Chapter 27
pp. 127-28: Seeing Jack's amateur status: Martin and Plaut, 131, 136-37; O'Donnell and Powers, 58-60.
p. 128: He began going into: Martin and Plaut, 136.
p. 128: "I would have given odds": McCarthy, 20.
p. 128: "I seem to be": O'Donnell and Powers, 59.
p. 128: "I think I know": Ibid., 54-55.
p. 128: "hit the barbershops": Ibid., 63-64.
p. 129: Ride the trolleys: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 154. 154.
p. 129: On the house parties, see Press Release, Bill McMorrow, May 2, 1946, Box 74, PPP; Burns, 66-67; O'Donnell and Powers, 64-65; Doris Goodwin, 716-17.
p. 129: Paid a heavy price: See Parmet, Jack, Jack, 154. 154.
p. 129: "The New Generation": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 181.
p. 129: On the war record, see Martin and Plaut, 134-35; O'Donnell and Powers, 65-68; Doris Goodwin, 720; Hamilton, 755-56.
p. 130: For JFK's domestic agenda, see Martin and Plaut, 135-36; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 157-58. 157-58.
p. 130: "You can never be too careful": Quoted in Evan Thomas, 48.
p. 130: "staggering sum" and "It was the equivalent": Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 133. Also see Paul E. Murphy to JFK, Feb. 18, 1946, Box 74, PPP, giving one instance of the money available for JFK to hire a campaign secretary.
p. 130: "With what I'm spending": Collier and Horowitz, 183.
p. 130: O'Neill's spending: O'Neill, 73-79.
p. 131: "Kennedy for Congress" and "There's our man": Parmet, Jack, Jack, 160. (Also see p. 133) and Doris Goodwin, 713-14. 160. (Also see p. 133) and Doris Goodwin, 713-14.
p. 131: "Only way": Martin and Plaut, 140.
p. 131: On the tea, see Martin and Plaut, 144-45; Blair, 472-73; Doris Goodwin, 718-19.
p. 131: For the vote, see Blair, 478-79.
p. 132: "it was very, very quiet": Dalton OH.
p. 132: "In Brookline": JFK Speech, Choate School, Sept. 27, 1946, Box 94, PPP.
p. 132: "Why I Am a Democrat": Oct. 23, 1946, Ibid.
p. 132: VFW speech: "1946 National Encampment," Sept. 2, 1946, Ibid.
pp. 132-33: JFK Speech, "The Time Has Come," Oct. 1946, Ibid.
p. 133: For the vote, see Blair, 495.
Chapter 5: The Congressman
pp. 134-35: For current affairs and Truman's standing, see McCullough, 398, 520-24, 550-51.
p. 135: "always running for the next job": Quoted in Blair, 547. running for the next job": Quoted in Blair, 547.
p. 135: "I think from the time": Arthur Krock OH.
p. 135: "The life of the House": Burns, 99.
p. 136: "industrious, important": Donovan, 257-61.
p. 136: "Suppose you were": Quoted in Jay, 372.
p. 136: "the job as a congressman": Charles Spalding OH.
p. 136: "Well, I guess": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 209.
p. 136: "I never felt": JFK interview with James Burns, Mar. 22, 1959, JFKL.
p. 136: Swinging a golf club: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 166-67. 166-67.
p. 136: "We were just worms": Quoted in Lasky, 117; also in JFK interview with Burns, Mar. 22, 1959, where he also said, "Congressmen get built up...."
pp. 136-37: "found most of his": Quoted in Doris Goodwin,
p. 137: On JFK's genuine idealism and view of public service, see the several letters between Jack and Choate faculty from October 1946 to December 1951, especially the Alumni Note, n.d., 1951, Outline of Kennedy Letters, and The Choate Alumni Bulletin, Jan. 1947, Box 1, PP.
p. 137: "I wasn't equipped": Ed Plaut interview with JFK in Ralph G. Martin Papers, Boston University.
p. 138: "freshman row" and "about as far": Blair, 509.
p. 138: "had a brain": Quoted in ibid., 512-13; also see p. 539.
p. 138: "It was good": Quoted in ibid., 513.
p. 138: Jack once encouraged him: William Sutton OH.
p. 138: "speechless indignation": Martin and Plaut, 149-50.
p. 138: "I can't do it": Grace Burke OH.
p. 138: "Mary Davis was unbelievable": Quoted in Blair, 510.
pp. 138-39: "never did involve himself": Quoted in ibid., 511.
p. 139: "No matter how many good things": Joseph Rosetti OH; Blair, 548-49.
p. 139: "She was very dedicated": Quoted in ibid., 488.
p. 139: JPK's commitment to pay: Ibid., 511.
pp. 139-40: Joe also put his money and influence: See Box 5, PP. For Joe's efforts with the media, see JPK to JFK, Oct. 1, 1946, JPK Papers, JFKL; and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 217-18. 217-18.
p. 140: "Galahad": Clipping, The Sign, The Sign, July 1950, in Box 4A, PP. July 1950, in Box 4A, PP.
