No Ordinary Time

America First and, 194–95

  Arcadia Conference and reaffirmation of, 304

  “arsenal of democracy” speech and, 194–95

  Churchill and, 213–14

  Congress and, 201–2, 210–14, 609

  enactment of, 214

  FDR’s conception of, 193–94

  fireside chat on, 194, 195

  Hopkins and, 212–15

  Kennedy’s testimony on, 210–12

  Neutrality Acts revision and, 282–83

  Perkins on, 193–94

  Soviet Union and, 255–58, 262, 404, 477–78

  Stalin’s praise of, 477

  Willkie’s testimony and, 213–14

  see also aid to Allies; convoys

  Lenin, V. I., 257

  Leningrad, siege of, 304

  Lenroot, Katherine, 416

  Lerner, Max, 453

  Leuchtenberg, William, 43, 607

  Lewis, Al, 464

  Lewis, John L., 55, 183–85, 189, 285, 440, 441–43

  Lewis, Mrs. Francis, 566

  Lewis, Sybil, 369–70

  Leyte, 552

  Liberty ships, 318–19

  Libya, 233, 347

  Life, 258, 259, 267, 291, 415, 446, 588–589

  Lilienthal, David, 147, 185, 260–61, 309

  Lilly, Michael, 444

  Limerick, Lady, 382

  Lincoln, Abraham, 248, 253, 401

  Lindbergh, Charles, 47–48, 212, 236

  Lindemann, Charles, 452

  Lindley, Ernest, 25

  Lingemann, Richard, 332

  Lippmann, Walter, 196

  Lipson, Milton, 153, 297–98, 614–15

  Lithuania, 580, 585

  “Little Steel,” 440, 443

  Litvak, Anatole, 39

  Litvinov, Maxim, 313, 435

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 51, 52

  London, England, 380

  Long, Breckinridge, 100–101, 173–74, 516

  Long, Huey, 112

  Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 96, 376

  Los Angeles Times, 296, 297

  Lost Horizon (Hilton), 341

  Louisville Courier Journal, 149

  Luftwaffe, 138, 190, 488, 511

  Luxembourg, 14–15, 33, 70, 543

  MacArthur, Douglas, 303, 320, 324, 457, 531–32, 552, 610

  McCarran, Patrick, 107

  McCloy, John, 322, 515–16, 522, 523

  McConnell, Grant, 45

  McCormick, Anne O’Hare, 317, 502

  McDonald, James, 173, 174

  McDuffie, Irvin, 15

  McDuffie, Lizzie, 602, 603, 612

  Mclntire, Ross, 113, 131, 191, 216, 235, 262, 278, 402, 424, 473, 493–99, 545, 547, 549, 550, 579, 584, 602–604

  Mclntyre, Marvin, 120, 163, 203, 242, 328, 561

  McNutt, Paul, 107, 129, 364, 365, 395

  McWilliams, Carey, 628–29

  Macy, Louise, see Hopkins, Louise Macy

  Malaya, 286, 295, 303, 316, 356

  Malta, 448, 575, 576, 585

  Maltese Falcon, The, 310

  Manchuria, 621

  Manhattan Project, 347, 531, 590, 621

  “Man Who Came to Dinner, The” (Kaufman and Han), 37

  Manzanar internment camp, 428, 514

  Ma Perkins, 240

  map room, White House, 310–11, 463

  March on Washington Committee, 248

  Mariana Islands, 531–32, 589

  Marine Corps, U.S., 426, 589

  Maritime Commission, U.S., 317, 318, 417

  Marshall, George Catlett, 22, 23, 25, 68, 169, 255, 263, 267, 268, 294, 311, 342, 347, 388, 439, 506, 509, 558, 578, 609, 613

  aid to Allies opposed by, 61, 65, 66, 70, 261

  and attack on Pearl Harbor, 288

  attitude of, toward subordinates, 24

  Bulge and, 564

  Casablanca Conference and, 404–5

  cross-Channel plan and, 342–45, 348

  at FDR’s funeral, 615

  on FDR’s style, 24, 349

  independent armored force favored by, 52

  on Joint Chiefs of Staff, 305

  Lash-CIC incident and, 421

  North Africa invasion and, 348–49, 389

  Overlord command and, 478

  second front and, 342–45

  segregation in military and, 423

  Marshall, Katherine, 388, 572, 613

  Martel, Thierry de, 69–70

  Martha, Crown Princess of Norway, 10, 149–54, 198, 201, 241–42, 244, 255, 263, 278, 284, 306, 307, 335, 336, 354–55, 360, 378, 390, 399, 439, 466, 502, 512, 549, 573, 595

