The Kennedy Men_ 1901-1963 - Laurence Leamer [506]
362 Yet he agreed: Maggie Duckett to Robert F. Kennedy, September 27, 1955, RFK papers, JFKPL.
362 “The pictures were …”: quoted in RKHT, p. 127. 362 He was still mining: New York Times Magazine, April 8, 1956. 362 “I hope the United States…”: Robert F. Kennedy to J. Edgar Hoover, September 11, 1956, FBIFOI.
362 “cherish it even more”: C. A. Evans to Mr. Rosen, March 5, 1957, FBIFOI.
363 Ethel’s losses began: New York Times, October 5, 1955.
363 sometimes he had to: “Because of weather Ethel refuses to fly so we’re delaying our trip until next week.” Robert F. Kennedy to Murray Kempton, telegram, October 8, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.
363 “Bobby accompanied …”: interview, Rose Kennedy, RCP.
363 “He’s got no balls”: WNJ, p. 115.
364 “an appearance of insincerity”: RKHT, p. 135.
364 “Oh, my God …”: quoted in John Bartlow Martin, Adlai Stevenson and the World (1977), p. 235. 364 women nearly fainted: “Dem Ladies Mob ‘Elvis’ Kennedy,” clipping, JFKPP.
364 “I hate to impinge …”: Robert F. Kennedy to Adlai Stevenson, Illinois State University at Normal, DHP.
365 “He had a tendency…”: Clark R. Mollenhoff, Tentacles of Power (1965), p. 129.
365 “Occasionally, I…”: ibid., p. 124.
365 He argued with: RKHT, p. 142.
366 “Unless you are …”: ibid., p. 141.
367 “out of his investigation …”: Louisville Courier-Journal, March 24, 1957. 367 walked out of a speech: Joseph E. Persico, Edward R. Murrow: An American Original (1997), p. 485.
367 “were charming and poised …”: New York Times, September 14, 1957. 367 “We have been working …”: Francis X. Morrissey to Robert F. Kennedy, February 10, 1958, RFK papers, JFKPL. 367 taken steps to ensure: ibid., March 28, 1958.
367 “I think some reporter…”: Joseph P. Kennedy to Robert F. Kennedy, n.d. (probably 1957), family correspondence, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 his Christmas gift list contained: 1957 gift list, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 The next summer: James Brady, “How Conveniently We Forget What Hoffa Really Was,” Advertising Age, December 2, 1996.
368 he even suggested: Murray Kempton to Robert F. Kennedy, telegram, n.d., RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 “ought to be cleared …”: Robert F. Kennedy to Jack Anderson, April 18, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 “My objective has always …”: Jack Anderson to Robert F. Kennedy, April 26, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 “if there are some steps…”: Robert F. Kennedy to FCC Chairman George C. McConnaughey, May 30, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 “Spoken bits of praise …”: Clark R. Mollenhoff to Robert F. Kennedy, December 23, 1957, RFK papers, JFKPL.
368 Bobby called in: Patrick Munroe, KLOH.
369 “[Bobby’s] ‘a great…”: Boston Globe, March 20, 1957.
369 “the look of a man …”: TEW, p. 74.
370 “Nobody can describe …”: quoted in Dan E. Moldea, The Hoffa Wars: Teamsters, Rebels, Politicians, and the Mob (1978), p. 26.
370 he wanted to be present when: Mr. Jones to Mr. DeLoach, September 19, 1959, FBIFOI.
370 suggesting that Cheasty was anti-black: Arthur A. Sloane, Hoffa (1991), P-71.
371 “Come on now …”: Stein and Plimpton, pp. 57-58.
371 “the work of Williams …”: TEW, p. 58.
371 “Oh, I used to …”: RFK, pp. 107-8.
371 “a young, dim-witted, curly-headed …”: Kansas City Star, July 23, 1961, FBIFOI.
371 “Is there any …”: RFK, p. 111.
372 “relentless, vindictive …”: Alexander Bickel, “The Case Against Him for Attorney General,” The New Republic, January 9, 1961.
372 “The sworn statements…”: Clark Mollenhoff to Robert F. Kennedy, January 8, 1957 (but possibly 1958), HP.
373 Every day Ethel sat: Washington Star, March 24, 1957.
373 “mash notes”: New York Daily News, August 24, 1957.
373 “It’s ridiculous to wait…”: San Francisco News, July 12, 1957.
373 The two men went: Stein and Plimpton, p. 56.
373-74 “I don’t understand …”: TEW, p. 144.
374 He took startling restimony: Walter Sheridan, The Fall and Rise of Jimmy Hoffa (1972), pp. 99-100.
374 interviewing 1,525 witnesses: Sloane, p. 159.
374 15 unions and more than 50 companies: Robert F. Kennedy, “An Urgent Reform Plan,” Life, June 1, 1959.
374 “appalling