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No Ordinary Time

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Grant, Ulysses S., 407–8

  Gray, Maude, 273, 337, 374, 619, 620

  Great Britain, 23, 210

  Atlantic Charter and, 266

  in Battle of Britain, 138, 146, 151–152, 192, 195–96

  in Battle of the Atlantic, 233, 449, 468

  Chamberlain-Churchill transition in, 32–33, 38

  conscription of women in, 380–81, 392

  convoy issue and, 233–34, 236

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference and, 580

  Dunkirk evacuation and, 62–64

  ER’s inspection tour in, 379–84, 391

  financial crisis of, 190–93, 233

  India’s colonial relationship with, 343

  and invasion of Soviet Union, 254–255

  North Africa victory celebrated in, 389, 391

  Polish border question and, 581

  postwar unity and, 457, 470

  race relations in, 382–83, 392

  U.N. Security Council structure and, 580–81

  U.S. aid to, see convoys; destroyers-for-bases deal; lend-lease

  Great Depression, 22, 46, 548, 608

  Greece, 233, 455

  Green, Constance, 55

  Greene, Norma, 522

  Greenway, Isabella, 109–10

  Greer, 277–78

  Grew, Joseph, 293

  Grey, Edward, 291

  Gromyko, Andrei, 577, 614

  gross national product (GNP), 487, 625

  Groves, Leslie, 347, 590

  Guadalcanal, Battle of, 384, 404, 437, 468, 609

  Guam, 295, 303, 529, 531

  Gulf of Tonkin incident, 278

  Gullion, Allen, 322

  Gunther, John, 18, 71, 190, 200

  Gustav V, King of Sweden, 149

  Gymnast, Operation, 348

  Haakon VII, King of Norway, 149–50

  Hackett, Shirley, 623

  Hackmeister, Louise, 512

  Hahne, Dellie, 623

  Halifax, Edward Wood, Lord, 32–33, 301, 307

  Halifax, Lady, 307

  Hall, Anna, see Roosevelt, Anna Hall

  Hall, Elizabeth, 564

  Halsey, William F., 457, 462, 464, 465

  Halsted, James, 180

  Hamlin, Mrs. Charles, 301, 310, 312

  Hannegan, Bob, 524, 526, 527

  Harald, Prince of Norway, 149

  Hargrove, Marion, 359

  Harper, John, 245, 285, 495–96

  Harriman, Averell, 290, 345, 347, 349, 404, 405, 407, 457, 461, 573, 577, 578, 581, 585, 597, 605

  Harriman, Kathleen, 579

  Harriman, Marie, 349

  Harriman, Pamela Churchill, 31, 212, 214

  Harrison, Gordon, 506, 511

  Harron, Marion Janet, 339, 593

  Hassett, William, 317, 336, 346, 349–350, 354, 384–85, 394, 412, 439, 442, 470, 486–88, 492–93, 502, 512, 519, 535, 541, 542, 550–53, 570, 592, 595, 601–3

  Hastie, William, 172, 523

  Hawaii strategy conference, 527–28, 531–32

  Hayes, Philip, 539

  Hearst, William Randolph, 181, 452, 632

  Heart Mountain internment camp, 428, 514

  Held, Adolph, 396

  Hemingway, Ernest, 198

  Henderson, Leon, 55–56, 231–33, 314, 316, 384, 394–95, 588

  Hepburn, Katharine, 181–82

  Hickok, Lorena, 36, 182, 201, 298, 350, 467, 560, 561, 613, 632

  career of, 222, 593–94

  Churchill’s White House visit and, 461

  ER’s correspondence with, 90, 178, 221–22, 272–73, 383, 462, 618

  ER’s relationship with, 219–25, 338–39, 373

  and ER’s role as first lady, 91, 208

  Hopkins and, 222–23

  Madame Chiang and, 594

  “My Day” conceived by, 221

  1940 election and, 127, 132

  Thompson’s correspondence with, 136, 594

  White House stay of, 9–10, 219, 225, 338, 593

  Higgins, Andrew, 505

  Hill, Arnold, 168, 173

  Hillman, Sidney, 55, 184, 231, 249, 251, 295

  Hilton, James, 341

  Hiroshima bombing, 621

  Hitler, Adolf, 15, 33, 122, 363

  assassination attempt on, 530–31

  Battle of Britain and, 138, 151–52

  Battle of Bulge and, 564

  Casablanca Conference and, 402

  death of, 620

  and declaration of war on U.S., 197–198

  Dunkirk evacuation and, 62

  French surrender and, 70

  as overworked, 419–20

  Paris visited by, 72–73

  Russian campaign and, 253–54, 304

  Hoffman, Clare E., 202

  Holland, see Netherlands

  Holley, Irving, 45

  Holocaust, see Jews; refugee crisis

  Holt, Rush, 107

  Homefront (Estes), 315–16, 388–89, 509

  Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC), 481

  Hong Kong, 295, 303, 316

  Hooker, Harry, 140, 198, 479, 591

  Hoover, Herbert, 47, 71, 295, 419, 453, 454

  Hopkins, Barbara, 34, 87

  Hopkins, Diana, 87–89, 306, 350–51, 354–55

  Hopkins, Harry, 32, 44, 58, 69, 72, 85, 188, 189, 216, 237, 268, 306, 311, 336, 346, 347, 390, 399, 435, 438, 589

