The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [490]
77 kept at school: George St. John to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 3, 1929, AAML.
77 “too easily satisfied …”: Hank Searls, The Lost Prince (1969), p. 64.
78 “When Joe came home …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 9, 1931, family correspondence, JFKPP.
78 “a lavender bathrobe …”: Mrs. George St. John to Rose Kennedy, January 18, 1932, AAML.
79 “mumps, and the doctor …”: Rose Kennedy to Mrs. George St. John, n.d., AAML.
79 “full of pop”: Mrs. George St. John to Earl Leinbach, January 25, 1932, AAML.
79 Jack had to return: George St. John to John F. Kennedy, July 30, 1932, AAML.
79 special built-up shoes: Choate secretary to Rose Kennedy, March 10, 1933, AAML.
79 ten letters from Rose: Seymour St. John, “JFK Fiftieth Reunion of 1,000 Days at School,” June 1985, AAML.
79 “pink eye”: Choate secretary to Rose Kennedy, February 14, 1933, AAML.
79 “a little grippy cold”: ibid., February 17, 1933.
79 Jack’s most distinguished contribution: interview, Earl Leinbach, JMBP.
80 “The golf is going good …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, n.d. (Sunday), JFKPP.
80 “rather outstanding”: Lem Billings, KLOH.
80 “My father did try …”: ibid.
80 “I think that …”: ibid.
81 “a very popular hero”: Boston Globe, June 11, 1933.
81 “These boys, when …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.
82 “He had set his heart …”: AWRJ, p. 43.
82 Whitelaw recalled: Aubrey H. Whitelaw to John F. Kennedy, June 26, 1958, JFKPP.
82 “the heads of all”: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy, April 23, 1934, RFK papers, JFKPP.
83 “We were going …”: Aubrey H. Whitelaw to John F. Kennedy, June 26, 1958, JFKPP.
83 “far beyond his …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., May 4, 1934, HTF, p. 133.
83 “Joe came back …”: John F. Kennedy to Lem Billings, July 25, 1934, JFKPL.
83 “Joe, if you feel …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.
84 “At first his [Jack’s] attitude …”: Hamilton, p. 106.
84 “I’m afraid it …”: Seymour St. John, “JFK Fiftieth Reunion.”
84 “There is … little …”: St. John, “JFK Fiftieth Reunion.”
84 “I can’t tell you how …”: JPKP, HTF, p. 120.
84 “I thought I would …”: John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy, December 2, 1934, JFKPP.
85 “I would be lacking …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to John F. Kennedy, December 7, 1934, RCP.
85 “possibly contributed …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to George Steele, January 5, 1935, AAML.
85 “I have no memory …”: LL interview with Hugh Sidey.
86 One of Jack’s: LL interview with Larry Baker.
86 “Maury Shea, Maury Shea …”: Joan and Clay Blair Jr., The Search for JFK (1976), p. 35.
86 “We damn near …”: interview, Ralph Horton, BP.
87 “They made fun of me”: LL interview with Larry Baker.
87 spoiled snob: St. John recollections, AAML.
87 “It is only one …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., May 4, 1934, HTF, p. 134.
87 a prayer for Jack: Lem Billings, KLOH.
87-88 “Well, you know, Jack …”: Mrs. George St. John to Rose Kennedy, February 6, 1934, AAML.
88 “If this had happened …”: ibid.
88 “The reason …”: John F. Kennedy to Lem Billings, June 27, 1934, JFKPL.
88 “God what a beating …”: ibid., June 22, 1934.
88 “You’ve never smelt …”: ibid., June 21, 1934.
89 “Yesterday I went through …”: ibid., June 27, 1934.
91 “Will you please …”: George St. John to Joseph P. Kennedy, February 11, 1935, AAML.
91 other faculty members: Sheldon Stern’s notes of his JFKPL interview with Harold Taylor.
91 “My God, my son”: Doris Kearns Goodwin, p. 488.
91 “We reduced Jack’s conceit”: Goddard Lieberson, John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him (1965), p. 17.
92 “definitely in a …”: St. John, “JFK Fiftieth Reunion.”
92 “this silly episode …”: TR, p. 183.
92 did not receive: Choate records for John F. Kennedy, RWC.
92 “Jack has rather …”: John F. Kennedy, Princeton application, RWC.
93 “Finally, Pete Caesar came …”: Lem Billings, KLOH.
7. The Harvard Game
94 $125 a month: Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., December 7, 1934, JPKP, HTF, p. 147.
94 He had his own valet: AWRJ, p. 31.
95 His picture was