The Plot To Seize The White House (36 page)

American Legion conventions, 610, 12, 14, 15, 17, 22, 26, 30, 31, 106, 118, 140-143, 145, 146, 149, 162, 167169, 179-181, 200, 210

American Liberty League, 30-33, 135, 160-162, 167, 190, 191, 195, 196, 200, 201, 205, 214, 217, 218, 227-230

American Student Union, 218

American Sugar Association, 72, 118, 132

American Warriors in Iowa, 222

Anaconda Copper, 12

Armistice Day Celebration Committee, 224

Associated Press, 175, 230

Athenia,
torpedoing of, 236

Avery, Sewell, 228

Bailly-Blanchard, A., 68-69

Baker, Newton, 78

Baldwin, Roger, 197

Baltimore
Sun,
31

Barnes, Harry Elmer, 238

Battle of the Wilderness, restaged, 81

Bealle, Morris A., 221, 222

Belgrano, Jr., Frank N., 135, 163, 175, 183, 2o6, 208, 210

Berkeley, Randolph C., 112

Bethlehem Steel, 12, 126, 133, 218

Bingham, Alfred M., 233

"Blessings Umbrellas," 16, 103, 121

Bluefields mission, 52, 53

Bonus Army, 3-5, 13, 28, 124, 126, 131

Borah, William, 238

Boxer Rebellion, 3, 12, 15, 17, 4246, 49, 59, 67, 94, 96, 98, 103, 104, 112, 121, 146

Boxertown, 42-44, 103-104

Brobeck, George K., 131

Brooks, W. D., 172

Broun, Heywood, 190

Brown Brothers, 118

Burd, Louis G., 134

Butler, Ethel,
see
Wehle, Ethel Peters

Butler, Ethel Conway Peters, 50, 53, 55, 57-59, 67, 77, 84, 98, 99, 104, 115, 121, 239, 240

Butler, Horace, 109

Butler, Maud Darlington, 38, 39, 46, 47, 102, 115

Butler, Smedley Darlington, 37

American Legion antiwar speech, 118, 119

big business, denunciation of, 132, 133

bonus army address, 3-5

dictatorship offered to, 22-30, 134

and gold standard, 10-14

bribe to make speech in favor of, 14, 17-18

visit by Clark in reference to, 14-17

illness and death of, 239

lecture tour, against big business, 217-239

for V.F.W., 1g-21, 128-133

McGuire and Doyle, first visit to, 6-8

second visit to, 8-9

Marine bureaucracy, attack on, 121-122

Marine service, 39-40

Congressional Medals of Honor awarded during, 61-63, 66, 67

in China, Boxer Rebellion, 42-46; 1928-1929, 93-105

commandant appointment, rejected, 109, 119

in Culebra, 47, 48

in France (World War I), 76-80

in Haiti (Fort Riviere), 6379

in Honduras, 49-50

in Mexico, as spy, 59-61;

in Vera Cruz, 61-63

in Panama and Nicaragua, 52-59

in Philippines, 41, 42, 50, 51

retires from, 119-120

in Spanish-American War, 40, 41

Mussolini, insult to, 110-116

national tributes for, 240-241

in Nicaragua, exposing gun boat diplomacy, 107, 108

as Philadelphia "supercop," 82-92

and plot, confirmation of, 33, 34, 134-136

discovery of, 3-33, 134-136

parodied by
Time,
186-188

significance of, 242-244

and radio, attacks on conspirators, 206-208

attacks on Fascism, 191

Roosevelt, wins support of, 124-127

Senate nomination campaign, 123

testimony, analysis of, 199-202

before McCormack-Dickstein Committee, 139-168

censorship of, 206-208

discussed by McCormack, 211-216

vindication by HUAC, 192-194

youth of, 38, 39

Butler, Smedley, Jr., 51, 59, 67, 68, 84, 98-100, 120, 216, 227, 239, 241

Butler, Thomas Richard, 59, 67, 68, 84, 98, 99, 120, 216, 227, 241

Butler, Thomas S., 37-40, 46-48, 50, 73, 74, 76, 80, 82, 83, 92, 96, 99-102, 123

Butler family, 37, 38, l06

Butler Memorial commission, 122

Cacos, 64-68,70-72,125

Caribbean interventions, 3, 20, 22, 38, 47-50, 52-59, 6276, 78, 95, 107, 118, 122, 123, 125, 133, 148, 149, 207, 234, 240

