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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Editorial Principles and Practices
Chronology
Abbreviations
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XXXI
XXXV
XLV
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LIX
1945: April–December
Introduction: “We have to start again under our own momentum and
wonder what we can achieve.”
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Leaving the White House
1.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok
19 April 1945
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13
On Starting Over
2.
My Day
19 April 1945
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15
On FDR and the Founding of the United Nations
3.
My Day
25 April 1945
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18
On Germans and the Holocaust
4.
My Day
28 April 1945
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21
On the Dangers of Racial Superiority
5.
My Day
6.
If You Ask Me
30 April 1945
May 1945
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23
25
On Churchill, Stalin, and the German Surrender
7.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
8.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
10 May 1945
14 May 1945
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27
28
On the Bretton Woods Accords
9.
My Day
21 May 1945
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33
On ER’s Political Future
10.
Harold Ickes to Eleanor Roosevelt
11.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harold Ickes
21 May 1945
26 May 1945
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35
36
On the Importance of Unions
12.
My Day
26 May 1945
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On Stettinius and the San Francisco Conference
13.
My Day
14.
My Day
31 May 1945
1 June 1945
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42
Eleanor Roosevelt and Democratic Party Politics
15.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
16.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Hannegan
17.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Flynn
3 June 1945
3 June 1945
8 June 1945
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47
49
On Earl Browder and the Communist Party of the United States
18.
My Day
9 June 1945
19.
My Day
22 June 1945
20.
“Tolerance Is an Ugly Word”
July 1945
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54
56
On Being a Correspondent in Russia
21.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
2 July 1945
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57
On Argentina, Poland, and the United Nations
22.
Edward Stettinius to Eleanor Roosevelt
23.
Edward Stettinius to Eleanor Roosevelt
10 July 1945
26 July 1945
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59
60
Eleanor Roosevelt and the National Citizens Political Action Committee
24.
Eleanor Roosevelt to C. B. Baldwin
19 July 1945
25.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Sidney Hillman
27 July 1945
26.
“From the Melting Pot—An American Race”
14 July 1945
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63
64
66
On Martin Niemöller, Part 1
27.
My Day
28.
Ben L. Rose to Eleanor Roosevelt
29.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Ben L. Rose
30.
Trude Lash to Eleanor Roosevelt
7 August 1945
4 September 1945
20 September 1945
1 October 1945
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71
72
72
On the New York City Mayoral Race
31.
My Day
32.
David Dubinsky to Eleanor Roosevelt
33.
Eleanor Roosevelt to David Dubinsky
34.
Eleanor Roosevelt to David Dubinsky
9 August 1945
24 August 1945
27 August 1945
24 September 1945
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77
79
80
On the Atomic Bomb
35.
My Day
11 August 1945
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85
On the Japanese Surrender
36.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
15 August 1945
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87
Eleanor Roosevelt and Trusteeship Politics
37.
Charles Taussig Conversation wth Eleanor
Roosevelt
27 August 1945
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91
Eleanor Roosevelt and United Feature Syndicate’s Russian Assignment
38.
Eleanor Roosevelt to James Byrnes
30 August 1945
39.
Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
14 September 1945
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97
On Full Employment
40.
My Day
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41.
42.
If You Ask Me [excerpt]
“Public Health”
On the Pearl Harbor Commission and Congress
43.
My Day
44.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
45.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
On the UAW Strike Against General Motors
46.
My Day
47.
“Suspicion as Peace Bar Feared by
Mrs. Roosevelt”
Rebutting Walter Winchell
48.
“Mrs. Roosevelt Says U.S. Must Forget Fears”
49.
“Mrs. Roosevelt Speaks Out” [excerpt]
50.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter Winchell
September 1945
September 1945
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1 September 1945
1 September 1945
7 September 1945
..... 104
..... 105
..... 106
19 September 1945
..... 108
2 October 1945
..... 111
10 October 1945
22 October 1945
22 October 1945
..... 114
..... 115
..... 115
On Hazel Scott, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Constitution Hall
51.
My Day
15 October 1945
..... 118
Eleanor Roosevelt and the United Auto Workers Strike
52.
Walter Reuther to Eleanor Roosevelt
53.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter Reuther
15 October 1945
25 October 1945
..... 120
..... 120
On FDR, King Ibn Saud, and a Jewish State in Palestine
54.
