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267 index Acton, Howard, 107–8, 161 airplane production, 215n66; budget for, 36; criticism of FDR’s handling of, 35–39, 202–6; production of training airplanes, 36; public relations efforts by RWH concerning , 36–38, 214n41, 215n51 Alien Property Custodian, 160, 199 Allen, Robert, 39–40, 47, 101, 213n15; opinion of RWH, 72 Alsop, Joseph, 48 aluminum, 75; aluminum collection campaign , 1, 99–100, 125, 133, 228n84, 228n86; aluminum production, 93 America Builds Ships (MC short film), 16, 115, 223n66 “America from Dunkirk to Pearl Harbor: The Story of 599 Days” (DOI report, unpublished ), 153, 244n41 American Flag Services (Maritime Commission ), 20 American Legion, 123 American Mercury, criticism of RWH and the DOI in, 102–3 American Political Science Association, 221n34 Americanism, selling of, 81 Analysis of Appropriations (DOI), 120 anti-Semitism, 228n78 Army in Overalls (DOI film), 115 “Arsenal of Democracy” (DOI series), 120–21 Associated Press, 11, 40 Atlantic Monthly, 103 Baltimore Sun, 164, 172 Bane, Frank, 71, 132, 221n40; complaints to RWH about the DOI, 221n42 Banfield, Edward, 240n155 Belgium, 22, 27 Bernays, Edward, 221n34 Berry, Jeffrey, 2 Biggers, John H., 37 Bill of Rights Day, 106, 107, 123, 231n137 Bits and Pieces (DOI short film), 126, 238n118 “Bits and Pieces” campaign, 125–28, 131, 132 Blandford, John, Jr., 161 Bomber (DOI film [later recut as Building a Bomber]), 115 Boston, 26 Bourke-White, Margaret, 167 Brands, H. W., 154, 202 Brownlow, Louis, 24, 25, 28 Building for Defense (DOI/NDAC radio reports ), 42, 121–22, 168 Bureau of the Budget (BOB), 25, 28, 77–78, 87, 110, 135, 160, 161, 170, 180 bureaucracies, and autonomy, 6, 69, 132 Bush, George W., public relations efforts in support of the invasion of Iraq, 4–5, 193 Byrd, Harry, Sr., 37, 38–39, 62–63, 155, 190, 202, 240n162 Byrd, Harry, Jr., 240n162 Byrnes, James, 245n65 Canadian Forum, 11 Carlu, Jean, 129 268 Index Catton, Bruce, 5, 57, 91, 138, 146, 159, 185, 186, 206, 242n197, 252n10; on the criticism of FDR, 203–4; on RWH’s autonomy within government bureaucracy, 88; on RWH’s philosophy of government public relations, 30–31 centralization. See government public relations (PR), centralized structure of (per the philosophy of RWH) Chaney, Mayris, 231n140 Chicago Tribune, 35, 36, 102, 128, 217–18n109; promotion of “I’m an American Day” by, 124 Childs, Harwood, 221n34 China, 64, 96; invasion of by Japan, 25 Churchill, Winston, 23, 244n46 Civic and National Defense Exposition, 128–29 civil service appointments, and job security, 136, 241n189 Civil Service Commission (CSC), 7, 99, 105, 130, 136, 137, 181; bureaucratic categories of, 80; expansion of the jurisdiction of, 79–80 Civilian Defense Program, 1, 129 Civilian Defense Week, 106, 125, 231n136 Cold War, propaganda use during, 208n8 Collyer, Robert, 76 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 76 Committee for National Morale, 234n42 Committee on Public Information (CPI [World War I]), 4, 51, 163, 179, 227n75 communications, 2–3, 109, 141, 157, 179; advocacy communications, 2, 55; external communications, 3, 5, 6, 13, 17, 70, 103, 104, 160, 163, 174, 192, 198, 202; importance of in government operations, 8; persuasive communications, 15, 16, 83, 96, 104, 187, 192–93 “congressional government,” era of, 26 Congressional Record, 155 Constitution Day, 231n137 Contract Distribution Division, 127 Conversion: America’s Job (DOI), 167 Cooke, Morris, 66, 77, 220n24 Coolidge, Calvin, 26 Coordinator of Information (COI), 226n46 Corriere d’America, 114 Council of National Defense, 28, 51, 86 Cox, Marvin, 131 Coy, Wayne, 104, 132–33 Creel, George, 2, 102, 229n108 Crowell, Chester, 51 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 129, 239n140 Davies, Norman, 205–6 Davis, Elmer, 182, 200, 203 Death Valley, 74 Defense (DOI weekly publication [later Victory ]), 81, 95, 108, 118, 119, 225n15; controversy concerning, 70–72, 132, 221n40 Defense in Action (DOI radio broadcast series ), 66, 95 Defense Housing Coordinator, 139, 166; and the push for separation from the DOI, 161 defense production, 6, 27, 30, 34, 63, 71, 73, 74, 94, 96, 107, 114, 120, 196, 197, 213n10; buildup of, 80–81, 85, 140; campaigns to increase subcontracting of, 97, 125–26; criticism of FDR’s handling of, 35–39, 202–6; electrical needs of, 75, 222–23n62; “inspection tours” of defense plants, 45; negative tone of the journalism covering, 204–5; newsreels concerning, 43, 44; promotion of, 117–18, 119; promotion of through the “Bits and Pieces” campaign, 125–28, 131, 132; women and the “Battle of Production,” 166. See also airplane production; United States, “National Defense” policy of “Defense Report...
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