  appointed lend-lease administrator, 214–15

  “arsenal of democracy” coined by, 195

  at Atlantic Conference, 264–65

  and attack on Pearl Harbor, 289, 290

  Baruch’s WPB appointment and, 412

  bathtub story related by, 312

  at Casablanca Conference, 402–7

  Churchill’s friendship with, 212–13, 215, 545

  Clayton appointment favored by, 562–63

  Clementine Churchill and, 313, 342–43

  ER-FDR relationship and, 86–89

  ER’s relationship with, 86–88, 135–136, 351–54, 373

  Farley and, 114–15

  on FDR, 46, 193, 308, 620

  FDR’s death and, 605, 614

  FDR’s relationship with, 37, 88–89, 103, 203–4, 235, 242, 245, 350, 361, 458–59, 545, 546, 583–84

  health of, 31–32, 212, 257, 264–65, 284–85, 313, 462, 501, 509, 545, 576, 583–84, 587

  Hickok and, 222–23

  Knudsen’s ouster and, 315

  Lash-CIC incident and, 421

  LeHand’s relationship with, 34–35, 89, 350

  Lewis’s attacks on FDR and, 183–84

  London missions of, 212–13, 342–343

  Louise Macy and, 334, 349–51, 372

  media’s attack on, 458–59

  Moscow mission of, 257–58, 260, 261

  in “My Day,” 87

  national emergency speech and, 238, 239

  Negroes in military and, 171–72

  at 1940 Democratic Convention, 113–15, 125, 127–28, 135

  Overlord command and, 478

  as possible successor to FDR, 106–107

  at Quebec Conference, 459, 460, 462

  Stalin’s talks with, 257

  at Teheran Conference, 473, 474, 478

  Waller controversy and, 351, 352–353, 354

  White House stay of, 9, 37, 459, 480

  WPA tenure of, 87, 162–63

  at Yalta Conference, 574, 576, 577, 579–80, 583–84

  Hopkins, Louise Macy, 334, 349–51, 354, 372, 390, 399, 458, 459, 480, 489, 490

  Hopkins, Robert, 403, 405, 473, 474, 576, 584

  Hopkins, Stephen, 480, 501

  House of Commons, British, 308, 345

  House of Representatives, U.S., 40, 44, 202

  anti-lynching bill in, 163–64

  anti-strike bill in, 230

  extension of draft and, 267, 609

  Foreign Affairs Committee of, 210

  GI Bill passed by, 512

  lend-lease and, 210

  national service bill passed by, 589

  Neutrality Acts amended i
n, 283

  1942 election and, 385

  OCD appointments in, 324–25

  selective service legislation and, 139, 148, 149

  Smith-Connally Act and, 441–43

  Sojourner Truth project and, 326

  tax legislation and, 159

  Un-American Activities Committee of, 122

  Ways and Means Committee of, 156

  housing, 205–6

  Housing Authority, U.S., 236

  Howard University, 532–33

  Howe, Louis, 20, 37, 90–91, 118, 208, 219, 222–24, 245, 535–36, 584, 588–89, 594

  Howland, Rebecca, 75–76

  Hubbard, LeRoy, 117

  Hudson Naval Ordnance strike (1942), 370

  Hull, Cordell, 22, 30, 44, 83, 101, 107, 128, 238, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 301, 470, 500, 514, 562