My Day
25 October 1945
..... 123
Campaigning for the National Citizens Political Action Committee
55.
“Mrs. Roosevelt in PAC Talk Here”
1 November 1945
..... 125
Pushing for Full Employment
56.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
57.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
1 November 1945
6 November 1945
..... 130
..... 131
Interceding for Refugee Aid
58.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson
15 November 1945
..... 134
On Winning the Peace
59.
Founders’ Day Dinner Address, Roosevelt College 16 November 1945
..... 136
Assessing the Truman Administration
60.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
61.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
20 November 1945
26 November 1945
..... 139
..... 141
On Truman’s National Health Insurance Proposal
62.
My Day [excerpt]
63.
“Mrs. Roosevelt Hits Mme. Chiang”
24 November 1945
5 December 1945
..... 145
..... 147
On the United Auto Workers Strike
64.
My Day
65.
Walter Reuther to Eleanor Roosevelt
8 December 1945
14 December 1945
..... 149
..... 150
On Funding the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
66.
My Day
18 December 1945
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On Discrimination against Japanese Americans
67.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
21 December 1945
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Eleanor Roosevelt Accepts Appointment to the United Nations
68.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
21 December 1945
69.
My Day
22 December 1945
70.
Archibald MacLeish to Eleanor Roosevelt
27 December 1945
71.
Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 December 1945
72.
Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 December 1945
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On the American Committee for Yugoslav Relief
73.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Orson Welles
..... 168
30 December 1945
158
159
160
161
162
1946: January–May
Introduction: “When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act
to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
..... 171
“I Can Say Just What I Want”
74.
Memorandum of Press Conference
3 January 1946
..... 182
Eleanor Roosevelt’s London Diary
75.
London Diary
76.
London Diary
77.
London Diary
6 January 1946
7 January 1946
9 January 1946
..... 193
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Drafting the US Position on Refugees
78.
Minutes of Meeting of Committee 3 Group
10 January 1946
..... 202
Fielding Questions on the United Nations
79.
Memorandum of Press Conference
15 January 1946
..... 207
Eleanor Roosevelt’s London Diary
80.
London Diary
16 January 1946
..... 213
On Hopes for the United Nations
81.
Albert Hall Speech
17 January 1946
..... 216
On Jews, Relocation, and Palestine
82.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Lafayette A. Goldstone 18 January 1946
..... 219
Eleanor Roosevelt’s London Diary
83.
London Diary
84.
London Diary
23 January 1946
27 January 1946
..... 221
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The Madison Square Garden Rally for the FEPC
85.
A. Philip Randolph to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 January 1946
..... 228
Opposing Refugee Repatriation
86.
Speech before the Committee on Social,
Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs
28 January 1946
..... 230
On Argentina and Other Matters
87.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Lash
3 February 1946
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s London Diary
88.
London Diary
6 February 1946
..... 238
Recapping the UN’s First Session
89.
My Day
11 February 1946
..... 242
Debating Vyshinsky and United Nations Refugee Policy, Part 1
90.
Andrei Vyshinsky’s Speech in the General
Assembly
12 February 1946
91.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Response
12 February 1946
92.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Lash
13 February 1946
..... 244
..... 246
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On Refugees and Postwar Germany
93.
My Day
94.
My Day
95.
Speech before Women’s Division of the United
Jewish Appeal
96.
If You Ask Me [excerpt]
16 February 1946
18 February 1946
..... 252
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20 February 1946
March 1946
..... 255
..... 262
On Postwar Europe, Soviet Posturing, and Presidential Cronyism
97.
Memorandum for the President
1 March 1946
98.
Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
7 March 1946
..... 264
..... 267
“The Heavy Cost of Peace”
99.