  Mayrant, 234, 386

  Mead, James, 558–59

  media:

  destroyers deal press conference and, 147–48

  FDR’s physical disability and, 586–587

  FDR’s relationship with, 25–27

  Hopkins criticized by, 458–59

  women reporters and, 617–18

  Mein Kampf (Hitler), 253

  Menefee, Selden, 444

  Mercer, Carroll, 375

  Mercer, Lucy P., 10, 19–20, 98, 120, 181, 207, 220, 375, 378, 504, 574

  Anna Roosevelt’s relationship with, 519–20, 611, 631–32

  Baruch’s recollection of, 499–500

  described, 375

  FDR’s secret meetings with, 433–35, 499–500, 517–21, 542, 561–62, 591–92, 598, 600–602, 630

  marriage of, 376–77

  Shoumatoff and, 433–34, 542

  at Warm Springs, 561–62, 598, 600–602

  watercolor of FDR and, 630–31

  Mercer, Minnie, 375, 435

  Mercer, Violetta, 435, 591

  Messenger, The, 161

  Mexico, 426

  Middletown in Transition (Lynd and Lynd), 42

  Midway, Battle of, 341–42, 468, 610

  “military-industrial complex,” 610

  Milner, Lucille, 566

  Milwaukee Sentinel, 220

  Minidoka internment camp, 428

  Minneapolis Tribune, 220

  Mitchell, Clarence, Jr., 165

  Mitchell, Margaret, 218

  “mixed” economy, 625–26

  Mobile, Ala, 444, 522, 539

  Mobile Register, 444

  Moffat, Jay, 145–46

  Moley, Raymond, 20, 78, 202

  Molotov, Vyacheslav, 343–45, 348, 577

  Monroe Auto Equipment strike (1942), 441

  Montgomery, Bernard L, 389, 437, 506

  Montgomery-Ward strike (1944), 498

  Montrell, Larry, 513

  Moon Is Down, The (Steinbeck), 359

  Moore, Virginia, 377–78

  Moran, Lord, 213, 301, 305–8, 310, 313, 317, 348, 402, 407, 408, 439, 460, 474–76, 575–77 580, 585, 621

  Morgenthau, Elinor, 208, 281, 307, 399, 543, 546, 561, 592, 599–600, 604, 619

  Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 14, 48, 65, 66, 142, 155, 214, 261, 307, 399, 546, 592, 600, 604

  attempted resignation of, 159–60

  Belgian gold reserves and, 22, 30–31

  Churchill observed by, 308

  Darlan deal and, 390

  ER’s British tour and, 382

  FDR’s last meeting with, 601

  FDR’s White House shelter and, 299

  German plan of, 544

  on Reuther plan, 197

  at second Quebec Conference, 543–44

  tax legislation and, 157, 158

  War Refugee Board and, 515

  Washington Star cartoon described by, 265

  Morgenthau, Henry III, 151, 155

  Morison, Samuel E., 387, 465

  Morocco, Sultan of, 405–6

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 461

  Murray, Pauli, 353–54, 447

  Murray, Philip, 441, 443

  Mussolini, Benito, 67, 100, 254, 309, 449

  “My Day” (newspaper column), 29, 36, 136, 157, 201, 214, 281, 391, 444–45, 463, 507, 541

  call for tolerance in, 296–97

  Churchill in, 300, 543

 
FDR’s health in, 492

  GI Bill in, 512

  Hickok’s idea for, 221

  Hopkins in, 87

  labor-management conflict in, 226

  “no foreign wars” pledge in, 187–188

  postwar concerns in, 468

  Republicans criticized in, 202

  success and popularity of, 209, 593–594

  White House in, 616–17

  women’s work in, 556–57, 622

  Myer, Dillon, 428, 430

  Nakashima, Ted, 323

  Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 347

  Nation, The, 18, 54, 156, 175, 227, 232, 390

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 18, 162, 165, 168, 228, 328, 330, 352, 567

  National Defense Advisory Commission (NDAC), 54–57, 183, 231

  national inspection tour (1942), 360–371

  Boeing plant in, 366–67

  Douglas plant in, 368–69

  “Eleanor Clubs” and, 370–71

  Great Lakes Naval Training Station in, 365–66

  Henry Ford and, 363–64

  radio address on, 372–73

  Teal launching and, 367–68

  Twin Cities cartridge plant in, 366

  National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) (1935), 227, 482

  National Recovery Act (NRA) (1933), 55, 57, 162

  national service, 331–32, 427, 486

  National Service Act (1945), 485, 589

  National Youth Administration (NYA), 38, 140, 163, 236, 247, 250, 325, 482

  Naval Academy, U.S., 249, 524

  Navigation Bureau, U.S., 328–29

  Navy, U.S., 166–67, 169, 262, 282, 290, 293, 328–30, 366, 523–24, 627

  Navy Department, U.S., 71, 311

  Nazi-Soviet pact, 84, 122, 253, 255–256

  Negroes:

