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by Burns, James MacGregor;


  Moore, Eddie, 43–44

  Morey, Bob, 106

  Mormons, 229

  Morocco, 187

  Morrissey, Francis X., 74–75, 105–06, 122

  Morse, Wayne, 145, 185, 192, 194, 213

  Moss, Annie Lee, 144

  Mundt, Karl, 166–69

  Munich Pact, 51, 54–55, 57–58

  Murphy, Robert, 146

  Mutual Security Act of 1958 186, 190

  Nation, The, 47, 130

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 193

  National Conference of Christians and Jews, 199

  National Education Association Journal, 201

  National Library of Medicine, 197

  National Labor Relations Board, 211

  National Press Club, 151

  NATO, 90, 108, 187, 254

  Natural resource development, 126

  Nauru Island, 63–64

  Navy, 154;

  J.F.K. service, 60–66

  Navy League of Britain, 51

  Negroes, 26, 31, 126, 166, 191–95, 239;

  See also Civil rights,

  Neuberger, Richard, 159

  Neville, Mike, 75–78

  Nevins, Allan, 158

  New Bedford Standard-Times, 112–33

  New Deal, 45, 48, 50, 85;

  Joseph P. Kennedy and, 35–36, 45, 50;

  J.F.K. and, 47, 50, 51, 76, 126, 247

  New England: J.F.K. as “delegate,” 124–28, 207

  New Georgia, 61, 64, 202

  New Masses, 47

  New Republic, 47, 100, 126, 134

  New York (city) 34, 36, 40, 50, 217, 237

  New York (state) 166, 216, 236, 237, 238

  New York Journal American, 67

  New York Post, 141

  New York Times, 57, 95, 126, 187, 191, 205, 213, 214, 215, 216, 257

  New York Times Magazine, 126, 201

  New Yorker, 77

  Newport, R. I., 61, 129, 184, 222

  Newsweek, 130

  Nixon, Richard M., 121, 164, 177, 184, 191, 213, 215, 242

  Norris, George W., 120, 157, 198

  North Africa, 187–88

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 90, 108, 187, 254

  North Carolina, University of, 88

  Northeast Airlines, 124, 207

  Notre Dame University, 138, 226

  Nürnberg trials, 157

  O’Connell, William Cardinal, 30, 33, 70

  O’Connor, Edwin, 78

  O’Leary, John J., 204

  Oliver Cromwell (Buchan), 205

  O’Mahoney, Joseph, 193;

  civil-rights amendment, 194

  O’Neal, Ed., 81

  Overseas Press Club, 199

  Oxnam, Bishop G. Bromley, 94

  Pakistan, J.F.K. visit, 92

  Palestine, 52

  Palm Beach, Florida, 36, 42, 45, 49, 104, 154, 157, 164, 222, 245

  Pan American World Airways, 207

  Parade, 200, 201

  Pastore, John O., 194

  Patronage, 71, 98, 207

  Patterson, John, 239

  Pearson, Drew, 159

  Peking University, 88

  Perry, Bliss, 33

  Phillips, Cabell, 215;

  quoted, 257–58

  Pilgrim’s Way (Buchan), 129, 246

  Pilot, The, 95, 239

  Pius XII, Pope, 36, 47, 90

  Pluralism, 233–34

  Point Four, 92

  Poland, 52, 53, 55, 67, 88, 186, 189–90, 252;

  J.F.K. visit, 189

  Polish-Americans, 30, 70, 138, 223

  Polk, James K., 253

  Presidency: presidential power, 96, 97, 197;

  Electoral College reform, 165–69;;

  Catholic issue, 174, 217, 219, 222–40;;

  J.F.K. as candidate, 182, 199 ff., 210 ff.;

  routes to nominations, 219;

  assessment of J.F.K. as potential president, 249–50;;

  J.F.K. interview on, 250 ff.;

  leadership role, 257

  Price controls, 76, 83, 96

  Primaries, 75, 111, 219–20

  Princeton University, 45, 46

  Profiles in Courage (J.F.K.), 150, 156–63, 197, 200, 201, 209, 256, 258, 262

  Progressive party, 36, 105, 235

  Prohibition, 30, 31, 235

  Protestants, 31;

  parochial-school issue, 93, 94, 95;

  Catholic presidency issue, 222–40.

