p. 470: "I know that": Lincoln Diary, n.d., Box 4, Evelyn Lincoln Papers, JFKL.
p. 471: "He and I continued": Sorensen, 294.
p. 471: "He was tired": Lincoln Diary, May 18, 1961, Box 2, Evelyn Lincoln Papers.
p. 471: "So much depends": "JFK on Presidency," Box 23, David Powers Papers, JFKL.
p. 471: "less tense": Memorandum for the Files, Aug. 23, 1961, Box 479, Averell Harriman Papers, LC.
p. 471: "Do you think": RFK interview, Oct. 23, 1961, Box 2, RFK Personal Papers, JFKL.
p. 471: Medical problems in Aug. 1961: Dr. Janet Travell medical records, JFKL.
p. 472: The lectern: Janet Travell to Evelyn Lincoln, July 10, 1961, Box 67, POF.
p. 472: Diet: Charles Bartlett to JFK, n.d., Box 28, POF.
p. 472: Dr. Janet Travell"s care: RFK to George McGovern, June 26, 1961, Box 2, RFK Personal Papers. Also see Travell, 5-7, 358.
pp. 472-73: JFK"s back problems and treatment: Dr. Janet Travell OH; Dr. George Burkley OH; Parmet, JFK, JFK, 120-24; Richard Reeves, 242-44, 273-74; Leamer, 544-45. For the quotes describing JFK"s improvement, see Travell medical records. 120-24; Richard Reeves, 242-44, 273-74; Leamer, 544-45. For the quotes describing JFK"s improvement, see Travell medical records.
p. 473: Kenneth O"Donnell to Dr. Travell and Dr. Burkley, April 10, 1962, doc.u.ment provided by Virginia P. Wilson, Travell"s daughter.
p. 473: "so totally inadequate": Elizabeth Carpenter OH, LBJL.
p. 474: "As little as possible": Richard Reeves, 154.
p. 474: "I don"t think": Ca.s.s Canfield OH, Columbia University.
p. 474: "sorry for Jackie": Hersh, 238.
p. 474: Jacqueline Kennedy to William Walton, June 8, 1962, Box 1, William Walton Papers, JFKL.
pp. 474-75: Jacqueline"s spending: Pierre Salinger OH; Parmet, JFK, JFK, 109-10; Bradlee, 109-10; Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 118-19. 118-19.
p. 475: JPK"s illness: Parmet, JFK, JFK, 124-25. 124-25.
pp. 475-76: Kennedy"s womanizing: A number of books in recent years have catalogued Kennedy"s s.e.xual escapades, but none more fully and probably more accurately than Hersh"s Dark Side of Camelot Dark Side of Camelot. As scholars Ernest May and Philip Zelikow wrote in an otherwise persuasive critical a.s.sessment of the book, "Hersh has acc.u.mulated new evidence that Kennedy"s womanizing became increasingly more abandoned and more reckless as he became older, more famous, and more powerful. Hersh has ama.s.sed convincingly detailed testimony to this effect from numerous confidantes, four Secret Service agents talking on the record, and many others, some of it b.u.t.tressed by contemporaneous FBI records." Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, "Camelot Confidential," Diplomatic History, Diplomatic History, Fall 1998, 642. Also see Giglio, 267. Fall 1998, 642. Also see Giglio, 267.
p. 476: The nineteen-year-old: Barbara Gamarekian OH, to which she gave me access, including 17 pages blacked out at the JFKL.
p. 476: He told Macmillan: Horne, 290.
p. 476: Mary Meyer: Parmet, JFK, JFK, 305-7. 305-7.
p. 476: "Mary would be rough": Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 54. 54.
p. 476: "heard stories about": Bradlee, A Good Life, A Good Life, 216-17. 216-17.
p. 477: Jacqueline Kennedy"s response to the affairs: Confidential source.
p. 477: "This is the girl": Barbara Gamarekian OH.
p. 477: Keeping JFK"s staff informed: Hersh, 390 n.
p. 477: The story about JFK"s married aide and press hypocrisy: Gamarekian Interview, April 19, 2001.
p. 477: Press sleeping around: Barbara Gamarekian, "My Turn: History in the Making," Newsweek, Newsweek, June 16, 1997. June 16, 1997.
p. 478: JFK called Sidey to the White House: Time, Time, Feb. 23, 1962; Hugh Sidey OH; Richard Reeves, 287-88. Feb. 23, 1962; Hugh Sidey OH; Richard Reeves, 287-88.
p. 478: On Marilyn Monroe: Richard Reeves, 315-16; and see a Village Voice Village Voice clipping, attached to Schlesinger to JFK, May 31, 1962, Box 65A, POF. clipping, attached to Schlesinger to JFK, May 31, 1962, Box 65A, POF.
p. 478: JFK"s relations with the media: Salinger, 34-35, 49-50, 121, 124-25, 127, 141-42.
p. 478: "You can"t go": Quoted in Richard Reeves, 279.
