INDEX
Abwehr reports on FDR’s health
Ackerman, A. Bernard
Adams, Franklin P.
Allardice, Margheritta Stirling
Anderson, Jack
Anemia
Annals of Internal Medicine, Bruenn paper on FDR’s cardiac failure in
Archives of Dermatology
Arteriosclerosis
Autopsy
Barkley, Alben
Barnes, A. R.
Baruch, Bernard
Bear Mountain
Beckwith, E. W.
Behrens, Charles F.
Bennett, Edward
Bennett, Robert
Berle, Adolf A.
Blacks and vice presidential selection in 1944,
Blood transfusions in 1941,
Boettiger, John
Bohlen, Charles
Boone, Joel T.
Boyd, David Preston
Bradley, Robert
Brady, Dorothy
Brain hemorrhage
brought on from melanoma
cannot be predicted
as cause of FDR’s death
purported in March 1944,
slide from Water Reed unrelated case
Brain metastases from melanoma. See Melanoma
“Brains Trust,”
Brandt, Raymond “Pete,”
Bremerton speech
Brighton Beach Memoirs (play)
Brown, Wilson
Bruenn, Howard
angina during Bremerton speech
appearing in Life photograph with FDR
brain difficulties of FDR in final days
Camp Pendleton abdominal attack
caretaker of FDR’s cancer secret
decision not to do autopsy
describes anemia of 1941 as profound
diagnosis of FDR in 1944 of cardiac failure
digitalization for FDR
does not mention blood transfusions
FDR at Hobcaw
FDR not concerned about own health
FDR’s Yalta speech of March 1945,
at FDR’s death
FDR’s weight loss
fourth term for FDR
identified in story about FDR’s death
initial diagnosis/recommendations for FDR
inner circle gone by time of breaking silence
medical records to Hyde Park
medical tests for Eleanor Roosevelt
at National Naval Medical Center in 1943,
no mention of FDR’s seizures
Pacific trip of 1944,
paper said to refute melanoma of brain
paper regarding FDR’s health
personal love for FDR
possibility of publishing medical records
questions regarding reliability of his paper
refuting that FDR not “fit” at Yalta
time treating FDR
Wilson movie
Yalta summit
Bryan, Otis
Bullitt, William
Burchell, Howard B.
Burns, James McGregor
Bush, George W.
Byrd, Harry
Byrnes, James F.
FDR and Yalta
Cadogan, Alexander
Calver, George
Campobello Island
Cancer
case that Roosevelt died of
could not be discussed in public
distended abdomen at FDR’s death and abdominal
FDR’s deadly secret
FDR’s death from and New Story article
Josephson’s book of 1948 suggesting FDR’s
keeping “within family” even at FDR’s death
Massie paper in 1961 discussing FDR’s melanoma
might have derailed the election in 1944,
See also Melanoma; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, cancer; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, melanoma of
Cartoonists
Casablanca conference of 1943,
Catell, Richard (Dick)
Catledge, Turner
Cermak, Anton
Chasing Rainbows (movie)
Chicago Tribune
discussion of FDR’s health
See also Trohan, Walter
Churchill, Winston
FDR’s health at Teheran
meeting with FDR in Quebec
and Poland
proposed conference in Bermuda
and Yalta
Clark, Bennett Champ
Clark, Grenville
Cleveland, Grover
concealed cancer from public
Cohen, Benjamin V.
Columbia Law School
Congressional Record
Coolidge, Calvin
Copeland, Royal S.
Corcoran, Thomas “Tommy the Cork,”
Cox, James
Craig, Joseph
Craig, Winchell M.
removal of FDR’s wen
pneumoencephalogram on FDR
Creel, George
Crispell, Kenneth
Cross, Guernsey
Curie, Marie
Daniels, Jonathan
Daniels, Josephus
Davenport, Walter
Davies, Joseph E.
Davis, John W.
Davis, Myron Hoff
Day, Samuel
D-Day
De Gaulle, Charles
Delano, Frederic
Delano, Laura “Polly,”
“Destroyers for bases” deal of 1940,
Dewey, Thomas E.
election of 1944,
Dickens, Paul
Dickerman, Marion
“Did the U.S. Elect a Dying President?”
Digitalization. See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, heart problems of
Douglas, William O.
Draper, George
Drury, Allen
Duncan, Robert
and FDR’s medical records
Early, Stephen T.
