Roosevelt (136 page)

Labor, Department of,
196
,
465

Labor Committee (House),
40

Labor-management conference,
196

Labor party, American,
277
,
281

Labor Production Division. See War

Production Board

La Follette, Robert M.,
47
,
426

La Follette, Robert M., Jr.,
47

La Guardia, Fiorello,
41
,
116
,
124
,
275
,
491-492
,
501
,
525

Lahey, Frank,
449

Lamon Bay,
203

Lampell, Millard,
604

Land, Emory S.,
191
,
245
,
452
,
565

Landon, Alfred M.,
38
,
356
,
528

Lane, Arthur Bliss,
535

Langley
, U.S.S.,
223

Lash, Joseph,
4
,
177
,
185

Laski, Harold,
551
,
565

Latin America,
56
,
100
,
163-164
,
253
,
307
,
378
,
385
,
514
.
See also
Central America; South America

Latta, Maurice,
451

Lattimore, Owen,
83

Latvia,
15
,
413

Laval, Pierre,
285
,
287
,
293

Lawrence, Ernest O.,
251

League of Nations,
47
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
358
,
361
,
427
,
428
,
515
,
516
,
526
,
567
,
568

Leahy, William D.,
64-65
,
286
,
287
,
302
,
402
,
406
,
447
,
452
,
469
,
488
,
489
,
490
,
493
,
494
,
496
,
507
,
521
,
530
,
554
,
562
,
565
,
568
,
572
,
573
,
594

LeHand, Missy,
8
,
50
,
56
,
59
,
60
,
122
,
390
,
489

Lehman, Herbert,
268
,
275
,
277
,
502
,
513

Leiserson, William M.,
338

Lemnos, occupied by the British,
15

Lend-Lease,
25-29
,
41
,
43-49
,
50
,
57
,
58
,
65
,
73
,
83
,
84
,
88
,
89
,
118
,
126
,
148
,
152
,
247-248
,
300
,
406
,
429
,
520
,
604

Lenin,
551
,
571

Leningrad,
143
,
228
,
446

Lerner, Max,
358
,
421

Lewis, John L.,
5
,
52
,
55
,
68
;
117
,
177
.
194
,
195
,
196
,
260
,
263
,
335
,
336
,
337
,
341
,
349
,
533
,
560
.
594

Lexington
, U.S.S.,
222
,
225

Leyte,
527
,
539
,
540
,
558

Leyte Gulf, Battle of,
541

Liaotung Peninsula,
574

Liberia,
266
,
324

Liberty
(magazine),
103

Liberty ships,
245
,
469

Libya,
64
,
72
,
75
,
173
,
180
,
229
,
285
,
310
,
311

Life
(magazine),
307
,
533

Lilienthal, David,
119
,
300
,
301-302
,
305
,
431
,
432
,
562

Lincoln, Abraham,
164
,
194
,
216
,
316
,
494
,
604
,
605
,
606
,
608
; quoted by F.D.R.,
107
,
492
.
507

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow,
66

Lindbergh, Charles A.,
46
,
48
,
211

Lingayen Gulf,
203

Linlithgow, Marquis of,
380

Lippmann, Walter,
112
,
119
,
216
,
295
,
516

Liscombe Bay
, U.S.S.,
444

Literature, during the war,
272
,
273

Lithuania,
15
,
413
,
567

Little Steel wage formula,
341

Litvinov, Maxim,
93
,
183-184
,
185
,
229
,
232
,
373
,
399

Livadia Palace,
564
,
566
,
576

Ljubljana Gap,
479

Lloyd George, David,
76
,
77
,
187
,
428
,
552

Lodge, Henry Cabot,
361
,
426

London, bombing of,
9
,
10
,
29
,
78
,
558
London Poles.
See
Poland: government-in-exile

