Roosevelt (143 page)

Stalin, Svetlana (daughter of Joseph Stalin),
238

Stalingrad,
228
,
237
,
282-283
,
284
,
291
,
308
,
309
,
310
,
311
,
329
,
330
,
410

Standard Oil Company,
251
,
344

Stark, Harold (“Betty”),
85
,
86
,
89
,
103-104
,
105
,
109
,
110
,
156
,
161
,
163
,
183
,
223
,
296
,
494

Stars and Stripes
,
337
,
470

Stassen, Harold,
499
,
526
,
583
,
607

State, Department of,
134
,
286
,
287
,
319
,
323
,
352
,
380
,
381
,
384
,
396
,
427
,
429
,
441
,
451
,
452
,
462
,
515
,
520
,
538
,
551
,
559
,
565
,
584

Steel,
52

Steelman, John R.,
196

Steinbeck, John,
271

Steinhardt, Laurence,
112
,
113

Stettin,
565

Stettinius, Edward R.,
51
,
52
,
442
,
517
,
552
,
560
,
561
,
564
,
565
,
567
,
568
,
573
,
589
,
592

Stevenson, Adlai,
131

Stewart, Irvin,
346

Stilwell, Joseph (“Vinegar Joe”),
242
,
375-376
,
377
,
378
,
404
,
414
,
415
,
445
,
485
,
541
,
542
,
543-544
,
588

Stimson, Henry L.,
104
,
243
,
343
; ac­cuses

Senator Wheeler of near-treason,
120
; and aid to Russia,
114
,
115
; appointment of, as Secretary of War,
38
,
39
,
350
,
513
; asked to re­port on use of colleges for war pur­poses,
464
; and atomic project,
456
,
459
,
550
,
558
,
591
; and Byrnes,
364
; as Cabinet member throughout F.D.R.’s tenure,
494
; and Madame Chiang Kai-shek,
376
; consulted by F.D.R. on defense and postwar re­search,
251
,
465
; diary of,
60
,
157
,
351
,
451
; disapproves of appointment of Justice Douglas as defense chief,
194
; on discrimination in the Army,
265
,
266
,
471-472
; extolled by F.D.R. for internationalism,
526
; favors cen­tralization of control over defense supply,
53
; favors stalling the Jap­anese,
150
; eulogy of F.D.R.,
611
; favors national-service law,
432
,
433
; as head of Office of Production Man­agement,
51
,
52
; influence on F.D.R.,
23
,
57-58
; as an internationalist,
40
,
526
; on internment of Japanese-Americans,
215
,
216
,
463
; and La Guardia’s commission,
491-492
; and MacArthur,
157
,
176
,
207
,
208
; meets with Churchill in London,
389
,
392
; and new weapon development,
343
,
344
,
345-346
; opinion of Hopkins,
60
; opposed to seizure of striking nondefense industry,
454
; ordered by F.D.R. to draft striking miners,
337
; ordered by F.D.R. to guard defense plants,
163
; ordered by F.D.R. to seize and operate striking railroads,
338
; ordered by F.D.R. to seize Montgomery Ward plant,
455
; at Pentagon meeting re Portugal,
352
; persuades F.D.R. to support U.S. shelters for refugee Jews,
442
; pleads for drafting women into the Army,
461
; presses for cross-channel assault,
229-230
,
235
,
236
,
392
,
393
,
545
; presses for stepped-up aid to Britain,
25
,
38
,
45
,
48
,
65
,
66
,
89
,
91
,
101
,
103
,
180
; report of, at first Cabinet meet­ing in 1945,
560
; on F.D.R. as ad­ministrator,
351-352
,
451
; as F.D.R.’s “assistant president,”
452
; Secretary of War,
23
; sees fight against Na­zism as battle with moral purpose, vii,
272
; silences criticism by Hershey on demobilization,
528
; skeptical of feasibility of
TORCH,
287
; supports Stilwell plan,
376
,
377
; on treatment of Germany after surrender,
519-520
,
521
; supports plan to establish base in Australia,
204
; telephones F.D.R. about Japanese troop movements,
156
; threatens to resign,
182
; tries to persuade Morgenthau of value of Darlan deal,
296
,
297
; urges declara­tion of war against Germany as well as against Japan,
164
; urges F.D.R. to concentrate on business side of munitions making,
193
; urges F.D.R. to exert leadership,
86
,
89
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
99
,
109
,
133
,
151
,
392
,
393
; warned of Japan’s propaganda effort in the Philippines,
379
; welcomes F.D.R. in Washington after fourth-term elec­tion victory,
532

Stone, Donald,
452

Stone, Harlan,
122
,
259
,
562

Straight, Michael,
360

Strassman, Fritz,
249

Strikes: Allis-Chalmers plant,
56
; law toprevent striking proposed by F.D.R.,
424
; miners’,
117
,
194
,
195
,
335
,
336-337
; at one-third of prewar level in 1944,
465
; racial,
462
; F.D.R. discusses with Dos Passos,
468
; threatened railroad,
338
; wildcat strike at Los Angeles plants of North American Aviation Co.,
117
.
See also
Labor; Unions

