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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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