Kennedy: The Classic Biography (143 page)

Hechler, Kenneth, 84

Heller, Walter, 237, 261, 264–265, 272, 275, 282, 284, 323, 391, 395, 399, 404, 407, 409–410, 419, 420, 422, 424, 428–429, 430, 436, 448, 449, 454, 456, 457, 462

Hemingway, Ernest, 371, 385

Henry VIII of England, 148

Herblock, 316

Herter, Christian, 73, 205, 567

HHFA, 480, 481

Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 737n., 742

“High Hopes,” 151

Higher Education Act, 359

Hill, Lister, 44, 343, 475

Hilsman, Roger, 118

Hitch, Charles, 604

Hitler, Adolf, 513

Hodges, Luther, 81, 124, 172, 253, 259, 275, 276, 283, 285, 395, 410, 411, 424, 432, 454, 455, 456, 462, 466, 469

Hoffa, James, 52n., 53, 135, 150, 170, 335, 439

Hogan, Ben, 378

Holborn, Fred, 66

Holcombe, Arthur, 14, 15

Hoover, Herbert, 32, 76, 207, 208, 230, 232, 235, 421, 430, 465, 531, 701

Hoover Commission, 45, 75–76

Hopkins, Harry, 261

Hornig, Donald, 237

Horsky, Charles A., 277

“hot line,” 727

Hound Dog missile, 566

House, Edward M., 261

House Armed Services Committee, 347

House Judiciary Committee, 475n., 499, 500

House Rules Committee, 330, 339–341, 342, 348, 361, 362, 475, 481, 498, 500, 501

House Ways and Means Committee, 343

housing, 480–481

Housing Act, 397

Housing and Home Finance Agency, 480, 481

Houston
, 299

Hovde, Frederick, 238

Howe, Mark DeWolfe, 50, 66

Hughes, Charles Evans, 270

Hughes, Emmet, 5

Hull, Cordell, 252, 410

Humphrey, Hubert H., 45, 82, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96, 98, 118, 121, 123 ff., 133 ff., 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 155, 157–158, 161, 162, 165, 173, 196, 221, 277, 355, 356, 424, 476, 531, 729

Hungary, 547n., 681

Huntley, Chet, 212

Hyannis Port, 21, 36, 73, 120, 130, 151, 170, 327, 368, 369, 376, 377, 378, 521, 553, 587

I

“I Have a Rendezvous with Death,” 748

ICA, 631

ICBMs, 611–612, 677, 725

Ickes, Harold, 252 “If India Falls,” 106

IL-28 bombers, 684, 720, 721

India, 228, 372, 383, 395, 482, 522, 523, 537, 538, 564, 565, 638, 662–665, 717

Indochina, 639, 642, 655, 681

Indonesia, 539, 580

Inland Steel, 456, 458

Inter-American Economic and Social Council, 534

intercontinental ballistic missiles,
see
ICBMs

intermarriage, racial, 502, 503

intermediate-range ballistic missiles,
see
IRBMs

International Access Authority, 598, 599

International Atomic Energy Agency, 733

International Control Commission, 648

International Monetary Fund, 407, 409

Interstate Commerce Commission, 443, 478

Iran, 546–547, 628, 680–681, 687, 713

IRBMs, 677, 680, 711

Ireland, 581–582 “Irish Mafia,” 261

“Irish Sing Along,” 387

Israel, 540, 558

Italy, 568, 579, 681, 691, 696, 701

Izvestia
, 515, 556

J

Jackson, Henry, 52, 120, 165, 172, 220, 252, 523, 736

Jackson, Mahalia, 91

Jackson (Miss.), 494, 496

Japan, 229, 650

“jawbone” method, 436

Jefferson, Thomas, 152, 183, 384, 386, 414–415, 514

Jeffrey, Mildred, 148

Jessup, Philip, 335

JFK:
The Man and the Myth
, 25

Job Corps, 403

John XXIII, Pope, 194

John Birch Society, 335

Johnson, Alexis, 674

Johnson, Andrew, 67

Johnson, Lyndon B., 115, 196, 233, 235, 253, 255, 346, 356

as ambassador, 577, 594, 653

in campaign for JFK (1956), 89–90

in campaign for JFK (1960), 168–170, 187–188, 210, 211, 222, 265–267, 501, 702

at Convention (1960), 156 ff.

and Cuba, 686, 692, 697

in Dallas, 749

and “Labor Bill of Rights,” 54

as Majority Leader, 43, 524

and National Security Council, 674–675

and National Space Council, 525

in nomination contest for Presidency (1960), 96, 98, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 138, 141, 147–151

and nomination for Vice President (1956), 39

and nomination for Vice President (1960), 162–167

as politician, 105

and tax reduction, 429

as Vice President, 323, 340, 341, 344, 450, 494, 499

Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon B. (Lady Bird), 165, 187

Johnson, Paul, 483

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 347, 587, 605, 606, 607–608, 610, 618, 621, 644, 645, 652, 674, 678, 684, 692, 697, 701, 705, 738

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 618, 696, 729, 736

Jones, Boisfeuillet, 274

Jones, Roger, 288

Jordan, Sara, 40

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
, 710n.