  Hungary, 515

  Husky, Operation, 439

  Hyde Park, N.Y., 278, 280, 470, 512

  Christmases at, 481, 568–69

  Clementine Churchill at, 545–46

  family reunion at, 205–7

  Farley’s visit to, 110–13

  after FDR’s death, 620

  as refuge, 72, 390, 412–13, 419, 462, 541

  royal visit and, 73–74

  after second Quebec Conference, 545–46

  Hymes, James, 417, 418

  Iceland, 266

  Ickes, Harold, 32, 62, 71, 101, 158, 214, 242, 255, 260, 261, 288, 395, 500, 604

  aid to Allies as viewed by, 262

  attempted resignation of, 563–64

  FDR as viewed by, 234–35, 245

  Hopkins-LeHand relationship and, 35

  internment of Japanese-Americans and, 427, 430, 514

  LeHand and, 35, 182–83, 234–35, 502, 535

  1940 election and, 125, 182–83

  oil embargo and, 265, 266

  “portal to portal” pay and, 443

  on Stimson’s appointment, 71

  on tax legislation, 157

  UMW strike of 1943 and, 440, 442, 443

  Woodring problem and, 24

  WPA criticized by, 87

  Ickes, Jane, 35

  income tax, 487–88

  India, 342, 343

  Indochina, 283, 286

  Indonesia, 356

  inflation, 359, 485

  inspection tours, 176–77, 182, 424–27

  see also national inspection tour

  International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Warehousemen, 547–59

  International News Service (INS), 25, 612

  internment camps, 427–28, 429, 514

  Iowa, 473

  Ireland, 24

  Ishihara, Jiro, 296, 429

  Ismay, Hastings Lionel, Lord, 347, 460, 475, 543

  isolationism, isolationists, 22–23, 43–44, 47–48, 70, 84, 194, 210, 214, 233, 236, 255, 295, 469–70, 609

  Italy, 23, 68, 195, 404, 424, 437, 439, 460, 468, 516, 563

  Allied campaign in, 470–71, 508

  Mussolini’s ouster in, 449

  surrender of, 470

  war entered by, 67

  Iwo Jima, Battle of, 582, 589–90

  Jack Benny, 240

  Jackson, Andrew, 111–12, 189, 519

  Jackson, Robert, 22, 82, 107, 142, 322

  Jackson, Samuel D., 529

  Jackson, Stonewall, 438

  Jackson Daily News, 446

  James, Edwin, 448

  Janeway, Eliot, 17, 21, 88, 120, 236, 245

  Japan, 23, 195, 270, 297, 303, 327, 356, 465

  in Atlantic Conference talks, 265–66

  Doolittle raid on, 340–41, 609–10

  Indochina invaded by, 266

  military success of, 316–17

  prelude to Pearl Harbor and, 283–289

  in second Quebec Conference discussions, 544–45

  Singapore captured by, 317

  surrender of, 621

  U.S. bombing campaign against, 531–32, 621

  U.S. oil embargo and, 265–66, 283

  and war with Soviets, 477, 580, 582, 621

  Japanese-Americans, 610, 628

  FDR’s distribution idea for, 514–15

  Ickes and, 427, 430, 514

  internment of, 321–22, 427–31, 429, 514

  racial incidents and, 513–15

  Stimson and, 322, 430

  in U.S. Army, 430, 514

  War Department and, 322, 430

  Jaqua, John, 440

  Jeffers, William, 411

  Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 113, 147, 189, 282

  Jeffries, Edward, 327, 446

  Jessel, George, 573

  Jews, 100, 610, 621, 630

  Congress and, 455

  Long’s obstructionism and, 173–75

  mass murder of, 396–97, 453–55, 515–16

  proposed bombing of concentration camps and, 515–516, 610

  on Quanza, 174

  as refugees, 101–4, 174–76, 396–97

  rescue proposals for, 453–55, 515–516

  Riegner report and, 396, 454

  Roper poll on, 102

  War Department and, 515–16

  White House meeting with, 396–97

  Jodl, Alfried, 254

  Johnson, Byron, 166, 167

  Johnson, Hiram, 141

  Johnson, Hugh, 55, 332

  Johnson, Louis, 24, 71, 343

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 278

  Johnson, Mordecai, 532–33

  Johnson, Mrs. Paul, see Mercer, Lucy P.

