Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 17
Brownell, Herbert, Jr.
Dewey and, 49, 57, 58, 79–80, 82, 111, 112, 113, 115, 182, 186, 234, 326, 327, 330
Republican National Committee/rebuilding party and, 57, 58, 80
Republican National Convention/Dewey and, 133, 136, 137
on Truman, 58
Brown, Thomas W., 194
Broyhill, J. E., 271
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,” 54
Buchanan, Thomas, 172
Buchenwald, 5–6, 191–92
Burdick, Grace, 283
Burke, Joseph, Mr./Mrs., 322
Burton, John, 282
Business Week, 171
Butler, Carrie, 119
Byrd, Harry, 73
Byrnes, James, 37, 38–39
C
Canham, Erwin, 143
Capote, Truman, 297
Carr, Albert, 254
Carroll, James J., 258
Carter, Jimmy, 352
Carter, John Franklin, 296, 312, 314
Carter, Oliver J., 251, 252
Central Intelligence Agency creation, 75
Chambers, Whittaker
background, 87, 199
as former communist/spy, 87, 199
Hiss/family and, 199, 203, 204
HUAC/naming names, 199, 203, 222
Chaplin, Charlie, 120
Chapman, Oscar, 125, 171, 226, 229, 296
Charleston News and Courier, 238
Chiang Kai-shek, 344, 353
Chicago Daily News, 119, 331
Chicago Daily Tribune, 125, 134, 204, 293, 294, 337, 342
Chicago Sun, 42
Chicago Times, 313, 323
Childs, Marquis, 31, 148, 226, 341
China and communism, 155
Christian Science Monitor, 48, 143
Chrysler, Walter, 273
Churchill, Winston
Dewey and, 112, 181
“Iron Curtain” speech, 35
losing power (1945), 7
Potsdam Conference and, 7
Wallace and, 69–70
civil rights
DNC platform and, 178
federal employment and, 179
McGrath and, 101–2
military desegregation, 178–80
southern white Democrats reaction/revolt and, 72, 73, 100–102, 147–48, 149–50, 179–80
State of the Union (1948) and, 99, 195
Truman and, 72–73, 99, 100, 195, 286, 305, 308–11, 347
Truman speech/Harlem, 308–11
Civil Rights Act (1964), 352
Civil War (US), 28, 179, 188–89
Clark, Tom, 15, 20, 68, 171, 255
Clay, Lucius, 102–3, 104–5, 141, 155
Clayton, Earle S., 271
Cleveland, Grover, 47
Clifford, Clark
background/description, 77, 174
election day/night and, 325
exhaustion/skin rash and tour, 247, 258
Jewish homeland/Palestine and, 23, 77, 105, 106–8, 109, 289, 290–91
Truman and, 23, 41, 59, 61, 75, 77, 95, 105, 106–8, 109, 126, 173, 174, 177, 178, 213, 214, 224, 226, 227, 247, 267, 270–71, 296, 299, 300, 336
wife, 325
See also “Politics of 1948, The” memo (Rowe)
Clifford-Elsey Report, 61
Cold War
beginnings, 25
Dewey on, 83, 296
“Iron Curtain” speech, 35
military action fears (1948), 105
naming, 64
Truman speech on (1948), 104
in US following Hiss indictment, 353
Wallace and, 86, 91, 93
Washington elite and, 86
See also Germany/Berlin
comic book as Truman biography, 278
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 232–33, 346
communism
arrests/Communist Party USA members, 162, 198
China and, 155
Isacson/passport and, 120
“loyalty” board creation, 74–75
National Security Council memo on, 203–4
postwar expansion fears, 59–66
spy scandal, Canada and, 75
See also HUAC hearings; Red Scare; specific countries; specific groups/individuals
Communist Party USA
arrests of leaders and, 162, 198
HUAC hearings and, 198
Wallace group connections, 87, 88
See also specific individuals
Congress. See Eightieth Congress
Connally, Tom, 74, 268–69
Connelly, Matthew, 12, 171, 216, 254
Coolidge, Calvin, 52, 80, 89, 145, 322
Crosby, Bing, 210
Crouch, Jean, 188
Currie, Lauchlin, 198, 200
D
Daily Express, 316
Daniel, Clifton, 316
Daniels, Jonathan, 255, 269
Darwin, 170
Dawson, Donald, 254–55, 302
Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond (Washington-Williams), 352
De Gasperi, Alcide, 112
Democratic National Committee (1948 campaign), 175–77, 178
Democratic National Convention (1944/Chicago), 36
Democratic National Convention (1948)
Liberty Bell/pigeons and, 150–51
mood/conditions, 143, 146
southern Democrats protests and, 147–48, 149–50
television and, 143, 146, 148
Truman acceptance speech, 148–50, 177
Democratic Record (radio show), 278
Dennis, Eugene, 88, 162, 198
Dennison, Robert, 126
Denver Post, 341
Department of Defense reorganization, 75
Depression, 8–9, 11, 52, 53–54, 169, 191, 232
de Rochemont, Louis, 185
Detroit News, 162
“Dewey Defeats Truman” headline, 337, 342
Dewey, Frances
home (late 1920s/early 1930s), 52
husband’s presidential campaign and, 183, 234, 238, 283, 293, 318, 333