“Lonesome Train, The” (Lampell),
604

Long, Breckenridge,
398
,
441

Long, Huey,
68
,
426
,
500
,
603
,
604

Loomis, Alfred,
345

Los Alamos,
456
,
558

Los Angeles,
270
; “zoot-suit” riots,
388

Lost Horizon
(Hilton),
224

Lothian, Lord,
24
,
74

Louisville
Courier Journal
,
264

Lovett, Robert,
39

Low Countries.
305
,
519
.
See also
Belgium; Netherlands

Lubell, Samuel,
451

Lubin, Isador,
193
,
460

Lublin Poles.
See
Polish Committee of National Liberation

Lucas, Scott,
532

Luce, Clare Booth,
307-308
,
606

Luce, Henry,
307
,
357
,
512
,
533
,
603

Luftwaffe,
9
,
10
,
282
,
446

Luxembourg,
185
,
365

Luzon,
202-205
,
207
,
445

Lwow,
536
,
570

MacArthur, Douglas A.,
213
,
272
; advocates bringing Russia into war against Japan,
188-189
,
207
; advo­cates Pacific First strategy,
188-189
,
242
,
491
; appointment of, to F.D.R.’s credit,
350
; attempts of, to defend the Philippines,
206-209
; awarded Congressional Medal of Honor,
209
; charges of neglect of forces of,
206
,
211
,
491
,
527
; Churchill offers Brit­ish fleet for,
519
; commander of U.S. forces in the Philippines,
109
,
150
; counteroffensive of,
283
,
284
,
382
,
444
,
485
,
487
,
527
,
540
; disagreement with Nimitz over Pacific strategy,
485
,
488-489
,
490
; friend of Quezon,
206
; leaves the Philippines,
209
; let­ters of, agreeing with New Deal criticism, published,
501
; love of the Philippines,
206
; meeting with F.D.R.,
488-489
,
490
; military career of,
205
; offers to go to Washington to appeal for aid,
485
; promises to return to the Philippines,
209
,
485
; and proposal for neutralization of the Philippines,
208
; relations with F.D.R.,
205
,
603
; reports on effec­tiveness of Japanese air attack,
202
; Republican leaders rumored to be in secret communication with,
400
; and Republican presidential nomination,
499
,
500-501
; returns to the Philip­pines,
527
; F.D.R. discusses possibil­ity of turning over forces of, to the British,
182
; F.D.R. writes to, on movements of Japanese fleet,
226
; support for,
176
,
182
,
204
,
206-208
,
284
; triumphs of, help F.D.R.’s 1944 campaign,
528
; Willkie’s demand to bring back, to unify defense effort,
274

McCloy, John J.,
39
,
216
,
491

McCormack, John W.
40
,
120
,
307
,
433
,
456
,
581

McCormick, Anne O’Hare,
611

McCormick, Robert R.,
39
,
45
,
132
,
212
,
275
,
358
,
421

McCrea, John,
402

McDuffie, Lizzie,
599

McIntire, Ross T.,
22
,
36
,
143
,
214
,
270
,
316
,
448
,
449
,
488
,
490
,
600
,
602

McIntyre, Marvin,
9
,
265
,
390
,
447
,
462

McKay, Dorothy,
59

McKellar, Kenneth,
427
,
432
,
435
,
437

Mackenzie King, William Lyon,
62
,
140
,
335
,
457

MacLeish, Archibald,
24
,
35
,
91
,
122
,
254
,
266
,
296
,
384
,
389
,
390
,
553

