The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 (143 page)

363 “Bobby accompanied …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

363 “He’s got no balls”: WNJ, p. 115.

364 “an appearance of insincerity”: RKHT, p. 135.

364 “Oh, my God …”: quoted in John Bartlow Martin,
Adlai Stevenson and
the World (1977), p. 235. 364 women nearly fainted: “Dem Ladies Mob ‘Elvis’ Kennedy,” clipping, JFKPP.

364 “I hate to impinge …”: Robert F. Kennedy to Adlai Stevenson, Illinois State University at Normal, DHP.

365 “He had a tendency…”: Clark R. Mollenhoff,
Tentacles of Power
(1965), p. 129.

365 “Occasionally, I…”: ibid., p. 124.

365 He argued with: RKHT, p. 142.

366 “Unless you are …”: ibid., p. 141.

367 “out of his investigation …”:
Louisville Courier-Journal,
March 24, 1957. 367 walked out of a speech: Joseph E. Persico,
Edward R. Murrow: An American Original
(1997), p. 485.

367 “were charming and poised …”:
New York Times,
September 14, 1957. 367 “We have been working …”: Francis X. Morrissey to Robert F. Kennedy, February 10, 1958, RFK papers, JFKPL. 367 taken steps to ensure: ibid., March 28, 1958.

367 “I think some reporter…”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Robert F. Kennedy, n.d. (probably 1957), family correspondence, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 his Christmas gift list contained: 1957 gift list, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 The next summer: James Brady, “How Conveniently We Forget What Hoffa Really Was,”
Advertising Age,
December 2, 1996.

368 he even suggested: Murray Kempton to Robert F. Kennedy, telegram, n.d., RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 “ought to be cleared …”: Robert F. Kennedy to Jack Anderson, April 18, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 “My objective has always …”: Jack Anderson to Robert F. Kennedy, April 26, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 “if there are some steps…”: Robert F. Kennedy to FCC Chairman George C. McConnaughey, May 30, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 “Spoken bits of praise …”: Clark R. Mollenhoff to Robert F. Kennedy, December 23, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.

368 Bobby called in: Patrick Munroe, KLOH.

369 “[Bobby’s] ‘a great…”:
Boston Globe,
March 20, 1957.

369 “the look of a man …”: TEW, p. 74.

370 “Nobody can describe …”: quoted in Dan E. Moldea,
The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob
(1978), p. 26.

370 he wanted to be present when: Mr. Jones to Mr. DeLoach, September 19, 1959, FBIFOI.

370 suggesting that Cheasty was anti-black: Arthur A. Sloane,
Hoffa
(1991), P-71.

371 “Come on now …”: Stein and Plimpton, pp. 57-58.

371 “the work of Williams …”: TEW, p. 58.

371 “Oh, I used to …”: RFK, pp. 107-8.

371 “a young, dim-witted, curly-headed …”:
Kansas City Star,
July 23, 1961, FBIFOI.

371 “Is there any …”: RFK, p. 111.

372 “relentless, vindictive …”: Alexander Bickel, “The Case Against Him for Attorney General,”
The New Republic,
January 9, 1961.

372 “The sworn statements…”: Clark Mollenhoff to Robert F. Kennedy, January 8, 1957 (but possibly 1958), HP.

373 Every day Ethel sat:
Washington Star,
March 24, 1957.

373 “mash notes”: New York
Daily News,
August 24, 1957.

373 “It’s ridiculous to wait…”:
San Francisco News,
July 12, 1957.

373 The two men went: Stein and Plimpton, p. 56.

373-74 “I don’t understand …”: TEW, p. 144.

374 He took startling restimony: Walter Sheridan,
The Fall and Rise of Jimmy Hoffa
(1972), pp. 99-100.

374 interviewing 1,525 witnesses: Sloane, p. 159.

374 15 unions and more than 50 companies: Robert F. Kennedy, “An Urgent Reform Plan,”
Life,
June 1, 1959.

374 “appalling public apathy”: ibid.

374 He ate gourmet meals: Sloane, p. 139.

375 “At thirty-three …”: notes on
The Jack Paar Show,
June 23, 1959, Museum of Broadcasting, DHP.