p. 479: After Hoover made clear: "Judith E. Campbell, a.s.sociate of Hoodlums," Mar. 20, 1962, JEH O&C, FBI microfilm. Richard Reeves, 288-90.
p. 479: Telephone calls: May and Zelikow, "Camelot Confidential," 643, n. 2.
p. 479: Have JFK "by the b.a.l.l.s": Richard Reeves, 288-90.
p. 479: Some historians: May and Zelikow, "Camelot Confidential," 652-53.
p. 479: Vietnam as a priority: Ibid., 652.
p. 480: "took less time": Richard Reeves, 291.
p. 480: h.e.l.ler and Martin: James Tobin Memo, Aug. 28, 1961, Box 6, Walter W. h.e.l.ler Papers, JFKL.
p. 480: JFK instructions to h.e.l.ler, Bell, and Dutton: Notes on conversations with JFK, Sept. 2, 1961, Box 6; Sept. 5, 1961, Box 5, h.e.l.ler Papers. Evelyn Lincoln to Fred Dutton, Sept. 5, 1961, Box 62; Dave Bell to Life Life Editor, Sept. 8, 1961, Box 70, POF. Editor, Sept. 8, 1961, Box 70, POF.
p. 480: Kennedy"s courting of business: Meeting with JFK, Oct. 17, 1961, Box 6, h.e.l.ler Papers.
p. 481: Economic worries: JFK to Sen. Joseph Clark, Aug. 7, 1961; James Tobin to Sec. Fowler, Sept. 6, 1961, Box 73, POF; meetings with JFK, Oct. 17, 19, 1961, Box 6, h.e.l.ler Papers.
p. 481: "upward price": Bernstein, 134-36.
p. 481: ""I know everyone"": Sorensen, 457-58.
p. 481: For an excellent summary of the balance-of-payment problem, see Naftali, Presidential Recordings, Presidential Recordings, vol. I, 385-88. vol. I, 385-88.
p. 481: "The pressures to grasp": h.e.l.ler to JFK, Nov. 28, 1961, Box 29, Theodore Sorensen Papers, JFKL.
p. 481: "cloud on the horizon": James Tobin Memo, Aug. 28, 1961, Box 6, h.e.l.ler Papers.
p. 482: JFK request for reports on gold losses: Lincoln Diary, Oct. 3, 1961, Box 3, Evelyn Lincoln Papers.
p. 482: Draconian reforms: Memo of meeting with JFK, Oct. 17, 1961, Box 6, h.e.l.ler Papers.
p. 482: Stopgap measures and restricting Jacqueline"s travel: Sorensen, 458-60.
p. 482: Reduced gold losses: The Kennedy Record in Domestic Affairs, Dec. 29, 1961, Box 57, Sorensen Papers.
p. 482: Jokes about JPK"s travel: Gridiron speech, Mar. 11, 1961, Box 61, Sorensen Papers.
p. 482: Trade Expansion Act: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 13-15. 13-15.
p. 482: Tax increase: Dillon to Sorensen, July 21, 1961; Mike Mansfield to JFK, July 24, 1961, Box 40, Sorensen Papers; PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 537. 537.
p. 482: The steel industry bulked: h.e.l.ler to JFK, Aug. 2, 1961, Box 39, Sorensen Papers.
p. 482: Armed with statistics: "The Case Against a Steel Price Increase," Aug. 2, 1961, Box 39, Sorensen Papers. h.e.l.ler to JFK, Sept. 8, 1961; Kermit Gordon to JFK, Sept. 16, 20, 1961, Box 73, POF. JFK Letters: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 592-94, 604-5. Steel companies agreed: 592-94, 604-5. Steel companies agreed: Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 15, 1961. Sept. 15, 1961.
pp. 482-83: Reactions from labor and business to pressure: Bernstein, 136-37.
p. 483: Negotiations: Ibid., 140-41. Arthur Goldberg to JFK, Mar. 6, April 3, 1962, Box 27, Arthur Goldberg Papers, LC.
p. 483: "After your speech": Goldberg to JFK, Dec. 12, 1961, ibid.
p. 483: JFK"s reaction to the settlement: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 272, 284. 272, 284.
p. 484: The meeting with Blough and JFK"s reaction: Tape 56, Kenneth O"Donnell Tapes, JFKL. Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 75-77, 81; Bernstein, 142-43; Richard Reeves, 296-97. 75-77, 81; Bernstein, 142-43; Richard Reeves, 296-97.
pp. 484-85: JFK"s news conference: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 315-17. 315-17.
p. 485: Public opinion: Gallup, 1767-68, 1771.
p. 485: "I can"t go make a speech": Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 77. 77.
p. 485: "bad for the country": Guthman and Shulman, 333.
pp. 485-86: JFK"s directives and RFK"s actions pressuring the steel companies: Angie Novello to Evelyn Lincoln, April 12, 1962; RFK to JFK, May 31, 1962, May 31, 1962, with Lee Loevinger to RFK attached, Box 80, POF.