midterm elections (1946) and, 47
Republican National Convention and, 136, 137
Dewey Story, The, 185, 279
Dewey, Thomas
after 1948 election/death, 350–51
Annie (mother), 137, 157, 319–20, 322
description/personality traits, 48, 49, 51, 53, 56, 139, 197, 235, 236, 281–82
FDR and, 183
on GOP split, 348
midterm elections (1946) and, 42, 47–48
presidential campaign (1939/1940), 55–56
presidential campaign (1944), 57
on presidential hopefuls, 58, 351
presidential talk around (1946), 48–49, 50–51
residences/offices, 49
Robert Taft and, 18
Roosevelt, Theodore and, 48, 56–57
social programs and, 81
on Truman/presidency, 57–58
views, 49, 50, 81
winning election/reelection (New York governor), 48, 56
Dewey, Thomas childhood/background
Brownell’s campaign and, 52–53
coming-of-age era, 52
family and, 51–52
as hero/celebrity, 54, 55
law/as prosecutor, 52, 53, 54–55
music and, 52
Republican Party significance and, 50–51
Roosevelt, Theodore and, 51, 52
run for New York governor (1938), 55
Young Republican Club and, 52
Dewey, Thomas presidential run/general election
advertising agency, 185–86
on Berlin, 157–58, 184
black vote and, 195
California and, 249, 251, 252–53
campaign beginnings/Stassen rebuttal speech and, 186, 218–19
celebrities/The Dewey Story, 185
congratulations and, 307–8
contrasts with Truman campaign, 236–37
dairy farm vacation and, 181–82
data/polls use and, 182, 183–84, 185
Eisenhower’s visit to dairy farm and, 157–58
election day, 317–18, 321–22
expectations/endorsements, 183, 184, 185, 197, 212, 235–36, 246, 258, 264, 270, 272–73, 277, 282–83, 294, 297, 307–8, 320, 321–22, 325, 326, 327, 348, 349
fans and, 181–82
final itinerary/following Truman, 283, 292, 293–94, 295–96, 299–300
handshaking and, 282
Idlewild Airport dedication/Truman and, 196–97
in-house polling unit, 186
on Israel/foreign affairs, 289, 290, 291
mail from angry voters, 271
making no commitments, 237–38
managing New York/successes and, 185
money/donors and, 272–73
platform schism/Republican Party, 139, 145, 263, 299–300
platform/views similar to Truman, 231, 264, 299
pollsters/interviews and, 185–86
public appearances and, 184
staff worries and, 283
strategy/discussions on, 182–84, 236, 264, 283, 293
stumping for other Republicans, 237
team worries on Truman crowd size, 272, 282–83
train lurch/Dewey comment and, 281–82
train tours, 234–38, 252, 272, 281, 283, 292, 293–94, 295–96, 299–300
on Truman, 253, 295–96
Truman win/concession speech, 333, 338, 340
“unity” and, 236, 237, 253, 256, 283, 289, 290, 293, 306, 309
Vinson mission/foreign policy statement and, 271–72, 274
See also election (1948)
Dewey, Thomas presidential run/GOP nomination
advertising agency/activities, 111
black vote and, 97
congratulations on becoming candidate, 139–40
expectations, 111–12, 120
global leaders visiting, 112
Jewish vote and, 106
launching, 79, 110–11
as liberal Republican, 80, 81
luncheons/donations, 111
Marshall Plan and, 80–81, 83
Oregon and, 113–15
policy views, 80–81
poll on GOP candidates, 110
primary results and, 112, 113–14
Stassen debate/consequences, 114–16
western states tour (1947), 110
See also Republican National Convention (1948)
Dixiecrats
as anti-civil rights/anti-Truman, 158, 159–61, 238, 239, 246
campaign strategy, 160
consequences of southern revolt, 230
name, 158–59
platform/segregation, 159, 160–61
as political party, 158
as States’ Rights Democratic Party, 161
Wallace on, 311
See also specific individuals
Dixon, Frank, 160
Donnelly, Phil, 148
Donovan, Robert, 230
Douglas, William O., 144
Draper, William H., Jr., 287
Drummond, Roscoe, 15, 119, 235, 253
Dubinsky, David, 24, 303
Du Bois, W.E.B., 120, 163
Dulles, John Foster, 137, 138, 184, 204, 272
E
Earle, Grace, 323
Earle, Willie
accusation against, 194
mob killing and, 194–95
economy under Truman, 144, 169–70, 347–48
Edison, Charles, 172
Edwards, India, 249, 278, 337–38
Edwards, Willard, 293
Egan, Leo, 235
Eightieth Congress
description, 139, 145
“do-nothing Congress” and, 180, 227, 245, 290, 314
elections (1948) predictions and, 246–47
overriding Truman vetoes and, 127, 128
schism with Dewey-Warren platform, 139, 145
Truman and, 62–63, 73–74, 98–100, 128, 149, 178–80, 200–201, 227, 231, 232–33, 245–46, 250, 283, 290, 314,