Strout, Richard,
165

Submarine warfare: American subma­rines,
87
; German U-boats,
10
,
12
,
65
,
69
,
72
,
89
,
91
,
106
,
147
,
243-245
,
255
,
288
,
308
,
309
,
327
,
346
,
368

Subversive activities,
594
.
See also
Communism, in the U.S.; Saboteurs; Sedition trials

Suckley, Margaret,
254
,
599
,
600

Suez Canal,
406
,
567
,
579

Sugiyama, Hajime,
137-138
,
154

Sukarno, Achmed,
218

Sullivan, Mark,
201

Sumatra,
202
,
209
,
444
,
592

Supply Priorities and Allocations Board

(SPAB),
151
,
172
,
191
,
193

Supreme Court, appointment of Chief Justice,
122

Surigao Strait,
540

Suzuki, Teiichi,
154

Sweden,
308

Switzerland,
109
,
585
,
587
,
596

Swope, Herbert Bayard,
299

Sword Beach,
474

Synthetic-rubber program,
258

Syracuse,
393

Syria,
77
,
397

Szilard, Leo,
249
,
250
,
591

Taber, John,
37

Tacoma, Wash.,
269

Taft, Robert A.,
37
,
47
,
49
,
111
,
132
,
142
,
216
,
275
,
426
,
429
,
430
,
528

Taft, William Howard,
39

Taiwan,
404

Tanks, production of,
268

Taranto,
394

Tarawa,
443

Tardini, Monsignor Domenico,
152

Tass,
95

Taxation: Congressional apathy re,
257
,
259
,
260
,
262
,
363
,
364
,
433
,
437
,
510
; excess-profits tax,
121
,
256-257
,
262
,
307
; excise tax,
262
; graduated in­come tax,
257
; Morgenthau feuds with Byrnes over,
363-364
,
561
; pay-as-you-go income tax,
363
; personal income tax,
121
,
257
,
262
,
363
; to prevent inflation,
256
; reduction of personal exemptions,
257
,
262
; retail sales tax,
257
; tax reform,
121
,
257
,
560
; voluntary vs. compulsory sav­ings policy,
257
.
See also
Social Se­curity

Taylor, George W.,
264

Taylor, Maxwell,
393

Taylor, Myron,
152
,
211

Taylor, Wayne,
455

Teamsters Union,
521

Tedder, Arthur W.,
319

Teheran Conference,
389
,
400
,
401
,
405
,
406-414
,
415
,
427
,
429
,
439
,
458
,
478
,
479
,
569
,
574
,
608
,
611

Teller, Edward,
250

Tennessee
, U.S.S.,
162

Tennessee Valley Authority,
119
,
301
,
431-432
,
510
,
528

Thailand,
20
,
135
,
158
,
160
,
175
,
201
,
218

Third Army (U.S.),
482

Third Fleet (U.S.),
540

36th Division, U.S. Army,
438

This Is Your War
(Childs),
273

Thomas, Elbert,
532

Thomas, Norman,
46
,
62
,
66
,
358
,
604

Thompson, Dorothy,
275
,
295

Thompson, Malvina,
59

Three-Power Pact.
See
Tripartite Pact

Thurber, James,
272

Tientsin,
203

Tigris River,
406

Tilsit,
314

Time
,
211
,
307
,
381
,
435

Time for Decision, The
(Wells),
515

Time for Greatness, A
(Agar),
272

Timor,
202
,
209
,
444
,
486

Tinian,
486
,
487

Tirpitz
(German warship),
327

Tito, Marshal,
484

“T.N.T.”
See
Dilling, Elizabeth

Tobin, Daniel J.,
521

Tobruk,
76
,
235
,
236
,
369

Togo, Heihachiro,
225

Togo, Shigenori,
147
,
154
,
158

Tojo, Hideki,
18-19
,
135
,
146
,
154
,
158
,
217
,
379
,
496

Tokyo: bombing of,
224
,
445
,
486
,
558
,
588
,
599
; celebration of the founding of the Japanese Empire,
18-19

Tolan Committee (House),
332

TORCH,
285-292
,
300
,
308
,
310-312
,
315
,
382

Torpedo Boat
(film),
271

Toulon,
65
,
294
,
297
,
298
,
309

Toyoda, Teijiro,
109
,
110
,
135
,
144
,
486

Trade Agreements Act,
594

Trade liberalization,
129

Trade unions.
See
Labor; Unions Treasury, Department of the,
352
,
363
,
364
,
396
,
433
,
434

Trier,
582

Trieste,
586

Trinidad,
266
,
316

Tripartite Pact,
16
,
20-21
,
68
,
69
,
71
,
78
,
79
,
81
,
144
,
156