FDR’s death
friends with Stirling
Kirklin’s speaking of FDR’s heart ailment
Life photograph of FDR’s acceptance speech
quieting Leib with FBI in 1940,
removal of FDR’s wen
restrictions on press photography
secrecy among FDR’s staff
Eden, Anthony
Edison, Thomas
Egleston, William
Eisenhower, Dwight
Elkinton, R. Russell
Embalming of body
Encephalopathy
Esperancilla, Ireneo “Joe,”
Europe, partition of postwar
Evans, Hugh L.
Fabricant, Noah
Fala
Farley, James A.
concern for third term
leaders knew “was dying man” in 1944,
presidential campaign of 1932,
Farrell, Hubert J.
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Kirklin’s speaking of FDR’s heart ailment
quieting Leib in 1940,
rumors of operation for FDR and Stirling/Lahey
Ferrell, Robert
Ferrous sulfate injections
Fields, Alonzo
Fireside Chats
Flynn, Ed
Flynn, John
Forrestal, James
Fox, George A.
Freidel, Frank
Fronczak, Francis E.
Garfield, James A.
Garner, John Nance
Garrett, Garret
Gastrointestinal metastases. See Melanoma
Gilje, Louis
Giraud, Henri
Glass, Carter
Golden, Ross
Goldman, Armond
Goldsmith, Harry S.
1979 paper of regarding FDR’s health
letter to, on removal of FDR’s wen
Gomez, Carlos F.
Graham, Wallace H.
Grayson, Cary T.
cover-up of Wilson’s illness
found McIntire for FDR
Groton Preparatory School
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Gunnison, R. Harry
Gunther, John
Gurewitsch, David
H. Patterson & Co. undertakers
Hackmeister, Louise “Hacky,”
Halsted, Anna. See Roosevelt, Anna (daughter)
Halsted, James
Bruenn files to Hyde Park
Bruenn’s paper/potential book
Roosevelt family spokesman on FDR medical issues
Hannegan, Robert
Harding, Warren G.
Harper, John
Harriman, Averell
Harvard University
Hassett, William (Bill)
awareness of FDR’s impending passing
FDR felt rotten in 1944,
Health of the Presidents, The (Marx)
Hearst, William Randolph
Heilbrunn, Jacob
Hemianopia, left
Hemorrhoid, bleeding from
Hendricks, Thomas A.
Herman, Jan K.
Hibbs, Russell A.
Hickenlooper, Bourke B.
Hidden Illness at the White House (Crispell and Gomez)
Hillman, Sidney
Hiss, Alger
Hobcaw Barony
Hogan, Bartholomew W.
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, J. Edgar
Hopkins, Harry
FDR to seek third term
FDR’s health at Teheran
FDR’s heart problems/flight to Casablanca
and Yalta
Houck, David W.
Howe, Louis McHenry
FDR’s polio
FDR’s presidential campaign of 1932,
predicting FDR to be president
Hudson, Robert
Hull, Cordell
Huth, Edward
Hyde Park
burial of FDR
FDR library/records at
medical records sent to
purported severe stroke at
Hypertension
of FDR at Hobcaw Barony
Lahey letter
no effective treatment for in 1944,
See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, heart problems of
Hypertensive cardiovascular disease
Ickes, Harold
FDR’s health
FDR might resign during fourth term
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, FDR speech to
Irwin, Edwin
Irwin, Mabel
“Is Franklin D. Roosevelt Physically Fit to Be President?” article
Jackson, Robert and Irene
Japan and World War II,
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Lyndon
Josephson, Emanuel
Journal of the American Geriatric Society
Joy, Robert
Kaiser, Henry J.
Keen, William W.
Kennedy, Foster
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Kesselheim, Aaron Seth
Kiewe, Amos
King, Ernest J.
King, Mackenzie
Kirklin, Byrl R.
Knox, Alexander
Knox, Frank
Krock, Arthur
Lahey, Frank
death of
deep appreciation for McIntire
examination of FDR
FDR and cancer
FDR not to survive fourth term-
rumored operation on FDR at clinic of
Lahey Clinic
Lake, Veronica
Lambert, Samuel W.
Lancet, The (journal)
Landon, Alf
Lansing, Robert
Larooco (houseboat)
Lawrence, John
League of Nations
Leahy, William
Lee, Roger I.