Address to the Women’s Joint Congressional
Committee
14 March 1946
..... 271
On Winston Churchill
100. Arthur Murray to Eleanor Roosevelt
101. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray
19 March 1946
13 April 1946
..... 280
..... 280
19 March 1946
22 March 1946
23 March 1946
25 March 1946
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4 April 1946
..... 286
Creating a Machinery for Peace
107. “Mrs. Roosevelt Speaks”
29 March 1946
..... 290
Rebutting Jim Crow
108. Eleanor Roosevelt to Allen Smith
24 April 1946
..... 293
On Immigration to Palestine
109. Eleanor Roosevelt to James McDonald
28 April 1946
..... 295
Instructing the Nuclear Commission on Human Rights
110. Commission on Human Rights Summary
Record [excerpt]
2 May 1946
..... 298
On Preventing World War III
111. My Day
7 May 1946
..... 303
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Columbia, Tennessee, Riot
102. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
103. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White
104. Mary McLeod Bethune to Eleanor Roosevelt
105. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
106. Minutes of the National Committee for
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On the Proposed UN Subcommission on the Status of Women
112. Carrie Chapman Catt to Eleanor Roosevelt
7 May 1946
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On Intermarriage
113. James Evans to Eleanor Roosevelt
114. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Evans
7 May 1946
13 May 1946
..... 309
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On the Railroad Strike and the Children’s Bureau
115. My Day
116. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
117. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
25 May 1946
27 May 1946
10 June 1946
..... 312
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On the National Committee for Justice in Columbia, Tennessee
118. Fund-raising Letter
29 May 1946
..... 318
1946: June–December
Introduction: “In our haste to get back to the business of normal living,
have we forgotten to be the great people we that we were expected to be?” ..... 321
119.
June 1946
..... 328
On Women, Equal Rights, and the United Nations
120. My Day
1 June 1946
..... 329
On Stettinius’s Resignation
121. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
122. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
1 June 1946
4 June 1946
..... 332
..... 333
On United States Policy on Palestine
123. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Byrnes
124. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
5 June 1946
12 June 1946
..... 335
..... 335
On Refugees and Displaced Persons
125. Katherine, Duchess of Atholl, to Eleanor
Roosevelt
126. Eleanor Roosevelt to Katherine Atholl
14 June 1946
19 June 1946
..... 338
..... 339
Refuting Anti-Semitism
127. Eleanor Roosevelt to Peggie Wingard
14 June 1946
..... 341
On Bernard Baruch and Atomic Energy
128. My Day
17 June 1946
..... 342
Rebutting the British Position on Palestine
129. My Day
22 June 1946
..... 345
Challenging the Columbia Grand Jury
130. Statement by the National Committee for
Justice in Columbia, Tennessee
26 June 1946
..... 347
On Invoking FDR’s Name
131. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stephen Feeley
27 June 1946
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Conscientious Objectors, Part 1
132. Eleanor Roosevelt to Malcolm Parker and Friends 27 June 1946
133. Eleanor Roosevelt to Tom Clark
27 June 1946
134. Tom Clark to Eleanor Roosevelt
29 July 1946
..... 352
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Women and the Truman Administration
135. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
136. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
30 June 1946
8 July 1946
..... 356
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Declining, Once Again
137. “Why I Do Not Choose To Run”
9 July 1946
..... 359
On the Equal Rights Amendment
138. Eleanor Roosevelt to Florence Kitchelt
23 July 1946
..... 362
On Faith and Governance
139. My Day
8 August 1946
..... 363
On American Values and Foreign Aid
140. My Day
23 August 1946
..... 365
On the Irgun, Bevin, and the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
141. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stella Reading
23 August 1946
142. Stella Reading to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 August 1946
..... 368
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Critiquing Dewey, Challenging the Party
143. Keynote Speech, Democratic State Convention
3 September 1946
..... 371
On the Partition of Palestine
144. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Van Horn Moseley
5 September 1946
..... 378
Offering Campaign Advice
145. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Schafer
8 September 1946
..... 380
Baruch and Wallace on the Atomic Bomb
146. Telephone Message from Bernard Baruch for
Eleanor Roosevelt
[18?] September 1946
..... 382
On Truman, Stalin, and Churchill
147. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray
10 October 1946
..... 384
Following Up on the Columbia, Tennessee, Riot
148. Thurgood Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
149. Tom Clark to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 October 1946
26 November 1946
..... 386
..... 388
On Strikes, Big Labor, and Wage Controls
