The Kennedy Men: 1901-1963 (136 page)

39 George Raft in his screen: ibid., p. 76.

39 greased with ample payoffs: ibid.

40 “everybody knew …”: LL interview with George Smathers.

40 “Joe was having …”: LL interview with Zel Davis.

40 “When I worked …”: videotaped oral history, Mel Shoemaker, courtesy Gus Russo.

41 “About ten years …”: LL interview with Christopher Kennedy.

41 $302: Joseph P. Kennedy to Robert Potter, August 17, 1920, HTF, p. 24.

42 “It’s all right …”: Doris Kearns Goodwin, pp. 324-25.

42 Were the good gentlemen: Joseph P. Kennedy was not the only observer of this hypocrisy. The late Thomas “Tip” O’Neill wrote in his autobiography of working as a groundskeeper at Harvard during the 1927 Harvard commencement: “They were … drinking champagne, which was illegal…. I remember that scene like it was yesterday, and I can still feel the anger I felt then…. Who the hell do these people think they are, I said to myself, that the law means nothing to them?” It was a question that Kennedy and O’Neill, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, answered in different ways. Tip O’Neill, with William Novak,
Man of the House
(1987), p. 6.

4. “Two Young ‘Micks’ Who Need Discipline”

43
“Gee, you’re
a great mother …”: TR, p. 93.

43 four or five weeks: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

43 “better take it in stride …”: Doris Kearns Goodwin, p. 353.

44 “a more distant figure”: interview, John F. Kennedy, JMBP.

44 eaten by lions:
Time
file, June 1, 1960, NHP.

44 “at exactly the same …”: L. Emmett Holt, M.D.,
The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children’s Nurses
(1923), p. 88.

44 “gentle shaking”: quoted in Christina Hardyment,
Dream Babies: Three Centuries of Good Advice on Child Care
(1983), p. 127.

44 “twice as much food …”: ibid., p. 126.

45 she purchased approved books: Rose Kennedy, NPSOH.

45 “I wouldn’t have …”: TR, p. 111.

45 “Lack of precision in the mother …”: Mrs. Burton Chance,
The Care of the Child
(1909), p. 20-21.

45 Kikoo Convoy: TFB, p. 195.

46 “I didn’t think …”: interview, Rose Kennedy,
Time
file, 1960-61, RWP.

46 “He told me once …”: interview, Henry Luce, RWP.

46 “The mood of …”: Alfred Adler,
The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler: A Systematic Presentation in Selections from His Writings,
edited and annotated by Heinz L. Ansbacher and Rowena R. Ansbacher (1956), pp. 380-81.

46 “… Physically we used to have …”: interview, John F. Kennedy, JMBP.

46 the two boys kicked: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

46 “Remember that Jack …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., July 28, 1926, HTF, p. 48.

47 “When his sister was …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

47 “man of broad hips …”: Joseph Collins,
The Doctor Looks at Love and Life
(1929), pp. 68, 74.

47 “they are the most …”: ibid., p. 74.

47 not allowed to play: LL interview with Robert Bunshaft.

47 “The boys have …”: TR, p. 93.

48 English chauffeur: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

48 “because the more …”: Ralph LaRossa,
The Modernization of Fatherhood: A Social and Political History
(1997), p. 180.

48 “once children are …”: Chester T. Cromwell,
American Mercury,
October 1924.

49 “The old man …”: LL interview with Tom Finneran.

49 “Good Luck”: Joseph P. Kennedy to John F. Kennedy, May 19, 1926, HTF, p. 7.

49 “This is a shrine!”: Hank Searls,
The Lost Prince: Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
(1969), p. 44.

49 “When they’d shoot …”: LL interview with Holton Wood.

50 “very pugnacious …”: LL interview with Augustus Soule Jr. 50 “Well, coach, you’re …”: Willard K. Rice, KLOH.

50 “a wonderful idea”: ibid.

51 As a back, Joe Jr.’s greatest: Searls, p. 44.

51 Jack, a wiry: undated clipping, Dexter archives.

51 “At that time”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

52 “As long as they”: ibid.

53 “sexual affection for
men”:
James M. O’Toole,
Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O’Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944
(1992), p. 191.

53 “the screen’s … leading family man”: Terry Ramsaye, “Intimate Visits to the Homes of Famous Film Magnates,”
Photoplay,
September 1927.

53 “spendthrift clause …”: Kessler, p. 41.

53 “spit in his eye”: ibid., p. 44.

5. Moving On

54 “I felt it was no place …”: Joe McCarthy,
The Remarkable Kennedys
(1960), p. 42.

54 “It is not a pleasant …”:
Boston Globe,
April 17, 1945.

55 her check bounced: LL interviews with Mary Lou McCarthy and Kerry McCarthy.

55 Eunice was suffering: Doris Kearns Goodwin, p. 368.

56 “He moved so quickly …”: Gloria Swanson,
Swanson on Swanson
(1980), p. 369.

57 catered food: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

57 “Well, he felt sorry …”: ibid.

58 the next occupant of Gloria’s: Betty Lasky,
RKO The Biggest Little Major of Them All
(1984), pp. 55-57. See also Roland Flamini,
Scarlett, Rhett, and a Cast of Thousands
(1975), p. 146.

58 “Would you please …”: Kathleen Kennedy to “Dear Daddy,” January 31, 1930, Eunice Kennedy Shriver letters. 58 “How is little Gloria?”: ibid., March 23, 1930.

58 “he would have seen …”: LL interview with Kerry McCarthy.

59 between $200,000 and: interview, James Landis, RWP.

59 “Who are you?”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

59 “The story got around …”: ibid.

60 “Forty is a …”: LL interview with Harvey Klemmer.

60 “was always the first …”: TFB, p. 194.

