The Patriarch (122 page)

Reynaud and, 451–53

salary of, 244

second term election of, 252, 254, 710

second term inauguration of, 255

tax proposals of, 229, 231–32, 237

third term, decision to seek, 313, 333, 428, 429, 436, 492

third term election of, 496

third term nomination of, 462

and U.S. entry into World War II, 538

and U.S. involvement in World War II, 443, 454, 467, 491, 504

Walker and, 178–79

Wall Street regulation and, 205

whistle-stop tours of, 179–83

work relief program of, 229–31, 232, 237

Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr., 733–34

Roosevelt, James “Jimmy,” 179–80, 183, 184, 187, 193, 206, 208, 241, 245, 250, 253, 268, 269, 275, 278, 513, 733

insurance business of, 320

and JPK’s ambassadorship, 272, 273, 284, 285, 287, 310

JPK’s friendship with, 320

Roosevelt, Theodore, 701

Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 671

Rosenbloom, Carroll, 582, 645, 646, 684, 749, 773, 786

Rosenman, Samuel, 583

Rossheim, Irving, 125, 126

Rothschild, Anthony Gustav de, 362

Rowe, James, 671

Royal, John, 695, 772

Rublee, George, 329, 350–51, 365

Ruppel, Louis, 207, 249, 250

Rusk, Dean, 760

Rusk, Howard, 696, 761, 777–78

Rusk Institute, 778, 781, 782

Russell, Rosalind, 299

Russia,
see
Soviet Union

Russo, Joe, 598

Ruth, Babe, 66, 119

Sachar, Abram L., 698

Sacred Heart Convent, 309, 323–24

St. Coletta School, Hanover, Mass., 623–24, 626, 628–29

St. Coletta School, Jefferson, Wisc., 537, 695

Rosemary at, 628–31

St. Coletta school, Palos Park, Calif., 695

St. John, C. Wardell, 150

St. John, George, 177, 195–96, 225

St. Leonard’s Mansion, 433, 435, 444, 458, 473, 479

St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
80, 498

St. Louis Star-Times,
276–77

Salinger, Pierre, 735, 769

Saltonstall, Leverett, 593, 657–58

Sarnoff, David, 111, 124–25, 129, 130, 137, 243, 350, 369, 542

Saturday Evening Post,
320, 377, 712

Schary, Dore, 706

Schenck, Joseph, 96, 115, 156

Schenck, Nick, 94

Schiff, Dorothy, 756

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 171, 188, 605–6, 666, 689, 703, 758, 762, 768

Schnitzer, Joseph, 74–75, 94

Schulberg, B. P., 170

Schuschnigg, Kurt von, 289, 290

Schwab, Charles M., 52, 55

Scollard, C. J., 114, 131, 139

Seabury, Samuel, 179

Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
255–56

Securities Act of 1933, 204–5, 216, 233

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 226–28, 247, 257, 296, 613, 614

blue sky laws of, 226

Hearst and, 254, 257

insider trading and, 67, 131, 226, 227

JPK as chairman of, xxi, 67, 80, 131, 206–11, 212–20, 226–29, 232–37, 243, 244, 248, 254, 277, 320, 438, 529

JPK’s 1934 radio address and, 218–19

JPK’s resignation from, 234–36, 246

JPK’s staff appointments for, 216–17

public utilities bill and, 232–35, 236, 237

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 205, 208, 217, 233

Seigenthaler, John, 737–38

Selective Service System:

JPK’s registration with, 50–51, 54

in World War I, 50

in World War II, 476

Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 188, 192, 208, 210

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 314, 640, 711

JFK and, 640–42, 684–85, 711

Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 671, 673, 688, 710–11

Seymour, Frances Ford, 536

Seymour, James, 299, 419, 460

Sharett, Moshe, 388–89, 390

Shaw, George Bernard, 306

Shea, Frank, 216

Sheehan, Joe, 16, 54, 216, 436

Sheehy, Father Maurice, 549

Shirer, William, 342

Show People,
173

Shriver, Eunice Kennedy (daughter), 194, 242–43, 264, 325, 333, 423, 457, 463, 490, 526, 527, 646, 657, 667, 668, 678, 681, 695, 732, 738, 755, 760, 765, 766, 784

Addison’s disease of, 527

birth of, 85

childhood of, 90, 113, 126, 178

education of, 106, 149, 152, 242, 297, 298

in England during JPK’s ambassadorship, 297

Hartington’s death and, 572–73

health problems of, 195, 224, 527, 546–47

JFK’s congressional campaign and, 596, 602, 603

Joe Jr.’s death and, 570, 571

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and, 613, 624, 696, 697–98, 760

JPK’s stroke and, 776, 778, 779, 784

Kathleen’s death and, 620–21

marriage of, 585, 647, 677

and outbreak of World War II, 410

Rosemary and, 152, 154, 425, 630

work life of, 585, 619, 647, 697

Shriver, Robert Sargent (son-in-law), 647, 662, 663, 665, 668, 678, 695, 697–98, 704, 720, 773