  in aircraft industry, 330

  conscription of, 167

  employment rights for, 540

  and migration from South, 333

  New Deal and, 162–63

  universal suffrage and, 392

  see also race relations

  Negro Handbook, 253

  “Negro Manpower” (Army War College), 169–70

  Nelson, Dennis, 366

  Nelson, Donald, 315, 398, 410–12, 558, 559–60

  Nesbitt, Henrietta, 108, 198–99, 216, 275, 300, 426, 572, 573, 618

  Netherlands, 14–15, 23, 30–31, 33, 41, 70, 103, 190, 396, 403, 543

  Netherlands East Indies, 32, 265, 286, 316

  Neustadt, Richard, 606

  Neutrality Acts, 22, 23, 101, 194, 282–283

  New Britain, 405

  New Caledonia, 462

  New Deal, 18, 34, 42–44, 53–57, 60, 71, 85, 86, 88, 125, 145, 157, 162–163, 183, 191, 205, 395, 481–85, 548, 624, 626

  New Freedom, 141

  New Guinea, 520

  New Republic, The, 56, 66, 358, 395, 447, 455, 566

  Newsday, 606

  Newsweek, 35, 119, 157, 226, 383, 388, 397, 618

  New York Daily News, 25, 147

  New Yorker, 152, 620

  New York Herald Tribune, 17, 25, 64

  New York Post, 69, 247

  New York Sun, 549

  New York Times, 17, 84, 130, 140, 142, 200, 238, 272, 303, 317, 319, 320, 330, 338, 358, 395, 398, 419, 441, 448, 462, 495, 501–2, 510, 535, 572, 583, 606

  New York Times Magazine, 203

  New York World Telegram, 332

  New Zealand, 462, 463, 465

  Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 459, 577

  Nimitz, Chester, 341, 465, 531–32

  Nixon, Robert, 612

  Nomura, Kichisaburo, 288

  Normandy campaign, 511, 520

  Norris, George, 107

  North Africa, invasion of, 348–49, 384–90, 552, 610

  Darlan deal and, 389–90

  Eisenhower and, 348–49, 379, 386, 387, 389, 390, 460–61, 609

  FDR’s mood and, 386, 388

  homefront and, 388–89

  logistics, materials and, 387–88

  1942 election and, 609

  Stimson and, 348

  success of, 390–91, 435–36

  U.S. military’s opposition to, 348–49

  North American strike (1941), 230–31

  Northwest Mounted Police, 192

  Norway, 32, 70, 103, 149, 354–55

  Noumea, 462

  Nye, Gerald P., 47–48, 65

  O’Connor, Basil, 246, 424

  Office of Civil Defense, 280–81, 287, 295, 302, 323–26, 628

  Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply, 231, 232, 314, 316, 384, 394–95

