The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [493]
9. “It’s the End of the World, the End of Everything”
136 he shared with Chamberlain: Moffat, December 16, 1938.
136 The British feared: British Foreign Office, preparations for Evian meeting, “International Assistance Refugees,” signed by R. M. Marke, 23/5, KP.
137 “The baby is tossed …”: JPKP, HTF, p. 303.
137 “I have a couple …”: Liverpool Post, May 19, 1937.
137 “He is, after all …”: Franklin Roosevelt to Joseph P. Kennedy, July 22, 1939, JPKP, HTF, p. 353.
138 “the chief thing …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Franklin Roosevelt, August 9, 1939, JPKP, HTF.
139 “I could barely …”: interview, Edward Kennedy, RCP.
139 “Joe [Jr.] took Teddy …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.
140 “It’s the end …”: KR, p. 190.
140 “The natural shock …”: “The Athenia Affair,” John F. Kennedy, JFKPL.
141 “there are signs of decay …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Franklin Roosevelt, September 30, 1939, RL.
141 “Maybe I do him …”: Joseph P. Kennedy, unpublished diplomatic memoir, James M. Landis Papers, LC
142 “For Christ’s sakes”: Moffat, pp. 297-98.
143 “That is taking …”: The account of the meeting is based on Joseph P. Kennedy, unpublished memoir, Landis Papers, LC.
143 “Supposing, as I do not …”: KR, p. 197.
143 “Jack rushed madly …”: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. to Joseph P. Kennedy, March 17, 1940, JFKPL.
144 “The [British] nation …”: John F. Kennedy, “Why England Slept,” thesis, JFKPP.
144 “resort[ing] to …”: J. E. Fuller, D. F. Parry, and A. W. Sulloway, “Sex by the Yard,” Harvard Advocate, December 1937, KUA.
144 far less than 1 percent: ibid.
144 “gone too far …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to John F. Kennedy, May 20, 1940, JFKPP.
145 Blair Clark: interview, Blair Clark.
145 “it is already a best-seller …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Winston Churchill, August 14, 1940, NHP.
145 the book sold: William Roulet, president, Wilfred Funk, Inc., to Senator John F. Kennedy, November 30, 1959, and Joel Satz to John F. Kennedy, August 23, 1940, NHP
145 “He was stunned …”: LL interview with Martha Sweatt Reed.
145 “Well, if Bill …”: John F. Kennedy to Mrs. Sweatt, n.d., courtesy Martha Sweatt Reed.
146 “At Choate …”: ibid.
146 he was taking: Joseph P. Kennedy to Rose Kennedy, August 2, 1940, JPKP, HTF, p. 454.
147 “Actually the incident”: Raimund von Hofmannsthal to Clare Boothe Luce, March 20, 1940, Clare Boothe Luce papers, LC.
147 “His behavior as ambassador …”: interview, Henry Luce, RWP.
147 “that Mr. Kennedy …”: British Foreign Office files, FOI 371/24251, January 18, 1940, KP.
147 To the British, who: ibid., February 9, 1940.
147 In reality, Joe: JPKP, HTF, p. 232.
147 “quite unpopular …”: British Foreign Office files, FOI 371/24251, March 5, 1940, KP.
148 “playing off …”: ibid., March 6, 1940.
148 “treat us rough”: Jay Pierrepont Moffat diary, February 13, 1940, KP.
148 “It is always difficult…”: The Spectator, March 8, 1940.
148 “as he [the American ambassador] …”: Viscount Halifax to Lord Lothian, British Foreign Office, 3242/131/45, May 13, 1940, KP.
148 “running the government”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Secretary of State, August 2, 1940, KP.
149 “How can we …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Cordell Hull, July 31, 1940, KP.
149 He told a story: Breckinridge Long, The War Diary of Breckenridge Long (1966), November 6, 1940, p. 146.
149 “I am depressed …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Arthur Krock, November 3, 1939, KP.
149 could “run the show”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., June 6, 1940, JPKP, HTF, p. 436.
149 “I wanted to ring you …”: Joseph P. Kennedy, “Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the President and Myself at 5:00 P.M., August 1, 1940,” RCP.
150 “For the United States …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Secretary of State, September 11, 1940, KP.
150 “I certainly don’t get …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Edward Kennedy, September 11, 1940, NHP.
151 “in bedroom all morning”: Clare Boothe Luce diary, April 2, 1940, Clare Boothe Luce papers, LC.
151 “Yesterday a Messerschmitt …”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Clare Boothe Luce, October 1, 1940, Clare Boothe Luce papers, LC.
152 “25 million Catholic votes”: Kessler, p. 207.
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