No Ordinary Time

  atomic bomb and, 590

  coal miners’ strike and, 442

  conscription lottery and, 186

  convoy issue and, 233

  on Darlan deal, 390

  desegregation in Navy opposed by, 169–70, 172

  Doolittle raid and, 341, 342

  on FDR-Churchill relationship, 345

  at FDR-King summit, 143, 145–46

  on FDR’s death, 604

  FDR’s leadership questioned by, 234

  FDR’s national emergency speech and, 238, 240

  on FDR’s return from Teheran, 479

  on FDR’s “shoot on sight” address, 278

  on Hopkins as lend-lease administrator, 214–15

  internment of Japanese-Americans and, 322, 430

  on liberation of Paris, 541–42

  at March on Washington meeting, 251–52

  Montgomery-Ward strike and, 498

  on Negroes as combat troops, 566–567

  North Africa landings and, 348

  race riots and, 446

  segregation in military and, 382–83, 422, 423, 566–67

  on Smith-Connally Act override, 443

  SSS merger opposed by, 395

  Treasury Plan opposed by, 544

  WPB crisis and, 410–11

  Stone, I. F., 54, 57, 156, 197, 227, 232, 259, 395, 398, 412, 510, 605–6

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 282

  strikes, 225–31, 628

  Addsco (1943), 444, 539

  conscription and, 230

  defense mobilization and, 224–31

  Ford (1941), 226–30

  Hudson Naval Ordnance (1942), 370

  legislation against, 230

  “Little Steel” formula and, 440, 443

  Montgomery-Ward (1944), 498

  North American (1941), 230–31

  Philadelphia Transit (1944), 537–39

  “portal to portal” pay and, 443–44

  public anger at, 440–41

  Smith-Connally Act and, 441–43

  UMW (1941), 285–86

  UMW (1943), 440–43

  wildcat, 441

  see also defense mobilization; labor; war production, war industry

  Suckley, Margaret “Daisy,” 36, 108, 119, 200, 361–62, 368, 378, 418–419, 424–25, 453, 466, 480–81, 487, 502, 552, 554, 560, 574, 598–602, 613, 620

  sugar, sugar rationing, 316, 356

  Sullivan, Mark, 25, 26, 139

  Supreme Court, U.S., 227, 309, 359, 393, 586

  Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 507

  Survey, 325

  Suspect, The, 592

  Swan Island Center, 417–18

  Sweden, 23, 149

  Switzerland, 23

  synthetic rubber, 450

  system books, 356

  Taft, Robert, 210, 606

  Taft, William Howard, 71

  Tax Court, U.S., 339

  taxes, 339, 351, 485–88, 608

  congressional legislation on, 137, 156–60, 359, 486–87

  Taylor, Camilla, 556

  Teal, 367–68

  Teheran Conference (1943), 471–478

  Terkel, Studs, 606

  Thailand, 286, 316

  They Were Expendable (White), 359

  This Is My Story (Eleanor Roosevelt), 209

  Thompson, C. R. (Tommy), 301, 309

  Thompson, Dorothy, 196, 209

  Thompson, Malvina “Tommy,” 27, 36, 127, 282, 312, 380, 392, 420, 424, 462, 467, 512, 527, 599

  Anna Roosevelt’s correspondence with, 84–85, 89, 101, 191, 279, 280, 457, 461

  ER-FDR relationship as viewed by, 528–29

  Hickok’s correspondence with, 134, 594

  Lape’s correspondence with, 299, 338, 350, 354, 458, 541

  Time, 25, 47, 52, 53, 55, 69, 231, 235, 314, 349, 351, 491, 548, 549, 614

  Times-Picayune, 49

  Tinian, 531

  Tin Pan Alley, 192

  tire rationing, 356–59, 450

  Tito, Marshal (Josip Broz), 563

  Tobruk, British surrender of, 347–48, 389

  Tojo, Hideki, 283, 284, 287

  Topaz internment camp, 428, 514

  Top Cottage, 107–8, 115, 346, 470

  Transport Workers of New York, 256

  Treasury Department, U.S., 487

  Treblinka concentration camp, 396, 515

  Trident Conference (1943), 437

  Tristan and Isolde, 198

  Trohan, Walter, 153–54

  Truman, Bess, 614, 616, 617

  Truman, Harry S., 217, 613–17, 620, 633

  becomes president, 604

  Executive Order 9981 issued by, 627

  at FDR’s funeral, 613–15

  as proposed running mate, 527, 530

  Truman, Margaret, 614, 616, 617

  Truman Committee, 217, 260

  Truman Committee on National Defense, 558

  Tulagi, 468

  Tully, Grace, 58, 117, 183, 199, 242, 244, 274, 286, 287, 290, 386, 388, 424, 505, 537, 572, 598, 601, 603, 611

