of Social Institutions, 318
New York Citizens Committee for Kennedy, 305
New York City Planning Commission, 315
New York Committee for Democratic Voters, 280
New York Herald Tribune , 186
New York Journal-American , 236
New York Post, 271, 289, 297
New York Times, 138, 186, 217
New York World-Telegram, 150, 271
New Zealand, 30
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 79, 344 n
Nielsen, Sivert A., 342
Niles, David, 115
Nixon, Richard M., 175, 211, 244, 253, 264–65, 285, 290, 292, 293, 295, 306
Nizam of Hyderabad, 199
Nobel Peace Prize, 67 n , 341–44
Noel-Baker, Philip J., 344 n
Nomura, Kichisaburo, 225
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 213, 327
Norton, Mary, 9
Norway, 35, 94, 188
Nottingham Roosevelt scholars, 261
O’Dwyer, William, 132, 136, 157
Oil for the Lamps of China , 165
On My Own , 229
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 344 n
Osthagen, Henry, 3
Overstreet, H. A., 227
Pacem in Terris , 67
Pakistan, 195, 196–97, 202, 228
Palestine question, Eleanor and:
Committee of Inquiry report, British backtrack, 107
feels U.S. should relax immigration laws, 107
her attitude toward Arabs criticized, 130
Ibn Saud, Franklin and, 103–4
issuance of visas, State Department and, 98–99
Jewish terrorist activities, British retaliate, 108–9
100,000 visas v . Committee of Inquiry, 103–4, 106
opposes partition, 109–10
pros and cons of Palestine as homeland site, 99–102
sympathy for Jewish refugees, 98
visit to Germany, effect on her views, 106–7
Palestine question, United Nations and:
Bernadotte Plan, 128–29
British decision to turn problem over to, 110
British undermine UN authority,she attacks self-righteous governments, 110–11
complains to Marshall over U.S. position, 111
cruelty of British policy, 112–13
General Assembly and, 115
her offer to resign, 121–23
Israel voted member, 129–30
oil question, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118
partition approved, her support, 116
Special Committee set up, her impatience, 111
Truman’s recognition of Israel, her objections to secrecy involved, 125–27
UNSCOP’s majority recommendations, she urges U.S. support, 113–14
U.S. reversal, embargo on arms, opposition to peace-keeping force, 117–20
U.S. trusteeship proposal, 121–25
Palmer, Charles F., 171
Pandit, Mme., 197, 198–99, 230
Paris Economic Conference, 88
Parish, Susan (Cousin Susie), 238, 331
Parsons, Mrs. Barclay, 166
Pasternak, Boris, 276
Pasvolsky, Leo, 24, 28
Pate, Maurice, 315
Pauley, Edwin W., 114, 135, 175
Pauling, Linus, 341
Pavlov, A. P., 60–62, 64
Pavlov, Ivan P., 274
Peabody, Endicott, 323
Peace Corps, Advisory Council of, 324
Pearl Harbor inquiry, 22
Pearson, Drew, 79, 146
Pearson, Lester B., 35, 341
Pegler, Mrs. Westbrook, 150–51
Pegler, Westbrook, 25, 136, 150–51, 168, 186, 230, 235, 236
Pehle, John W., 99
Pendergast, Thomas J., 13
Perkins, Frances, 13, 44, 146–47, 309
Perón, Juan, 203
Peter and the Wolf , 183
Peters, Louise, 168
Pethick-Lawrence, Lady, 26, 33–34
Phillips, William, 156
Pilgrim Society, 31
Pius XII, Pope, 158n, 160
Polier, Justine, 100, 319, 345
Polk, Lily, 208
Pollitzer, Alice (Nanny), 237
Poll tax bills, 13
Popular Front, 81
Powell, Adam Clayton, 249, 251, 252
Pratt, Annie, 337
Pratt, Christopher, 337
Preparatory Commission, 33
Profiles in Courage , 285
Progressive Citizens of America, 79, 80, 82
Progressive party, 145
Prokofieff, Serge, 183
Purcell, Charles, 318
Queen Elizabeth , 22, 23
Raleigh News and Observer, 156, 164
Ranis, Gus, 299
Rankins, John E., 104
Rankovic, Aleksandar, 233
Rau, Sir Benegal, 187
Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 254, 294, 295
Raymond, Jack, 233
Reading, Lady Eva, 26
Reading, Lady Stella, 25, 108–9, 233, 336
Red China, 201, 271, 284
see also Cold War
Red Decade, The , 236
Reddy, John, 175
Reid, Mrs. Ogden, 342
“Report on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews,” 99
Reston, James, 25, 27, 118
Reuther, May, 335
Reuther, Walter, 139, 235, 249,