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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:
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.
p. 164: Differences with his father: JFK Statement before Senate committees, Feb. 22, 1951, Box 95, PPP. Also JFK Travel Journal, Jan.-Feb. 1951, and JFK to JPK, Mar. 13, 1951, Box 6, PP.
p. 165: "nationalistic pa.s.sions": JFK, Speech, April 21, 1951, Box 95, PPP; and doc.u.ment beginning, "Admits Briggs plan," n.d., in Asian Trip Folder, Box 11, PP.
p. 165: "I was anxious": JFK, Radio Broadcast, Nov. 14, 1951, Box 102, PPP.
p. 166: On Robert Kennedy, see Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 60-93; Collier and Horowitz, 217-22; Steel, 45. 60-93; Collier and Horowitz, 217-22; Steel, 45.
p. 167: "It is tragic to report": JFK, Radio Broadcast, Nov. 14, 1951, Box 102, PPP.
p. 167: On the French regime: JFK, 182-page Travel Journal, Oct.-Nov. 1951, JFKL. Also see the doc.u.ment that begins "Admits Briggs plan," in Asian Trip Folder, Box 11, PP.
pp. 167-68: FDR Jr.: RFK Diary in Folder "Trips 1951, Mid & Far East," Box 24, Robert F. Kennedy Papers, JFKL.
p. 168: Dinner with Nehru: Ibid., and Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 91. 91.
p. 168: French officials: Collier and Horowitz, 221; Lasky, 127.
p. 168: "Perhaps our next effort": Schlesinger, 93.
p. 168: "public service type": JFK to Patricia Kennedy, Sept. 12, 1951, Box 6, PP.
p. 168: "handing out sewer contracts": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 222.
p. 168: Limits of a governor's powers: Burns, 101.
pp. 168-69: Boston patronage, "to be on the take," "no standing": Interview with JFK, in Martin Papers.
p. 169: JPK's eagerness for a Senate race: Eunice Shriver quoting her father in Edward Kennedy, 237.
p. 169: JPK's confidence about winning: Joseph De Guglielmo OH.
p. 169: Chances 50-50: Anthony Galluccio OH.
p. 169: "the campaign against Lodge": Frank Morrissey, quoted in Edward Kennedy, 127.
p. 169: "if he was going to get anywhere": Spalding OH. Douglas OH.
p. 169: Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Dec. 3, 1951, Box 105, PPP. Dec. 3, 1951, Box 105, PPP.
p. 169: Dever stood in the way: Dalton OH.
p. 169: "If you want to run": Byrne OH.
p. 170: "By the time": Douglas OH.
p. 170: Jack prepared a statement: Tommy O'Hearn, quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 631.
p. 170: "We got the race": O'Brien, 26.
p. 170: "had thought and questioned": Eunice Shriver, quoted in Edward Kennedy, 219.
p. 170: "was the distinct boss": Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 161.
p. 170: "The Amba.s.sador worked": Quoted in ibid., 176. For good examples of Joe's efforts, see Leland Bickford to JPK, n.d., Box 6, PP, and Edward J. Dunn to JPK, Sept. 30, 1952, with Dunn to JFK, Sept. 30, 1952, attached, Box 103, PPP.
p. 170: Lodge had sent word: O'Donnell and Powers, 90.
p. 170: "All along, I always knew": Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 757-58. A student of the 1952 campaign found no evidence to refute Lodge's a.s.sertion: Thomas J. Whalen, "Evening the Score: John F. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and the 1952 Ma.s.sachusetts Senate Race," Ph.D. dissertation, History Department, Boston College, 1998, pp. 183-84; published by Northeastern University Press in 2001.
p. 170: Jack enlisted Gardner Jackson: Martin and Plaut, 174-75, and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 244-45, 250-51. 244-45, 250-51.
p. 171: "He is very popular": Quoted in Whalen, "Evening the Score," 262-63.
p. 171: On campaign finance, see Martin and Plaut, 182-83; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 255; and Whalen, "Evening the Score," who quotes the commentator and Eisenhower, 307-11. Lodge's complaint is recalled in Vincent J. Celeste OH. 255; and Whalen, "Evening the Score," who quotes the commentator and Eisenhower, 307-11. Lodge's complaint is recalled in Vincent J. Celeste OH.
pp. 171-72: The fullest discussion of the Post Post episode is in Whalen, "Evening the Score," 243-55, 285. episode is in Whalen, "Evening the Score," 243-55, 285.
p. 172: "I've never doubted": Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 764-65.
p. 172: "Listen that was": Laura B. Knebel OH, and Sheldon Stern to author, Mar. 25, 2002.
p. 172: On JPK and Dalton, see Dalton OH; O'Donnell and Powers, 82-83; and Doris Goodwin, 760-61.
pp. 172-73: For RFK's role, see Robert Kennedy interview in Martin Papers; O'Donnell and Powers, 84-89; Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 94-95. 94-95.
p. 173: "organization, organization": Martin and Plaut, 164. Also see the campaign organization chart set up under RFK in Box 103, PPP.
p. 173: "In each community": Quoted in "1952 Campaign," Political Notes, 1952-1958 Folder, Box 25, David Powers Papers, JFKL. Also see Dave Powers to Mark Dalton, April 9, 1952, Pre-Administration Political Files, Box 1, RFK Papers.
p. 173: "Black Book": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 227-28. See Boxes 98-105, PPP, for the many file folders publicizing the policy questions JFK tried to use against Lodge in the campaign. For just two examples, see the comparative charts on "Economy in Government," Box 98, and "Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs," Box 100.
p. 174: For Lodge's loss of conservative support, see Whalen, "Evening the Score," 303-5.
p. 174: "voters in that election": O'Donnell and Powers, 91-92.
p. 174: "There's something about Jack": Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 178.
p. 174: For the vote, see Whalen, "Evening the Score," 292-307.
p. 174: "I felt rather like": Quoted in ibid., 295.
p. 175: On ethnic voting, see "Town Influence Up in Ma.s.sachusetts Voter s.h.i.+ft"; and John P. McGrail to RFK, Nov. 5, 1952, Pre-Admin. Political Files, Box 1, RFK Papers.
p. 175: "I think that": Torbert H. Macdonald OH. Also see Boxes 108-111, PPP. The list of those endorsing JFK is in Box 104, PPP. Also see Parmet, Jack, Jack, 246-49, on the campaign's efforts to attract Jewish voters; and Whalen, "Evening the Score," 299, and Table One, Appendix A, on winning the women's vote, as well as Box 112, PPP. 246-49, on the campaign's efforts to attract Jewish voters; and Whalen, "Evening the Score," 299, and Table One, Appendix A, on winning the women's vote, as well as Box 112, PPP.
p. 175: For the voting statistics, see Whalen, "Evening the Score," 299-303.