Eunice Kennedy’s marriage to, 585, 647, 677

Sidey, Hugh, 752, 757

Silverman, Sime, 96

Simon, John, 336, 345, 367, 371

Sinatra, Frank, 730–31, 762, 763

Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, 623, 628

Skinner, Otis, 73

Skouras, Spyros, 126

Slessor, John, 339

Smathers, George, 595–96, 652, 657, 684, 703, 757

Smith, Al, 134–35, 172, 173, 176, 246, 250–51, 491, 701, 744, 754

Smith, Ben (Wall Street trader), 163, 438

Smith, Benjamin A., II (senator), 766

Smith, Jean Kennedy (daughter), xxiii, 163, 243, 264, 423, 435, 457, 458, 463, 490, 534, 565, 615, 646, 668, 678, 681, 718, 762, 766–67

birth of, 116

childhood of, 126, 146, 178

doll collection of, 423–24

education of, 526, 547

in England during JPK’s ambassadorship, 286, 297, 298

Hartington’s death and, 573

jewelry theft and, 694

JFK’s congressional campaign and, 602, 603

Joe Jr.’s death and, 570, 571

JPK’s stroke and, 776, 778, 779

Kathleen’s death and, 621

marriage of, 585, 678, 718

and outbreak of World War II, 410

Rosemary and, 425, 629

work life of, 585–86

Smith, Joe, 705

Smith, Kate, 654

Smith, Steve (son-in-law), 718, 726, 728, 762, 786

Jean Kennedy’s marriage to, 585, 678, 718

socialism, 251, 484, 618

Depression and, 171

Social Security, 260

Somerset Importers, 192–94, 245, 528–29, 611, 720

Sorensen, Ted, 673, 685, 687, 690, 702–3, 709, 726, 745, 748, 752, 764, 769, 774

Southard, Louis K., 38

Soviet Union, 287, 394, 484, 577, 580, 581, 600–601, 604–5, 638, 643

appeasement of, xxii, 605–7

in Cold War, xxii, 604–5, 609, 625, 636, 659, 660–61, 682, 689

German alliance with, 399, 415–16

German invasion of, 531

Joe Kennedy, Jr.’s trip to, 199, 202, 203, 220

JPK’s views on, xxii, 600–601, 605–6, 617, 659, 682, 745, 746

Korea and, 632, 633, 636, 641

Poland invaded by, 416

Robert Kennedy’s views on, 689–90

U.S. negotiations with, 745–46

Spain, 374, 377, 496–97

Catholic refugees in, 309, 323–24

civil war in, 258, 287, 377, 381

Spalding, Chuck, 739

Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 252–53, 575, 580, 586, 626–28, 649, 677, 696, 698, 700, 730, 748, 755–56

JFK’s presidential campaign and, 723, 727–28, 744, 753–55

Spivak, Lawrence, 658–59

Stalin, Joseph, 254, 575, 600, 601, 605, 636, 638

Stanford University, 476, 501

Stanton, Frank, 747

State Street Trust, 45

Stearn, Jess, 767

Steele, Richard, 766

Stevenson, Adlai, 661, 668, 687, 701–8, 709, 736, 764

Stewart, Jimmy, 398, 421, 502

Stewart, Robert, 490

Stewart, William Rhinelander, 299

Steyne, Alan, 301

Stieglitz, Katherine “Kitty,” 536

Stimson, Henry, 459, 465

stock market:

and British sales of securities, 437–38

crash of 1929, xxi, 132, 154, 159–60, 218, 586–87

insider trading and, 67–68, 78, 131, 132, 161–62, 226, 227

investigation of fraud in, 188

JPK’s trading in, xx–xxi, 44–45, 58–59, 67, 77–78, 131–32, 155, 161–62, 168, 170, 175, 188, 191–92, 205, 206, 209–10, 212–13, 226, 438, 529, 692, 693

JPK’s work as broker, 58, 60, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68

Libbey-Owens-Ford stock pool and, 192, 210, 262–63

registration of foreign stocks and bonds on NYSE, 238–39

regulation of, 204–5, 219;
see also
Securities and Exchange Commission

Roosevelt and, 217, 246, 248, 271

short selling and, 88, 168, 170, 438, 692

upward climb of, 77, 111, 167

Stone, Fred, 65, 76, 77

Stone, Galen, 58, 64, 67, 69, 74, 87

Straus, Jesse, 177

Strong, George, 481

Stuart, Harry, 257

Stuart, Robert, Jr., 506, 511

Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, 287, 290, 302, 323, 329–30, 332, 334–47, 360, 383