p. 140: "nice to meet": Quoted in Lasky, 101. Also see Burns interview with JFK, Mar. 22, 1959.
p. 140: "I wish you would tell": Kay Halle OH.
pp. 140-41: "I guess Dad": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 195.
p. 141: On efforts to hide Joe's role, see ibid., 192-94.
p. 141: On committee a.s.signments, see James M. Burns OH; Blair, 508-9. Also see John McCormack to JFK, Mar. 30, 1946, Box 74, PPP, and Boston Archbishop to JFK, Jan. 18, 1947, Box 5, PP.
pp. 141-42: "His hair was tousled": Sutton OH.
p. 142: "An excellent political": Joe (?) to JFK, Mar. 11, 1947, Box 5, PP.
p. 142: "In 1946 I really knew nothing": Quoted in John Osborne, "The Economics of the Candidates," Fortune, Fortune, Oct. 1960, 138. Oct. 1960, 138.
p. 142: For his reaction to the tax cut proposal, see Statements and Speeches of JFK, July 8, 1947, in Box 93, PPP.
p. 143: "I do not see how": CR, CR, April 20, 1950, 81st Congress, 2nd Session. April 20, 1950, 81st Congress, 2nd Session.
p. 143: "The scarlet thread": JFK, Commencement Address, University of Notre Dame, Jan. 29, 1950, Box 95, PPP.
p. 143: The Twenty-second Amendment: Burns, 89; Lasky, 100; William E. Leuchtenburg, In the Shadow of FDR, In the Shadow of FDR, 75-76. 75-76.
p. 143: JFK's support of housing legislation: Radio broadcast, Feb. 4, 1947, Box 94, PPP.
p. 144: "The only time that": Statements and Speeches of JFK, April 30, 1947, Box 93, PPP.
p. 144: "an investigation of": July 24, 1947, Box 93, PPP.
p. 144: "moral courage:" Clem Norton to Editor, May 23, 1947, Box 74, PPP.
p. 144: On the housing fight, see Burns, 73-76; O'Donnell and Powers, 74-75; and Blair, 537-41.
p. 144: "terribly important": Burns interview with JFK, Mar. 22, 1959, JFKL.
p. 145: JFK's view of unions: Alexander Christie OH.
p. 145: On the hearings and JFK's anticommunism, see Parmet, Jack, Jack, 175-82. 175-82.
p. 145: "in their irresponsibility": Statements and Speeches of JFK, April 16, 1947, Box 93, PPP.
p. 145: JFK's call for a balanced law: Martin and Plaut, 151-52.
pp. 145-46: On Taft-Hartley, see Burns, 76-78; Collier and Horowitz, 197; and Blair, 541-46.
p. 146: JFK's voting record: C.I.O. Key Issues: Kennedy-Lodge, n.d., Box 100, PPP.
p. 146: "Now you don't mean": Quoted in Burns, 85-86.
p. 146: "acting as a trustee": Archbishop John Wright to JFK, Jan. 18, 1947, Box 5, PP.
p. 146: A Gallup poll: Gallup, 841.
p. 147: JFK's support of federal aid: "John F. Kennedy Record," n.d., Box 98, PPP. Also see Radio Broadcast, Feb. 4, 1947, Box 94; "Federal Aid to Education," n.d., Box 98, PPP; and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 201-6. 201-6.
p. 147: "a white knight": Editorial, Boston Pilot, Boston Pilot, March 18, 1950. March 18, 1950.
pp. 147-48: On the Curley controversy, see Burns, 91-93; Martin and Plaut, 152-54; Blair, 550-52; Doris Goodwin, 726-29. Also see the oral histories at JFKL of James M. Burns, Garrett Byrne, Mark Dalton, Charles Murphy, and Daniel F. O'Brien.
p. 149: "not to dominate": JFK, speech at UNC, Mar. 27, 1947, in CR, CR, April 1, 1947, 80th Congress, 1st Session. April 1, 1947, 80th Congress, 1st Session.
p. 149: On JPK's opposition to Truman Doctrine, see Blair, 532-35; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 207-8. 207-8.
p. 150: "a mixture of gaiety": Mrs. Christopher Bridge OH.
p. 150: On Jack's lifestyle, see Burns, 71-73; Collier and Horowitz, 189; Doris Goodwin, 722.
p. 150: "he would come by": Quoted in Goodwin, 521.
p. 150: "Kennedy never sits": Quoted in Burns, 98.
p. 151: "How's the Congressman": AP release, Nov. 8, 1949, Box 95, PPP.
p. 151: "Jack liked girls": Quoted in Blair, 523, 526. Also see George Smathers OH.
p. 151: "Palm Beach's": New York World-Telegram, New York World-Telegram, Jan. 20, 1947. Jan. 20, 1947.
p. 151: "playboy": William O. Douglas OH.
p. 151: "the girls just went": Quoted in Parmet, Jack, Jack, 167-68. 167-68.
p. 151: "He was not a cozy" and "nice-considerate": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 212-13.
pp. 151-52: "A lovely-looking": Quoted in Blair, 516-17.
p. 152: "he was a very naughty": Interview with Priscilla Johnson McMillan.