  “day of infamy” speech and, 291

  FDR’s last wishes and, 612–13

  FDR’s physical decline observed by, 491–92, 493, 517

  as FDR’s secretary, 335

  FPA speech and, 550, 551

  LeHand and, 294, 335–36, 490

  1944 vice-presidential nomination and, 527–28

  Tunis, Alex, 184

  Tunisia, 391, 403, 436, 437, 448

  Turkey, 475

  Turner, Farrant, 514

  Tuscaloosa, 191, 192, 609

  Twin Cities cartridge plant, 366

  Twining, Nathan, 465

  Tydings, Millard, 128

  Tyner, Evelyn, 603

  Ukraine, 580, 599

  unconditional surrender policy, 407–408

  unions, see labor unions

  United Auto Workers (UAW), 226, 230, 327, 557

  United Mine Workers (UMW), 285–86, 440–43

  United Nations, 312, 457, 470, 587, 597

  Dumbarton Oaks Conference and, 580

  in FDR’s FPA speech, 550–51

  first General Assembly meeting of, 633

  organization of, 580

  San Francisco Conference on, 595–596, 619

  Yalta discussions of, 577–79

  United Press (UP), 25, 515, 605

  United States:

  anti-alien hysteria in, 296

  black exodus and, 333, 624

  Canada summit and, 142–43, 145–146

  divorce rate in, 623

  economic depression in, 42–43

  Germany declares war on, 297–98

  military unpreparedness of, 22–23, 32, 41–42, 48–52

  “mixed” economy of, 625–26

  national identity of, 624

  population migration in, 332–33, 624

  social revolution in, 624–25

  stratified society of, 43

  war debt of, 487

  wartime production of, 449–50, 557–59, 608

  World War II casualties of, 621

  universal suffrage, 392

  unlimited national emergency speech, 237–40, 609

  Urban League, 168, 246–47

  U.S. News, 205, 225, 313, 385, 482

  Val-Kill, 122, 209, 451, 470, 542, 586, 620

  Vandenberg, Arthur, 295

  Vanderbilt, Harold, 50

  Van Waggoner, Murray, 363

  Vatter, Harold, 333

  V-E Day, 620–21

  Vichy France, 101, 386, 389, 390

  Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, 449

  Victory Gardens, 356

  “Victory” suit, 355

  Vietnam War, 278

  Vinson-Trammel Act (1934), 156

  Voyage of the Damned, 102

  wage controls, 339, 384

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

  Wainwright, Jonathan, 303, 316–17, 342

  Wake Island, 295, 303


  Walker, Frank, 114, 132–33, 526

  Wallace, Henry, 128–29, 131, 133, 140, 487, 525, 526, 527, 530, 575

  Wallace, Mrs. Henry, 130, 136

  Walsh, David I., 65–66, 139

  War Cabinet, British, 343

  Ward, Geoffrey, 76, 79, 274

  War Department, U.S., 23, 59, 71, 157, 168, 170, 171, 176, 231–32, 261, 311, 388, 413, 562, 628

  civil vs. war production conflict and, 558–59

  Ford strike and, 227

  internment of Japanese-Americans and, 322, 430

  Jews and, 515–16

  labor relations and, 225, 227

  Negroes as combat troops and, 566

  OPA’s manpower conflict with, 395

  proposed bombing of concentration camps and, 515–16

  segregation in military and, 423

  Smith-Connally Act and, 442

  women as war workers and, 555–56

  War Labor Board, 295, 369, 440, 443

  War Manpower Commission, 364, 395, 414

  Warm Springs, Ga., 116–17, 284–87, 294, 560–64, 598–603

  Warm Springs Foundation, 307

  War Plans Division, 342

  war production, war industry:

  anti-trust suits and, 398

  brass shortage and, 372

  child-care crisis and, 416–17

  civil production vs., 558–60

  Controlled Materials Plan and, 395

  fireside chats on, 57–59, 297

  industry transformed by, 362–63, 365

  layoffs and, 557–58

  manpower shortage and, 395

  militant-civilian priorities crisis and, 410–12

  national rate of, 449–50, 557–59, 608

  Negroes and, 330–31, 365–66, 370, 540

  OPM and, 231, 232, 260

  Peace Production Board idea and, 451, 466, 469

  peak of, 557–58

  population migration and, 332–33

  postwar boom and, 625–26

  reconversion battle and, 558–60

  ship production and, 449

  small businesses and, 398–99, 559

  social revolution and, 624–25

  special interests and, 485

  tank production and, 363

  unemployment and, 399

  women war workers and, 364–65, 368–70, 373, 392, 393, 413–14, 557, 622–24

  see also consumer goods; defense mobilization; economy, U.S.; labor; prices, price controls; rationing; War Department, U.S.