  See also Brahmins

  Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (POAU), 228, 229

  Public Library Services Demonstration bill, 96

  Public-opinion polls, 158–59, 216, 235–36, 242, 257

  Public power, 47, 97

  Pulitzer prize, 158, 159, 201

  Quemoy, 252

  Raleigh, Sir Walter, 23

  Rankin, John, 85, 141, 246

  Rayburn, Sam, 89, 181, 220

  Raven, The (James), 129

  Reader’s Digest, 112

  Reardon, Timothy J., 74, 82, 85, 89, 112, 114, 122, 127, 174, 196, 201, 203

  Reciprocal-trade agreements program, 89–90, 127

  Redbook, 200

  Regional problems, 123–28, 161–63

  Rent issues, 76, 83, 84, 88, 96, 134

  Reporter’s Trade, The (Alsops), 202

  Republican Party, 80, 83 ff., 110 ff., 121, 235, 236;

  Massachusetts state politics, 31, 70–71, 72, 79–80, 105, 107 ff., 205–08;;

  J.F.K. support by Republicans, 74, 111, 112, 114, 266;

  Taft-Eisenhower split, 107, 108, 110, 112, 118;

  and McCarthy, 136 ff.;

  and Electoral College reform, 166–69;;

  and civil rights, 191–95;;

  and labor reform, 212–13

  Reston, James, 121, 205

  Reuther, Walter, 208, 212

  Ribicoff, Abraham, 174–75, 181, 220–21, 240, 250

  Riesman, David, 102

  Riverdale School, 40

  Road to the White House (Link), 205

  Rogers, Edith Nourse, 85

  Rogers, Elmer E., 93–94

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 94–95, 150–51, 180, 226, 227

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 45, 47, 48, 58–60, 89, 90, 96–97, 121, 162, 220, 232, 243, 244, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258–59;;

  passim; Joseph P. Kennedy, and, 35–36, 45, 48, 55, 58–59;;

  J.F.K. potential compared, 258–59

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 84

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 71, 176

  Roper, Elmo, 216

  Rosely, Earl of, 24

  Ross, Barney, 63–64

  Ross, Edmund, 157

  Ross, Irwin, 141

  Rossiter, Clinton, quoted, 259

  Rostow, W. W., 203

  Rovere, Richard, 151;

  quoted, 141

  Russell, Richard, 91

  Russia, 60, 66–67, 133, 190, 251–52, 253;

  J.F.K. visit, 52–53;;

  See also Cold war and Communism,

  Russo, Joseph, 75

  St. Coletta School, 130

  St. Lawrence Seaway, 126–27, 208

  Saltonstall, Leverett, 29, 105, 107, 119, 121, 127, 142, 145, 146, 194, 206, 210

  Saturday Evening Post, 128, 135, 200, 201

  Schine, G. David, 149

  Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 205

  Securities and Exchange Commission, 35, 36, 43

  Senate: J.F.K. as candidate, 105–19, 205–10;;

  as Senator, 120 ff., 185 ff.;

  J.F.K. committee assignments, 122, 136, 141, 185, 197, 212, 215;

  as broadening and liberating institution, 121;

  investigations, 139–40, 142, 143;

  J.F.K. on senatorial role, 160–62;;

  as testing ground for presidency, 210–15

  Senate Committee on Armed Services, 91

  Senate Committee on Government Operations, 122, 130, 137, 139, 141, 149, 195–96;
;

  McCarthy subcommittee, 130,

  reorganization subcommittee, 133, 137, 139, 140, 141, 149; 195–96

  Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 91, 108, 185;

  Africa subcommittee, 190

  Senate Judiciary Committee, 192

  Senate Labor and Education Com-

  mittee, 122, 202, 213

  Senator Joe McCarthy (Rovere), 151

  Shefferman, Nathan, 212

  Shipbuilding industry, 123

  Shriver, Sargent, 82, 176

  Shriver, Sargent, Mrs. See Kennedy, Eunice

  Sinn Feiners, 31

  Slavs, immigrants, 26, 30, 70

  Small business, 125

  Smatters, George, 82, 129

  Smith, Alfred E., 71, 94, 157, 202, 217, 225, 229, 231, 232, 234–35

  Smith, Margaret Chase, 137

  Smith, Stephen, 218, 219

  Snell, Bertrand, 47

  Social Security, 73, 76, 83, 88, 126, 250

  Social-welfare programs, 83–88, 98, 101, 248, 250

  Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 199

  Somerville, Mass., 72, 74, 75, 77, 79

  Sons of Italy, 208

  Sorencan, Theodore, 125–26, 157, 159, 164, 174, 177, 178, 181, 202, 210, 218

  South America, 252;

  J.F.K. visit, 60

  Spain, 47, 48, 230; JFK visit, 90

  Sparkman, John, 185

  Spellman, Francis Cardinal, 94–95, 226

  Stanford University, 60

  State Department, 59, 137, 142, 185

  Stevenson, Adlai, 41, 110–18;;

  passim, 152, 250, 256;

  1956 campaign, 169–80, 184–85, 191;