60 “Daddy did not …”: Kathleen Kennedy to “Dear Mother,” February 13, 1932, Eunice Kennedy Shriver letters.

60 “They were considered …”: LL interview with David Wilson.

61 Some of the teenagers: LL interview with Paul Morgan.

61 “People said, ‘Why do you …’”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

61 “After that we became …”: LL interview with Manuel Angulo.

62 “Perhaps Joe …”: ibid.

62 Jack was so shy: ibid.

62 “I’m going to be …”: LL interview with Alan Gage.

62 “As a mother …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, Laura Berquist papers, Boston University.

63 could not remember: K, p. 34.

63 jumping again and again: Paul Healy, “Investigator in a Hurry,”
Sign,
August 1957.

63 into a glass door: RKHT, p. 22.

63 A half-hour later:
New York Herald Tribune,
September 13, 1961.

63 Jack won a commencement prize: Riverdale School archives.

63 “Bobby looked …”: interview, Lem Billings, ASP.

64 “Bobby got along …”: interview, Jean Kennedy Smith, ASP.

64 “I put an end …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

64 “might have a religious vocation”: Sister M. Ambrose to Robert F. Kennedy, September 29, 1957, RFK preadministrative working files, JFKPL.

64 “Bishop Bernard from the Bahama …”: ibid., August 24, 1957.

64 “where they’d meet …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

64 “He is a rare youth …”: Frank S. Hackett to George St. John, May 29, 1929, AAML.

65 “My nose my leg …”: quoted in Nigel Hamilton,
JFK: Restless Youth,
(1992), p. 86.

65 “began to get sick …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, 1930-31, JFKPP.

65 “Joe fainted twice …”: ibid.

65 “I see things blury”: “Jack” to “Dear Mother,” undated letter on Canterbury School stationery, NHP.

65 “I smashed into …”: ibid.

66 “I hope my marks …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, April 15, 1931, NHP.

67 Joe Jr. took Teddy: AWRJ, p. 59.

67 never played … again: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

67 “My lord, this is …”: LL interview with Harry Fowler.

67 “Don’t come in second …”: TR, p. 143.

68 “He always trusted …”: LL interview with Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

68 “All children can be de-throned …”: Adler, p. 381.

68 “I wasn’t supposed to …”: interview, Edward Kennedy, RCP.

69 “Probably three times …”: ibid.

69 “I wanted him …”:
Boston Globe,
December 11, 1937.

70 “I doubt that …”: interview, Frank Waldrop, BP.

71 “He, himself …”: C. H. Cramer to John F. Kennedy, undated quoting Roy Howard to Newton D. Baker, Baker Collection, Library of Congress, LC.

71 “Roosevelt was under …”: ibid.

71 “You may rest …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to William Randolph Hearst, October 19, 1932, William Hearst papers, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley.

71 To them, he appeared: C. H. Cramer to John Kennedy, quoting a letter of July 12, 1932, Roy Howard to Newton D. Baker, found in Baker collection, LC.

71 “If we live …”: Eddie Dowling, CUOH.

72 Joe helped Jimmy: Koskoff, p. 51; Whalen, p. 136.

72 “I didn’t want anything …”: James Warburg, CUOH.

72 Joe finagled: Koskoff, p. 53.

73 “Your taste in dumb cruise …”: KR, p. 98.

73 Roosevelt laughed loudly: ibid.

6. “Most Likely to Succeed”

75 “in any part Hebraic”: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., application, May 1, 1929, AAML.

75 students voted: Choate yearbooks, AAML.

76 “friendliness”: Clara St. John to Rose Kennedy, October 7, 1931, ibid.

76 One of the teachers: Sheldon Stern, JFKPL resident historian, interviewed Harold Taylor for the library. Taylor was afraid of a tape recorder, and this information is based on Stern’s notes.

76 “some one send to …”: George St. John to Joseph P. Kennedy, October 20, 1932, AAML.

76 “We’ll try to show …”: ibid., April 22, 1932.

76 “one of the ‘big boys’ …”: Mrs. George C. St. John to Rose Kennedy, October 7, 1931, AAML.

77 kept at school: George St. John to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 3, 1929, AAML.

77 “too easily satisfied …”: Hank Searls,
The Lost Prince
(1969), p. 64.

78 “When Joe came home …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 9, 1931, family correspondence, JFKPP.

78 “a lavender bathrobe …”: Mrs. George St. John to Rose Kennedy, January 18, 1932, AAML.

79 “mumps, and the doctor …”: Rose Kennedy to Mrs. George St. John, n.d., AAML.

79 “full of pop”: Mrs. George St. John to Earl Leinbach, January 25, 1932, AAML.

79 Jack had to return: George St. John to John F. Kennedy, July 30, 1932, AAML.

79 special built-up shoes: Choate secretary to Rose Kennedy, March 10, 1933, AAML.

79 ten letters from Rose: Seymour St. John, “JFK Fiftieth Reunion of 1,000 Days at School,” June 1985, AAML.

79 “pink eye”: Choate secretary to Rose Kennedy, February 14, 1933, AAML.

79 “a little grippy cold”: ibid., February 17, 1933.

79 Jack’s most distinguished contribution: interview, Earl Leinbach, JMBP.

80 “The golf is going good …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, n.d. (Sunday), JFKPP.

80 “rather outstanding”: Lem Billings, KLOH.

80 “My father did try …”: ibid.

80 “I think that …”: ibid.

81 “a very popular hero”:
Boston Globe,
June 11, 1933.

81 “These boys, when …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.

82 “He had set his heart …”: AWRJ, p. 43.

82 Whitelaw recalled: Aubrey H. Whitelaw to John F. Kennedy, June 26, 1958, JFKPP.

82 “the heads of all”: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy, April 23, 1934, RFK papers, JFKPP.