See also specific individuals/legislation
Eightieth Congress, emergency session (1948)
Democratic strategy, 145
Dewey-Warren platform schism and, 139, 145
“do-nothing Congress,” 180
GOP meetings on/response to, 156–57
rumors/memo on, 144–45
Truman acceptance speech and, 150, 349
“Turnip Day” and, 150, 151, 180, 348
Eisenhower, Dwight
background/description, 142, 158
campaign to draft, 127, 142–43
Dewey and, 157–58, 350
Mamie (wife), 157
on national situation (1947), 59
election (1948)
background events/communication and, 263–64
candidates/parties (summary), 165
Democrats/Congress changes and, 339, 345
Dewey family/GOP headquarters, 321–22, 326, 327, 329–30, 333, 339–40
Dewey family voting, 318
DNC headquarters, Biltmore Hotel, 323–24, 329, 331–32, 337–38
final predictions, 315–16
Hart’s Location, New Hampshire, 322
Moscow misinformation on Wallace, 325
newspapers and, 336–37
“other” candidates, 319
returns and, 322, 326, 327–28, 329, 330–33
Roper analysis on, 143
television and, 321, 324, 325, 329
Thurmond family voting, 319
Truman 1948 State of the Union/significance, 98–99
Truman and Alabama ballot, 319
Truman campaign headquarters, Kansas City, 322–23
Truman family voting, 317–18
Truman “missing” and, 320–21, 326–27
Wallace family voting, 318
Wallace run consequences, 326, 336
warning on Soviet/Russian interference, 83–84, 96–97
White House scene, 324–25
See also “Politics of 1948, The” memo (Rowe); specific aspects/events; specific individuals/groups
election (1948) and Truman win
aftermath, 333–40
analysis of, 345–49
black vote and, 346–47
crowds/welcome back to Washington, 342–43
Dewey and, 344
media and, 336–37, 341, 342–43
pollster/mistakes and, 344, 348–49
Truman family/group vacation, 353
world leaders’ congratulations/communications, 343–44
election, presidential (1876)
candidates/results and, 189–90
Compromise of 1877 and, 189–90
elections, midterm (1946), 41–42
electoral college/abolishing resolution, 345
elevators, 170–71
Elmore, George/case, 192, 193
Elsey, George
on Bess Truman, 228
Truman/Truman administration and, 61, 95, 98, 99, 100, 178, 210, 213, 226–27, 230, 258, 267, 277, 301
Emperor Waltz, The (movie), 210
Esquire, 36
Europe, postwar overview, 5–6
Evans, Tom, 330–31
Ewing, Oscar, 24, 171, 172, 176, 178, 300
executive mansion, Albany New York, 47
F
fake news, 295
Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)
description/accommodations, 123, 212–13, 247
name and, 341–42
Truman tours/speeches and, 123, 200, 212, 214, 224–25, 244–45
Ferguson, Homer, 98, 202–3
Fields, Alonzo/wife, 151–52, 324–25
Flynn, Ed, 32
Folliard, Edward, 86
Folsom, James, 101
Fontaine, Joan, 210
Foreman, Clark, 208
Forrestal, James
atomic bombs and, 153, 154, 211, 223
background/description, 153–54
Berlin/Blockade and, 140, 155, 211
on Jewish homeland debate, 22
military/intelligence establishments reorganization and, 75
postwar communism and, 60
suicide of, 75–76
Truman running for election and, 77–78
Forsythe, Clellan, 307–8
Foster, William Z., 162, 198
France, “Big Bill,” 170
Franks, Oliver, Sir, 258–59
Frisino, Woody, 182
Fulbright, J. William, 42
G
Gallop, George, 50, 186, 321, 348, 349
Gallop polls, 50–51, 77, 92, 110, 134, 238–39, 272, 282–83, 299, 315
“Gangbuster,” 55
Garner, John Nance, 255–56
Gathering Storm, The (Churchill), 181
Gearhart, Bertrand W., 251
Georgia
political crisis/governor-elect (1946), 219
racism in, 219–21
Germany and Allied powers postwar control, 103
Germany, Berlin
Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift, 140–41, 155, 210, 287, 347
Berlin city council and, 211
fears of war, 143, 155, 156, 223, 224, 256, 287
postwar control and, 103–5
Soviets raiding US sector, 210–11
Germany, West Germany, 103
Gilda (film/atomic bomb), 36
Goldwater, Barry, 352
Gordon, Waxey, 53
Graham, Wallace, 42, 210, 320, 321
“grand jury squad,” 54
Grant, Ulysses S., 23
Great Depression, 8–9, 11, 52, 53–54, 169, 191, 232
Greathouse, Pat, 119
Greek-Turkish aid, 59–64, 65–66, 67
Green, Dwight H., 332
Green, Samuel, 220
Greenville Piedmont, 194
Grew, Joseph, 13
H
Hachmeister, Louise, 323
Hagerty, James, 164, 246, 293
Hague, Frank, 142
Hale, William Harlan, 87
Halleck, Charles
background/description, 137, 138
Dewey campaign and, 283
on midterm elections (1946), 11
as possible Dewey VP candidate, 137, 138–39
on Truman, 347
Hall, John H., 113
Hannegan, Robert, 32, 40
Harding, Warren G., 52, 80, 89, 322
Harris, John G., 263
Harrison, Earl G., 6
Harris, Willie, 190
Hartford Courant, 269, 296
Hartley, Fred, 73–74
Hastie, William, 275
