An Unfinished Life Part 29

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.

p. 190: "I don't think": Kenneth Birkhead OH.

p. 190: "is of such importance": Speech Prepared for Delivery on the Senate Floor, July 31, 1954, Box 12, Theodore Sorensen Papers, JFKL.

p. 190: McCarthy repudiated: Gallup, 1289.

p. 190: Schlesinger view: Martin and Plaut, 203.

p. 190: "certainly futile": Quoted in Parmet, Jack, Jack, 302. 302.

p. 190: "Joe McCarthy is the only man": O'Donnell and Powers, 96.

p. 190: "What was I supposed to do": Martin and Plaut, 204. Also see Speech Prepared for Delivery, July 31, 1954, Box 12, Sorensen Papers.

p. 191: "I never said": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 191: "He liked McCarthy": Ibid.

p. 191: "I had never known": Quoted in Martin and Plaut, 204.

p. 191: For JFK's legalistic defense, see JFK appearance on Martin Agronsky's Look Here, Look Here, NBC, Nov. 23, 1957, Box 12, Sorensen Papers; and Burns, 151-52. NBC, Nov. 23, 1957, Box 12, Sorensen Papers; and Burns, 151-52.

p. 191: "I went into the hospital": JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 192: Paul Healy, "The Senate's Gay Young Bachelor," Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, Sat.u.r.day Evening Post, June 1953. June 1953.

p. 192: "Senate's Confirmed Bachelor": Parmet, Jack, Jack, 258. 258.

p. 192: One close Kennedy friend: Burns, 127.

p. 193: "He saw her as a kindred": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 233.

p. 193: "They were so much alike": Quoted in ibid., 241.

p. 193: "Jack appreciated her": Quoted in ibid., 241-42.

p. 193: "I am a bit concerned": Smith, 662.

p. 193: "spasmodic courtship": Quoted in Burns, 127.

p. 194: "she wasn't s.e.xually attracted": Collier and Horowitz, 236-37.

p. 194: For the wedding, see Burns, 128, and Parmet, Jack, Jack, 261-62. 261-62.

p. 194: "At last I know": Smith, 663.

p. 194: "as well be in Alaska": Quoted in Burns, 131.

p. 194: "I was alone": Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 772.

p. 194: Jackie's spending and "like a transient": Collier and Horowitz, 240-41.

p. 194: Jack "insists": Rose Kennedy to Pat, June 2, 1954, JPK Papers, JFKL.

p. 194: "prepared for the humiliation": Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 774.

pp. 194-95: "I don't think" and "after the first year": Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 242.

p. 195: "a baccha.n.a.l": Quoted in ibid., 258.

p. 195: "that being married": Clymer, 24.

p. 195: For JFK's health problems, see Dr. Walter B. Hoover to JFK, July 5, 1951, and JFK to Francis Morrissey, Sept. 27, 1951, both in Box 6, PP; and Dr. Sara M. Jordan, RX, n.d., Box 73, PPP. Interviews with Dr. Elmer C. Bartels and Dr. Timothy Lamphier, NHP.

p. 195: "Senator Kennedy has been": Dr. Vernon S. d.i.c.k to Dr. William P. Herbst Jr., Mar. 20, 1953, Box 6, PP.

pp. 195-96: JFK's back problems: See X rays for Jan. 9, Jan. 22, Oct. 13, 1954, Dr. Janet Travell medical records, JFKL; Lincoln, 53-54; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 307-9; Goodwin, 774. 307-9; Goodwin, 774.

p. 196: "Jack was determined": Quoted in Goodwin, 774. The surgery is described in James A. Nichols, M.D., et al., "Management of Adrenocortical Insufficiency During Surgery," Archives of Surgery, Archives of Surgery, Nov. 1955, 737-40. Nov. 1955, 737-40.

p. 196: Postoperative problems: Nichols, "Management of Adrenocortical Insufficiency"; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 309-15. Arthur Krock OH. 309-15. Arthur Krock OH.

p. 196: "His entire body shook": Quoted in Doris Goodwin, 775.

p. 197: Removal of the plate: X rays, Nov. 12, Dec. 16, 1954, Jan. 5, April 27, 1955, Travell medical records.

p. 197: "You know, when I get downstairs": Charles Spalding OH. Also see JFK's response to questions about McCarthy in JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 198: "defying const.i.tuent pressures": Sorensen, 74.

p. 198: JFK, "What My Illness Taught Me," The American Weekly, The American Weekly, April 29, 1956. April 29, 1956.

p. 199: "Jack Kennedy's involvement": Parmet, Jack, Jack, 323-33. For the tapes, Dictabelt Recordings 25A, 25B, 26, 27, JFKL. For Sorensen's part in the book, see Profiles in Courage Folders in Box 7, Sorensen Papers. For Jules David's involvement, see Professor William Gillette, a David student, to author, April 21, 2002. Also see Evan Thomas Sr. OH, Columbia University. 323-33. For the tapes, Dictabelt Recordings 25A, 25B, 26, 27, JFKL. For Sorensen's part in the book, see Profiles in Courage Folders in Box 7, Sorensen Papers. For Jules David's involvement, see Professor William Gillette, a David student, to author, April 21, 2002. Also see Evan Thomas Sr. OH, Columbia University.

p. 199: The radio journalist and New York Times New York Times editor: Parmet, editor: Parmet, Jack, Jack, 330-31; Tifft and Jones, 388; John B. Oakes OH, Columbia University. 330-31; Tifft and Jones, 388; John B. Oakes OH, Columbia University.

p. 199: For the Pearson controversy, see the Sorensen Profiles in Courage Folders, Box 7, Sorensen Papers. Abell, 420.

p. 199: "one of the most far-reaching": JFK, "Election of President and Vice President: Electoral College Reform," Mar. 20, 1956, Compilation of Speeches, JFKL.

p. 200: On the fight with Furcolo, see Burns, 147-48; O'Donnell and Powers, 85-86; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 291-95. 291-95.

p. 201: "Leave it alone": Quoted in O'Donnell and Powers, 105.

p. 201: Speculation on JFK as Stevenson's VP: Fletcher Knebel, Feb. 23, 1956, Box 8, Sorensen Papers.