The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume 2

The 311 documents in the second volume of Eleanor Roosevelt's papers trace her transformation into one of her era's most prominent spokespersons for democracy, reveal her ongoing maturation as a political force in her own right, and detail the broader impact she had on American politics, the United Nations, and global affairs. Readers will find a fascinating view on the inner workings of President Truman's second administration, the UN at the height of the early Cold War, and the many social and political movements that competed for influence over both.

Ranging widely in substance and content, Roosevelt's writings demonstrate a grasp of the intimate connection between domestic and international affairs that led the former first lady to support the Korean War, champion the newly founded state of Israel, demand respect for the civil rights of African Americans, and bolster the political ambitions of people like Adlai Stevenson, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and John F. Kennedy. 

Using a wide variety of material-- letters, speeches, columns, debates, committee transcripts, telegrams, and diary entries-- this second of five volumes presents a representative selection of the actions Eleanor Roosevelt took to define, implement, and promote human rights and the impact her work had at home and abroad. Readers may disagree over various decisions she made, the language that she used, or the priorities she established. Yet her influence is unquestioned.

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Table of Contents

1949

January-June
On Communists and Civil Liberties

1. If You Ask Me (Excerpt) January 1949
 

On the United Nations and the Cold War
2. My Day 1 January 1949
 

On Cardinal Mindszenty
3. My Day 5 January 1949
4. May Day 18 January 1949
 

On Truman and the "Fair Deal"
5. My Day  12 January 1949
 

Defending Miriam Van Waters
6. My Day  25 January 1949

On Censoring Teachers
7. If You Ask Me (excerpt)  February 1949

On Rent Control and Landlords
8. Eleanor Roosevelt to Warner Bateman  8 February 1949

On Women in the Truman Administration
9. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  8 February 1949

Defending the Declaration, Debating Its Critics, Part I

10. "Freedom and Human Rights"  10 February 1949

11. Eleanor Roosevelt to L. Stauffer Oliver 13 February 1949

On Soviets and the United Nations Charter

12. Eleanor Roosevelt to Margaret Carberry  22 February 1949

Questioning the North Atlantic Pact

13. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  24 February 1949

14. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt  15 March 1949

On the United Nations, Human Rights, and the Postwar World

15. Speech at the Phi Beta Kappa Association Founder's

       Day Dinner  25 February 1949

Defending the Declaration, Debating Its Critics, Part II

16. If You Ask Me (excerpt) March 1949

On Sacco and Vanzetti and Cold War "Hysteria"

17. If You Ask Me (excerpt)  April 1949

Defending NATO, Part I

18. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alice Franklin Bryant  6 April 1949

On Freedom of Information

19. Statement for Paris  14 April 1949

On Israel and Arab Resettlement

20. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frank Sakran

On Women, Policy, and Politics

21. Statement to the Women of India and Pakistan  21 April 1949

On Soviet Women Married to Non-Soviet Men

22. Summary Record of the 196th Plenary Meeting of the

       General Assembly (excerpt) 25 April 1949

On Discrimination against American Indians

23. My Day  25 April 1949

Defending NATO, Part II
24. My Day  4 May 1949

The Covenant: Setting the Stage
25. Remarks to the Human Rights Commission  9 May 1949

The Covenant: Federal-State and Non-Self-Executing Articles
26. Memorandum from Durward Sandifer and Jack Tate
      to Dean Acheson  10 May 1949

The Covenant: Measures of Implementation, Part I
27. Summary Record of the 105th Meeting of
      the Commission on Human Rights  31 May 1949

The Covenant: Debating Its Scope
28. Summary Record of the 124th Meeting of
     the Commission on Human Rights (excerpt)  13 June 1949

The Covenant: Debating the Federal-State and Colonial Clauses
29. Summary Record of the 129th Meeting of 
      the Commission on Human Rights (excerpts)  15 June 1949

The Covenant: Briefing the Administration
30. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  21 June 1949
31. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson 21 June 1949
32. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt  11 July 1949