150. Eleanor Roosevelt to Hugh Sanford
30 October 1946
..... 390
On Faith and Prejudice
151. “The Minorities Question”
November 1946
..... 392
Debating Vyshinsky and United Nations Refugee Policy, Part 2
152. Statement, U.S. Position on International
Refugee Organization
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On the Republican Sweep in 1946
153. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
154. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
8 November 1946
14 November 1946
..... 402
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Women, Equal Rights, and the United Nations
155. Nora Stanton Barney to Eleanor Roosevelt
156. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nora Stanton Barney
11 November 1946
25 November 1946
..... 404
..... 405
Eleanor Roosevelt and Conscientious Objectors, Part 2
157. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
158. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
2 December 1946
6 December 1946
..... 407
..... 407
A Proposed International Congress of Women
159. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louise Grant Smith
3 December 1946
..... 409
On Recognizing Franco
160. Freda Kirchwey to Eleanor Roosevelt
161. Eleanor Roosevelt to Freda Kirchwey
162. Freda Kirchwey to Eleanor Roosevelt
163. Eleanor Roosevelt to Freda Kirchwey
3 December 1946
4 December 1946
11 December 1946
[?] December 1946
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On Martin Niemöller, Part 2
164. Eleanor Roosevelt to G. Bromley Oxnam
165. Eleanor Roosevelt to G. Bromley Oxnam
6 December 1946
21 December 1946
..... 418
..... 419
Interceding for Refugees
166. Jan Masaryk to Eleanor Roosevelt
13 December 1946
..... 421
13 December 1946
..... 423
15 December 1946
17 December 1946
17 December 1946
..... 424
..... 426
..... 427
Responding to a Vehement Critic
171. Eleanor Roosevelt to Vincent Burns
[?] December 1946
..... 431
On Franco and Stalin
172. Eleanor Roosevelt to Catherine Gallagher
21 December 1946
..... 434
On the Progressive Citizens of America
173. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. B. Baldwin
174. C. B. Baldwin to Eleanor Roosevelt
175. Eleanor Roosevelt to C.B. Baldwin
29 December 1946
13 January 1947
16 January 1947
..... 438
..... 438
..... 439
Introduction: “I feel very keenly the importance of this Commission.”
..... 441
176.
..... 448
On the International Refugee Organization and UNICEF
167. My Day
168. Speech to the General Assembly on the
International Refugee Organization
169. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Flynn
170. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clarence Pickett
411
412
412
413
1947: January–June
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Americans for Democratic Action, Part 1
177. “Liberals Look Ahead for Gains under
Democratic Action”
4 January 1947
178. Eleanor Roosevelt to Helen Bush
16 January 1947
..... 450
..... 452
Bipartisanship and Foreign Policy
179. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Vandenberg
180. Arthur Vandenberg to Eleanor Roosevelt
6 January 1947
9 January 1947
..... 455
..... 456
Interceding for Illegal Immigrants
181. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
182. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
7 January 1947
16 January 1947
..... 459
..... 459
On the Proposed Women’s International Information Service
183. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson
8 January 1947
184. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
19 February 1947
185. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stella Reading
26 May 1947
..... 462
..... 463
..... 464
Answering a College Student’s Questions
186. Eleanor Roosevelt to Peter Lucas
11 January 1947
..... 467
On American Relief for Greek Democracy
187. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Boardman
11 January 1947
..... 468
Answering a High School Student’s Questions
188. Beatrice Hauser to Eleanor Roosevelt
189. Eleanor Roosevelt to Beatrice Hauser
13 January 1947
January 1947
..... 470
..... 470
On Communism, Fascism, and Americans for Democratic Action
190. Eleanor Roosevelt to Max Lerner
19 January 1947
191. Max Lerner to Eleanor Roosevelt
22 January 1947
192. Eleanor Roosevelt to Max Lerner
28 January 1947
..... 473
..... 473
..... 474
On Common Cause
193. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Wales Latham
19 January 1947
..... 476
Eleanor Roosevelt and Americans for Democratic Action, Part 2
194. “Mrs. Roosevelt’s Position”
22 January 1947
195. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Loeb, Jr.
January1947
..... 478
..... 479
Refusing to Speak in Toronto
196. Eleanor Roosevelt to Faye McLean
197. Eleanor Roosevelt to Faye McLean
23 January 1947
23 February 1947
..... 481
..... 481
On the Rehabilitation of Germany and the IRO
198. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
199. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
27 January 1947
4 February 1947
..... 484
..... 485
Determining the HRC Position on Petitions
200. Verbatim Report, Commission on Human
Rights [excerpt]
27 January 1947
..... 489
On Braden, Messersmith, Perón, and US Policy toward Argentina
201. Eleanor Roosevelt to Sumner Welles
2 February 1947
202. Sumner Welles to Eleanor Roosevelt
5 February 1947
..... 492
..... 493
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203.
204.
205.