LeHand, Margaret A. “Missy,”
Lehman, Herbert
Leib, Joseph
Lerner, Barron H.
Lesesne, Benjamin
Levine, Samuel
Levy, Wayne C.
Liberty (magazine)
Life (magazine)
and McIntire
photograph of FDR giving acceptance speech
Lilienthal, David A.
Lint, Barbara
Lippmann, Walter
Lipson, Milton
Little White House
Long, Breckinridge
Look (magazine), “Truth About FDR’s Health,”
Looker, Earle
Lovell, Stanley P.
Lovett, Robert W.
Loyless, Tom
L’Etang, Hugh
MacArthur, Douglas
MacLeish, Archibald
Maisel, Albert
Maloney, Frank
Manchuria
March of Dimes campaign
Marchman, George
Marshall, George
Marshall, Thomas R.
Massie, Francis
Mayo Clinic
purported FDR stroke at
McAdoo, William G.
McCarthy, Leighton
McCloy, John J.
McConnell, Ben H.
McCormick Anne O’Hare
McCormick, Robert
McCune, William S.
McDonald, William
McIntire, Ross T.
arteriosclerosis in FDR “moderate,”
assuring public of FDR’s health during 1944 election
autopsy not necessary
bleeding hemorrhoid
blood loss of FDR in 1941,
blood pressure of FDR
Boston Herald attacking his denial of Wold
Brandt’s investigating cover-up of FDR’s health
Bremerton speech/denial of problem
and Bruenn
call to Anna at time of FDR’s death
Caribbean cruise with FDR in 1940,
claim FDR in good health until death
close rapport with FDR
confidentiality regarding FDR’s health
Congressional speech by FDR in March 1945,
death of FDR
deceiving public about FDR’s health
denied FDR had cancer
Farley’s claim that FDR was “dying man” in 1944,
FDR cutting back exercises at beginning of war
FDR martyr president who disregarded his own health
FDR’s “slight heart attack” in 1940,
flight to Casablanca and FDR’s heart
fourth term for FDR
and Grayson
Hopkins’s cancer
Lahey and FDR fourth term
later life and death of
Leib harassing about FDR’s health
loss of ability by FDR to come back quickly
medical files of FDR lost
misleading response to Life magazine of July 1944,
myth that he botched FDR’s care
only minor invasive procedures on FDR
operated strictly under Roosevelt’s direction
partial/cosmetic treatment of FDR’s lesion
possibility of withholding cancer diagnosis from FDR
press conferences regarding FDR
proposed articles with Creel
questions about his assurances about FDR after FDR’s death
quoting Hiss in support of FDR at Yalta
rebuttal to “Truth About FDR’s Health”/strokes claims
regular visits by FDR to office of
reply to Peterson that lesion over eye only superficial
seizures/strokes of FDR
shared blood examination records with Eleanor in 1941,
Teheran and FDR’s health
twice-daily “examinations” of FDR
weight loss from 1944 on
wen operation and FDR’s exhaustion
White House Physician
Yalta/heart troubles
McIntyre, Marvin H.
McKellar, Kenneth
McKim, Edward
McKinley, William
McNary, Charles L.
Means, Gaston B.
Medical records of FDR
Anna told none existed in 1960s,
Eleanor requested in 1957,
missing
Medical screenings, advance
Melanoma
brain/abdomen metastases from and hemorrhage
FDR’s malignant
five criteria for lesion diagnosed as
medical consequences of
prognosis of in FDR’s time
See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, melanoma of
Mercer Rutherfurd, Lucy
Eleanor finding out about relationship with FDR
at FDR’s death
public disclosure of relationship with FDR
Meriwether Inn
Modern Medicine
Moley, Raymond
Monroney, A. S.
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Moran, Lord
Morgenthau, Henry
Murphy, Charles
Murphy, Claire
Murray, Phillip
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
discussions about FDR’s health after Bruenn shown with FDR
FDR visits to between 1941 and death
FDR’s medical records kept in safe in
Naval Hospital at Foggy Bottom
New York Daily News
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
News Story, “Strange Death of President Roosevelt,”
Nicholson, Mrs. Jesse W.
Nimitz, Chester
Nixon, Richard
Nomura, Kichisaburo
Novak, Robert
Noyes, David
Ober, William
Ochs, Adolph S.
