by David Nasaw
see also Hitler, Adolf
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 654
Nelson, Donald, 550
neutrality:
JPK and, 294–95
laws on, 288, 415, 418, 443, 459, 510
World War I and, 40, 44
World War II and, 294–95
New Bedford Standard-Times, 666
New Deal, 198, 204, 210, 211, 212, 229, 230, 236–37, 243, 246, 249, 250, 260–61, 271, 274, 275, 313, 484
work relief program, 229–31, 232, 237
New Republic, 210, 393–94
Newsweek, 733, 740–41, 742, 767
Newton, Helen, 222–23, 242, 264
New York Daily News, 356, 503, 513–14, 656
New Yorker, 561
New York Evening Post, 199, 704–5
New York Herald Tribune, 128, 409, 500
New York Journal American, 607
New York News, 505
New York Post, 756
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 578
registration of foreign stocks and bonds on, 238–39
see also stock market
New York Times, 42, 97, 101, 122, 130, 133, 161, 167, 182, 186, 197, 212, 215, 218, 219, 228, 229, 238, 243, 250, 261, 270, 272, 284, 302, 305, 324, 354, 362, 364, 385, 391, 490, 500, 513, 518, 557, 587, 606–7, 608, 635, 638, 644, 650, 677, 705, 706, 712, 754, 761, 770
editor-in-chief position at, 316
JFK’s presidential campaign and, 722, 727, 731, 734–35, 742, 743, 744, 748
Krock at, 211, 212, 247, 316, 395, 396, 599, 615, 662, 727–28; see also Krock, Arthur
New York Times Magazine, 689
New York World, 174, 211
Nichols, Louis, 675
Nicolson, Harold, 346
Nixon, Richard M., 595–96, 617, 652, 670, 746, 757, 764
JFK’s debates with, 744–45
JPK and, 731
in 1960 presidential election, 710, 715, 739, 740, 743, 744–45, 750–53
Norman, Montague, 449
Normandie, 238, 321, 380, 411–12
Norton, Sally, 532
Notre Dame, 252, 530, 531, 672, 695, 715
West Point cheating scandal and, 649–50
Norway, 428, 429, 437, 438, 439
Novello, Angie, 771
O’Brien, Hugh, 9, 11
O’Brien, John A., 672
O’Brien, Larry, 662, 719, 726
O’Connell, Daniel P., 729
O’Connell, Joseph, 38
O’Connell, William Cardinal, 38, 41, 146
Offie, Carmel, 286, 532
Odlum, Floyd, 274
O’Donnell, John, 656
O’Donnell, Kenneth, 663, 664, 707, 719, 726, 729, 748, 749, 769
oil, 475, 538, 655, 756
JPK’s investments in, 529, 612, 692–93
Oglethorpe University, 530
Okrent, Daniel, 81
Old Colony Realty, 34, 44, 59
O’Leary, Ted, 137, 143, 491
Ollman, Wally, 588–89
O’Meara, Harry, 34
Ordway, Lucius, 610, 645, 669
organized crime:
JFK assassination and, 80, 720
JPK and, 80, 720, 753
1960 presidential election and, 753
Ormsby-Gore, David, 297
Oshinsky, David, 668
Osservatore Romano, 734–35
Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 10, 12–13, 15
Owens-Illinois, 192
Oxnam, Garfield Bromely, 634
Pacelli, Eugenio Cardinal, see Pius XII, Pope
Palestine, 286–87, 307, 351–52, 358, 359, 361–62, 385–93, 655
JPK and, 385–93
Roosevelt and, 387, 389, 390, 391–93
White Paper on, 388–92
Paley, Barbara “Babe,” 241–42
Palm Beach, Fla., 113–15, 137, 161–64, 172, 178, 187, 189, 190, 194–95, 197, 241–42, 245, 246, 369, 432, 435, 525–29, 610–11, 715, 728, 729, 758, 774, 775–78, 782, 786
Kennedy house in, 189
Palm Beach Country Club, 526, 775
Palmer, Muriel, 248
Palmer, Paul, 616
Paramount Pictures, 74, 106, 107, 110, 119, 121, 140, 141, 254, 367
JPK as adviser to, 244
Pasternak, Joe, 398
Pastore, John, 662
Pathé, 112, 115–17, 122, 124, 125, 128, 131, 135, 137, 141, 156, 158–59, 169–70, 257
RKO’s purchase of, 159–62
Patterson, Cissy, 541, 580
Patterson, Joseph, 503, 505