Eleanor Roosevelt to Sumner Welles
Sumner Welles to Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt to Sumner Welles
12 February 1947
17 February 1947
23 February 1947
..... 495
..... 496
..... 498
Proposing Ground Rules for Committee Debates on Human Rights
206. Commission on Human Rights, Verbatim
Record [excerpt]
4 February 1947
..... 506
Diplomacy, Soviet Style
207. “The Russians Are Tough”
18 February 1947
..... 511
Questioning the Administration’s Policy on Greece
208. Memorandum of Conversation between Eleanor
Roosevelt and Thomas Powers, Jr.
209. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
25 March 1947
11 April 1947
..... 516
..... 517
Questioning the Truman Doctrine, Part 1
210. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson
211. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
26 March 1947
15 April 1947
..... 519
..... 520
On the Call for a Third Party
212. Fiorello La Guardia to Eleanor Roosevelt
213. Eleanor Roosevelt to Fiorello La Guardia
2 April 1947
11 April 1947
..... 522
..... 524
Progressive Citizens of America
214. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nedra Dalmann
11 April 1947
..... 527
On Aid to Yugoslavia, Part 1
215. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson
216. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
217. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson
218. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt
11 April 1947
28 April 1947
16 April 1947
7 May 1947
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Questioning the Truman Doctrine, Part 2
219. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
220. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
17 April 1947
7 May 1947
..... 533
..... 534
On Wallace’s European Lecture Tour
221. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. B. Baldwin
17 April 1947
..... 540
On Aid to Yugoslavia, Part 2
222. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
19 May 1947
..... 541
The US, Great Britain, Russia, and the Rehabilitation of Germany
223. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Foster Dulles
21 May 1947
224. John Foster Dulles to Eleanor Roosevelt
26 May 1947
225. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Foster Dulles
3 June 1947
..... 544
..... 545
..... 546
Education and the Perfection of Democracy
226. Address, Roosevelt College
24 May 1947
..... 548
On the Violence in Palestine
227. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
228. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
229. If You Ask Me [excerpt]
26 May 1947
20 June 1947
June 1947
..... 552
..... 552
..... 555
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Preparing to Draft the Declaration
230. James Hendrick Memorandum of Conversation with
Eleanor Roosevelt
3 June 1947
..... 556
Draft Eisenhower and the California Jackson Day Dinner
231. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
232. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
233. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Roosevelt
7 June 1947
16 June 1947
26 June 1947
..... 560
..... 561
..... 562
Criticizing Taft-Hartley and John L. Lewis
234. Eleanor Roosevelt to A. F. Whitney
17 June 1947
..... 565
Debating Cassin’s Draft Declaration
235. Verbatim Record of the Drafting Committee
of the Commission on Human Rights [excerpt]
20 June 1947
..... 567
On Negotiating with Russia
236. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chester Bryant
28 June 1947
..... 575
1947: July–December
Introduction: “Either we are strong enough to live as a free people or
we will become a police state.”
..... 577
237.
..... 586
If You Ask Me [excerpt]
July 1947
Eleanor Roosevelt, Warren Austin, and the Proposed Covenants on Human Rights
238. James Hendrick Memorandum of Conversation
with Eleanor Roosevelt
3 July 1947
..... 587
Assessing the Marshall Plan
239. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Ester R. Hill
6 July 1947
..... 590
On Faith, Political Stewardship, and Racial Violence
240. Dorothy Tilly to Eleanor Roosevelt
241. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dorothy Tilly
14 July 1947
31 July 1947
..... 592
..... 593
The United Nations and the Marshall Plan
242. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
243. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
18 July 1947
22 July 1947
..... 597
..... 597
The Stratton Bill and US Refugee Policy
244. My Day
23 July 1947
..... 599
On Jewish War Orphans
245. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Hendrick
246. James Hendrick to Eleanor Roosevelt
31 July 1947
15 October 1947
..... 602
..... 603
On Prejudice and American Fascism
247. My Day
13 August 1947
..... 605
On Federal Aid to Parochial Schools
248. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Philip McMahon
18 August 1947
..... 607
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Lobbying for the Exodus
249. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
250. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
251. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
21 August 1947
23 August 1947
30 August 1947
..... 609
..... 610
..... 610
Mobilizing to Support the Stratton Bill
252. Eleanor Roosevelt to Charl Williams
24 August 1947
..... 613
On Taft-Hartley
253. My Day
254. Albert Harris to Eleanor Roosevelt
255. Eleanor Roosevelt to Albert Harris
256. If You Ask Me
25 August 1947
28 August 1947
8 September 1947
September 1947
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Selecting the Party’s Chairman
257. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
258. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
3 September 1947
29 September 1947
..... 620
..... 620
On Humanitarian Aid for Germany
259. Eleanor Roosevelt to W. D. Kuenzli
8 September 1947
..... 622
614
615
616
619
Assessing Protestantism, Wallace, and the Truman Doctrine
260. Eleanor Roosevelt to E. Ralph Wiborg
21 September 1947
..... 624
HUAC and the Hanns Eisler Case
261. Sumner Welles to Eleanor Roosevelt
262. Eleanor Roosevelt to Sumner Welles
29 September 1947
6 October 1947
..... 626
..... 627
The Plight of the Navajo
263. My Day
30 September 1947
..... 629
On the NAACP Petition to United Nations, Part 1
264. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
265. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
266. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White
20 October 1947
21 October 1947
22 October 1947
..... 632
..... 633
..... 634
Assessing Vyshinsky
267. My Day
23 October 1947
..... 636
Defending Secretary Marshall and the State Department
268. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. Marshall Cooper
24 October 1947
..... 638
On Military Training
269. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alma Sue Emrick
24 October 1947
..... 641
Defending Freedom of the Press
270. Remarks by Eleanor Roosevelt, Meeting of the
Third Committee of the General Assembly
28 October 1947
..... 644
On HUAC and the Hollywood Ten
271. My Day
29 October 1947
..... 649
On Religious Freedom in Yugoslavia
272. My Day
4 November 1947
..... 652
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On the Rights of Displaced Persons
273. United States Mission to the United Nations
Press Release
6 November 1947
..... 655
“Mrs. Roosevelt Puts Future Up to Women”
274. Eleanor Roberts Interviews Eleanor Roosevelt
9 November 1947
..... 658
Youthful Inquiry into UN Decision-Making
275. Louis Darabant to Eleanor Roosevelt
276. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louis Darabant
12 November 1947
27 November 1947
..... 663
..... 663
On Loyalty Oaths
277. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
278. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
279. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
280. Robert Lovett to Eleanor Roosevelt
281. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
13 November 1947
26 November 1947
13 November 1947
22 November 1947
26 November 1947
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665
666
667
668
669
On Religion in Yugoslavia and Allegations of Anti-Catholic Bias
282. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. H. Kinerk
17 November 1947
..... 673
On Truman’s Foreign Aid Appropriation
283. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
25 November 1947
..... 676
On the PCA and Taking a Stand Against Communism
284. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nina Dexter
[1 December ?] 1947
..... 678
On the NAACP Petition to United Nations, Part 2
285. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
286. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White
287. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt
288. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White
28 November 1947
8 December 1947
9 December 1947
12 December 1947
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680
681
682
682
Presenting the US Position on Drafting the Declaration and Covenants
289. Commission on Human Rights, Summary
Record, Meeting [excerpt]
2 December 1947
..... 685
Reviewing the Commission’s Work with the Press
290. “U.S. Doubts Scored by Mrs. Roosevelt”
14 December 1947
..... 687
Reviewing the Commission’s Work with the Public
291. My Day
18 December 1947
..... 689
“We Are Living in a Transitory Period”
292. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frank Hawkins
29 December 1947
..... 691
On Wallace, the Progressive Party, and Political Ineptitude
293. My Day
31 December 1947
..... 695
1948: January–June
Introduction: “Needless to say, this issue is of deep concern to me.”
..... 697
Lobbying for a Covenant on Human Rights
294. Memorandum of Conversation with Eleanor
Roosevelt and Others
..... 709
14 January 1948
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295.