On Bowles and Housing
33. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chester Bowles  10 May 1949

On Normalizing Diplomatic Relations With Spain, Part I
34. My Day  11 May 1949

Opposing Cardinal Spellman and Federal Aid to Parochial Schools, Part I
35. My Day  23 June 1949
36. Ardys Moran to Eleanor Roosevelt  27 June 1949
37. My Day  8 July 1949

On Hiss and "Hysteria"

38. My Day  28 June 1949

July-December

On Containing Germany
39. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lyall Beggs  8 July 1949

Opposing Spellman, Supporting Lehman
40. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 11 July 1949

On the Disturbance in Greece
41. Eleanor Roosevelt to Angelo Bitsaxis  14 July 1949

Opposing Cardinal Spellman and Federal Aid to Parochial Schools, Part II
42. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. A. McCauley  14 July 1949
43. Francis Spellman to Eleanor Roosevelt  21 July 1949
44. Eleanor Roosevelt to Francis Spellman  23 July 1949
45. Eleanor Roosevelt to Marilyn Woods  29 July 1949
46. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Kay Denk  29 July 1949
47. Harry Truman to Myron Taylor  2 August 1949
48. Eleanor Roosevelt to Betty Hight  15 August 1949

On Discrimination at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
49. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Snyder  July 1949

On Petitioning the Human Rights Commission
50. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thelma Stevens  15 August 1949

On Archibald MacLeish and "Moral Action"
51. My Day  16 August 1949

On Federal Aid to Public Education
52. My Day  20 August 1949

Assessing Foreign and Domestic Policy

53. Eleanor Roosevelt to L. M. Deemer  29 August 1949

On Paul Robeson and the Peekskill Riots
54. My Day  3 September 1949

On Race Relations, Part I
55. "Discrimination in North as Bad as South,
      Mrs. Roosevelt Says"  8 September 1949

On the ACLU and Civil Liberties
56. My Day  28 September 1949

On the Nation, Censorship, and New York Public Schools
57. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bruce Dodd  2 October 1949

Pearl Buck and American Manners in Japan
58. Eleanor Roosevelt to Teru Mogi  3 October 1949

On Leland Olds and the Federal Power Commission
59. My Day  4 October 1949
60. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt  5 October 1949

On Lehman, O'Dwyer, and the Election of 1949
61. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  6 October 1949
62. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt  12 October 1949

On Vyshinsky, Yugoslavia, and United Nations Politics
63. My Day  21 October 1949

On the United Nations, the Covenant, and Women
64. Message on United Nations Day  24 October 1949

Assessing Jawaharlal Nehru
65. Eleanor Roosevelt to Esther Lape  27 October 1949

On Normalizing Diplomatic Relations with Spain, Part II
66. Eleanor Roosevelt to Annie Dixon  2 November 1949

On Race Relations, Part II
67. Statement for Race Relations  November 1949

On Lehman, Dulles, and the Election of 1949
68. Eleanor Roosevelt to Katherine Field  3 November 1949

Calling for a High Commissioner for Refugees
69. Statement to Committee 3 on the Subject of
      Protection of Refugees  4 November 1949
70. "Angry Mrs. Roosevelt Chides Ukranian
      on Floor of U.N."  10 November 1949

On New York Politics and Visiting India
71. Eleanor Roosevelt to Jawaharlal Nehru  8 November 1949

Assessing Race Relations
72. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt  11 November 1949
73. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter White  November 1949

On Self-Help and Community Development
74. Radio Statement for American Friends Service Committee 13 November 1949

On UNICEF and Child Welfare, Part I
75. My Day 21 November 1949

On the Displaced Persons Act
76. Statement of the Citizens Committee
      on Displaced Persons  23 November 1949

On Prayer in the United Nations, Part I
77. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsie Sly 28 November 1949 

On Fear and American Diplomacy
78. My Day  1 December 1949

Defending Philip Jessup
79. My Day  2 December 1949

On Food Aid to India and Pakistan
80. Eleanor Roosevelt to Leo Finegold  9 December 1949

