Chapter 31
p. 229: "terrible shapelessness": Quoted in the New York Times, New York Times, Sec. 4, p. 21, May 16, 2000. Sec. 4, p. 21, May 16, 2000.
p. 229: Speaking invitations: Martin and Plaut, 462; O'Donnell and Powers, 129.
p. 229: some Ma.s.sachusetts newspapers: Lynn Sunday Telegram-News, Lynn Sunday Telegram-News, July 14, 1957; July 14, 1957; Boston Globe, Boston Globe, July 29, 1957. July 29, 1957.
p. 229: Democratic state chairman: New York Times, New York Times, Nov. 16, 1958. Nov. 16, 1958. Chicago Daily News Chicago Daily News poll of 1,220 delegates: Box 25, David Powers Papers, JFKL. poll of 1,220 delegates: Box 25, David Powers Papers, JFKL.
p. 230: Democratic governors: Edward M. Edwin to JFK, Aug. 14, 1959, Box 549, PPP.
p. 230: "very smart": Gallup, 1623-24.
p. 230: "Month after month": William V. Shannon in the New York Post, New York Post, Nov. 11, 1957. Nov. 11, 1957.
p. 230: "clothes and hair-do": New York Times, New York Times, Oct. 10, 1958. Oct. 10, 1958.
p. 230: "on how to win": Ibid., Nov. 10, 1958.
p. 230: "looked at him": Peter Lisagor OH.
pp. 230-31: For Nixon's nomination prospects, see Gallup, 1602, 1607, 1616, 1625, 1631, 1641.
p. 231: For Eisenhower's popularity, see ibid., 1586, 1589, 1596-97, 1603, 1609, 1615, 1618, 1625, 1632, 1639.
p. 231: For Democratic-Republican matchups, see ibid., 1597, 1607, 1618-19, 1622, 1642, 1647-48; and Louis Harris, "An a.n.a.lysis of a Trial Pairing of Vice President Richard Nixon vs. JFK," Oct. 1957, and "A Study of Public Opinion on Candidates in Eight West Coast Cities," Feb. 1959, Box 819, PPP.
p. 231: Gridiron speech: Mar. 15, 1958, Box 1025, PPP.
p. 231: JFK's standing among Democrats, See Gallup, 1588, 1590, 1601, 1607, 1613, 1617, 1622-23, 1630, 1649.
p. 231: His standing with congressional Democrats: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 506. 506.
pp. 231-32: "We've always been": Interview with JFK, Ralph G. Martin Papers, Boston University.
p. 232: "I'm not interested": Newton Minow OH, Columbia University.
p. 232: "If I don't make it": Interview with JFK, Martin Papers.
p. 232: "Catholic-baiting": Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 448. Also see Hofstadter, The Paranoid Style, The Paranoid Style, 19-23. 19-23.
p. 232: Twenty-four percent: Gallup, 1605-6.
p. 232: "Kennedy seemed too cool": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 14. 14.
p. 233: "the effects upon this country": Memo, July 12, 1959, Box 123, Katie Louchheim Papers, LC.
p. 233: "youngsters he had summoned": White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 48. 48.
p. 233: Jack publicly denied: Face the Nation, Face the Nation, Mar. 30, 1958, and Feb. 22, 1959, Box 779, PPP. Mar. 30, 1958, and Feb. 22, 1959, Box 779, PPP.
p. 233: "dodged the McCarthy issue": Quoted by John Madigan on Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Mar. 30, 1958, Box 779, PPP. Mar. 30, 1958, Box 779, PPP.
p. 233: "not sure Kennedy": AP dispatch, May 8, 1958, Box 32, POF.
p. 233: TV appearance: ABC's College News Conference, New York Times, College News Conference, New York Times, Dec. 8, 1958. Dec. 8, 1958.
pp. 233-34: "father has been spending": JFK to Eleanor Roosevelt, Dec. 11, 1958, Box 32, POF.
p. 234: "gladly so state": Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) to JFK, Dec. 18, 1958, ibid.
p. 234: "accept the view": JFK to ER, Dec. 29, 1958. Also ER to JFK, Jan. 6 and
p. 234: Spent an estimated $1.5 million: Doris Goodwin, 793.
pp. 234-35: "You do what you think" and other quotes: Wofford, 37-39.
p. 235: "knew instinctively," and O'Neill and Prendergast: Collier and Horowitz, 297-98, 646-47.
p. 235: "very vigorous" and "'I was so G.o.dd.a.m.n mad'": David Lawrence OH.
p. 235: Childs's column and the plane: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 512. 512.
p. 235: "It's not the Pope": McCullough, 970. Also see "A vote for Jack is a vote for father Joe," in annotated ms. of Paul B. Fay, "The Pleasure of His Company," Paul B. Fay Papers, JFKL.
p. 236: "the Catholic issue": Quoted in Parmet, Jack, Jack, 469-70. 469-70.
p. 236: Stevenson-Minow conversation: Minow OH; also see William Attwood OH, William Benton OH, and William McCormick Blair Jr., OH, all at Columbia University.
p. 236: Conversation with Steele and promises to remain neutral: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 470-71. 470-71.
p. 236: "I don't think he'd be": Barbara Ward Jackson OH.
p. 236: "Do you think": Face the Nation, Face the Nation, Mar. 30, 1958, Box 799, PPP. Mar. 30, 1958, Box 799, PPP.
p. 236: "independence from": James M. Burns to JFK, Nov. 1, 1959, Box 129, POF.