16 January 1948
..... 711
On Anna Rosenberg and Truman’s Congressional Agenda
296. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
297. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
16 January 1948
19 January 1948
..... 714
..... 714
The NAACP Petition to the UN, Part 3
298. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White
20 January 1948
..... 718
Defending Truman, Responding to a Young Critic
299. Eleanor Roosevelt to Larry McEvitt
30 January 1948
..... 720
Eleanor Roosevelt and the US Policy on Palestine
300. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
301. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
302. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
303. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
304. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
28 January 1948
29 January 1948
16 February 1948
February 1948
2 February 1948
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On Wallace, the PCA, and American Communists
305. Eleanor Roosevelt to Curtis MacDougall
30 January 1948
..... 731
On “The American Way of Life”
306. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsa Marcussen
2 February 1948
..... 733
On Civil Rights and Social Equality
307. My Day
308. L. C. Christian to Eleanor Roosevelt
309. Eleanor Roosevelt to L. C. Christian
9 February 1948
21 February 1948
26 February 1948
..... 734
..... 736
..... 737
On Arab Leadership and the Crisis in Palestine
310. My Day
13 February 1948
..... 739
On Karl Propper, Southern Democrats, and Electoral Politics
311. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
20 February 1948
312. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
27 February 1948
313. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
4 March 1948
..... 741
..... 742
..... 743
On Traveling as a “Private Citizen” and the Marshall Plan
314. Eleanor Roosevelt to Juliana von Nassau
24 February 1948
..... 746
Defending the UN Partition Plan for Palestine
315. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lydia Bacon
27 February 1948
..... 748
Explaining Her Vote, Countering Soviet Propaganda, and Correcting the Press
316. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alice Balassa
27 February 1948
317. If You Ask Me
March 1948
..... 750
..... 752
On Lovett and Social and Economic Rights
318. Memorandum of Conversation with Eleanor
Roosevelt
4 March 1948
..... 754
On African Americans and the Democratic Vote
319. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. Howard McGrath
6 March 1948
..... 757
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Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Lovett
722
724
724
725
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“The Situation Abroad Seems to Me to Be Deteriorating Rapidly”
320. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
13 March 1948
321. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
13 March 1948
322. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
16 March 1948
323. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
17 March 1948
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Preventing World War III
324. My Day
17 March 1948
..... 767
Greece, Spain, and the Promotion of Democracy
325. Eleanor Roosevelt Martha Mathiasen
18 March 1948
..... 769
“Moral Force” and Universal Military Training
326. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Gurney
18 March 1948
..... 771
Criticizing the US Position on the UN Partition Plan
327. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
328. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
329. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
330. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
331. My Day
332. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
333. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
334. My Day
22 March 1948
22 March 1948
24 March 1948
25 March 1948
26 March 1948
27 March 1948
26 March 1948
27 March 1948
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335.
April 1948
..... 788
“Our Democratic Ideals”
336. Address, the Pilgrim Society Dinner
12 April 1948
..... 790
Promoting the Marshall Plan
337. Address, Utrecht University
20 April 1948
..... 794
“A Rather Difficult Position”
338. Eleanor Roosevelt to Adlai Stevenson
28 April 1948
..... 798
Criticizing Wallace, Defending Truman, and Defining Force
339. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alice Balassa
30 April 1948
340. If You Ask Me [excerpt]
May 1948
..... 800
..... 802
Drafting a Covenant and Recognizing a Jewish State
341. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
342. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
343. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
11 May 1948
11 May 1948
19 May 1948
..... 804
..... 805
..... 806
If You Ask Me
759
760
761
762
774
775
776
777
777
778
780
780
On Conscientious Objectors
344. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
345. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt, with
Attached Memorandum by Tom Clark to
Harry Truman
13 May 1948
..... 810
25 May 1948
..... 812
On ER, Truman, and Drew Pearson’s Projections
346. Charl Williams to Eleanor Roosevelt
13 May 1948
..... 815
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Responding to Arab Criticism
347. Eleanor Roosevelt to Wadad Dabbagh
348. Wadad Dabbagh to Eleanor Roosevelt
349. Eleanor Roosevelt to Wadad Dabbagh
350. Wadad Dabbagh to Eleanor Roosevelt
13 May 1948
30 June 1948
10 July1948
11 August 1948
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The US, the UN, and the Recognition of Israel
351. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
352. George Marshall to Eleanor Roosevelt
353. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt
16 May 1948
18 May 1948
20 May 1948
..... 823
..... 824
..... 825
Steering the Human Rights Commission
354. Statement on Purpose of Universal Declaration
of Human Rights
26 May 1948
..... 826
Responding to Wallace
355. “Liberals in This Year of Decision”
June 1948
..... 828
Refuting the Mundt-Nixon Bill
356. My Day
1 June 1948
..... 833
The Chair as Delegate
357. Commission on Human Rights Summary
Record of the Sixty-Fourth Meeting [excerpt]
8 June 1948
..... 835
15 June 1948
..... 838
16 June 1948
..... 839
Summarizing the Drafting Process
360. Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt
18 June 1948
..... 841
Eisenhower, Truman, and Presidential Politics
361. Chester Bowles to Eleanor Roosevelt
362. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chester Bowles
18 June 1948
23 June 1948
..... 844
..... 845
Strategizing for the Declaration and a Covenant
358. John Foster Dulles to Eleanor Roosevelt
359. Memorandum of Conversation with Eleanor
Roosevelt
818
819
820
820
1948: July–December
Introduction: “I have come this evening to talk with you on one of the
greatest issues of our time—that is the preservation of human freedom.” ..... 847
363.