Paul VI, Pope, 375
Peake, Charles, 418
Peale, Norman Vincent, 743, 748
Pearl Harbor, xxii, 509, 538, 567
Pearson, Drew, 236, 248–49, 251, 263, 303, 304–5, 306, 317, 321–22, 353, 367–68, 393, 540, 600, 601, 674–75, 714
JFK’s presidential campaign and, 731, 741
Pecora, Ferdinand, 188, 192, 208
Pegler, Westbrook, 668
Perkins, Frances, 268–69, 272, 278
Persian Gulf, 660
Pétain, Philippe, 455, 456
Peters, Andrew, 59, 61, 62, 67
Peyton, Father Patrick, 585
Philadelphia Inquirer, 318, 772
Phillips, William, 374, 375
Photoplay, 93, 103, 104, 109
Pickford, Mary, 110, 298
Pilgrims Society, 291–95
Pittman, Key, 317
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 246
Place, Edward, 62, 63
Pius XI, Pope, 264, 374
Pius XII, Pope (Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli), 252–53, 264, 374–75, 381, 491, 639
POAU (Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State), 715, 721–22
Poland, 577
Germany and, 376, 394, 399–405, 413, 420, 486, 579, 633
Soviet Union and, 416
Ponzi, Charles, 67
Poole, Arthur B., 257, 656
Potter, Bob, 25, 33, 45, 54, 59, 71, 88
Potter, Jack, 93
Powell, Joseph W., 52, 54, 102
Powers, Dave, 595, 653, 661, 686, 710, 730, 748, 749
Powers, Pat, 74, 91
Pravda, 638
President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, 699–701, 705
Pressman, Jack D., 535
Princeton University, 239–40
Producers Distributing Corporation, 112
Profiles in Courage (JFK), 687, 690, 714
Prohibition, 79, 191, 192, 193
Protestants, in Boston, 10–11, 15, 22
PT 109, 556–58, 560, 561, 598
Puerto Rico, 748
Puhl, Emil, 383
Queen Kelly, 118–19, 121, 136–42, 155–56, 157, 158, 159
Queen Mary, 314, 411–12
Quemoy, 745, 746
Quigley, Martin J., 95–96, 104
Quincy, Josiah, 14
Quinn, Bob, 170
Quirk, James, 103, 104
Racine, Leo, 692, 733
rail travel, transcontinental, 140
Ramsay, Archibald Maule, 444
Ramsaye, Terry, 93, 103
Raskob, John Jakob, 183
Rayburn, Sam, 233, 707, 764
RCA (Radio Corporation of America), 111, 124, 129, 130, 254
JPK’s consulting contract with, 243–44
Rea, Ruth, 35–36
Reader’s Digest, 561
real estate:
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br /> JPK’s investments in, 44, 59, 529, 586–89, 592, 612, 692, 772
rent controls and, 587–88
Reardon, Ted, 621
Red Cross, 458, 551, 552, 555
Reisman, Phil, 419–20, 421, 645, 679, 680
Reith, John, 484
Remarque, Erich Maria, 325, 398
Republican Party, 135, 181, 197, 204, 517
in Boston, 10–11, 15
Reston, James, 606–7, 638, 644, 658, 705, 721
Reynaud, Paul, 440, 451–53, 455
Reynolds, John J., 586–87, 627
JPK’s employment of, 614
Rhee, Syngman, 636
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 310, 311, 334, 403
Ribicoff, Abe, 759
Richardson, Hill & Co., 59
Ridgway, Matthew, 654
Right Club, 444, 445
Riley, John, 35
Riva, Maria (daughter of Marlene Dietrich), 325, 326, 327, 398
Riverdale Country School, 106, 149, 150, 152, 162
RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum), 129, 131, 137
Pathé purchased by, 159–62
Robertson-Cole, 68–69, 70–71
Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation, 71, 73–75
Robinson, Joe, 256
Rockefeller, John D., III, 772
Rockefeller, Nelson, 727
Rockett, Al, 126
Rogers, Ginger, 299
Rohde, Amanda, 264–65
Rommel, Erwin, 530
Roosevelt, Anna, 179, 184, 243, 245, 255
Roosevelt, Betsey, 187, 206
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 209, 215, 245, 316–17, 492