On Former Nazis and the Rehabilitation of Germany
81. My Day  14 December 1949

On Henry Wallace and the House Un-American Activities Committee
82. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Wallace 21 December 1949

On Lillian Smith and Killers of the Dream
83. My Day  28 December 1949

1950

January-June

The Covenant: Presenting the US Position
84. Statement to the Press on the Covenant
      on Human Rights  3 January 1950

On Labor Negotiations and Civil Rights
85. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Tibbetts  10 January 1950

On Hiss, Acheson, and "Hysteria"
86. Eleanor Roosevelt to Burt Drummond I  February 1950
87. Eleanor Roosevelt to Burt Drummond II  February 1950

On Normalizing Diplomatic Relations with Spain, Part III
88. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Hickerson  7 February 1950

On Truman, Acheson, Stalin, and the Hydrogen Bomb
89. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Hickerson  8 February 1950
90. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  10 February 1950
91. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt  23 February 1950

On Normalizing Diplomatic Relations with Spain, Part IV
92. My Day  15 February 1950
93. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Barsky  4 March 1950

On the Coal Strike and the Public Interest
94. My Day  4 March 1950

On German Culpability for World Wars I and II
95. Eleanor Roosevelt to E. G. Swenson  4 March 1950

On Living in an Uncertain World
96. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gertrude Loomis  4 March 1950

On Religion in the Public Schools
97. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Humphrey  4 March 1950
98. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Courtney Murray  23 March 1950
99. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thurman Doyle  24 March 1950

On the United States, the United Nations, and Promoting Peace
100. "Mrs. Roosevelt Asserts U.S. Task Is Creating
       Atmosphere for Peace" (excerpts)  16 March 1950

Convening the HRC, Drafting the Covenant
101. Statement to the Press  24 March 1950

On the Soviets, the People's Republic of China, and the HRC
102. Remarks at the Opening of the Sixth Session of
      the Human Rights Commission  27 March 1950

The Covenant: Measures of Implementation, Part II
103. Statement to the Human Rights Commission  25 April 1950

The Covenant: Its Scope and Ratification Strategy
104. Today with Mrs. Roosevelt 14 May 1950

The Covenant: Assessing the Work to Date
105. Press Conference with Eleanor Roosevelt  18 May 1950
106. My Day  20 May 1950
107. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  28 May 1950

Criticizing McCarthy, Defending Kenyon
108. Eleanor Roosevelt to Leon Paul  March 1950

On UNICEF and Child Welfare, Part II
109. Memorandum of Conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt 30 March 1950

On Democracy, Freedom, and Individual Responsibility
110. Address to Americans for Democratic Action  1 April 1950

Advising a First-Time Candidate
111. Eleanor Roosevelt to Steve Filipkowski  4 April 1950

On the Equal Rights Amendment and the Covenant
112. Eleanor Roosevelt to Grace Mayer-Oakes  5 April 1950

On Africa and Point Four
113. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  9 April 1950

The Covenant: Defining the Right to Life
114. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Brennan  6 May 1950

Defending the New School for Social Research
115. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Donner  7 May 1950

On Hoover and Communist Nations in the United Nations
116. Eleanor Roosevelt to A. A. Tiscornia

On Republicans and Democrats
117. "If I Were a Republican Today"  June 1950

On Endorsing Helen Gahagan Douglas
118. Helen Gahagan Douglas to Eleanor Roosevelt 2 June 1950

On Fear and Courage in Scandinavia
119. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  13 June 1950
120. Eleanor Roosevelt to Trude Lash  18 June 1950

July- December

On Interracial Marriage
121. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. William Mather  9 July 1950

On the Senate Filibuster against a Permanent FEPC
122. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt  14 July 1950

Promoting Point Four
123. My Day  17 July 1950

On the War in Korea, Part I
124. My Day  21 July 1950
125. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joan Pera  21 July 1950
126. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Bonner  July 1950

