Part 29 (1/2)

Chapter 6: The Senator

p. 177: ”you will wonder”: Quoted in McCullough, 214.

p. 177: ”I've often thought”: Quoted in Parmet, Jack, Jack, 260. 260.

p. 177: ”'What's it like'”: John A. Carver Jr. OH.

p. 178: ”Do you pray”: Quoted in Van Wyck Brooks, 418. Also see John F. Kennedy, Profiles, Profiles, 2. 2.

p. 178: ”I'd be very happy”: Paul Healy, ”The Senate's Gay Young Bachelor,” Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, June 13, 1953. June 13, 1953.

p. 178: ”the fine art” and ”realizes that once”: JFK, Profiles, Profiles, 5, 10. 5, 10.

p. 179: ”A pleasant brunet”: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 6, 1962. Jan. 6, 1962.

p. 179: ”If I had said”: Quoted in Sorensen, 62.

p. 179: For Sorensen's background, see Martin and Plaut, 251-53; Sorensen, 12; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 262-64. 262-64.

p. 180: ”Jack Kennedy wouldn't hire”: Sorensen, 11.

p. 180: Jack needed a liberal voice: Martin and Plaut, 251.

p. 180: ”intellectual than emotional persuasion”: Lasky, 165.

p. 180: ”You couldn't write speeches”: Sorensen, 33.

p. 180: ”impressed by his 'ordinary' demeanor”: Ibid., 11-12.

p. 180: ”were going to throw in with him”: Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 253.

pp. 180-81: ”You've got to remember”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 243.

p. 181: The office: Burns, 119-20, 213-16.

p. 181: ”devoted, loyal, and dedicated”: Lincoln, 18.

p. 181: Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Nov. 9, 1952, Box 920A, PPP. Nov. 9, 1952, Box 920A, PPP.

p. 181: Developed forty proposals: Sorensen, 64-65; Burns, 120-22; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 265-69. 265-69.

p. 181: ”The Economic Problems of New England-A Program for Congressional Action,” May 18, 25, June 1, 1953, Compilation of JFK Speeches, JFKL. Also see ”Legislative Record of Senator John F. Kennedy in 83rd Congress, 1953-54, Box 781, PPP.

p. 182: ”no great fireworks”: T. J. Reardon to William L. Batt Jr., April 27, 1954, Box 509, PPP.

p. 182: 30,000 copies: ”Memorandum of Progress of New England Program,” Dec. 15, 1953, Box 552, PPP.

p. 182: The articles: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 269-70. 269-70.

p. 182: ”made some slurring”: T. J. Reardon to Francis Morrissey, Mar. 18, 1954, Box 509, PPP.

pp. 182-83: For JFK's ruminations about the Seaway, see St. Lawrence Seaway File, Jan. 25, 1953-Jan. 8, 1954, Box 654, PPP. The speech, Jan. 14, 1954, is in Compilation of Speeches.

p. 183: For the Boston Post Boston Post and two congressional supporters, see Parmet, and two congressional supporters, see Parmet, Jack, Jack, 272. 272.

p. 183: At least one Ma.s.sachusetts newspaper: New Bedford Standard Times; New Bedford Standard Times; see JFK to JPK, Jan. 29, 1954, Box 504, PPP. see JFK to JPK, Jan. 29, 1954, Box 504, PPP.

p. 183: Meet the Press: Meet the Press: Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP. Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP.

p. 183: Worrisome issues to people: Gallup, 1113, 1118, 1125, 1142, 1162, 1194, 1225-26, 1230, 1241, 1255, 1277.

p. 184: ”eager boyish”: Charles Bartlett to JFK, n.d., Box 490, PPP.

p. 184: ”on the weapons of subversion”: JFK, Address, Wilmington, Del., May 14, 1953, Compilation of Speeches.

p. 184: ”not see how”: JFK Speech to American Legion, Oct. 16, 1953, ibid.

pp. 184-85: On defense spending, see Amendments of June 30, 1953 and July 1, 1953 to Mutual Security Act, 1951, Compilation of Speeches; and JFK to L. A. Weicker, Oct. 26, 1953, Box 479, PPP.

p. 185: For Johnson's report, see L. P. Marvin Jr. to Priscilla Johnson, April 17, 1953, Box 481; Johnson to JFK, April 22, 1953, Box 484, PPP.

p. 185: ”the native populations”: JFK to John F. Dulles, May 7, 1953, Box 481, PPP.

p. 185: State Department response: Thruston B. Morton to JFK, May 13, June 12, 1953, Box 481, PPP.

pp. 185-86: Case before Congress: JFK, Amendment to Mutual Security Act of 1951, June 30, 1953.

p. 186: ”be administered in such a way”: JFK, Amendment to Mutual Security Act of 1951, July 1, 1953, JFK, Compilation of Speeches.

p. 186: ”how the new Dulles policy”: JFK, Cathedral Club, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1954, JFK, Compilation of Speeches.

p. 186: Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP. Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP.

pp. 186-87: ”No amount of American military”: ”The War in Indochina,” April 6, 14, 1954, JFK, Compilation of Speeches.

p. 187: Indochina ”is lost”: CBS, Man of the Week, Man of the Week, May 9, 1954, Box 524, PPP. May 9, 1954, Box 524, PPP.

p. 187: Attention and praise: See Holmes Alexander column ”Capitol Comment,” July 18, 1953, Box 481; George McT. Kahin to JFK, April 8, 1954, Box 488, PPP; and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 284-86. 284-86.

p. 188: For polls about McCarthy, see Gallup, 1003, 1150, 1164, 1189, 1194, 1201, 1203, 1213, 1225, 1231-32, 1234-35, 1237, 1241-42, 1253, 1263.

pp. 188-89: On LBJ and McCarthy, see Dallek, Lone Star Rising, Lone Star Rising, 451-57. 451-57.

p. 189: ”Not very much”: Quoted in Burns, 141-42.

p. 189: ”Oh, h.e.l.l”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 248. Also see Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Dec. 2, 1951, Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP. Dec. 2, 1951, Feb. 14, 1954, Box 920A, PPP.

p. 189: On the confirmations, see Martin and Plaut, 207.