Carranza, Venustiano, 59

Central Hanover Bank, 173, 179, 182

Chaffee, Adna, 48

Chamber of Commerce of Latin America, 133

Chamberlain, John, 233

Chamberlain, Neville, 236

Chang, Tso-lin, 93, 94

Chase National Bank, 228

Chiang Kai-shek, 93, 94, 97, 98, 103

Chiang, Madame, 98

Chinese interventions, 3, 16, 93-104, 118, 125, 148, 218, 241

Chinese warlords, 93, 97

Christian Front, 237

Christians, George W., 201

Christmas, Albert Grant, 154, 168, 174, 178, 180-182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 193, 199

Church Peace Union, 236

Cincinnati
Times Star,
128, 129

Civilian Conservation Corps, 166, 167, 186, 187

Clark, J. Reuben, l08

Clark, Robert S., 11, 12, 14-17, 26, 27, 31-33, 129, 133, 146-149, 152-155, 157, 160, 167-169, 171, 173, 174, 177, 179, 180, 182, 184, 185, 187, 189, 193, 199-201, 205, 211-213

Coghlan, Joe, 47-49

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 238

Committee for a Sound Dollar and Sound Currency, 173, 174, 178, 179, 199

Common Sense Neutrality-Mobilizing for Peace,
238

Communism, 119, 122, 126, 136, 164-166, 177, 188, 193, 197, 205, 207, 208, 212, 215, 228, 229, 244

Conference on World Peace, 235

Congress against War and Fascism, 225

Contemporary Club of Philadelphia, speech to, 110, 111

Coolidge, Calvin, 83, 84, 87-89, 104

Coontz, R. E., 131

Corn Exchange Bank, 179, 199

Coughlin, Charles E., 237

Coyatepe Mission, 57

Croix de Feu
, 23, 24, 27, 153, 154, 193, 199

Crusaders, 201, 229

Culebra 47, 48, 50

Cummings, Homer S., 172, 212

Daniels, Josephus, 63, 76, 77, 114, 240

Darlington, Isabel, 113, 117

Dartiguenave, Philippe, 64, 6771, 73, 75

Davis, Henry, 96, 98

Davis, James J., 123

Davis, John W., 15, 31, 113, 147, 160, 165, 184, 195, 200, 205, 213

Dawes, Charles, 130

Decorations, 41, 44, 46-48, 50, 58, 59, 62, 63, 66, 67, 74, 80, 104, 133

Deighan, James J., l06

Democratic party, 29, 93, 113, 124, 126, 127, 130, 135, 147, 160, 195, 213, 230, 243

Denby, Edwin, 75

Department of justice, 163, 197, 201, 212

Depression, 13, 106, 122, 128

Dern, George H., 171, 230

Dewey, George, 47, 48

Diaz, Adolfo, 52-58, 107

Dickstein, Samuel, 139, 169, 171, 172, 174, 183-188, 192, 195, 206, 210, 211

Dies, Martin, 136, 215

Dimitman, E. Z., 120, 241

Disarmament Conference, 231

Dominican intervention, 72, 73, 118

Dorward, A. R. R., 46

Doyle, Bill, 6-9, 133, 140, 142, 143, 146, 147, 163, 222

Drezner, Henry S., 192

Du Pont family, 29, 31, 160, 161, 167, 186, 195, 196, 200, 201, 218, 228, 230, 231