pp. 236-37: He believed that his votes: Face the Nation, Face the Nation, Mar. 30, 1958, Box 779, PPP. Also see JFK interview, Martin Papers, and prenomination campaign speeches for 1958-60 in the PPP. Mar. 30, 1958, Box 779, PPP. Also see JFK interview, Martin Papers, and prenomination campaign speeches for 1958-60 in the PPP.
p. 237: "The key thing": Wofford, 36-37.
p. 237: JFK also gave voice: Though Burns and JFK had their differences about some of what Burns included in his book, there was substantial cooperation between them. See James M. Burns to JFK, Nov. 1, 1959, Box 129, POF.
pp. 237-38: "mixed voting record" and other quotes: Burns, 266-71.
p. 238: "his campaign ident.i.ty": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 17-18. 17-18.
p. 238: "This, I suppose": Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 203-4. 203-4.
p. 239: "comprehensive housing": Burns, 268-73.
p. 239: As in Ma.s.sachusetts: O'Donnell and Powers, 130.
p. 239: "We have to get organized": RFK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 239: "citizen organizations" mounting a "gra.s.s roots appeal": "Preconvention Gra.s.s Roots Campaigning; Kennedy Clubs," Jan. 29, 1959, Box 26, David Powers Papers, JFKL.
pp. 239-40: Steve Smith's office: Burns, 233; White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 51; Parmet, 51; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 507. 507.
p. 240: "Where do we stand?": Sorensen to All "Summit Conference" Partic.i.p.ants, April 1, 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 240: "Regardless of whom": Gallup, 1633-39.
p. 241: For the fall schedule, see Burns, 231. For JFK's speeches along the way, see Box 1025, PPP. Also see Sorensen, 114.
p. 241: "certainly brilliant": Memo, July 12, 1959, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.
p. 241: "I'm getting a lot better": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 241: "he learned the art": Sorensen, 114.
p. 242: "The tone was tiredness": Martin and Plaut, 209-10.
p. 242: Meeting of seventeen princ.i.p.al people: Handwritten notes: "Oct. 28, 1959-R.F.K. House-Hyannis Port." Also see "Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men," Summer 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 242: "what has been done": Fay, 76-77.
p. 242: Six-page summary report to RFK: J. Miller, "Some Modest Realignment in the Kennedy Image," Oct. 20, 1959, Pre-Admin., Political Files, Box 39, RFK Papers, JFKL.
p. 243: "Check those things": Pierre Salinger OH; Salinger, 30.
p. 243: "hard-and-fast" and the quotes on JFK's performance: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 54-55. 54-55.
p. 243: On Bowles and a southern strategy, see Minutes of Meeting, Oct. 28, 1959, Pre-Admin., Political Files, Box 39, RFK Papers; RFK to Files: Georgia and Virginia, Nov. 18, 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers; Chester Bowles OH; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 513-14. 513-14.
p. 243: Announcement of candidacy: Jan. 2, 1960, Box 1025, PPP.
p. 244: "refuse the vice presidential": Ibid.
p. 244: Predictions: Sorensen, 139-40.
p. 244: "scored 100": Memo, July 12, 1959, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.
p. 244: Humphrey speech in Virginia: Adam Clymer interview with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Oct. 9, 1996, given to me by Clymer.
p. 245: "unpopular in some sectors": Lisagor OH. Also see "Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men."
p. 245: "I don't have to worry": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 245: "no Southerner can be nominated": "Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 245: Joe Kennedy was more concerned: JPK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 245: "a 'riverboat gambler'": Quoted in Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 203. 203.
p. 245: "has no very firm principles": Lisagor OH.
p. 245: "comes from the right state": "Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 246: "I wish I could get Stu": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 246: Dirt on Symington: James Fahey to JPK, May 13, 1960, JPK Papers, JFKL.
p. 246: "sleeping candidacy": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 17. 17.
p. 246: "But he still has": "Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 246: "He is not a threat": JPK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 246: "Look, when someone says": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.
p. 246: "definitely and categorically": Jan. 1960, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.
pp. 246-47: "conveyed an intangible": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 20. 20.
p. 247: New Hamps.h.i.+re: Goodwin, 795-96; JFK, "The Presidential Primary and Your Vote," Jan. 25, 1960, Box 1025, PPP; "Results of Presidential Primaries in 1960: New Hamps.h.i.+re, Mar. 8, 1960," Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 247: On Indiana, Nebraska, California, and Ohio, see "Results of the 16 Presidential Primaries in 1960," Box 26, Powers Papers. Also Sorensen, 144-50.
p. 247: For the discussions with Pat Brown, see "California," June 7, 1960, Box 26, Powers Papers.
p. 247: "Mike, it's time": Abraham Ribicoff OH, Columbia University.
p. 247: "a veteran politician": O'Donnell and Powers, 148-52. Also Sorensen, 145.
p. 248: "If we do not do very well": JPK to Count Enrico Galeazzi, Mar. 31, 1960, JPK Papers.
p. 248: JFK's 1958-59 appearances in Wisconsin: "Wisconsin", n.d., Box 26, Powers Papers. Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Jan. 3, 1960, Box 920A, PPP. Jan. 3, 1960, Box 920A, PPP.
pp. 248-49: "winter of cold winds": O'Donnell and Powers, 153-54.
p. 249: "You're too soon": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 294.
p. 249: "vicious falsehoods": Sorensen, 153.
p. 249: "Thank G.o.d": "Wisconsin Attacks," April 4, 1960, Box 989, PPP.
p. 249: "an element of": Humphrey, 208.
p. 250: "remained remarkably": James Reston, New York Times, New York Times, April 4, 1960. April 4, 1960.