JPK criticized by, 717–18
Roosevelt, Elliott, 184
Roosevelt, Franklin D., xxii, 262, 268, 303–4, 368–70, 433, 448, 455, 460, 462–64, 469, 476, 481, 482, 483, 665, 683, 733–34, 736
and aid to Allies, 441–43, 451–54, 458–59, 466–72, 503
as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 55, 174
“brain trust” advisers to, 178–79, 331, 354
British war debt payments and, 185, 411
cabinet selections of, 186, 187
campaign contributions to, 182–83
Catholics and, 539, 549
Chamberlain and, 330–31, 343, 344, 376–77, 579
Churchill and, 414–15, 428–29, 441, 442, 445, 447, 451–53, 465–70, 504
court-packing plan of, 270–71
criticisms of, 197–98, 246, 248, 251–52, 271
death of, 578–79, 583
on the Depression, 172
in destroyers-for-bases negotiations, 466–67, 469–72, 493
economic policies of, 202–3, 229–30, 246–49, 271–72, 295–96, 315
elected president, 183–84, 186
First Hundred Days of, 197
fourth term campaign and election, 560, 573–74, 575–76
Garner as running mate of, 176–77
as governor, 172
Hearst and, 176–77, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 254
Hitler and, 341, 344, 346, 381–82, 385, 413–14
ill health of, 574, 575–76
inner circle of, 180–81, 183, 185–86, 215, 371, 374, 518
Japan and, 538
Jews and, 309–10, 349–52, 362, 390, 508, 509, 583
on JPK, 520–21
JPK appointed ambassador by, 272–78, 283, 284, 491, 496
JPK appointed Maritime Commission chairman by, 255
JPK appointed SEC chairman by, 206–11
JPK offered jobs by, 543–44, 549–60
JPK’s correspondence with, 189, 190–91, 412
JPK’s first meetings with, 174, 175
JPK’s meeting with, after ambassadorship, 489–93, 505
JPK’s offering of services to, after U.S. entry into World War II, 539, 542–44
JPK’s presidential aspirations and, 315–19, 327
JPK’s relationship with, 172–73, 180–81, 183, 185–86, 215, 228–29, 231, 244–45, 274, 318–19, 327, 331, 332–33, 393–94, 396–97, 429, 513
and JPK’s resignation as ambassador, 502–4
and JPK’s resignation from SEC, 234–36
JPK’s speech at 1936 Harvard Reunion and, 260–61
JPK’s support for presidential campaign of, xxi, 171–73, 175–77, 179–83, 186, 188, 190
JPK’s support for reelection of, 245–52, 255
JPK’s support for third term of, 428, 429, 489–96, 519
Krock and, 211
lend-lease program of, 510, 511–13, 515, 516–20, 525
letter to JPK regarding Al Smith, 134
at Marwood in Washington, D.C., 215, 228–29, 245
Munich Agreement and, 347
Mussolini and, 381–82, 385
and Nazi Germany, in buildup to World War II, 307, 309, 310, 321–22, 334, 338, 341, 344, 349, 373, 376–77, 399–401, 405
negotiations appeal in buildup to World War II, 341, 342, 343, 344
neutrality laws and, 288, 415, 445
New Deal of, 198, 204, 210, 211, 212, 229, 230, 236–37, 243, 246, 249, 250, 260–61, 272, 274, 275, 313, 484
1932 presidential campaign of, 171–77, 179–83
Palestine and, 387, 389, 390, 391–93
public utilities bill and, 232–35, 236, 237
radio addresses of, 530–31
Reynaud and, 451–53
salary of, 244
second term election of, 252, 254, 710
second term inauguration of, 255
tax proposals of, 229, 231–32, 237
third term, decision to seek, 313, 333, 428, 429, 436, 492
third term election of, 496
third term nomination of, 462
and U.S. entry into World War II, 538
and U.S. involvement in World War II, 443, 454, 467, 491, 504
Walker and, 178–79
Wall Street regulation and, 205
whistle-stop tours of, 179–83
work relief program of, 229–31, 232, 237