375 “My God, this is…”: oral history, Howard E. Shuman, U.S. Senate Historical Office.

375 “Did that tragic episode …”: quoted in JFKOA, p. 20.

376 Of the 138 editorials: ibid., p. 21.

376 “You lucky mush”: Bums, p. 196.

377 “I’ve got a very important…”: LL interview with Arnold Beichman, and
New York Post,
December 12, 1997.

18. The Rites of Ambition

378 “wary of being known …”: SJFK, p. 407.

378 “It’s awful…”: interview, John F. Kennedy, JMBP.

379 Then the dog that Jackie: Dr. Janet Travell, KLOH.

379 In the middle of September: ibid.

379 “You know, that’s…”: ibid.

379 “a virus infection”: Dr. Janet Travell, KLOH.

379 canceled a dinner: John F. Kennedy to Lord Beaverbrook, September 28, 1957, NHP.

379 “discouraged”: Dr. Janet Travell, KLOH.

380 “You know, what you need …”: ibid.

381 “as robust as a sumo wrestler”: WNJ, p. 200.

381 “Now, Lem, which …”: Janet Lee Auchincloss, KLOH.

381 accompanied … by Bill Thompson: George A. Smathers, oral history by Donald A. Ritchie, U.S. Senate Historical Office.

382 took great interest: CY, p. 99.

382 had his picture taken: The author has seen this picture in Patty McGinty Gallagher’s home in Palm Beach, Florida.

382 Jack had been accompanied: Mr. Rosen to Mr. Boardman, March 4, 1958, FBIFOI.

382 “Batista had a …”: LL interview with George Smathers.

383 Sarge came from: Robert A. Liston,
Sargent Shriver: A Candid Portrait
(1964), p. 25.

383 “I found a man …”: Learner, p. 426.

383 “White Slave activities …”: FBI investigation, January 29, 1954, FBIFOI.

384 start Cleary Brothers: Dinneen (1959), p. 187.

384 Jean settled for a more: Collier and Horowitz, pp. 215-16.

384 “one of the great American fortunes”:
Forbes,
October 21, 1991.

384 “I think they will…”: Archbishop Cushing to Joseph P. Kennedy, May 17, 1956, PC.

385 “I didn’t get…”: Archbishop Cushing to Joseph P. Kennedy, June 8, 1956, PC.

385 “weak as a cat”: quoted in TEEK, p. 104.

386 “darn good looking fellow”: LL interview with Joan Kennedy.

387 “What do you …”: LL interview with Joan Kennedy, and interview, Joan Kennedy, RCP.

387 “proposed in a …”: ibid.

387 “When the interview …”: ibid.

388 “I was young and naive …”: interview, Joan Kennedy, RCP.

388 engagement ring that: ibid.

389 an entourage of pretty young women: Vincent J. Celeste, KLOH. 389 “customarily surrounded by …”: quoted in SJFK, p. 452.

389 slapped as many bumper: TEEK, p. 108.

389 “house to house”: interview, John F. Kennedy, JMBP.

389 Celeste thought that he: Vincent J. Celeste, KLOH.

390 “a professional tattletale”: TEEK, p. 54.

390 “to a law firm …”: Eddie O’Dowd to John F. Kennedy, June 20, 1955, RWC.

390 “have been running …”: “Could not give my name for good reasons but am a resident of the block” to John F. Kennedy, June 20, 1955, RWC.

391 paying Feldman $15,000: LL interview with Myer Feldman.

391 “I think it’s the …”: ibid.

391 At each stop he introduced: Paul Fay, CBS interview, n.d., NHP.

391 “I really hate this”: LL interview with Joseph P. Miller, and Joseph P. Miller, unpublished memoir.

392 “Be sure to keep …”: John F. Kennedy to Steve Smith, “Saturday afternoon (en route to California),” n.d., RWC.

392 “probably as nearly perfect…”: O’Donnell and Powers, p. 145. 392 “Should we get…”: John F. Kennedy to Steve Smith, “Saturday afternoon …” RWC. 392 an estimated $1.5 million: SJFK, pp. 451-52.