O’Connor, Basil
Odel, Howard
O’Donnell, John
O’Maloney, Joseph
O’Reilly, Robert M.
Orthopnea
Ottinger, Albert
Oulahan, Richard V.
Pack, George T.
Park, Bert Edward
Pathology of Leadership, The (L’Etang)
Patterson, H.
Pauley, Edwin
Paullin, James A.
decision not to do autopsy
examination of FDR
FDR’s death
Peabody, George Foster
Pearson, Drew
Pender, John W.
Pendleton, Camp
Perkins, Frances
Perkins, Jeanne
Peron, Eva “Evita,”
Peterson, Reuben
Phenobarbital
Philippines
Phillips, Cabel
Photographs, restrictions on taking
Pneumoencephalogram
Poland
Polio
FDR contracting
informing/shielding from public
outbreak of in 1916,
See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, polio
Presidential health cover-ups
Twenty-Fifth Amendment designed to prevent
See also Wilson, Woodrow
Presidential succession
change in 1886 to cabinet members
Congressional bill of 1792,
reform immediately after FDR’s death
successor and party of elected president
Supreme Court evaluation of presidential ability to rule
Truman’s proposal
Twenty-Fifth Amendment and its flaws and solutions
Prettyman, Arthur
Prohibition
Proskauer, Joseph
Prostate cancer
Public Law 199
Pulitzer, Joseph II,
Quebec conference
Raper, Stewart H.
Raskob, John J.
Ratcliff, J. D.
Rayburn, Sam
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy
Reilly, Mike
Retinal tissues
Rigdon, William
Rixey, Presley M.
Robbins, Nicholas
Roerich, Nicholas
Roosevelt, Anna (daughter)
asking about FDR’s medical records in 1960s,
blood transfusions of FDR
Bruenn’s article
Bruenn’s files to Hyde Park
concern over FDR’s health
encouraging Bruenn to work with Burns
FDR at Yalta/heart troubles
FDR Bethesda Hospital examination
marriage to Halsted
moving into White House after Teheran conference
rebuttal to “Truth About FDR’s Health”/strokes claims
removal of FDR’s wen
seizures of FDR
telling truth about FDR’s health
Roosevelt, Eleanor
blood transfusions of FDR
death in 1962,
doubts about FDR’s health treatment after his death
and Earle Looker
FDR seeking fourth term if war still on
FDR/others not concerned about his health
final Warm Springs visit
grandchildren at fourth inauguration
and Lucy Mercer
marriage to Franklin in 1905,
medical examination by Bruenn
polio of FDR
purchase of Warm Springs
requested FDR’s medical files in 1957,
speaking to McIntire at FDR’s death
supposed opposition to autopsy
telling Veronica Lake of FDR prostate cancer
views embalmed body of FDR
worry about constant sinus treatment
Roosevelt, Elliott (son)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
addressing 1928 Democratic Convention
assassination attempt against in 1933,
as assistant secretary of Navy
Beckwith vouching for health of in 1930 governor’s race
Bremerton speech
campaign for New York governor in 1928,
candidate for vice president in 1920,
Caribbean cruise of early 1940,
Casablanca conference of 1943,
declining Senate run in 1926,
distancing himself from Al Smith
early life of
final visit to Warm Springs
first term of presidency
gamble of being healthy enough for final terms
handling of Tammany Hall scandal
Hopkins’s cancer
Howe’s campaign for re-election to NY state Senate
issue of competence in last years of life
many close to fell under spell of
marriage to Eleanor
meeting with MacArthur/Nimitz in Hawaii in 1944,
month of rest at Hobcaw Barony
nominating Smith for president in 1924,
poker sessions of
relationship to Grayson
relationship with Mercer/agreement with Eleanor
secrecy among staff of
State of Union speech of 1945,
Staunton, Va., speech/fighting for democracy
suggestions to press corps on writing stories
vice presidential choices of
victory in 1930 gubernatorial campaign
witnessed physically weakened Wilson
working hours limited last sixteen months
See also Yalta summit
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, death of
Bruenn administering to
casket taken to train at Warm Springs
death certificate
declared cerebral hemorrhage
final moments
informing public
issue of whether knew it was coming
letter from embalmer
no autopsy performed
noticeably distended abdomen at
public sentiment from overwork
slumping forward with headache
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, disclosing health condition to public
already seated at state dinners
Bremerton speech and McIntire
Bruenn describing death as sudden/without warning
Bruenn’s paper regarding FDR’s health
after death, censorship lifted
deception and blood loss crisis of 1941,
Early’s announcement of FDR’s death
effects of polio kept from public