Roosevelt, Franklin, Jr., 733–34
Roosevelt, James “Jimmy,” 179–80, 183, 184, 187, 193, 206, 208, 241, 245, 250, 253, 268, 269, 275, 278, 513, 733
insurance business of, 320
and JPK’s ambassadorship, 272, 273, 284, 285, 287, 310
JPK’s friendship with, 320
Roosevelt, Theodore, 701
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 671
Rosenbloom, Carroll, 582, 645, 646, 684, 749, 773, 786
Rosenman, Samuel, 583
Rossheim, Irving, 125, 126
Rothschild, Anthony Gustav de, 362
Rowe, James, 671
Royal, John, 695, 772
Rublee, George, 329, 350–51, 365
Ruppel, Louis, 207, 249, 250
Rusk, Dean, 760
Rusk, Howard, 696, 761, 777–78
Rusk Institute, 778, 781, 782
Russell, Rosalind, 299
Russia, see Soviet Union
Russo, Joe, 598
Ruth, Babe, 66, 119
Sachar, Abram L., 698
Sacred Heart Convent, 309, 323–24
St. Coletta School, Hanover, Mass., 623–24, 626, 628–29
St. Coletta School, Jefferson, Wisc., 537, 695
Rosemary at, 628–31
St. Coletta school, Palos Park, Calif., 695
St. John, C. Wardell, 150
St. John, George, 177, 195–96, 225
St. Leonard’s Mansion, 433, 435, 444, 458, 473, 479
; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 80, 498
St. Louis Star-Times, 276–77
Salinger, Pierre, 735, 769
Saltonstall, Leverett, 593, 657–58
Sarnoff, David, 111, 124–25, 129, 130, 137, 243, 350, 369, 542
Saturday Evening Post, 320, 377, 712
Schary, Dore, 706
Schenck, Joseph, 96, 115, 156
Schenck, Nick, 94
Schiff, Dorothy, 756
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 171, 188, 605–6, 666, 689, 703, 758, 762, 768
Schnitzer, Joseph, 74–75, 94
Schulberg, B. P., 170
Schuschnigg, Kurt von, 289, 290
Schwab, Charles M., 52, 55
Scollard, C. J., 114, 131, 139
Seabury, Samuel, 179
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 255–56
Securities Act of 1933, 204–5, 216, 233
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 226–28, 247, 257, 296, 613, 614
blue sky laws of, 226
Hearst and, 254, 257
insider trading and, 67, 131, 226, 227
JPK as chairman of, xxi, 67, 80, 131, 206–11, 212–20, 226–29, 232–37, 243, 244, 248, 254, 277, 320, 438, 529
JPK’s 1934 radio address and, 218–19
JPK’s resignation from, 234–36, 246
JPK’s staff appointments for, 216–17
public utilities bill and, 232–35, 236, 237
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 205, 208, 217, 233
Seigenthaler, John, 737–38
Selective Service System:
JPK’s registration with, 50–51, 54
in World War I, 50
in World War II, 476
Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 188, 192, 208, 210
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 314, 640, 711
JFK and, 640–42, 684–85, 711
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 671, 673, 688, 710–11
Seymour, Frances Ford, 536
Seymour, James, 299, 419, 460
Sharett, Moshe, 388–89, 390
Shaw, George Bernard, 306
Shea, Frank, 216
Sheehan, Joe, 16, 54, 216, 436
Sheehy, Father Maurice, 549
Shirer, William, 342
Show People, 173
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy (daughter), 194, 242–43, 264, 325, 333, 423, 457, 463, 490, 526, 527, 646, 657, 667, 668, 678, 681, 695, 732, 738, 755, 760, 765, 766, 784
Addison’s disease of, 527
birth of, 85
childhood of, 90, 113, 126, 178
education of, 106, 149, 152, 242, 297, 298
in England during JPK’s ambassadorship, 297
Hartington’s death and, 572–73
health problems of, 195, 224, 527, 546–47
JFK’s congressional campaign and, 596, 602, 603