  Office of Production Management (OPM), 231, 232, 260

  Office of Scientific Research and Development, 590

  Office of War Information, 467, 507

  oil embargo, 265–66, 283

  Okinawa, Battle of, 582

  Olav, Prince of Norway, 149, 150, 198, 306, 307, 399, 512, 595

  Omaha Beach, 508–9

  One World (Willkie), 470

  Oscar II, King of Norway and Sweden, 149

  Osmeña, Sergio, 599

  Ostgaard, Ragni, 152, 279

  Otto, Archduke of Hapsburg, 152

  Overholser, Winfred, 246

  Overlord, Operation, 460–61, 475, 477, 478, 505–11

  Palestine, 101, 454

  Palmer, Charles, 206, 326, 327

  Pan American Scientific Congress, 18, 37–38

  Panter-Downes, Molly, 152, 214, 620

  Paris, liberation of, 541–42

  Parker, Dorothy, 453

  Parks, Lillian, 20, 88, 119, 120, 243, 303, 335, 336, 573

  Parliament, British, 148, 215

  Patterson, Robert, 159, 168, 169, 260, 558

  Patton, George S., 52, 387, 402–3, 405, 437, 565, 589

  Paullin, James, 495–96, 602–3

  “Pay as You Go” tax system, 488

  Peace Production Board, 451, 466, 469

  Pearl Harbor attack, 197, 233, 283–97

  anti-Japanese-American resentment and, 291–92

  blame for, 293

  casualties in, 468

  Churchill’s reaction to, 290–91

  defense mobilization and, 294–95

  Dorie Miller’s heroism in, 329–30

  FDR’s reaction to, 288–90, 291, 292–93

  isolationism and, 295, 609

  Japan’s campaign after, 294–95

  “live in infamy” speech and, 291, 294, 295

  Marshall’s warning and, 288

  onset of, 288–90

  prelude to, 283–84, 286, 287–88

  public reaction to, 291–92, 294–97

  U.S. unpreparedness for, 293–94

  Pegler, Westbrook, 204, 209

  Pehle, John, 515, 516

  penicillin, 347

  Perkins, Frances, 31, 34, 53, 81, 106, 114, 116, 132, 188, 263, 264, 287, 294, 573, 586, 587, 591, 604

  Bess Truman and, 617

  day-care centers opposed by, 416

  on ER’s eyes and ears role, 28

  ER’s portrait and, 629

  FDR-Hopkins relationship observed by, 37, 88, 89

  at FDRs fourth inaugural, 570–71

  on FDR, 16–17, 46, 58, 106–7, 190–194, 203, 292

  Hull’s manner described by, 284

  1940 Democratic Convention and, 126–27, 129–30

  Perrett, Geoffrey, 218, 425, 625

  Pétain, Henri, 389

  Philadelphia, 166

  Philadelphia Inquirer, 539

  Philadelphia Transit strike (1944), 537–39

  Philippines, 286, 293, 295, 303, 316–317, 465, 468, 532, 552, 599, 610

  “phony war,” 9, 14, 44, 480

  Pink Star, 282

  Pittsburgh Courier, 165, 166, 171, 228, 247, 250, 329, 330, 522, 540

  PM, 152, 206, 291, 539, 605

  Poland, 14, 70, 122, 520

  mass killing of Jews in, 396, 454

  in Teheran Co
nference talks, 478

  in Yalta discussions, 580–82, 583, 585, 597–98

  Polier, Justine, 175, 311, 489

  polls:

  on aid to Britain, 195

  on convoy issue, 234

  on ER’s popularity, 19, 397

  on Jews, 102

  on national emergency speech, 240

  on 1940 election, 188

  on 1942 election, 384

  on public support for FDR, 209

  on sale of planes to Allies, 63

  on Willkie’s popularity, 182

  on women in careers, 623

  on women in war work, 556

  Popular Front, 83

  “portal to portal” pay, 443–44

  Port Chicago, Ca., 523–24

  Portland Press Herald, 413

  Portugal, 23, 103, 104

  Poston internment camp, 514

  Potomac, 82–83, 113, 115, 153, 263, 284, 473

  President’s Advisory Committee on Political Refugees (PAC), 104, 172–73, 174

  President’s House, The (Seale), 305

  prices, price controls, 339–40, 355, 395

  farm, 359

  legislation on, 316, 340, 359

  see also Office of Price Administration

  Prince of Wales, 263–67

  “Psyche” (Moore), 377–78

  Pyle, Ernie, 508, 511

  Quanza, 174

  “quarantine” speech, 22–23

  Quebec Conference, first (1943), 456–462

  Quebec Conference, second (1944), 542–46

  Quill, Michael, 256

  Quincy, 574, 575, 576, 583, 584

  race relations:

  achievements in, 540, 626–27

  Addsco shipyard riots and, 444, 539

  anti-lynching law and, 163–65

  Belle Isle riots and, 445

  black vote and, 164–65

  defense mobilization and, 246–53, 330–31, 333, 540

  discrimination in armed forces and, 165–71, 421–44, 565–68, 626–27

  Early and, 163–64, 167–68, 171

  ER and, 370–71, 522–23

  Executive Order 8802 and, 252–53, 538, 539, 541

  Executive Order 9066 and, 322

  Executive Order 9981 and, 627

  FDR and, 163–65, 168–69, 171, 447

  FEPC and, 537–41

  Ford strike and, 227–28

  Forrestal memo and, 523

  in Great Britain, 382–83, 392

  NAACP and, 18, 162, 165, 168, 228, 328, 330, 352, 567

  Navy and, 166–67, 169, 328–30, 366, 523–24, 627

  New Deal and, 162–63

  1942 election and, 384

  Philadelphia Transit strike and, 537–539, 541

  Port Chicago tragedy and, 523–24

  proposed March on Washington and, 247–53, 627

  public-transit order and, 521–23

  “right to fight” and, 165

  Smith-Connally Act and, 539

  Sojourner Truth project and, 326–328

  Stimson and, 169–70, 172, 382–83, 422, 423, 446, 566–67

  Waller controversy and, 351–54

  war industries and, 330–31, 365–66, 370, 540