McMahon, Brien,
533

Macmillan, Harold,
320
,
321
,
322

McNary, Charles,
37
,
164

McNutt, Paul V.,
265
,
334
,
335
,
337
,
432
,
452
,
460
,
504

McWilliams, Joseph E.,
453

M-9 electrical director,
345

MAB.
See
Combined Munitions Assignments Board

Mackinac Island conference,
400
,
428-429
,
510

Maginot Line,
474

Maine,
86
,
131
,
490

Maisky, Ivan M.,
102
,
111
,
373
,
399
,
565
,
611

Make This the Last War
(Straight),
360

Makin,
443

Malay Barrier,
203
,
209
,
223

Malaya,
20
,
158
,
165
,
182
,
201
,
203
,
204
,
211
,
240
,
444

Malaya
, H.M.S.,
64

Malta,
311
,
394
,
416
,
558
,
565

Manchuria,
19
,
20
,
79
,
545
,
574
,
575
,
576
,
577

Mandated Islands,
443

Manhattan Engineering District,
251

Manhattan Project,
456

Manila,
164
,
175
,
203
,
206
,
268
,
565
,
596

Mann, Thomas,
358

Manpower,
246
,
332
,
334-338
,
461
,
560
,
593
.
See also
Labor

Mao Tse-tung,
533
,
542
,
543

Mare Island Navy Yard,
270

Mareth Line,
329

Mariana Islands,
444
,
485
,
486-487
,
488
,
489
,
540
,
558

Marianas, Battle of the,
486-487
,
540

Maritime Commission,
25
,
191
,
245

Markop oil fields,
308

Marrakesh,
324

Marriage rate,
461

Marsala,
382

Marshall, George C: accused by F.D.R. of ignorance about ships,
201
; ad­vocates decisive action against Japan,
242
; advocates raising Eisenhower to rank of full general,
319
; advocates a unified command of all forces in the Pacific,
181-182
,
201
; appointment of, reflects F.D.R.’s perspicacity,
350
; asked to evaluate situation in the Middle East,
89
; assigned to Joint Chiefs of Staff,
183
; and atomic-bomb project,
251
,
456
,
558
; attempts to stave off war,
156
; cabled in Lon­don by F.D.R. to “put Hopkins to bed,”
221
; at Cairo Conference,
402
,
407
; character and personality,
85
; and command of
OVERLORD,
415
,
494
; complains of delays in learning of F.D.R.’s decisions,
453
; composes message to Stalin on Anglo-American global strategy,
371
; concerned about railroad strike threat,
338
; consults Eisenhower for plan of action in the Pacific,
204
; cool to Churchill’s of­fer of planes for attack on Japan,
519
; and cross-channel attack,
128
,
229
,
230-231
,
233
,
234
,
235
,
236
,
242
,
287
,
316
,
317-318
,
369-370
,
371
,
392
,
393
,
410
,
415
,
477
,
545
; decision maker of Joint Chiefs of Staff,
452
; and estab­lishment of base in Australia,
186
,
204
; fears that F.D.R. is swayed by Churchill’s eloquence,
180
; hated by draftees,
134
; insists on preserving II Corps as a fighting unit,
329
; intercepted Japanese war message not relayed to,
161
; and MacArthur,
176
,
182
,
204
,
207
,
208
; at meeting on negotiations with Portugal,
352
; meetings with Churchill,
230-231
,
236
,
314
,
369
,
371
,
389
; meeting with Molotov,
232-233
,
234
; on need for weapons research and training,
343
,
344
; and North African operation,
287-288
,
290
,
291
,
302
,
317
; not in­vited to Honolulu Conference,
490
; persuades F.D.R. not to commission La Guardia,
491
; plans for possibility of attack on the U.S.,
86
; prepares to abandon the Philippines,
207
; promises Churchill tanks for the Mid­dle East,
236
; proposal of, to increase army strength, not approved,
246
; protégé of General Pershing,
85
; re­quested to make study of use of colleges for war purposes,
464
; re­views troop dispositions with F.D.R.,
163
; F.D.R. complains to, on issue of de Gaulle,
481
; on F.D.R.’s staff throughout his tenure,
494
; Stilwell’s reports to, on China,
375
,
378
,
542
; succeeds in retaining Dill in Wash­ington,
189
; supports Stilwell,
376
,
377
,
544
; sworn in as Army Chief of Staff,
85
; tries to convince F.D.R. of impregnability of Hawaii,
90
; urges F.D.R. to ask Congress for extension of selective service,
120
; warns against Chennault plan,
377
; at White House correspondents’ dinner,
594
; at Yalta Conference,
565