Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with James Roosevelt

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with James Roosevelt

1962 - 1998

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This is the transcript of a three oral history interviews with James Roosevelt. In the first interview Roosevelt discussed Evans Carlson and the Communist party; Carlson as a military tactician; the success of Carlson's Second Marine Raider Battalion; becoming the California State Democratic Chairman; the Hollywood Interculture Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions (HICCASP); candidates for governor in 1946; the strength of Earl Warren among Democrats; declining to run for the Senate in 1946; trying to put together a Democratic coalition; Henry Wallace's third party movement; Democratic overtures to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1948; Ed Pauley; campaign funds; the Truman 1948 campaign in California; and factions within the Democratic party. In the second interview he discussed the 1950 gubernatorial race; campaign workers; George Outland; Susie Post; Gertrude Clark; Ed Roybal and the Mexican-American community; the Korean War as a campaign issue; cross-filing; Bill Malone; lack of support by the press; support from Drew Pearson; endorsements and financial support; neutral and opposing Democrats; Pat Brown; Democratic factions; civil defense; charges and attacks on Roosevelt; communism as a campaign issue; failure to get Truman's endorsement; Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation from the UN; sources of campaign funds; and the Helen Gahagan Douglas-Richard Nixon Senate race. In the third interview he discussed gambling as a campaign issue; convincing Outland that the campaign race would be different from the primary race; the place of George Davis on the campaign staff; Frank Scully and James Roosevelt for Governor, Incorporated; relations with Chief Justice Earl Warren; and meeting with Warren in Geneva.

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Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

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James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The oldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. He served as an official Secretary to the President and in the United States House of Representatives representing California....

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

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