Joyce, James, 582n. Judd, Walter, 39

Judiciary Committee,
see
House Judiciary Committee

“Jungle Jim” units, 632

Jupiter missiles, 3, 609, 680, 691, 695- 696, 712

K

Kaiser, Edgar, 456

Kaiser Steel, 456, 458

Kansas City
Register
, 109

Kasavubu, Joseph, 635, 636

Kashmir, 664, 717

Katanga Province, 637, 638–639

Katzenbach, Nicholas, 277, 485, 487, 493

Kaysen, Carl, 118, 264, 285, 613, 717, 730, 731, 734

Kazakstan, 741

Keating, Kenneth B., 669, 670, 672, 698, 707

Kefauver, Estes, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 98, 99–100,118, 164, 352, 455, 459

Kefauver Drug Bill, 352

Kennan, George, 256, 540, 542

Kennedy, Caroline, 170, 227, 375, 379- 381, 384, 388, 676, 747–748, 758

Kennedy, Edward, 34, 38, 249, 253

in campaign for JFK, 117, 120, 135, 140, 161, 162, 172

campaign of, 13n., 35, 354–355, 701

and Meader, 383

singing of, 387

and Presidency, 366, 756

Kennedy, Eunice (Mrs. Sargent Shriver), 32, 36, 88, 173

Kennedy, Jean (Mrs. Stephen Smith), 36, 173

Kennedy, John F.

appearance of, 12, 14, 23–24, 29

as Congressman, 4, 11, 21, 26, 28, 36

death of, 758

and drinking, 29

as driver, 29

education of, 16–17

family of, 30–38;
see also individual
entries

and gambling, 28

growth of, 23

health of, 28, 38–42, 81, 100, 103, 108, 157, 368–369

inauguration of, 234, 240–248, 533

marriage of, 28, 37

marriage, former, unfounded report of, 383

military service of, 16, 18

and prejudice, 33

and public service, 4

and Pulitzer Prize, 4, 68, 69, 315, 758

and reading, 27, 100, 314, 324

and religion, 17, 19–20, 21, 33, 81–84, 97, 102, 104, 108–113, 118, 123, 124, 126–127, 136–137,
138
, 139, 142–145, 146, 148, 151, 168, 169, 175–176, 186, 188–195, 210, 213, 217–222, 223, 357 ff., 390, 753, 757

as Senator, 11, 21, 26, 28, 36

as smoker, 28–29

and social life, 35–36

and touch football, 29–30, 37

and travel, 25, 27, 28, 30, 100–106

and wealth, 20, 33–34, 135, 156, 334

work habits of, 25

youth of, 97, 108, 151–153, 154. 155, 157, 169, 334

Kennedy, Mrs. John F. (Jacqueline Bouvier), 64n., 91, 170, 179, 211, 239, 265, 373, 374, 384, 388, 478, 487, 664, 705, 747–748, 750

as ambassador, 372, 383, 409–410, 536, 559, 577, 581, 752

and bomb shelter, 693

as campaigner, 77, 101, 103, 106, 132, 135, 140, 150, 174, 178, 207, 210

and children, 162, 233, 234–235, 367, 379–380, 381

and coat of arms, 582

and Cubans, 308n,

and culture, 384–386

and Davids, Jules, 67

and death of JFK, 751

and De Gaulle, 562

and fashions, 317

and food, 41

homes of, 376–377

as hostess, 378

at Hyannis Port, 376–377

and John, Jr., 162, 233, 234–235

and Kennedy family, 35, 37

and Khrushchev, 543

and languages, 66, 103, 230–231

marriage of, 28, 37

and Patrick (son), 367

personality of, 382–383

and Presidency, 99, 120

role of (with JFK), 30, 379, 381–382

and Ted, 756

and White House, 249, 375, 379, 383, 384–386

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 162, 233, 235, 375, 379–380, 748, 758

Kennedy, Joseph P., 1, 11, 14–15, 17, 30- 34, 35, 45, 46, 59, 74, 85, 88, 91, 96, 117, 118, 119, 136, 156–157, 166, 208n., 217, 353, 367–368, 376–377, 449, 461, 462, 512, 747

Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. (Rose), 20, 35, 36–37, 582

Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 14–15, 30, 34, 35, 36, 72, 377, 747, 748, 751

Kennedy, Kathleen, 14, 559, 582, 747

Kennedy, Patricia (Mrs. Peter Lawford), 35, 36, 173, 210

Kennedy, Patrick B., 367

Kennedy, Patrick J., 37, 380

Kennedy, Robert F., 41, 42, 141, 230, 249, 253, 266, 267, 288, 315, 353, 369–370, 459, 691

as ambassador, 577, 578

as Attorney General, 257, 265, 268–269, 272, 273

and Berlin crisis, 399

and Cabinet members, 255

as campaigner for JFK, 87, 88, 89, 91, 103, 117, 119, 120, 135, 154, 162–163, 165–166, 171, 175, 179, 211

and CIA, 630, 631, 644, 668, 674

and civil rights, 474, 476, 478, 479, 480, 483, 484, 485, 486–487, 489,490, 491, 492, 494, 497, 499, 500, 501

and Cuban crisis, 684, 686, 692, 697, 709, 714, 715

and Dobrynin, 555

and Ex Comm, 679

and Gallo, 170

and investigation committee, 51–52, 53, 158

and Jacqueline, 382

and King, 188, 216

and McCarthy, 46

and personnel selection, 255, 275

and “the President,” 374

and reading, 23

role of (with JFK), 30, 34–35, 86

as singer, 387

and steel strike, 449, 450, 454, 462

and Sukarno, 540

and Ted, 355

Kennedy, Rosemary, 14, 320

“Kennedy’s Children,” 532

Kennedy-Ervin Bill, 54

Kennedy-Ives Bill, 54

“Kennedy round,” 412