392 “I wouldn’t change …”:
Boston Sunday Herald,
April 7, 1957, HUA.

393 “I have told …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Archbishop Cushing, May 1, 1958, PC.

393 “Among our civic …”: Archbishop Cushing to Joseph P. Kennedy, n.d. (1958), PC.

393 “I do hope that sometime …”: Bishop of Covington to Archbishop Cushing, May 9, 1958, PC.

393 “if you can get any …”: Archbishop Cushing to Bishop Malloy, May 14, 1958, PC.

394 “a program was carried …”: Lawrence F. O’Brien to Robert F. Kennedy, February 19, 1953, RFK miscellaneous correspondence, JFKPL.

394 normally reserved for bishops: Archbishop Cushing to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 4, 1958, PC.

394 “I am really …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Cushing, May 13, 1958, PC.

395 “I haven’t been …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Lord Beaverbrook, June 27, 1958, NHP.

395 he assumed it was one of: interview with campaign aide, OTR.

395 “At the beginning …”: ibid.

396 was outraged: LL interview with Marcus Raskin, and OTR interview with Kennedy’s mistress.

396 “These men … died for …”: “Handwritten Notes of Senator Kennedy to Be Used by Him in Making Memorial Day Speeches at Brookline and Dorchester, Massachusetts, on May 30, 1958,” JFKPP.

398 changed his mind: oral history, Father Cavanaugh, Notre Dame University.

398 “We almost…”: LL interview with Joan Kennedy.

398 “I remember at…”: Edward M. Kennedy to Lord Beaverbrook, November 18, 1958, NHP papers.

399 “He stayed …”: interview, John F. Kennedy, JMBP.

398

400 “We were dumped …”: LL interview with Joan Kennedy.

400 “When Ted told …”: interview, Joan Kennedy, RCP.

19. “A Sin Against God”

402 On the first day: K, p. 119.

403 “quiet confidence”: ibid.

403 Non-Catholic staff members: ibid.

403 Jack’s staff had already: David Hackett, KLOH, LL interview with David Hackett, and LL interview with Myer Feldman.

403 “I want you to …”: interview, Robert Wallace, DHP.

404 “Now wait…”: ibid.

404 “Where the hell…”: Joe Miller, unpublished recollection, and LL interview with Joe Miller.

405 “Virtually everyone …”: ibid.

405 “You have been …”: ibid.

405 Already, in March: Mr. Jones to Mr. DeLoach, July 13, 1960, FBIFOI.

406 Florence Kater wrote:
The Thunderbolt,
November 1963. 406 She had in her possession: ibid.

406 “racing like a…”: Florence Mary Kater to Robert Kennedy, April 2, 1963, Hedda Hopper collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Los Angeles.

406 “Here comes the agony …”: LL interview with Chuck Spalding.

407 “I was taken into …”: Dictated letter to Jacqueline Kennedy on weekend in Rhode Island, n.d., presidential recording, cassette L, JFKPL.

407 “Jenny Ryan …”: ibid.

407 I Jacqueline … : Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy to Evelyn Lincoln, January 11, 1960, RWC.

408 he was checking…: C. D. DeLoach to Mr. Mohr, April 19, 1960, FBIFOI.

408 “in Miami he had …”: To Director, FBI, from Special Agent in Charge, New Orleans, March 23, 1960, FBIFOI.

409 “some bimbos and …”: interview, Blair Clark, HP.

409 by the following evening: Judith Exner,
My Story
(1977), pp. 52-54.

409 “the main topic …”: ibid, pp. 90-91. In a deposition in
Judith Exner vs. Random House,
et al., Exner stated that these were among the truthful statements in her autobiography.

410 “kind of spooky”: Gerri Hirshey, “The Last Act of Judith Exner,”
Vanity Fair,
April 1990.

410 alimony of $433.33: testimony of FBI informant at Bank of America, FBI file LA, 92-113, JEP.

410 “financially independent”: deposition of Judith Exner, in
Judith Exner, Plaintiff, vs. Defendants Random House, Inc., Ballantine Books, Villard Books, Laurence Learner, Milt Ebbins,
does 2-100, December 4, 1997, JEP.

410 “family money …”: Hirshey, p. 221.