Part 28 (1/2)
p. 152: ”less a self-a.s.sertion”: Collier and Horowitz, 212.
p. 152: ”I was one of the few”: Quoted in ibid., 214.
p. 152: ”The whole thing”: Ibid.
p. 152: ”a liking for women”: Doris Goodwin, 725.
p. 153: ”That young American friend”: Quoted in Blair, 561.
p. 153: Extreme unction and ”It's okay”: Collier and Horowitz, 202-3.
p. 153: ”His continual, almost heroic”: Wills, 33.
p. 153: ”mad, bad”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 214.
pp. 153-54: For the letters, see Box 4A, PP. On Fitzwilliam, see Collier and Horowitz, 200-205; and Doris Goodwin, 732-39, who relies on Lynne McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times (New York, 1983), 129, 206-9, 219, 228, 230, 232-37. (New York, 1983), 129, 206-9, 219, 228, 230, 232-37.
p. 154: News of Kathleen's death and ”How can there possibly be”: Doris Goodwin, 739, 743.
p. 154: ”The thing about Kathleen”: Quoted in Burns, 54.
p. 154: ”but there was no use”: Joseph Alsop OH.
p. 154: ”The point is” and ”he always heard”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 207-9.
p. 155: ”he was in terrible pain”: Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 742-44.
p. 155: On plans for 1948, see Burns, 99-100; Blair, 546-49; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 197-98; and Burns interview with JFK, Mar. 22, 1959. 197-98; and Burns interview with JFK, Mar. 22, 1959.
p. 155: For the speaking schedules, see Burns, 100; and Martin and Plaut, 156.
p. 156: ”we usually ended up”: O'Donnell and Powers, 77-79.
p. 156: For the X rays: See films of Dec. 14, 1944 and Nov. 6, 1950, in Dr. Janet Travell's medical records, JFKL.
p. 156: ”he would lean”: O'Donnell and Powers, 77-79.
p. 156: ”When we've got”: Ibid.
p. 156: ”You young boys”: Smathers OH.
pp. 156-57: On the speculation and the Progressive party support, see Blair, 555; and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 197-98. 197-98.
p. 157: For the Roper poll, see ”A Report on Political Sentiment in Ma.s.sachusetts,” June 1948, Box 81, PPP.
p. 157: For the election results: ”Congressman John F. Kennedy's Election Count,” 1948, Box 5, PP.
pp. 157-58: On Curley and Honey Fitz and for the quote, ”It made him realize”: Doris Goodwin, 745-49.
p. 158: For JFK's continuing focus on domestic issues, see the various doc.u.ments on these matters in Boxes 81, 82, 83, 93, 95, 98, 99, and 100, PPP, especially the collection of JFK's House speeches in Box 93, and his speech to the Ma.s.sachusetts state CIO, Dec. 7, 1951, Box 102, PPP.
p. 158: ”Foreign policy today”: JFK, Radio Speech, Nov. 14, 1951, Box 102, PPP.
p. 158: ”perpetual, unending war”: Address of JFK, n.d., 1948, Box 95, PPP.
pp. 158-59: On the communist fears, see Acheson, 250-52; McCullough, 521-22, 550-53, 742; Gallup, 788, 881.
p. 159: ”the onslaught”: JFK, ”Aid to Italy,” Nov. 20, 1947, CR, CR, 80th Congress, 1st Session. 80th Congress, 1st Session.
p. 159: ”the opportunity”: JFK Record, Box 98, PPP.
p. 159: ”the betrayal”: JFK, ”Displaced Persons,” June 11, 1948, CR, CR, 80th Congress, 2nd Session; also, ”Kennedy Raps Roosevelt Att.i.tude Toward Russia,” 80th Congress, 2nd Session; also, ”Kennedy Raps Roosevelt Att.i.tude Toward Russia,” Salem Evening News, Salem Evening News, May 8, 1948. May 8, 1948.
p. 160: ”The failure of our foreign policy”: JFK, ”Our Foreign Policy in Connection with China,” Jan. 29, 1949; ”China-Statement of JFK,” Feb. 21, 1949, CR, CR, 81st Congress, 1st Session. 81st Congress, 1st Session.
p. 160: Anticommunism: Gallup, 808-809.
p. 160: On Smathers and Pepper, see Lasky, 102-3.
p. 161: ”the lack of”: Press Release, Oct. 7, 1949, Box 96, PPP; press release on JFK letter to HST, Oct. 10, 1949, and see letter to editors, Nov. 17, 1949, Box 7, PP.
p. 161: Kennedy worried: NYT, NYT, June 5, Sept. 1, 1950. June 5, Sept. 1, 1950.
p. 161: ”inexcusable delay”: JFK, Remarks, July 13, 1950, CR, CR, 81st Congress, 2nd Session. 81st Congress, 2nd Session.
p. 161: ”sold like hot cakes”: Names in the News, Aug. 26, 1950, Box 6, PP.
p. 161: ”the inadequate state”: JFK, Speech, n.d, Box 7, PP.
p. 161: Alsops' column: CR, CR, Feb. 13, 1950, 81st Congress, 2nd Session. Feb. 13, 1950, 81st Congress, 2nd Session.
p. 161: JFK on U.S. forces: JFK, Remarks, Aug. 25, 1950, CR, CR, 81st Congress, 2nd Session. 81st Congress, 2nd Session.
pp. 161-62: For HST ratings, see Gallup, 800, 821, 834, 860, 903, 939, 953.
p. 162: For JFK's views at the Harvard seminar and dinner, see John P. Mallan, ”Ma.s.sachusetts: Liberal and Corrupt,” New Republic, New Republic, Oct. 13, 1952. Oct. 13, 1952.
pp. 162-63: For JFK's ties to McCarthy and denial, see Parmet, Jack, Jack, 172-74, 211-14. 172-74, 211-14.
p. 162: ”How dare you”: Robert Amory Jr. OH.
p. 163: For fears about the cold war and favorable public opinion toward McCarthy's anticommunism, see Gallup, 897, 911-12, 924, 933-34.
p. 163: ”a ballyhoo artist”: Quoted in McCullough, 768.
p. 163: For JFK's views at the end of 1951 on communists in government, see ”Meet the Press,” Dec. 3, 1951, Box 105, PPP.
p. 163: For publicity about JFK's trip, see The Yankee Network News Releases, Jan. 7, 26, 30, 1951, and UPI, Feb. 6, 1951, Box 8, PP.
pp. 163-64: JFK's trip was recorded in a 149-page handwritten diary that became available to researchers in January 2000: Travel Journal, Jan.-Feb. 1951, JFKL. JFK, Radio Talk, Feb. 6, 1951; JFK Statement before Senate committees, Feb. 22, 1951, Box 95, PPP.