in election of 1932,
Farley’s claim leaders knew FDR was “dying man” in 1944,
FDR’s weight loss from 1944 on
general lack of knowledge of extent of FDR’s disabilities
health-related questions in press conferences of first two terms
inquiry by Pulitzer/Brandt
Life photograph of FDR giving acceptance speech
limiting photographs/movies of physical disability
Looker article/book during 1932 election
McIntire denial of heart problems in June 1944,
McIntire says “no good can come” from more information
McIntire says satisfied with FDR’s health in May 1944,
McIntire’s response to Life magazine in July 1944,
vs. medical confidentiality
misinformation in Looker article/book
New Story article and death from cancer
Post article about everyone knowing but public
public assuming in excellent health in 1944/press conferences
removal of wen in 1944,
reporters relied on information released by White House
rumors about heart condition traced to Kirklin
Trohan Chicago Tribune story
White House Physician
White House restrictions on
why could not disclose melanoma malignancy
wire services informed of death
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, election of 1932,
health condition dealt with by surrogate authorities
landslide victory
“New Deal” announced at Democratic Convention
preparation for nomination
refuting charges vs. FDR’s health
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, election of 1940
candidacy based on serious foreign situations
fatalism regarding health
political difficulties regarding
selection of Wallace as vice president
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, election of 1944/intentions for fourth term
acceptance speech via radio
decision to run
discussion of FDR’s health in newspapers
Fala speech
FDR told he had cancer/not complete fourth term
fourth term inauguration
Lahey statement he would not survive
from medical standpoint should not have run
might retire
no active campaigning by FDR
open car ride through NYC and other cities
press conferences during
tighter than previous campaigns
vice presidential selection for
victory results of
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of
abscessed tooth/gastrointestinal disorder
appetite at final visit to Warm Springs
Bruenn paper outlined as definitive account of
after Casablanca difficult to fight off illness
chronic sinus problems/treatments
continued exhaustion after 1944 election
cutting back on exercises in late 1941,
decades fighting off illnesses
deterioration by 1937,
dying after Teheran Conference
exhaustion at Lincoln Day speech in early 1943
exhaustion/illness by fall of 1943,
FDR never asked/concerned about his own health
flu upon return from Teheran
gastrointestinal diagnosis called for by Lahey
he was in charge of
hemianopia, left
his own knowledge of his health conditions
immediately after Yalta
intention tremors begin in 1943 until death
left side visual deficit of
loss of ability to come back
low-fat diet for reported gallbladder disease
McIntire says only minimal invasive procedures
no immediate medical crises in 1942,
periods of recuperation during last sixteen months
plan to go to Walter Reed for six weeks in 1944,
pneumoencephalogram on
poor health in May, 1941
possible encephalopathy/neurological problem
removal of wen at back of head
repeating himself after return from Yalta
shown in USS Cummings speech
sickness at Yalta
sty in left eye in 1937,
tremors just before death
weight loss from March 1944 on
worn out according to Mackenzie King
wrongful change in United Nations document
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, abdominal distress
cancer metastasized from melanoma
diagnosis called for by Lahey
distended abdomen at death
after fourth term inauguration
in March/April 1944,
mid-1944 at Camp Pendleton
pain in 1944 as metastasized bowel cancer
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, blood loss incident of 1941
anemia from bleeding hemorrhoids say McIntire/Bruenn
blood test results
blood transfusions
search for real cause of
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, cancer
could not be discussed in public
Lahey says was told had inoperable cancer in 1944,
pain in 1944 as metastasized to bowel
possible prostate cancer
possible withholding of telling FDR he had
weight loss likely caused by abdominal
See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, melanoma of
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, early life illnesses of
burst appendix