p. 486: "Their expense accounts": Guthman and Shulman, 333; Bernstein, 143; Richard Reeves, 298-99.
p. 486: "Can"t you just see:" Ma.n.u.script, Paul Fay, "The Pleasure of His Company," Box 12, Martin Land Papers, Boston University.
pp. 486-87: On the rollback: Bernstein, 143-45; Richard Reeves, 300-301.
p. 487: Private joking: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 637; Bradlee, 637; Bradlee, Conversations, Conversations, 111-12. 111-12.
pp. 487-88: Press conference and speech: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 331-32, 348-52. 331-32, 348-52.
p. 488: Attacks on JFK: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 637-40; Parmet, 637-40; Parmet, JFK, JFK, 239; Richard Reeves, 302-304, 316; Bernstein, 145. 239; Richard Reeves, 302-304, 316; Bernstein, 145.
p. 488: News conferences: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 334-35, 376; Guthman and Shulman, 354-55. 334-35, 376; Guthman and Shulman, 354-55.
p. 489: "an enormous a.s.set": Richard Neustadt to Douglas Cater, Dec. 14, 1961, Box 64, POF.
p. 490: State of the Union: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 5-8. 5-8.
pp. 490-91: Civil rights, etc.: Ibid., 8-9.
p. 491: Polls: Gallup, 1749, 1751-52.
p. 491: Doc.u.ment stamped "Propaganda": Box 57, Sorensen Papers.
p. 491: Journalists" skepticism: Edward F. Woods article, "President Said to Think ... ," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sept. 16, 1961. Sept. 16, 1961.
p. 491: Briefing paper: "Notes for Congressional Session, Jan. 17-18, 1962," Box 36, Sorensen Papers.
p. 491: Focus on international affairs: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 9-15. 9-15.
p. 492: Civil rights surveys: Gallup, 1764, 1769.
p. 492: Plans for Progress: New York Times, New York Times, July 12, Nov. 25, 1961; July 12, Nov. 25, 1961; PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 117-18, 505-7; Dallek, 117-18, 505-7; Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 28-30; Bernstein, 58-61. 28-30; Bernstein, 58-61.
pp. 492-93: Substantive and symbolic initiatives: RFK to JFK, Dec. 29, 1961, Box 96; Adam Yarmolinsky to Fred Dutton, Oct. 25, 1961; Dutton to JFK, Nov. 3, 1961, Box 63, POF. Carl Rowan to RFK, Sept. 23, 1961, Box 9; Berl Bernhard Statement, Oct. 9, 1961; Clipping, "8 Owners Persuaded," n.d., Box 13, Gen. Corresp., RFK Papers. PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 23, 508. 23, 508.
p. 493: Executive Order on housing: Wofford to JFK, Oct. 10, 1961, Box 68, Gen. Corresp., RFK Papers; Roy Wilkins to JFK, n.d., Box 30, Sorensen Papers; James A. Wechsler, "As JFK Said ... ," New York Post, New York Post, Dec. 27, 1961; Dec. 27, 1961; PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 21, 324; Evelyn Lincoln to Lee White, Aug. 30, 1962, with White to JFK, Aug. 28, 1962, attached, Box 96, POF. 21, 324; Evelyn Lincoln to Lee White, Aug. 30, 1962, with White to JFK, Aug. 28, 1962, attached, Box 96, POF.
pp. 493-95: Judicial appointments: Presidential Judicial Appointments, 1961; Lifetime Judges Appointed by President Kennedy, Jan. 15, 1964, Box 13, Personal Papers, RFK Papers; Roy Wilkins OH; Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, 307-10, 376-78; Bernstein, 70-71; Guthman and Shulman, 108-9, 112. 307-10, 376-78; Bernstein, 70-71; Guthman and Shulman, 108-9, 112.
p. 495: "gained anything": Wilkins OH.
p. 495: "the pa.s.sage of any": Abraham Ribicoff to JFK, Oct. 6, 1961, Box 30, Sorensen Papers. Taking a bold stand: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 9, 110-17. 9, 110-17.
pp. 495-96: Medicare: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 8-9, 165-73, 213, 269, 416-20, 449-50, 560-61; Bernstein, 255-57; 8-9, 165-73, 213, 269, 416-20, 449-50, 560-61; Bernstein, 255-57; Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1962. July 22, 1962.
p. 496: Would tend "to inhibit": PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 576. 576.
p. 496: Transportation problems: PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 292-306. 292-306.
p. 497: "I"m putting someone in": Quoted in Clymer, 32.
p. 497: "He just felt": Guthman and Shulman, 328.
p. 497: "I"ll hear whether": Quoted in Clymer, 31-32.
p. 497: "He felt that": Guthman and Shulman, 328-29.
p. 497: "Your brother": PPP: JFK, 1962, PPP: JFK, 1962, 63. 63.
p. 498: "Well, in part": Ibid., 226.
p. 498: "administration aid": Ibid., 407.