Hayden, Martin, 162
Hayes, Rutherford B., 47, 189–90
Hayworth, Rita, 36
Hazard, Tom R., 182
health insurance program (Truman), 16
Hearst, William Randolph/organization, 81–82, 297
Heck, Oswald, 111
Hellman, Lillian, 93, 163
Henderson, Leon, 172
Henderson, Loy, 23
Hepburn, Katharine, 119–20
Herbert, “Tootsie,” 54
Hickenlooper, B. B., 140
Hines, James J., 54–55
Hiss, Alger
description/status, 199–200
espionage and, 253
HUAC and, 199, 200, 203, 222
Hitler, Adolf/comparisons, 23–24, 56, 75, 91, 160, 292
Hoeber, Johannes, 177, 266
Holeman, Frank, 331
Hoover, Herbert, 52, 53, 58, 80, 99, 322
Hoover, J. Edgar, 69, 88, 122, 188, 234–35
Hopkins, Harry, 267
House Un-American Activities Committee. See HUAC hearings
Howard, Charles P., 163
HUAC hearings
Bentley and, 197–98
descriptions, 197–200
names given, 198–99
Truman/“red herring” comment and, 201–3, 253, 257, 298
See also Red Scare; specific individuals
Hume, Paul, 229–30
Humphrey, Hubert H., 283
Hurd, R. Carlos, Sr., 194
I
Ickes, Harold
Dewey and, 56, 120
Eisenhower and, 142
FDR administration, 56
Truman administration/resignation, 17, 37
Truman presidential run/election and, 171, 297, 344
impeachment, 202–3
Iowa and politics, 225
Irgun, 21
Isacson, Leo, 120
Israel. See Jewish homeland/Israel
J
Jackson, Andrew, 101
Jacobson, Eddie
Jewish homeland and, 76, 308
Truman and, 29, 76, 308, 336, 338
Jaeckle, Edwin, 182, 293
Japan
Korea and, 287
Potsdam Declaration and, 3
surrender and, 3, 4–5, 33
US bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, 5, 14, 15, 34
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC (1948), 101
Jefferson, Thomas, 101
Jessel, George, 251
Jester, Beauford, 256
Jewish homeland/Israel
Arab-Israeli War (1948), 109, 210, 288, 353
Arab refugees and, 288
assassination of Bernadotte, 288
Austin incident and, 106–7
complications during presidential campaign and, 288–91, 300–302, 308
Israelis wanting US loan, 155
Jewish declaration of nation, 109
Palestinian violence and, 155
State Department views, 23, 25
Stern Gang and, 105, 288
support/opposition for establishing, 22–25, 76–77
Truman administration discussions on, 22–25
Truman views/recognizing, 10, 77, 109, 304
UN and, 76–77, 106
US public opinion/Gallop poll, 76–77
See also Palestine/“Palestine problem”
Jews
concentration camps and, 5–6, 23–24
post-World War II situation, 5–6
US electorate statistics/influence, 24
See also Jewish homeland/Israel
Johnson brothers killing black voter, 220–21
Johnson, Louis, 175, 223
Johnson, Lyndon B., 255, 283, 352
Johnston, Olin D., 192–93, 342
Johnston, Vic, 186
Jones, John C., 18–19
Jones, Joseph M., 62–63
K
Kaltenborn, H. V, 330
Kansas City Star, 294, 341
Kelly, Ed, 292
Kelly, Frank, 150, 297
Kennan, George, 60
Kennedy, John F., 41–42
Kent, Carleton, 313, 323, 333
Kent, Frank R., 246
Key Largo (movie), 210, 251
King David Hotel bombing, 21–22
Kinsey, Alfred, 170
Kiplinger (magazine), 315
Knous, William Lee, 245
Korean War, 287–88, 350, 351
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 160, 220, 276
L
Land, Edwin H., 170
Landon, Alf, 57, 97, 344
Lane Act (1795), 122
Laney, Benjamin Travis, 100
Lansky, Meyer, 53
Lee, Robert E., 240
Lehman, Herbert, 55, 303
Leviero, Anthony, 311
Lewis, Clyde, 113
Lewis, Fulton Jr., 183
Lewis, Sinclair, 296
Liberal Party hall mix-up, 302–3
Life (magazine), 125, 170, 315
Lilienthal, David, 98, 125, 223, 258
Lincoln, Abraham, 50, 97, 188–89, 317
Lockwood, Paul, 114, 293
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 345
Logan Act (1799), 68
London Daily Mail, 316
London Times, 59
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 345
Los Angeles Times, 50, 246, 269, 294, 336
Lovett, Robert, 107, 108, 289, 291, 325
Lowenthal, Max, 24
Luce, Clare Boothe, 57, 135–36
Luciano, Lucky, 53, 54
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 16, 81–82, 113
McCarthy, Joseph, 41–42
McCullers, Carson, 297
McCullough, David, 342
McDonald, John, 288
McEnery, John P., 225–26
McGill, Ralph, 315
McGovern, George, 163
McGrath, Howard I., 250, 253, 339
McGrath, J. Howard
civil rights and, 101–2
Democratic National Committee/Truman and, 102, 175–76, 177, 224, 323, 331–32, 337, 338, 342
McKim, Eddie, 125
MacLeish, Archibald, 297
McLemore, Henry, 127
McNaughton, Frank, 237
Macy, Kingsland, 202
Madison Square Garden
history, 66, 66n
Taft-Hartley bill and, 74
Wallace and, 66–67
Mailer, Norman, 93, 163
Manchester Guardian, 316
Manhattan Project, 14, 91
See also atomic weapons/bombs
Mann, Thomas, 93
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