flu/pneumonia
illnesses at Groton Preparatory School
peritonsillar abscess
scarlet fever
typhoid fever
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, heart problems of
acute cardiac failure in March 1944,
angina during Bremerton speech
asymptomatic stroke causing seizures
attack of pulsus alternans at Yalta
blood pressure or hypertension
Bruenn’s 1970 paper regarding
diagnosis in 1944 of cardiac failure/recommendations by Bruenn
digitalis, use of
EKG in 1932/enlargement of left side of heart
knowledge of by those at Yalta
known by family and aides by mid-1944
Lahey letter
likely would have killed him prior to end of fourth term
McIntire concern at time of flight to Casablanca
McIntire denial of in White House Physician
McIntire discussion of FDR’s blood pressure
New Story article and reports of Bethesda examination
orthopnea
“slight heart attack” in 1940,
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, lesion over left eye of
doctors would have known was malignant
lessening in appearance from 1940-1942,
Massie paper in 1961 discussing
McIntire’s regular reducing of
Peterson/McIntire exchange regarding cancer possibility
photograph of August 1940 evidences surgical procedures
purported slide of
rare mention of in press
theory that was malignant raised as early as 1948,
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, melanoma of
Ackerman’s evaluation of lesion as
Bruenn’s article claiming none
courses of treatment for
discredited slide evidence of hemorrhage
expansion of lesion over left eye to become
Josephson’s book of 1948 suggesting FDR’s
likely diagnosed in second term
Massie paper in 1961 discussing
McIntire informing FDR of cancerous nature of
McIntire’s partial/cosmetic treatment of
metastasized to abdomen and brain
possible surgical procedure for in 1940,
prognosis/timeframe in literature of FDR’s day for
seizures as possible first indication of
why Roosevelt could not disclose
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, polio
battle with grew character of
contracting of
informing public of
paralysis of legs/possibly Guillain-Barré Syndrome
press not showing
recovery regime of and water
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, seizures/strokes
Bruenn’s paper does not mention
early 1960s articles/rebuttal regarding
fainting spells
jaw dropping at Yalta
from late 1944 on or earlier/dropped jaw
loss of consciousness at White House Correspondents Dinner
March 1945 stroke claimed by Trohan
phenobarbital given as treatment for
probable causes
“Truth About FDR’s Health” article/rebuttal
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, speech before Congress about Yalta in March 1945,
Bruenn’s lack of truly addressing
feeling by many they were seeing for last time
postwar global peacekeeping organization
referring to leg braces
types of mistakes made in
Roosevelt, James (father)
Roosevelt, James (son)
abdominal pain after fourth term inauguration
doctors not stopping FDR from fourth term
FDR seeking fourth term if war still on
FDR’s abdominal pain in mid-1944
FDR’s health in 1937,
wary of family restricting access to FDR’s medical files
Roosevelt, Sara Delano (mother)
Roosevelt, Theodore
Roosevelt Myth, The (Flynn)
Rosenberg, Anna
Rosenman, Samuel
Bremerton speech
FDR’s Congressional speech of March 1945,
Ross, Charles
Rosson, Hal
Ruth, Babe
Rutherfurd, Lucy. See Mercer Rutherfurd, Lucy
Saki
Salk, Jonas
Saturday Evening Post (magazine)
Sauerma, Count Friedrich
Schlesinger, Arthur Jr.
Seabury, Samuel
Secret Service
Seizures. See also Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, health of, seizures/strokes
Shangri-La (Camp David)
Sherwood, Robert
Shoumatoff, Elizabeth
Shrader, John R.
Simon, Neil
Skadding, George
Smith, Alfred E.
FDR managing campaigns of
Smith, Howard
Smith, Jean Edward
Smith, Merriman
at Hobcaw Barony
ill health of FDR in mid-1944 press conferences
president looked unhealthy on final day
rumors of FDR’s hospitalization in mid-1944
Snoderly, H. Harden
Soviet Union (USSR)
charge that FDR was naive/trusting about
entry into war with Japan
participation in United Nations
U.S. feeling at Yalta that could get along with
Wallace’s naivety regarding
See also Yalta; Europe, partition of postwar
Speaker of the House
Stalin, Joseph
at Teheran Conference
and Yalta
State of Union speech of 1944,
Stettinius, Edward
Stirling, William Calhoun “Pete,”
recommendation of operation in late 1941,
Roosevelt with cancer
rumored refusal to perform surgery on FDR
and Trohan
Stitt, Edward R.