On Alexandra Tolstoy and Russian Refugees
127. Eleanor Roosevelt to Averell Harriman  31 July 1950

On US Policy toward China
128. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  1 August 1950
129. Dean Rusk to Eleanor Roosevelt  18 August 1950

On Soviet Threats to Yugoslavia
130. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Hickerson  1 August 1950

On the Land Rights of Native Alaskans
131. My Day  4 August 1950

On Korea, Communism, and the United Nations
132. My Day  5 August 1950

On Integrating Swimming Pools in Washington, DC
133. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  15 August 1950

On Normalizing Diplomatic Relations with Spain, Part V
134. My Day  29 August 1950

On United Nations Day
135. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  2 September 1950

On California Politics
136. James Roosevelt to Eleanor Roosevelt  6 September 1950

On Fighting Inflation
137. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  6 September 1950

On Jenner, Marshall, and Domestic Anticommunism
138. My Day  18 September 1950

On George Marshall and California Politics
139. Eleanor Roosevelt to Betty Hight  18 September 1950

On Vyshinsky and Acheson's "Five Barriers to Peace"
140. My Day  22 September 1950

On Race in the South: Responding to a Critic
141. Eleanor Roosevelt to T. J. Stewart  30 September 1950

A Conversation with Acheson on Korea
142. Extemporaneous Interview for NBC Television Program  1 October 1950

On UNICEF and Child Welfare, Part III
143. My Day  11 October 1950

On Israel and Arab Refugees, Part I
144. Eleanor Roosevelt to Millar Burrows  October 1950

The Covenant: Debating Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Part I
145. Statement to the Third Committee of the General Assembly
      on a Separate Covenant for Economic, Social, and 
      Cultural Rights  30 October 1950

On German Rearmament
146. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  30 October 1950

Campaigning for Chester Bowles
147. Endorsement of Chester Bowles

On Korea and Syngman Rhee
148. Eleanor Roosevelt to Richard Baum  5 November 1950

On Isolationism, McCarthyism, and the Election of 1950
149. My Day  11 November 1950

On Russian Involvement in the Korean War, Responding to a Critic
150. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. C. Carter Lewis  13 November 1950

On Politics at Home and in the United Nations
151. Eleanor Roosevelt to Betty Hight  12 December 1950

On the War in Korea, Part II: Responding to a Critic
152. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. A. L. Yeaker  12 December 1950

On the "Race Question" and US Prestige at the United Nations, Part I
153. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  14 December 1950

On the War in Korea, Part III: Assessing US Policy
154. Minutes of the Fifty-second Meeting of the US Delegation to
      the Fifth Regular Session of the UN General Assembly  15 December 1950

Questioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs
155. Eleanor Roosevelt to Oscar Chapman  22 December 1950

On the "Race Question" and US Prestige at the United Nations, Part II
156. Memorandum on the Third Committee  [27?] December 1950

1951

January-June 

Rebutting Taft's Foreign Policy
157. My Day  12 January 1951

On Anna Rosenberg, Red-Baiting, and Loyalty Oaths
158. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorni Tillett  18 January 1951

On Korea: Defending Warren Austin and the UN
159. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harriet Covert  18 January 1951

On the War in Korea, Part IV: Responding to a Critic
160. Eleanor Roosevelt to Marjorie Billings  18 January 1951

On Being Called a Communist
161. Eleanor Roosevelt to Charles Canning  18 January 1951
162. Eleanor Roosevelt to Sara Gould  19 January 1951

On Race, Colonialism, and Foreign Aid
163. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anthony McCall  19 January 1951

On the War in Korea, Part V: Responding to Critics
164. My Day  2 February 1951

On Aid to India
165. My Day  5 February 1951

On Admitting China to the United Nations
166. Eleanor Roosevelt to Blanche Sisson  7 February 1951

Defending Truman and US Foreign Policy
167. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. J. G. Schutte  13 February 1951

On Politics and Child Custody
168. Eleanor Roosevelt to Pauline Schindler  15 February 1951