July 1948
..... 859
On the African Americans’ Vote
364. Proposed Article for Negro Digest
[? July] 1948
..... 860
Du Bois Meets with ER
365. W. E. B. Du Bois to Walter White
1 July 1948
..... 862
On James Hendrick’s Resignation from the United Nations
366. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter Kotschnig
367. Dean Rusk to Eleanor Roosevelt
368. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Rusk
2 July 1948
12 July 1948
13 July 1948
..... 865
..... 866
..... 867
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On Wallace, the PCA, and the Mundt-Nixon Bill
369. Eleanor Roosevelt to Roy Lokken
10 July 1948
..... 870
On Returning the Ruhr to Germany
370. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
23 July 1948
..... 873
On Currie, Hiss, and the House Un-American Activities Committee
371. Lauchlin Currie to Eleanor Roosevelt
16 August 1948
372. My Day
19 August 1948
..... 876
..... 877
Advising the Democratic National Committee
373. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
19 August 1948
..... 883
Bernadotte and the Palestinian Refugee Crisis
374. My Day
21 August 1948
..... 885
Conferring with the State Department
375. Memorandum of Conversation
24 August 1948
..... 887
On the Kosenkina Controversy and the Dean of Canterbury
376. Eleanor Roosevelt to Irving Flamm
27 August 1948
..... 892
On Loyalty Oaths and Government Service
377. My Day
378. Eleanor Roosevelt to Sabra Holbrook
31 August 1948
[?] September 1948
..... 895
..... 896
“The Struggle for Human Rights”
379. Address, the Sorbonne, Paris
28 September 1948
..... 900
On the Russians, Atomic Energy, and Palestine
380. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch
381. Bernard Baruch to Eleanor Roosevelt
382. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch
4 October 1948
15 October 1948
19 October 1948
..... 911
..... 912
..... 914
Endorsing Truman
383. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Perkins
384. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman
4 October 1948
4 October 1948
..... 918
..... 919
Finalizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Part 1
385. My Day
9 October 1948
..... 921
Women and Postwar Germany
386. Address at Stuttgart, Germany
23 October 1948
..... 924
On “Truce Enforcement” in Palestine
387. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Marshall
3 November 1948
..... 929
On Truman, Wallace, and the Dixiecrats
388. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Flynn
389. Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt Radio Program
[excerpt]
6 November 1948
..... 931
8 November 1948
..... 932
On Being Called a Communist
390. Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt Radio Program
[excerpt]
17 November 1948
..... 936
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Finalizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Part 2
391. My Day
18 November 1948
392. My Day
19 November 1948
..... 939
..... 940
The Nation, Anti-Catholicism, and New York City Schools
393. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Jansen
21 November 1948
..... 945
Finalizing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Part 3
394. My Day
22 November 1948
395. My Day
23 November 1948
396. My Day
24 November 1948
397. My Day
26 November 1948
398. My Day
27 November 1948
399. My Day
29 November 1948
400. My Day
30 November 1948
401. My Day
2 December 1948
402. My Day
4 December 1948
403. My Day
6 December 1948
404. My Day
7 December 1948
405. My Day
9 December 1948
406. My Day
10 December 1948
407. Statement before General Assembly
9 December 1948
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Rebutting the Ku Klux Klan
408. Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt Radio Program
22 December 1948
..... 975
Laurence Duggan, Karl Mundt, and HUAC
409. My Day
24 December 1948
..... 980
Assessing Russia, Europe, and Palestine
410. Memorandum for the President
28 December 1948
..... 982
Biographical Portraits
Credits
Bibliography
Index
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946
947
949
951
953
955
957
959
962
964
966
968
969
972
..... 987
..... 1019
..... 1027
..... 1043
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