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 304–5, 344, 478, 564, 580

  Jones, Anna Faith, 532

  Jones, Henry, 421–23

  Jones, Jacqueline, 540

  Jones, Jesse, 129, 500, 575

  Jordan, James, 341

  Juliana, Crown Princess of the Netherlands, 198, 467, 592

  Justice Department, U.S., 259, 398

  Kaiser, Edgar, 416, 417

  Kaiser, Henry, 318, 368, 416–18, 541

  Karski, Jan, 454, 516

  Kasserine Pass, Battle of, 436–37

  Kaufman, George S., 37

  Kearney, 282

  Kelly, Colin, 324, 329

  Kelly, Edward, 126, 128, 129

  Kempton, Murray, 248

  Kennedy, John F., 27

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 25, 27, 61, 210–212, 536

  Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 27

  Kikuchi, Charles, 322, 429–30

  Kimmel, Husband, 293

  Kindleberger, J. H., 365

  King, Ernest, 263, 305, 311, 335, 341–342, 404, 544, 577, 609, 613, 615

  King, MacKenzie, 142, 145–46, 275, 310, 343, 345, 545, 587–88, 591–592, 596

  Kiplinger, W. M., 46

  Kirchwey, Freda, 175, 390

  Kirkland, Meta, 358

  Klingaman, William, 200

  Knox, Frank, 47, 238, 255, 283, 294, 410, 523

  appointed navy secretary, 71–72

  and attack on Pearl Harbor, 287–88, 292

  at civil rights meetings, 168–69, 251

  convoy issue and, 233

  death of, 500

  destroyers-for-bases deal and, 139, 142

  discrimination in Navy and, 172, 328–30

  Knudsen, William, 54–57, 196–97, 229, 231, 232, 233, 249, 251, 252, 314–15, 411

  Konoye, Fumimaro, 265, 283

  Kowalick, Edward, 513–14

  Kurile Islands, 582

  labor:

  conscription and, 183, 230, 485

  economy and, 359, 625–26

  ER’s activism for, 628

  FDR’s economic program and, 359

  GI Bill and, 469, 512

  management and, 451, 608

  PPB concept and, 451

  public anger at, 440–41

  Smith-Connally Act and, 441–43

  strikes and, see strikes

  wage controls and, 339, 384

  War Department and, 225, 227

  “work or fight” bill and, 589

  Labor Department, U.S., 413


  Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow (Jones), 540

  labor unions, 225, 384, 540, 608, 628

  Labour Party, British, 32, 305, 621

  Lacey, Robert, 229–30

  Ladies Home Journal, 80, 556

  La Follette, Robert, 359

  LaGuardia, Fiorello, 250–52, 280–81, 295–96, 323–24, 416, 453–54, 458, 509

  Lahey, Frank, 495–96

  Landon, Alf, 47, 71, 606

  Lape, Esther, 18, 207, 237, 299, 338, 350, 354, 412–13, 420, 458, 528, 530, 541, 554, 555, 560

  Larooco, 115–16, 121

  Larrabee, Eric, 236, 320, 610–11

  Lash, Joe, 10, 18, 30, 60, 84, 86, 97, 102, 103, 122–24, 127, 135, 157, 188, 198, 203, 221, 236–37, 251, 256, 275, 279, 281, 282, 339, 393, 554

  CIC and, 420–21

  on ER, 95, 123, 306

  ER’s correspondence with, 187, 397, 410, 438, 442, 447, 453, 456, 459, 467, 468, 471, 492, 496, 507, 512, 525, 535, 541, 543, 546, 574, 615, 616, 618, 619

  ER’s relationship with, 122–24, 334, 337, 373, 420–21

  ER’s South Pacific tour and, 462, 465, 466

  FDR and Churchill compared by, 312

  marriage of, 560–61

  Trude Pratt and, 338

  Lash, Trude Pratt, 104, 201, 221, 338, 447, 467, 468, 471, 479, 503, 517, 528, 541, 560–61, 615

  Last Time I Saw Paris, The (Paul), 359

  Latvia, 585

  Lawrence, David, 210, 231, 278

  League of Nations, 44, 551

  League of Women Voters, 207, 220

  Leahy, William, 305, 311, 473, 497, 499, 545, 546, 574, 577, 582, 585, 609

  Lee, Robert E., 407, 438

  LeHand, Bernard, 117

  LeHand, Marguerite “Missy,” 9, 20–22, 37, 58, 72, 82, 111, 113–19, 138, 153, 164, 188, 201, 218, 277, 297, 480

  Bullitt’s romance with, 154–55

  death of, 534–35

  ER and role of, 120–21

  FDR’s children and, 155–56

  FDR’s gubernatorial tenure and, 118–19

  FDR’s 1940 nomination and, 131–132, 134

  FDR’s relationship with, 21, 35, 36, 115–19, 121, 199, 235–36, 241, 306–7, 335, 361, 399–400

  FDR’s Warm Springs visit to, 286–87

  in FDR’s will, 246

  Frankfurter on role of, 336

  Hopkins’s relationship with, 34–35, 89, 350

  Ickes and, 182–83, 234–35, 502

  illness of, 294, 334–36, 385, 399–400, 413

  Miller’s romance with, 154

  nervous breakdowns of, 117, 119, 307, 336

  1942 election and, 385

  Princess Martha and, 154, 241–42

  Rosenman on, 119, 127, 336

  strokes suffered by, 242–46, 284–285

  suicide attempts of, 307, 336

  Tully and, 335–36, 490

  at Warm Springs, 284–87, 294

  White House role of, 21, 83, 119–120, 184, 237, 242, 336, 489–90, 589

  will of, 536–37

  Lehman, Mrs. Herbert, 260

  lend-lease, 190, 210–15, 233–34, 314, 366, 598