, Charles, 389–90, 406–8, 518–19, 576

  Delano, Fred, 271

  Delano, Kassie, 271

  Delano, Laura, 345, 361, 378, 390, 424, 425, 512, 552, 560, 598, 600, 602, 611

  Delano, Lyman, 80

  Delano, Warren, II, 75

  Democratic National Committee, 107, 110, 338, 389, 524, 593

  Democratic National Convention (1940), 11, 113–15, 125–35, 527, 617

  Democratic National Convention (1944), 524–25

  Democratic Party, U.S., 110, 113, 129, 131, 207, 208, 268, 394, 469, 525

  Denmark, 70

  destroyers-for-bases deal, 137–39, 142, 145–49, 609

  Detroit, Mich., 145–46, 362–65

  Dewey, Thomas E., 47, 141, 525, 541, 546–47, 552–53

  De Witt, Frances, 369

  De Witt, John, 321, 322

  Dewson, Molly, 208

  Dickens, Charles, 306, 481, 633

  Dickerman, Marion, 207, 208, 209, 338, 552

  Dickinson, Emily, 282
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  Dill, John, 305

  Disney, Walt, 284

  Dixon, Marion, 355

  Doctor’s Dilemma, The (Shaw), 216

  Dodd, Duane, 436

  Dondero, George, 228

  Donovan, Bob, 518

  Donovan, Hedley, 134

  Doolittle, James H., 340–41

  Doolittle raid, 340–41, 609–10

  Dougherty, Mrs. Allen, 603

  Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 34, 37–39, 188, 282

  Douglas, Melvyn, 38, 324

  Douglas, William O., 526–27

  Drinker, Ernesta, 155

  Drum, Hugh, 143–44

  Drury, Allen, 525, 592–93

  Du Bois, W.E.B, 165

  Dudley, Barbara, 413, 536

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944), 580

  Dumbo, 284

  Duncan, Robert, 499

  Dunkirk evacuation, 62–64, 138

  Dunn, James, 173, 562, 590

  du Pont, Ethel, 178, 278, 568

  Durno, George, 25, 463, 466

  Dutch East Indies, 32, 265, 286, 316

  Dutch Guiana, 402

  Dykema, T.J., 341

  Early, Stephen, 14, 17, 18, 57–58, 120, 131, 163–64, 167–68, 171, 182, 185–86, 249, 424, 530, 535, 579, 603–4

  East Prussia, 578

  Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 395

  Ebihara, Henry, 430

  Eck, Liz, 556

  economic Bill of Rights, 485–86

  economy, U.S., 339, 359

  big government and, 607, 625–26

  Commodity Credit Corporation and, 602

  cost of living and, 359, 485

  defense mobilization and, 315–17

  FDR’s Bill of Rights for, 485–86

  fireside chat on, 339

  GNP and, 487, 625

  housing and, 205–6, 481

  inflation and, 359, 485

  1940 election and, 177

  population immigration and, 332–333

  postwar boom and, 625–26

  social revolution and, 53–55, 395, 624–25

  see also consumer goods; defense mobilization; prices, price controls; taxes; wage controls; war production, war industry

  Ecuador, 393

  Eden, Anthony, 254–55, 379, 474, 585, 614

  Egypt, 233, 389

  Einstein, Albert, 346

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 317, 342, 410, 438, 460, 620

  Bulge and, 564

  ER’s British tour and, 379–80

  North Africa invasion and, 348–49, 379, 386, 387, 389, 390, 460–61, 609

  Overlord and, 478, 505–9

  Summersby and, 480

  Teheran Conference and, 473

  woolen socks episode and, 380

  El Alamein, Battle of, 389, 437, 473

  Eleanor-Franklin relationship, 629–30

  courtship and marriage, 79–80, 96–97

  cross-country train journey in, 528–529

  dinner talks in, 86–89

  early years of, 373–75

  Eleanor basket in, 15

  ER’s work and tensions in, 281–82

  FDR’s affair with Lucy Mercer and, 10, 19–20, 98, 375–76, 619

  FDR’s marriage renewal proposal, 371–75, 378

  FDR’s physical decline and, 503–4

  fortieth wedding anniversary and, 592

  national service issue and, 331–32

  postwar hopes and, 568–69

  refugee crisis and, 104

  rivalry over children and, 375

  Seagraves on, 628–29

  South Pacific tour and, 457–58

  working partnership in, 27–29, 36, 39, 81–82, 86, 89–90, 98, 104, 554–55

  election of 1940, U.S., 47, 182–89, 224, 385, 527, 617

  Democratic Convention in, 11, 113–115, 125–35, 527, 617

  Early-policeman incident and, 185–186

  economy as issue in, 177

  Farley’s Hyde Park visit and, 110–13

  FDR’s “inspection” trips and, 176–177, 182

  Gallup poll on, 188

  Lewis’s speech and, 183–85

  “Martin, Barton and Fish” speech in, 185

  “no foreign wars” speech and, 187–188

  results of, 189

  third-term issue in, 106–7, 110–13

  Willkie’s acceptance speech and, 143, 144–46

  Willkie’s campaign in, 176, 182, 183, 188, 189

  Willkie’s nomination in, 141–42

  election of 1944, U.S., 470, 515, 517, 524–30, 541, 545–52, 572, 605

  Byrnes and, 487, 526, 527, 530

  Democratic Convention in, 524–25

  Dewey’s concession in, 553

  FDR nominated in, 529

  FDR’s acceptance speech and, 529–530

  FDR’s candidacy in, 524–25

  FDR’s health and, 549–50

  FDR’s speech to Teamsters in, 547–549

  New York City tour in, 549–51

  photo episode in, 530

  Republican criticism in, 546–47, 548

  results of, 552

  vice-presidency and, 525–27, 530

  war news and, 552

  elections, British:

  of 1900, 33

  of 1945, 621

  elections, U.S.:

  of 1912, 130

  of 1916, 112, 189

  of 1920, 16, 21

  of 1928, 21, 110, 118–19

  of 1930, 110, 385

  of 1932, 100, 110, 115, 181, 220

  of 1936, 47, 54, 71, 110, 115, 120, 134, 164, 606

  of 1942, 359, 384–85, 609

  of 1948, 594

  see also election of 1940; election of 1944

  Elizabeth, Queen of George VI, 73, 379–80

  Elliott, Harriet, 56

  Elsey, George, 310–11

  Embree, Edwin, 328

  Emergency Conference to Save the Jewish People of Europe, 453, 455

  Emergency Price Control Bill, 316

  Emerson, Faye, 480, 561, 568

  Emerson, William, 221, 293–94, 506, 531

  Essary, Fred, 140

  Estes, Winston, 315–16, 388–89, 509

  Ethiopia, 100

  Ethridge, Mark, 252

  Eustis, Edith, 273

  Executive Order 8802, 252, 538, 539, 541

  Executive Order 9066, 322

  Executive Order 9981, 627

  Faber, Doris, 222

  Faddis, Charles I., 324

  Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), 252, 330, 444, 537–41, 627

  Fala (FDR’s dog), 200, 218, 284, 287, 298, 306, 312, 362, 424–25, 517, 527, 548, 599, 600, 613, 615, 620

  Farley, James, 107, 110–15, 126–29, 132–36, 536, 589, 615

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 296, 371

  Federal Works Agency, 326, 327

  Felix, Archduke of Hapsburg, 152

  Fermi, Enrico, 346

  Feuer, Lewis, 122, 123, 124

  Fields, Alonzo, 290, 300, 302, 344, 520, 617

  fifth columnists, 103

  Fifth Marine Division, U.S., 529

  Final Solution, see Jews; refugee crisis

  fireside chats:

  on banking crisis, 57, 221, 320

  Bellow on, 450–51

  on business-government relationship, 57–59

  coining of term, 57–58

  on currency situation, 57

  on economic program, 339

  on fifth column, 103

  frequency of, 320

  on lend-lease, 194, 195

  national morale and, 448–51

  on New Deal, 57

  on NRA, 57

  on overview of war, 319–20

  popularity of, 240

  on rubber shortage, 357–58

  on war production, 297

  Fish, Hamilton, 185, 295

  Fleeson, Doris, 25, 57, 120, 147

  Flynn, Edward, 18, 114, 526, 527, 574, 615

  Flynn, John, 283

  Ford, Edsel,
229

  Ford, Henry, 55, 226, 229–30, 363–364

  Ford Motor Co., 226–30, 362–65

  Foreman, Clark, 326, 327–28

  Formosa, 532

  Forrestal, James, 411, 523–24

  Forster, Rudolph, 168

  Fort Bragg, N.C., 216–17

  Fortune, 358, 416–17, 513

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 198

  Fox, George, 242, 408

  France, 23, 30, 41, 61, 63, 64, 103, 104, 190, 396, 404

  German invasion of, 14

  Hitler’s visit to, 72–73

  postwar role of, 580

  surrender of, 69–70

  Vichy, 101, 386, 389, 390

  Franco, Francisco, 543, 562

  Frank, Karl, 102–3, 104

  Frankensteen, Richard, 230

  Frankfurter, Felix, 203, 235, 242, 336, 411

  Franklin, Benjamin, 281–82

  Free French, 389, 519

  Freitag, Joe, 231

  French North Africa, 386, 436

  Frietchie, Barbara, 438

  Fulbright, William, 278

  Fulton, Robert, 347

  Furman, Bess, 149, 183, 605, 614

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 56, 333, 356–357, 394–95

  Gallagher, Hugh, 586

  Gallup polls:

  on aid to Britain, 195

  on ER’s popularity, 19, 397

  on 1940 election, 188

  on public support for FDR, 209

  Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 343

  Gandy, Kitty, 374

  Gannett, Frank, 47

  Garner, John, 126, 128

  gasoline rationing, 356–59

  Gavin, James, 565

  Gellhorn, Martha, 74, 215, 279, 281, 392

  General Assembly, U.N., 580, 599, 633

  General Motors, 362, 440

  George VI, King of England, 38, 73–74, 379–80

  Germany, Nazi, 22, 23, 42, 176, 190, 195, 210, 327, 424

  Allied entry into, 578

  in Arcadia Conference plans, 303–304

  atomic research in, 346

  France conquered by, 69–70

  Morgenthau Plan for, 544

  Soviet Union invaded by, 253–55

  surrender of, 620

  tank production of, 363

  war declared on U.S. by, 297–98

  World War II casualties of, 621

  Germany-first strategy, 303–4

  Gettysburg, Battle of, 438

  GI Bill of Rights, 469, 512–13, 628

  Gibson, Truman, 522

  Gila River internment camp, 427–28, 429

  Gilbert, Martin, 403, 437

  Giraud, Henri, 389–90, 406–7

  Glass, Carter, 128

  Gluck, Sherna, 364

  Goddard, Paulette, 39, 192

  Goebbels, Joseph, 48, 196, 215, 234, 240, 253, 254, 346, 383, 397, 419, 437

  Goering, Hermann, 151

  Goldschmidt, Arthur, 259–60

  Goldsmith, Harry, 496

  Gompers, Samuel, 197

  Gone with the Wind (Mitchell), 218

  Goodhart, Philip, 148

  Good Housekeeping, 243

  Good Neighbor Policy, 426

  Goodwin, Shannon, 166

  Googins, Ruth, 426, 492