  J.F.K. and, 169 ff., 176–79, 185, 250;

  and 1960 election, 216, 217, 238, 242

  Stone, Galen, 34

  Subversive Activities Control Act, 143

  Sullivan, “Big Tim,” 28

  Supreme Court, 134, 138, 195, 230, 239

  Swanson, Gloria, 34

  Symington, Stuart, 143, 191, 192, 194, 216, 220

  Taber, John, 96

  Taft, Robert A., 80, 83, 86, 107–12 passim, 118–19, 121, 133, 137, 157, 198, 256

  Taft-Hartley Act, 86–87, 108, 125, 175, 211–14, 249

  Tammany Hall, 238

  Tariff Commission, 123, 128

  Tax policies, 88, 96, 101, 125, 250

  Taylor, George, 47

  Television, 117, 118, 119, 176, 177, 181, 206, 209

  Tennessee Valley Authority, 96

  “TEW” bill, 83–84

  Textile industry, 123, 128

  Thomas, George, 82

  Time, 57, 130, 174, 200, 230

  Tito, 90

  Tobin, Maurice, 71

  Toomey, Jackie, 76

  Totalitarianism, 55, 58, 254

  Trade Agreements Extension Act, 89

  Transportation industry, 123–24

  Truman, Harry S., 87–91, 105, 137, 165, 178, 202, 232; J.F.K. and, 88–91, 96, 99, 101, 108, 109, 112, 115, 196, 244, 247, 248, 249

  Truman Doctrine, 88, 108

  Tunisia, 187

  Turkey, 52, 88, 97

  Turnure, Pamela, 203

  Twenty-second Amendment, 96

  Union Theological Seminary, 234

  United Auto Workers, 212

  United Nations, 67, 97, 251, 252

  United Negro College Convocation, 257

  United Negro College Fund, 158

  U. S. News & World Report, 130, 174, 200

  Urban renewal, 250

  Vandenberg, Arthur H., 108

  Vatican, 22, 232, 239; Council of 1870 224

  See also Catholicism

  Veterans’ benefits, 76, 83, 84–85, 96, 100

  Veterans of Foreign Wars, 84, 100

  Veterans of Future Wars, 47

  Vice-presidency, 173–174, 176–77;;

  Electoral College reform, 165–69;;

  candidacy, 169 ff., 176–80

  Virginia: J.F.K. farm, 184, 204;

  University of, Law School, 92, 130

  Voting rights, 193–94

  Wage legislation, 83, 96, 123, 126, 248, 249, 250

  Wagner, Robert F., Sr., 83

  Wagner, Robert F., Jr., 84, 176, 180, 181, 216, 238

  Wagner Act, 85–86

  Wallace, Henry A., 105

  Wallace, Mike, 159

  Walsh, David, I., 108

  Walsh-Healey Act, 123

  Warsaw, 52, 53

  Washington Post, 137

  Washington Times-Herald, 129

  Watch industry, 123, 128

  Webster, Daniel, 120, 157, 198

  Weldon, Bishop Christopher J., 202

  West Point, 196, 201

  “What My Illness Taught Me”, (J.F.K.) 201

  Wheeler, Burton K., 36

  Wherry, Kenneth, 91

  Wherry Resolution, 91

  While England Slept (Churchill), 57

  White, William S., 120

  White House reorganization, 196–97

  Why England Slept (J.F.K.), 57–58, 67, 89, 156, 159

  Wild, Payson, 54

  Wilfred Funk, Inc., 57

  Willkie, Wendell, 59

  Wilson, Woodrow, 31, 71, 108, 157, 247, 248

  Winship, Tom, 178

  World War II, 51 ff;

  J.F.K. service, 60–66;;

  J.F.K. on postwar plans, 67–68

  Yale Law School, 60

  Yalta, 88, 89, 97

  Yankees, 26–27, 28, 74, 78;

  vs. Irish-Americans, 26–27, 28, 30–32, 33–34, 36, 42, 48–49, 70–71, 101, 119, 223

  Young Democrats, 47, 199

  Yugoslavia, 90

  About the Author

  James MacGregor Burns (1918–2014) was a bestselling American historian and political scientist whose work earned both the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Boston, Burns fell in love with politics and history at an early age. He earned his BA at Williams College, where he returned to teach history and political science after obtaining his PhD at Harvard and serving in World War II. Burns’s two-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt is considered the definitive examination of the politician’s rise to power, and his groundbreaking writing on the subject of political leadership has influenced scholars for decades. Most recently, he served as the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and as Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the University of Maryland.

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  Copyright © 1959, 1960 by James MacGregor Burns

  Foreword reprinted by permission of the New York Times, copyright © 1961 by James MacGregor Burns

  Cover design by Andrea Worthington

  ISBN: 978-1-5040-3438-8

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