Suez Canal, 475, 497, 530, 655, 660

Sullivan, Mark, 210–11

Sulzberger, Arthur, 300, 316

Sumner, William, 5, 6

Sunday Pictorial,
611

Sunset Boulevard,
156

Supreme Court, 228, 232

Roosevelt’s plan to change composition of, 270–71

Surrender of King Leopold, The
(Kennedy and Landis), 615

Sutton, Billy, 595

Swanson, Gloria, 86, 107–10, 113, 114–15, 116–19, 121, 122, 153, 155–59, 173, 611

bungalow built for, 137, 157

financial problems of, 157–58

Gloria Productions, 115, 155, 156, 158, 169–70

JPK’s affair with, xx, 115, 117, 118, 137, 143–48, 154, 156, 158

JPK’s meeting of, 107–8, 110

Moore and, 60

Queen Kelly, 118–19, 121, 136–42, 155–56, 157, 158, 159

Rose Kennedy and, 143–47

Rose Kennedy compared with, 110

singing of, 143, 154–56

Sunset Boulevard
, 157

The Trespasser
, 142–44, 154–55, 156, 157

Swope, Gerard, 331

Swope, Herbert Bayard, 174–75, 188, 202, 209, 210, 211, 218, 219, 234, 239, 331

Symington, Stuart, 673, 720

Tablet,
744

Taft, Robert A., 604–5, 638–39, 660, 666

Talbot, Father Ted, 563

taxes, 229, 231–32, 237, 606, 608, 625, 660

JPK and, 157, 194, 588, 611, 612, 625

Taylor, Henry, 66

Taylor, Myron, 308, 322, 329, 365, 393, 632, 633

Teamsters, 710

Thayer, Eugene, 38, 39, 49, 59, 71–72, 73–74, 78

Thompson, Dorothy, 357, 519

Thomson, Fred, 96–98, 100, 102, 106, 107, 116

Tilden, Bill, 325

Time,
122, 174, 236, 244, 256, 268, 278, 279, 409, 433, 519, 592, 703, 713, 720, 738, 739

Times
(London), 565

Timilty, Joe (“the Commish”), 595, 610, 618, 621, 645, 680, 736

Tinkham, George, 500

Tito, Josip Broz, 636, 639

Tobin, Maurice, 591, 592, 593, 598, 604

Todd, Mike, 572

Todd Shipbuilding, 69, 78, 168, 256

Tolson, Clyde, 559

Toscanini, Arturo, 300

Townsend, Francis, 230, 231

Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy (granddaughter), 654, 780

Transamerica, 159, 168

transatlantic communications, 422–23

transcontinental rail travel, 140

Travell, Janet, 773

Treaty of Versailles, 258, 368, 376

Treman, Robert, 66

Trespasser, The,
142–44, 154–55, 156, 157

Trohan, Walter, 318, 518

Truitt, Max, 409, 490, 542

Truman, Harry, 573, 575–76, 580, 583–84, 594, 599, 601, 606, 615, 616, 637, 638, 640, 643, 649, 656, 658, 659, 663, 666, 711, 736, 746

Herbert Hoover and, 584

JPK’s meeting with, 632, 633–34, 644

Korean War and, 633, 635

and sending U.S. troops to Europe, 638–42

Truman Doctrine (aid to Greece and Turkey), 605, 607, 608, 616, 617, 618, 636, 637

Tucker, Sophie, 93

Tugwell, Rexford, 249, 251

Tully, Grace, 542–43

Tunney, Gene, 100

Turkey, 600, 605

U.S. aid to, 605, 607, 608, 616, 617, 618, 636, 637

Turner, Ethel, 71

20th Century Limited,
141

Tyler, Tom, 97

unemployment, 229–30

work relief program, 229–31, 232, 237

unions,
see
labor

United Artists, 96, 108, 110, 114, 115, 137, 141, 143, 156, 157

United Nations, 593, 601

Universal Films, 66, 94, 119, 122

University of Virginia, 635–36, 658, 675–76

U.S. News & World Report,
689, 703, 741

U.S. Steel, 168, 319–20, 393

utilities industry, 274

Public Utility Holding Company Act, 232–35, 236, 237

Valentino, Rudolph, 110

Vallee, Rudy, 221

Vandenberg, Arthur, 601, 607, 616

Vansittart, Robert, 431

Variety,
96, 116, 122, 143

Vatican, 252–53, 264, 381, 619, 632, 633, 634, 642, 679, 699–701, 712, 715, 724, 755, 771

JFK’s presidential campaign and, 734–35

Vickery, Howard, 543–44

Voice of America,
771

Von Stroheim, Erich, 118–19, 121, 136–39, 155

Voorhis, Jerry, 595–96

Wagner, Robert, 389

Wagner Act, 232, 237

Wakeman, Samuel, 52, 55

Waldorf Towers, 503, 547

Waldrop, Frank, 531, 541

Walker, Elisha, 112, 115, 117, 119–20, 123, 124, 129, 130, 159, 175, 192, 257

Walker, Frank, 180–81, 188

Walker, James, 178–79

Wallace, Bob, 726

Wallace, Henry, 504, 605

Wallace, Mike, 714

Wall Street,
see
stock market

Wall Street bombing of 1920, 69–70

Wall Street Journal,
236, 637

Walsh, David I., 215, 551, 604, 657

Walsh, Elizabeth, 615, 663

Walsh, Margaret, 160–61

Walsh, Tom, 769