Choosing Truman: The Democratic Convention of 1944

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INDEX AFL. See American Federation of Labor Allen, George E., 11, 40, 61; sketch,8 All in One Lifetime (book), by James F. Byrnes, 32, 45, 49 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 43, 55 American Association of University Women, 67 American Federation of Labor, 43, 55 Arnall, Ellis G., 67, 76 Arthur, Chester A., 52 Australia, 47 Autobiography ofa Curmudgeon (book), by Harold L. Ickes, 21 Baldwin, C. B., 91-92 Bankhead, John, 79, 87-88 Barkley, Alben W., 12, 14, 17, 24, 51, 75, 86, 94-95; sketch, 5; nominates Roosevelt, 70-72 Baruch, Bernard M., 2 Bethesda Naval Hospital, 2 Biddle, Francis, 73-74 Biffle, Les, 14 Black Americans, 6-7, 12, 15, 2730 , 34, 43, 47, 66. See also Poll tax Block, Paul, 17 Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt. See Roosevelt, Anna Boettiger, John, 13-14 Brady, Dorothy J., 83 Brandwen, Maxwell, 55 Broughton, J. Melville, 75 Brown, Walter J., 27-29, 31, 48 Bruenn, Howard G., 2 Bryan, William Jennings, 69, 7374 Byrd, Harry F., 66-67, 72; sketch,38 Byrnes, James F., 4-5, 7, 9, 1215 , 19, 24, 26-34, 51-56, 62, 71-74,90-95; sketch, 26; eliminated by Roosevelt, 35-50 Byrnes, Maude, 42 Catholic church, 12, 15, 19, 28-30, 42. See also Spellman, Francis Cardinal Catledge, Turner, 42, 69 Chiang Kai-shek, Mrs. (Soong Mei-ling), 46-47 China, 19, 21, 46-47, 74 Chinese Americans, 65 Chow, Albert K., 65 CIO. See Congress of Industrial Organizations Civil Rights. See Black Americans ; Poll tax Civil War, 79 Clark, Bennett Champ, 26, 86 Clark, Champ (father of Bennett Champ Clark), 86 Cleveland, Grover, 71-73 Coca-Cola Company, 63, 89, 95 133 134 Index Communism, 15, 79 Congress, 85. See also Representatives , House of; Senate Congress of Industrial Organizations , 20, 30,49-50,54, 56-57 Cooke, Alistair, 89 Coolidge, Calvin, 16, 52, 73-74 Crowley, Leo T., 28, 30-32, 40, 48-50 Daniels, Jonathan, 8, 15, 19, 48, 53,75,92,94 Daniels, Josephus, 75 Dawson, William, 47 Defense Department, 90 Democratic party, 18, 24-25, 61, 79, 89-92; Chicago convention, 63-88. See also White House summit meeting (July 11) Dewey, Thomas E., 1-2, 10, 43, 69-70 Dickmann, Bernard F., 8-9 Dixiecrats, 33, 41-42 Douglas, Helen, 65-66, 75-76, 78,88-90 Douglas, Melvyn, 65 Douglas, William 0., 10, 13, 24, 28,30-32,49,81-82,84-85, 88, 93; sketch, 5 Downey, Sheridan, 51 Early, Stephen T., 17, 51 Easley, Harry, 94 Episcopal church, 42, 47 Ernst, Morris, 17 Evans, Tom L., 58-59 Fair Employment Practices Committee ,41 Farley, James A., 27, 63, 70-72, 74 Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18 Federal Housing Administration, 58 Ferdinand Magellan (railroad car),37 Fillmore, Millard, 52 Flynn, Edward J., 10-12, 28-30, 40, 43, 45-48, 61, 76, 89; sketch,5-6 Foreign Economic Administration ,28 Fraser, Steven, 55 Freidel, Frank, 43 Gallup poll, 24 Garner, John N., 19 Garry, Tom, 64 Germany, 77 Grant, Frances R., 16 Great Depression, 1 Grouzard, J. G., 64-65 Guffey, Joseph P., 23-24, 67, 7576 Hagerty, James A., 57, 75, 86 Hague, Frank, 61 Halsey, William F., 69 Halsted, Anna Roosevelt. See Roosevelt, Anna Hannegan, Irma P., 82 Hannegan, Robert E., 3-5, 11, 13-14, 18, 24, 27-28, 31-33, 5153 , 56, 61-62, 67-68, 72-74, 77, 80-82, 86-87, 91-93; sketch, 8-11; champions Byrnes, 35-48 Hannegan, William P., 83 Harding, Warren G., 73 Harris, Edwin A., 24, 52-53 Harrison, Marvin, 67 Helm, William P., 7 Index 135 Hillman, Sidney, 30-31, 34, 3941 ,43-45,47,49-50,53-57,76 Hines, James J., 7 Hitler, Adolf, 68 Hoover, Herbert, 69 Hopkins, Harry, 28, 31, 34, 45; sketch,27 Hopkins, Louise M., 84 Hull, Cordell, 16-17, 19 Ickes, Harold L., 20-22, 24, 4445 ,54,84,87 Ickes, Jane, 22 Jackson, Andrew, 1-2 Jackson, Samuel D., 25, 71-72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 86-87, 95 Japan, 77 Jefferson, Thomas, 64, 71-72 Johnson, Andrew, 52 Johnson, Louis, 90 Josephson, Matthew, 55 Kaiser, Henry J., 5 Kansas City Star, 51 Kelly, Edward J., 12-13, 27-28, 30, 37-40, 46-47, 50, 61, 68, 70, 78, 80, 85, 89-91; sketch, 11 Kenny, Robert W., 65, 76, 88 Kerr, Robert S., 69-70, 86, 88 King, Ernest J., 69...