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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

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