Strand, Linda
“Strange Death of President Roosevelt, The” (Means)
Streptomycin
Suckley, Margaret “Daisy,”
appearance of FDR on return from Yalta
blood loss crisis of 1941/“leukemia,”
Bremerton speech
Bruenn’s personal closeness to FDR
concern about FDR at Yalta
decision regarding fourth term
diary of discovered in 1991,
diary shows FDR’s concern for his own health
Fala speech
as FDR confidant
FDR exhaustion/illness by fall of 1943,
FDR speaking of sleeping sickness
FDR working only few hours daily in April 1944,
at FDR’s death
February 1943 FDR every fourth day in bed
final Warm Springs visit
health of FDR at Hobcaw
medical recommendations for FDR in March 1944,
plan of FDR to head United Nations
plan to go to Walter Reed for six weeks in 1944,
removal of FDR’s wen
state of FDR’s health in 1944,
United Nations as means to keep FDR alive
Sun spots
Supreme Court, proposal to enlarge
Swamp fever
Swanson, Homer
Taft, Robert
Taft, William Howard
Tamm, Edward A.
Tammany Hall
Teheran Conference
“They’re Lying About FDR’s Health!” (Elliott Roosevelt)
This Man Roosevelt (Looker)
Tillman, Edwin Hood
Time Between the Wars, The (Daniels)
Time magazine
Today’s Health
Tremors
Trohan, Walter
Bruenn in Life photograph
Bruenn’s induction into Navy to look after FDR
claim of Marchstroke at Hyde Park
FDR at White House Correspondents Dinner
FDR’s Congressional speech of March 1945,
ghost-writing Farley’s memoir
source for Wold’s “Truth About FDR’s Heath,”
and Stirling
story regarding FDR’s health after his death
Truman, Harry
Chicago Tribune saying vote for FDR vote for
chosen for political reasons
convention knew he would be president
convinced to be vice presidential candidate
informed of FDR’s death
meeting with FDR after 1944
convention
not interested in vice presidency leading to presidency
proposal for presidential succession
selection of
Truman, Margaret
“Truth About FDR’s Health, The” (Wold)
Tugwell, Rexford
Tully, Grace
fainting spell of FDR in 1938,
FDR falling asleep for moments in 1944,
FDR’s open car ride through NYC
at final visit to Warm Springs
picture reminding her of FDR
Tuscaloosa (Navy cruiser)
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment to Constitution
Typhoid fever
United Nations
Cohen’s suggestion of FDR heading
FDR wish for/plan to head
Soviet participation in
Suckley used as means to keep FDR alive
Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
Vireo (sloop)
Voris, David
Wanger, Walter
Walker, Frank C.
Walker, James J.
Wallace, Henry A.
vice presidency in 1944,
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Warm Springs
final visit to/FDR’s death
Lahey proposed stay at after 1944 election
nursing stay at in 1937,
picture of FDR with atrophied legs
purchase of by FDR
vacation in November 1944,
visit after winning N.Y. governorship
wooing Southern Democrats at in 1932,
Warm Springs Foundation
“Washington Merry-Go-Round” column
Watson, Edwin “Pa,”
death and burial of
FDR always coming out of seizures
FDR “doesn’t care” by mid-1944
opposed to Wallace in 1944,
Webster, George
Welles, Sumner
West, J. B.
Wheeler, Burton
White, Paul Dudley
White, William Allen
White House Correspondents Dinner
White House physician
at beck and call of president/“loaned out,”
counted on to maintain confidentiality
making formal position
White House Physician (McIntire)
White House press corps
Wilderstein
Williams, Aubrey
Willkie, Wendell
Wills, Matthew B.
Wilson (movie)
Wilson, Charles McMoran (Lord Moran). See Moran, Lord
Wilson, Edith Bolling
Wilson, Woodrow
cover-up of illness of
FDR as assistant secretary of the Navy
health difficulties and paralysis in 1919,
League of Nations
viewed by FDR in weakened condition
Wold, Karl C.
Yalta summit
Bohlen’s belief FDR effective at
Bruenn diminishing “sick man” rumors
in end proved worthless
FDR saying “best he could do,”
FDR/Churchill doing better at
FDR’s health at
inhospitable location of
Moran’s account that FDR not “fit,”
most controversial aspect of FDR’s presidency
Poland
schedule at
See also Europe, partition of postwar; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, speech before Congress about Yalta
Yando, Walter
Young, Cannon
Zangara, Giuseppe