On Taft, McCarthy, and the Election on 1952
169. My Day  16 February 1951

On Universal Military Training, Part I
170. Eleanor Roosevelt to Flora Shirah  27 February 1951

Sharing Concerns with Truman
171. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  28 February 1951

On Prayer in the United Nations, Part II
172. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth Servier  5 March 1951

On Labor and the Wage Stabilization Board
173. My Day  10 March 1951

On Willie McGee, Race, and the Courts
174. My Day  10 March 1951

On Krupp and the Reindustrialization of Germany
175. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mr. and Mrs. Schwartzberg  23 March 1951

On Hiss and US Foreign Policy: Responding to a Critic
176. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lee Fitch  23 March 1951

On Truman and MacArthur
177. The Eleanor Roosevelt Show (excerpt)  29 March 1951

The Covenant: Assessing the General Assembly's Instructions
178. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer  31 March 1951

On the "Caliber" and Jurisdiction of the FBI
179. The Eleanor Roosevelt Show (excerpt)  4 April 1951
180. FBI Memorandum  4 April 1951
181. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. Edgar Hoover  12 April 1951

On Building Mutual Understanding
182. "A World for Peace"  5 April 1951

On the War In Korea, the United Nations, and US Casualties
183. Eleanor Roosevelt to Millie Littlejohn  6 April 1951

On Truman's Dismissal of MacArthur, Part I
184. My Day  9 April 1951
185. My Day  13 April 1951

On Byrnes and Segregated Schools
186. My Day  10 April 1951

The Covenant: Debating Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Part II
187. Outline of Statement in the Working Group on Economic,
      Social, and Cultural Rights  27 April 1951

The Covenant: Assessing Deliberations
188. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer  15 May 1951

On the Equal Rights Amendment, Part I
189. My Day  25 May 1951

Assessing US Conduct on the Human Rights Commission
190. Memorandum to John Hickerson  27 May 1951

The Covenant: Debating Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Part III
191. Durward Sandifer Memorandum of Conversation with
      Eleanor Roosevelt  29 May 1951

On Truman's Dismissal of MacArthur, Part II
192. My Day  11 June 1951

On Israel and Arab Refugees, Part II
193. Eleanor Roosevelt to Samuel Schneiderman  13 June 1951

The Covenant: Briefing the Delegation
194. Minutes of Conference with Eleanor Roosevelt  18 June 1951

On Lillian Smith and the Dismantling of Segregation
195. My Day  21 June 1951

On Universal Military Training, Part II
196. My Day  23 June 1951

On Dennis v. United States
197. My Day  25 June 1951

Addressing New York State Democrats
198. Remarks at the "Fight for Freedom" Conference  28 June 1951

July-December

On Inflation, Price Controls, and Protectionism
199. My Day  14 July 1951

Addressing a Young Soldier
200. Eleanor Roosevelt to R. W. Deeter  17 July 1951

On Racial and Ethnic Segregation: Responding to a Critic
201. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ida Magnuson

On US Appropriations for the United Nations
202. My Day  31 July 1951

On Fear
203. If You Ask Me (excerpt)  August 1951

Defending FDR, Confronting the Right: Responding to a Critic
204. Eleanor Roosevelt to Adren Kingmon  3 August 1951

On the War in Korea, Part VI
205. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Lifson  16 August 1951

Who Turned China "Red"?
206. My Day  18 August 1951
207. J. A. Smith to Eleanor Roosevelt  23 August 1951
208. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. A. Smith  1 September 1951
209. The Eleanor Roosevelt Show (excerpt)  23 August 1951
210. Frank Rivera to Eleanor Roosevelt  23 August 1951
211. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frank Rivera  1 September 1951

On the Importance of Foreign Aid
212. My Day  25 August 1951

On God and US Foreign Policy: Responding to a Critic
213. Eleanor Roosevelt to Veronica Bedlington  1 September 1951

