Part 31 (2/2)

p. 239: ”We have to get organized”: RFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 239: ”citizen organizations” mounting a ”gra.s.s roots appeal”: ”Preconvention Gra.s.s Roots Campaigning; Kennedy Clubs,” Jan. 29, 1959, Box 26, David Powers Papers, JFKL.

pp. 239-40: Steve Smith's office: Burns, 233; White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 51; Parmet, 51; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 507. 507.

p. 240: ”Where do we stand?”: Sorensen to All ”Summit Conference” Partic.i.p.ants, April 1, 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 240: ”Regardless of whom”: Gallup, 1633-39.

p. 241: For the fall schedule, see Burns, 231. For JFK's speeches along the way, see Box 1025, PPP. Also see Sorensen, 114.

p. 241: ”certainly brilliant”: Memo, July 12, 1959, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.

p. 241: ”I'm getting a lot better”: JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 241: ”he learned the art”: Sorensen, 114.

p. 242: ”The tone was tiredness”: Martin and Plaut, 209-10.

p. 242: Meeting of seventeen princ.i.p.al people: Handwritten notes: ”Oct. 28, 1959-R.F.K. House-Hyannis Port.” Also see ”Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men,” Summer 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 242: ”what has been done”: Fay, 76-77.

p. 242: Six-page summary report to RFK: J. Miller, ”Some Modest Realignment in the Kennedy Image,” Oct. 20, 1959, Pre-Admin., Political Files, Box 39, RFK Papers, JFKL.

p. 243: ”Check those things”: Pierre Salinger OH; Salinger, 30.

p. 243: ”hard-and-fast” and the quotes on JFK's performance: White, Making, 1960, Making, 1960, 54-55. 54-55.

p. 243: On Bowles and a southern strategy, see Minutes of Meeting, Oct. 28, 1959, Pre-Admin., Political Files, Box 39, RFK Papers; RFK to Files: Georgia and Virginia, Nov. 18, 1959, Box 26, Powers Papers; Chester Bowles OH; Parmet, Jack, Jack, 513-14. 513-14.

p. 243: Announcement of candidacy: Jan. 2, 1960, Box 1025, PPP.

p. 244: ”refuse the vice presidential”: Ibid.

p. 244: Predictions: Sorensen, 139-40.

p. 244: ”scored 100”: Memo, July 12, 1959, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.

p. 244: Humphrey speech in Virginia: Adam Clymer interview with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Oct. 9, 1996, given to me by Clymer.

p. 245: ”unpopular in some sectors”: Lisagor OH. Also see ”Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men.”

p. 245: ”I don't have to worry”: JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 245: ”no Southerner can be nominated”: ”Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men,” Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 245: Joe Kennedy was more concerned: JPK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 245: ”a 'riverboat gambler'”: Quoted in Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 203. 203.

p. 245: ”has no very firm principles”: Lisagor OH.

p. 245: ”comes from the right state”: ”Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men,” Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 246: ”I wish I could get Stu”: JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 246: Dirt on Symington: James Fahey to JPK, May 13, 1960, JPK Papers, JFKL.

p. 246: ”sleeping candidacy”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 17. 17.

p. 246: ”But he still has”: ”Summary of Talk of Kennedy Men,” Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 246: ”He is not a threat”: JPK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 246: ”Look, when someone says”: JFK Interview, Martin Papers.

p. 246: ”definitely and categorically”: Jan. 1960, Box 123, Louchheim Papers.

pp. 246-47: ”conveyed an intangible”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 20. 20.

p. 247: New Hamps.h.i.+re: Goodwin, 795-96; JFK, ”The Presidential Primary and Your Vote,” Jan. 25, 1960, Box 1025, PPP; ”Results of Presidential Primaries in 1960: New Hamps.h.i.+re, Mar. 8, 1960,” Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 247: On Indiana, Nebraska, California, and Ohio, see ”Results of the 16 Presidential Primaries in 1960,” Box 26, Powers Papers. Also Sorensen, 144-50.

p. 247: For the discussions with Pat Brown, see ”California,” June 7, 1960, Box 26, Powers Papers.

p. 247: ”Mike, it's time”: Abraham Ribicoff OH, Columbia University.

p. 247: ”a veteran politician”: O'Donnell and Powers, 148-52. Also Sorensen, 145.

p. 248: ”If we do not do very well”: JPK to Count Enrico Galeazzi, Mar. 31, 1960, JPK Papers.

p. 248: JFK's 1958-59 appearances in Wisconsin: ”Wisconsin”, n.d., Box 26, Powers Papers. Meet the Press, Meet the Press, Jan. 3, 1960, Box 920A, PPP. Jan. 3, 1960, Box 920A, PPP.

pp. 248-49: ”winter of cold winds”: O'Donnell and Powers, 153-54.

p. 249: ”You're too soon”: Quoted in Collier and Horowitz, 294.

p. 249: ”vicious falsehoods”: Sorensen, 153.

p. 249: ”Thank G.o.d”: ”Wisconsin Attacks,” April 4, 1960, Box 989, PPP.

p. 249: ”an element of”: Humphrey, 208.

p. 250: ”remained remarkably”: James Reston, New York Times, New York Times, April 4, 1960. April 4, 1960.

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