Easterwood, William E., 210

Eichelberger, Robert L., 241

Elliot, Camp, 62

England, 101-102, 225, 232-233, 236, 239

Estrada, Juan, 52, 53

Facts and Fascism,
171, 190

Farley, James A., 124, 201

Farmer-Labor party, 133, 134

Fascism, 21-23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 110, 113, 114, 134-136, 139, 153, 157, 160, 162-166, 169, 171-177, 179, 182, 184, 185, 187-189, 191-195, 197-202, 205, 207, 208, 213-216, 218, 222, 225-227, 229, 233, 234, 236-239, 243, 244

Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, 235

1st Marine Regiment, 51, 52

First National Bank, 181

Fletcher, Frank Friday, 59, 61, 62

Florida,
59-61

Foreign Agents' Registration Act, 215

Foreign Policy Association, 20

Fort Capois, 64, 65

Fort Riviere, 65-67

Fortune,
21

France, 63, 65, 80, 114, 153, 154, 225, 232, 236, 238, 239

Franco, Francisco, 229

French, Paul Comly, 33, 34, 91, 123, 134, 136, 139, 140, 156, 161-168, 175, 196, 197, 199, 200, 205, 206, 238

Frew, Walter E., 174, 179, 199

Fuller, Ben H., 110, 111

Garner, John Nance, 26, 156, 187

Garrison, Lindley M., 62

General Motors, 31, 228

General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen, 124

Germany, see Fascism Gold standard, 9, 11, 14-19, 21, 22, 25-27, 30, 31, 143, 146-149, 151, 152, 162, 167, 168, 176, 184, 199, 200, 205, 208, 213

Goldsborough, Laird S., 21

Goodrell, Mancil C., 40

Goodyear Tire, 12, 228

Grace, Eugene G., 133

Granada mission, 55, 56, 58

Guarantee Trust, 12

Gunboat diplomacy, exposes of, 107, 108, 118, 119, 207, 235

Haiti, intervention of, 63-76, 78, 95, 118, 125, 149, 207, 240

Haitian Gendarmerie, 68-72, 83

Haitian National Assembly, 64, 68, 69, 75

Harbord, James G., 184

Harding, Warren G., 75, 81

Haverford Preparatory School, 38

Hearst, William Randolph, 202, 224, 232

Hensley, W. L., 73

Hitler, Adolph, 22, 23, 27, 31, 110, 153, 166, 182, 214, 219, 226, 229, 231, 236239

Holcomb, Thomas, 240

Honduras, 49, 50, 122

Hook, Sidney, 234

Hoover, Herbert, 5, 21, 29, 104, 107-109, 111, 114, 116, 119, 123, 124, 126, 141, 160, 172, 223, 230, 238