The Covenant: Refuting the American Bar Association
214. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alfred Myers  1 September 1951
215. Alfred Myers to Eleanor Roosevelt  7 September 1951
216. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alfred Myers  13 September 1951

On testifying against the Filibuster
217. Walter White to Eleanor Roosevelt  17 September 1951

On Inflation, Foreign Aid, and Price Controls
218. My Day  4 October 1951

On India and Nonalignment
219. Eleanor Roosevelt to Vijaya Pandit  6 November 1951
220. Vijaya Pandit to Eleanor Roosevelt  21 November 1951

On ECOSOC: Progress through Local Action
221. Statement on Chapter IV of the Economic and Social Council's
      Annual Report  19 November 1951
222. Statement to the Third Committee  22 November 1951

On Faith and Guidance
223. My Day  22 November 1951

On the "Pathetic" State of World Affairs
224. My Day  1 December 1951

On Indians and Apartheid
225. Minutes of the Thirty-first Meeting of the US Delegation to the 
      Sixth Regular Session of the UN General Assembly  12 December 1951

On Disarmament and International Control of Atomic Energy
226. Address to Les Jeunne Amis de la Liberté  18 December 1951

Assessing the General Assembly
227. Memorandum for the President and Secretary of State  December 1951
228. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt 3 January 1952

1952

January-June

Debating the Soviets on Refugees, Yet Again
229. Statement to the Third Committee on Refugees  8 January 1952

On Chinese Involvement in the Korean War
230. Eleanor Roosevelt to Vivienne Dunn  18 January 1952

Opposing Dorothy Thompson and the WOMAN Disarmament Campaign
231. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dorothy Thompson  23 January 1952

On Eisenhower, Churchill, and Family
232. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Lash  24 January 1952

Objecting to a US Ambassador to the Vatican
233. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  29 January 1952
234. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt  2 February 1952

On Segregation, Women, and the National Women's Party
235. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gertrude Fairbanks  7 February 1952

The Covenants: On the Right to Self-Determination
236. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  7 February 1952

On Visiting India and Chester Bowles
237. "Red Aid to India Will Not Alter U.S. Attitude"  4 March 1952
238. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  7 March 1952

On Communism and Unaligned Nations
239. Eleanor Roosevelt to Kailash Chand  March 1952

On India and World Politics: Madame Pandit Interviews Eleanor Roosevelt
240. "Indian Elections Gave 'Great Lesson' to World: Mrs. Roosevelt
      Sums Up Tour Impressions"  22 March 1952

On the Human Rights Commission, Women, and the American People
241. Speech at the Menteng Theater  26 March 1952

On Tunis and the State Department
242. Seymour Roman to Eleanor Roosevelt  15 April 1952
243. Eleanor Roosevelt to Seymour Roman  2 May 1952
244. Seymour Roman to Eleanor Roosevelt  6 May 1952

On Bowles, Madame Pandit, and Interceding with China
245. Eleanor Roosevelt to Madame Sun Yat-sen  15 April 1952
246. Chester Bowles to Eleanor Roosevelt  29 April 1952
247. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chester Bowles  12 May 1952

Defending the United Nations
248. Nongovernmental Organization Conference with
      Eleanor Roosevelt  23 April 1952
249. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. E. Rombach  24 April 1952
250. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary McDade  2 May 1952
251. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary McDade  2 June 1952

On Israel and Arab Refugees, Part III
252. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gerwis Organization  2 May 1952

Defending Mary McLeod Bethune
253. My Day  3 May 1952

Lobbying for the International Rescue Committee
254. Untitled Memorandum for the Department of State  May 1952

The Covenants: On Religious Freedom
255. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elsie Hall  12 May 1952

The Covenants: Call to Mobilize Public Support
256. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dean Acheson  16 May 1952
257. Dean Acheson to Eleanor Roosevelt  20 June 1952

On "We Charge Genocide"
258. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ida Alvarez  22 May 1952

On Israel and Arab Refugees, Part IV
259. Remarks to the "Freedom's Stake in the Middle East
      and North Africa" Conference  25 May 1952