  War Production Board, 315, 355, 356, 398, 410–12, 451, 466, 558

  War Refugee Board, 515, 610

  War Relocation Authority, 428, 429, 514

  Warren, Earl, 322

  Washington, D.C., 432, 540

  Washington, George, 106, 113, 189, 311, 319

  Washington Conference (1941), see Arcadia Conference

  Washington Herald, 17

  Washington Post, 17, 72, 128, 141, 149, 204, 273, 309, 310, 498

  Washington Star, 29, 265

  Watson, Edwin M. “Pa,” 14, 17, 34, 131–32, 167–68, 191, 216, 242, 248, 251, 262, 412, 473, 474, 497, 500, 506, 524, 527, 570, 571, 573–574, 577, 584

  Weaver, Robert, 540

  Webster, Milton, 247–48

  Weiss, Nancy, 163

  Weixel, Lola, 555

  Welles, Mrs. Sumner, 301

  Welles, Sumner, 22, 67, 104, 142, 173, 238, 265, 289, 301

  Wertheimer, Maurice, 396

  West, J. B., 613, 617

  West Virginia, 288

  Wheeler, Senator, 235

  Wheless, Hewitt, 340

  White, Walter, 18, 162, 163–64, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 229, 247, 248, 250–51, 352, 447

  White, William, 359

  White House:

  air conditioning in, 138

  Churchill’s visit and, 300–302

  cuisine of, 198–200

  disrepair of, 617

  ER’s departure from, 618–19

  FDR’s fourth inaugural at, 571–72

  FDR’s shelter in, 298–99

  FDR’s study in, 33–34

  holidays at, 197–200, 305, 306, 399–402

  living arrangements in, 9–10, 12

  map room in, 310–11, 463

  in “My Day,” 616–17

  presidential bedroom in, 15

  White Russia, 580, 599

  Whitney, Betsey, 154

  Whittier, John Greenleaf, 438

  Wickendon, Elizabeth, 87

  Wiesel, Elie, 516

  wildcat strikes, 441

  Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 26, 445, 596

  Wilkins, Roy, 251, 567

  Willett, Mary, 417–18, 622

  Williams, Aubrey, 250, 251, 492

  Williams, Henry, 522

  Williams, Yancey, 423

  Willkie, Wendell, 125, 141–48, 157, 212, 353, 470

  acceptance speech of, 143, 144–46

  congressional testimony of, 213–214

  conscription endorsed by, 145–46

  death of, 526

  destroyers-for-bases deal criticized by, 147–48

  emergence of, 141–42

  FDR’s new liberal party idea and, 525–26

  on Lewis, 184

  London mission of, 213–14

  1940 campaign and, 176, 182, 183, 188, 189

  polls on, 182

  selective service endorsed by, 145–146

  Willoughby, Winston, 166

  Wilson, Frank, 273

  Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, 573, 603

  Wilson, Woodrow, 23, 24–25, 41, 44, 112, 130, 141, 215, 235, 236, 588, 607

  Winant, John, 290, 391, 562

  Windsor, Edward VIII, Duke of, 192, 546

  Wise, Stephen S., 396, 454

  Wolfe, Daniel, 436

  Wolfe, Marie Stifle, 436

  women, 503, 628

  in army service, 415–16

  Catholic opposition and, 413

  child-care crisis and, 416–17, 622

  conscription of, 380–81

  demobilization and, 555–57, 622–624

  divorce rate and, 623

  FDR on, 373

  first national conference of, 557

  as government girls, 432

  layoff rate of, 557, 622

  in media, 218–19, 617–18

  polls on, 556, 623

  in postwar workforce, 622–24

  War Department and, 555–56

  in war industries, 364–65, 368–70, 373, 392, 393, 413–14, 557, 622–624

  Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), 415, 427

  Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAC), 415, 426

  Women’s Home Companion, 556

  Women’s National Press Club, 218–19

  Women’s Press Corps, 617–18

  Woodring, Henry, 23, 24, 44, 66, 71

  Woodrow Wilson, 545

  Woodrum, Clifton, 443

  “work or fight” bill, 589

  Works Progress Administration (WPA), 31, 38, 56, 87, 162–63, 325, 482

  World War I, 41, 44, 165, 186, 190, 194, 460, 478

  World War II:

  casualties in, 468, 621

  German invasion of Western Europe in, 14–15, 17

  Germany-first strategy and, 303–4

  “island hopping” strategy in, 465

  Japanese code broken in, 341

  “leapfrogging” strategy in, 465

  Pacific strategy conference and, 527–28, 531–32

  “phony war” of, 9, 14, 44, 480

  postwar concerns and, 468–69

  Soviet invasion in, 253–55

  submarine threat in, 233, 282–83, 449

  technical and scientific advances and, 347

  U.S. social revolution and, 624–25

  Wotkyns, Eleanor, 36, 39, 277, 361, 611

  Wyman, David, 102, 176, 454–55, 610

  Yale Daily News, 155

  Yalta Conference (1945), 573–85

  criticism
of, 585

  Eastern Front at, 578

  FDR-Anna Roosevelt relationship and, 588

  FDR’s entourage at, 573–74

  France’s postwar role at, 580, 583

  German reparations and, 580, 583

  Malta prelude to, 575–76

  Polish question and, 580–82, 483, 585, 597

  Soviet-Japanese warfare and, 582

  U.S. discussed at, 577–81, 583, 587

  Yamamoto, George, 513–14

  Yamamoto, Isoroku, 341

  Yearling, The (Rawlings), 218

  Yool, W. M., 267

  Yugoslavia, 233, 455, 561, 563, 578

  Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary, 152, 466

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  1. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. 2. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. 3. World War, 1939-1945—United States. 4. United States—History—1933-1945. 5. Presidents—United States—Biography. 6. Presidents’ spouses—United States—Biography. I. Title.

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