House, Edward M., 132

House Naval Affairs Committee, 37, 48, 50, 73, 74

House Un-American Activities committee (HUAC), 136, 185, 187, 197, 210, 215, 218

Howe, Louis, 7, 124, 126, 141, 151, 172, 209, 210, 212

Huerta, Victoriano, 59

Hull, Cordell, 26, 186

Hundred Days Congress, 127

Hutton, E. F., Associates, 31

lams, Ross, 66

Institute of Public Affairs, 233

International army, 42-46

International Nickel, 218

International Settlement, 94, 98

Iron Veterans, 221

Isolationism, 226, 230, 234, 236, 238, 239

James, John R., 132

Japan, 101, 119, 123, 231, 233235

John Birch Society, 31

Johnson, Hugh S., 24, 127, 156, 157, 170, 177, 184, 186, 196

Johnson, Louis, 7, 141, 165, 175, 199

Kaiser Wilhelm, 229

Kellogg-Briand Pact, 119

Kendrick, W. Freeland, 82-85, 87-90

Kirby, John It., 31

Knox, Philander C., 52, 53

Knudsen, William S., 31

Ku Klux Klan, 31

Kuomintang, 95

La Follette, Jr., Robert, 298

La Luz Mining Co., 52

LaGuardia, Fiorello, 175

Lamont, Thomas W., 20, 170, 177, 184, 186, 187

Landon, Alf, 201

Lansing, Robert, 63, 68, 69, 74, 75, 132

Laventhol, Jesse, 123

League of Nations, 223, 231 Lee, Ivy, 215

Lejeune, John A., 41, 72, 73, 76, 80-82, 91-95, 97, 99, 104-106, 109

Leonard, Henry, 44, 45, 112-115

Lewis, Edwin O., 84

Lewis, John L., 228, 238

Liberty
magazine, 121, 122

Lodge, Jr., Henry Cabot, 236

Long, Huey, 128, 223

Luce, Henry, 21

Ludlow Resolution, 223

MacArthur, Douglas, 5, 28, 158, 159, 171, 176, 186-188, 199, 209, 210, 241

MacGuire, Gerald C., 6-14, 17-33, 128, 129, 133, 134, 136, 140-147, 149-171, 173-182, 185, 189, 192-194, 196, 197, 199-201, 205, 208, 210, 213, 216, 222

McCormack, John W., 136, 139-141, 143, 150, 155, 163, 166, 167, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 179-184, 187-190, 196, 198, 205, 206, 211-216, 243

McCormick, Medill, 75

McCormack-Dickstein Committee, 136, 139, 140, 153, 162, 168, 171-179, 182-185, 187-190, 192-200, 206, 209-211, 215, 216, 218

McCoy, Donald R., 201

McDonald, Dwight, 233, 234

McIlhenny, John, 73, 74

MacNider, Hanford, 28, 159, 173, 176, 184, 186, 209, 210

Madero, Francisco, 59

Maginot line, 236, 238

Maine,
38

Man in His Time, A,
140, 212

Manufacturers Trust Company, 182

Marcantonio, Vito, 222, 229

Marine Corps, 6, 9, 16, 19, 39, 40-59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70-72, 75, 76, 80-82, 84, 87-89, 91, 92, 95-101, 103-105, 109, 112, 118-122, 130, 139, 218, 239-242

Marine Corps Veterans Association, 82

Marks, Norman L., 169, 174

Medals of Honor, 44, 62, 63, 66, 67, 112, 113, 116, 139

Mellon, Andrew W., Associates, 31, 160

Mena, Luis, 53, 55, 56

Merchants of Death, 105

Mexican intervention, 59, 60-62, 67, 118

Meyer, George von L., 56

Millis, Walter, 218, 237

Mills, John, 11, 12

Mitchell, Billy, 243

Mitchell, Charles E., 106

Moody, William H., 48, 158

Morgan, G. D., 133

Morgan, J. P., 12, 1,5, 20, 28, 29, 31, 132, 147, 158-160, 165, 170, 186, 187, 190, 195, 196, 200, 201, 206, 222, 224, 228

Morgan & Hodges, 28, 200

Morris, Roland S., 113-115

Munich pact, 236

Murphy, Grayson M.-P., 11-13, 31, 32, 128, 144, 145, 153, 160, 163, 164, 170, 171, 188, 200, 201, 206, 209, 213

Mussolini, Benito, 12, 20, 23, 27, 32, 110-117, 153, 156, 210, 213, 219, 224-226, 229,231

Mutual Life Insurance Company, 228

My First Days in the White House,
223

Nanking uprising, 94-96

Nation, The,
71, 132

National Bank of Haiti, 63

National City Bank, 63, 106, 118, 165

National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, 105

National Council of Jewish Women, 235

National Council for the Prevention of War, 236

National Economy League, 198, 218

National Recovery Administration, 24, 127, 156, 170

National Student Federation, 236 Naval Construction Act, 236

Navy, 47, 48, 50, 51, 62, 63, 80, 83, 99, 104, 110, 114, 115, 121, 122, 213, 234, 235, 241

Nazis, see Fascism

Neutrality Acts, 223, 224, 229, 231, 236

Neville, Buck, 41, 61, 106, 109

New Deal, 12, 20, 24, 25, 30-32, 124, 127, 1-28, 163, 195, 201, 213, 214, 225, 228

New Masses,
205-208