On the McCarren-Walter Bill
260. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  31 May 1952
261. Harry Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt  5 June 1952

The Covenants: On Freedom of Information
262. Statement to the Commission on Human Rights  3 June 1952

The Covenants: On the Federal State Clause
263. Statement to the Press  6 June 1952
264. Eleanor Roosevelt to Seymour Roman  20 June 1952

Refuting Soviet Attacks in the Human Rights Commission
265. Statement to the Commission on Human Rights  13 June 1952

The Covenants: Assessing Work to Date
266. Statement to the Press on the Draft Covenant on
      Human Rights  13 June 1952
267. Press Conference with Eleanor Roosevelt  13 June 1952

On Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers
268. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Eagle  20 June 1952
269. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. I. Holmboe  2 August 1952

July-December

On the Importance of the United Nations, Part I
270. Address to the Democratic National Convention  22 July 1952

On Poverty and the International "Crisis of Spirit"
271. My Day  13 August 1952
272. Eleanor Roosevelt to Paul Backlin  30 August 1952

On McCarthy and His Tactics
273. My Day  29 August 1952
274. John Barstow to Eleanor Roosevelt  2 September 1952
275. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Barstow  9 September 1952
276. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Alick  20 September 1952

On Race and the "Race Problem"
277. Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Williams  30 August 1952
278. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Larkin  21 September 1952

On Communism and Colonialism in the Developing World
279. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Delaney  31 August 1952

The Election of 1952: On Stevenson, Nixon, Kennedy, and Sparkman
280. My Day  27 September 1952
281. Eleanor Roosevelt to India Edwards  28 September 1952
282. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louis Morris  October 1952
283. Helen Gahagan Douglas to Eleanor Roosevelt  1 October 1952

Promoting the United Nations
284. "UN: Good U.S. Investment"  1 October 1952

On the Equal Rights Amendment, Part II
285. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Landman  2 October 1952

The Election of 1952: Campaigning for Stevenson
286. Campaign Speech for Adlai Stevenson  5 October 1952
287. Radio Advertisement for Adlai Stevenson  20 October 1952

On the Southern Conference Educational Fund and Segregated Hospitals
288. My Day  17 October 1952

On ECOSOC and Self-Determination
289. Minutes of the Eighth Meeting of the US Delegation to the Seventh
      Regular Session of the UN General Assembly  28 October 1952
290. "The Universal Validity of Man's Right to
      Self-Determination"  18 November 1952

The Election of 1952: Consoling Truman
291. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman  6 November 1952

On the Importance of the United Nations, Part II
292. "Why the United Nations in Unpopular-- And What
      We Can Do About It"  19 November 1952

On Corruption and Disillusionment
293. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elizabeth Weis  6 December 1952

Rebutting Soviet Attacks on American Society
294. Statement in Reply to Charges Concerning Social
      Conditions in the United States  9 December 1952

On the Draft Convention on Political Rights of Women
295. Statement to the Third Committee  12 December 1952
296. Statement to the Third Committee  15 December 1952

On Rumors, Germ Warfare, and Cold War Politics
297. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Vukcevich  15 December 1952

On Desegregating the Public Schools
298. My Day  16 December 1952

On Lattimore, McCarthy, and the Right to a Fair Trial
299. My Day  18 December 1952

On Racial Violence
300. Emily Kuhn to Eleanor Roosevelt  19 December 1952
301. Eleanor Roosevelt to Emily Kuhn  December 1952

On Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and Capital Punishment
302. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Wynn  20 December 1952
303. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dan Helfman  20 December 1952

On Resigning from the US Delegation to the United Nations
304. Bernard Baruch to Eleanor Roosevelt  16 November 1952
305. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch  18 November 1952
306. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Gray  2 December 1952
307. First Draft: Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower  4 December 1952
308. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower  15 December 1952
309. Dwight Eisenhower to Eleanor Roosevelt  30 December 1952
310. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower  31 December 1952
311. My Day (excerpt)  5 January 1953