The Patriarch (121 page)

Nantasket, Mass., 81

Nashville
Tennessean,
737

Nation,
257

National Conference of Christians and Jews, 672

National Conference of Citizens for Religious Freedom, 743

National Distillers, 192

National Maritime Union (NMU), 268

National Recovery Act, 232

National Shawmut Bank, 33, 45, 59, 71, 88

National Socialism, 484, 498, 503

National Union for Social Justice, 230

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 636, 638, 679

Navy, U.S., 504

JFK’s service in, 527–28, 531, 540, 542, 543, 549, 551, 555–59, 560

Joe Kennedy, Jr.’s service in, 527, 528, 540, 542, 543, 546, 549, 555, 561, 567, 568–69, 567, 568–69, 570–71

Robert Kennedy’s service in, 584–85

Navy League, Trafalgar Day dinner of, 353–54

Nazi Germany, 199, 200, 287, 288, 302, 315, 334–47, 356, 372–73, 377–78, 385, 394, 399–407, 418, 427, 432, 433, 438, 459, 475, 483, 486, 496–97, 516, 531, 577, 581, 605, 606, 638, 745

anti-Nazi films and, 501–2

appeasement of,
see
appeasement of Nazi Germany

Athenia and, 409

Austria annexed by (
Anschluss
), 287–90, 292, 293, 294, 306–7, 308–9, 322, 329, 351, 360, 361, 383, 413, 486

Belgium and, 439–40, 449, 450

Britain attacked by, 458, 461, 462–63, 466, 468, 469, 473–75, 477, 478, 479, 480–81, 496, 516, 529–31, 568

Britain’s declaration of war against, 406–7, 408, 410, 411, 415, 416

Czechoslovakia and, 287, 290, 302, 323, 329–30, 332, 334–47, 360, 375–76, 383, 400, 413, 486

Denmark and, 437

Dirksen and, 310–11, 741–42

economy of, 372, 382–84, 416

France invaded by, 440, 441, 447–56, 458

Holland and, 439–40

Joe Kennedy, Jr. in, 199, 200–202

JPK’s conversations with diplomats in, 310–11, 321

JPK’s fears about, xxii, 323

King Leopold and, 615

Kristallnacht
in, 359–60, 361

Norway and, 428, 429, 437, 438, 439

Nuremberg Laws in, 287, 306

persecution of Jews in, 199–200, 287, 306–9, 310–11, 322, 329, 349–52, 359, 363, 364–65, 508, 581–82

Poland and, 376, 399–405, 413, 420, 486, 579, 633

Roosevelt and, 307, 309, 310, 321–22, 334, 338, 341, 344, 349

Soviet alliance with, 399, 415–16

Soviet Union invaded by, 531

surrender of, 579–80

in Tripartite Pact, 479–80

see also
Hitler, Adolf

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 654

Nelson, Donald, 550

neutrality:

JPK and, 294–95

laws on, 288, 415, 418, 443, 459, 510

World War I and, 40, 44

World War II and, 294–95

New Bedford
Standard-Times,
666

New Deal, 198, 204, 210, 211, 212, 229, 230, 236–37, 243, 246, 249, 250, 260–61, 271, 274, 275, 313, 484

work relief program, 229–31, 232, 237

New Republic,
210, 393–94

Newsweek,
733, 740–41, 742, 767

Newton, Helen, 222–23, 242, 264

New York
Daily News,
356, 503, 513–14, 656

New Yorker,
561

New York Evening Post,
199, 704–5

New York Herald Tribune,
128, 409, 500

New York Journal American,
607

New York News,
505

New York Post,
756

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 578

registration of foreign stocks and bonds on, 238–39

see also
stock market

New York Times,
42, 97, 101, 122, 130, 133, 161, 167, 182, 186, 197, 212, 215, 218, 219, 228, 229, 238, 243, 250, 261, 270, 272, 284, 302, 305, 324, 354, 362, 364, 385, 391, 490, 500, 513, 518, 557, 587, 606–7, 608, 635, 638, 644, 650, 677, 705, 706, 712, 754, 761, 770

editor-in-chief position at, 316

JFK’s presidential campaign and, 722, 727, 731, 734–35, 742, 743, 744, 748

Krock at, 211, 212, 247, 316, 395, 396, 599, 615, 662, 727–28;
see
also
Krock, Arthur

New York Times Magazine,
689

New York World,
174, 211

Nichols, Louis, 675

Nicolson, Harold, 346

Nixon, Richard M., 595–96, 617, 652, 670, 746, 757, 764

JFK’s debates with, 744–45

JPK and, 731

in 1960 presidential election, 710, 715, 739, 740, 743, 744–45, 750–53

Norman, Montague, 449

Normandie,
238, 321, 380, 411–12

Norton, Sally, 532

Notre Dame, 252, 530, 531, 672, 695, 715

West Point cheating scandal and, 649–50

Norway, 428, 429, 437, 438, 439

Novello, Angie, 771

O’Brien, Hugh, 9, 11

O’Brien, John A., 672

O’Brien, Larry, 662, 719, 726

O’Connell, Daniel P., 729

O’Connell, Joseph, 38

O’Connell, William Cardinal, 38, 41, 146

Offie, Carmel, 286, 532

Odlum, Floyd, 274

O’Donnell, John, 656

O’Donnell, Kenneth, 663, 664, 707, 719, 726, 729, 748, 749, 769

oil, 475, 538, 655, 756

JPK’s investments in, 529, 612, 692–93

Oglethorpe University, 530

Okrent, Daniel, 81

Old Colony Realty, 34, 44, 59

O’Leary, Ted, 137, 143, 491

Ollman, Wally, 588–89

O’Meara, Harry, 34

Ordway, Lucius, 610, 645, 669

organized crime:

JFK assassination and, 80, 720

JPK and, 80, 720, 753

1960 presidential election and, 753

Ormsby-Gore, David, 297

Oshinsky, David, 668

Osservatore Romano,
734–35

Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 10, 12–13, 15

Owens-Illinois, 192

Oxnam, Garfield Bromely, 634

Pacelli, Eugenio Cardinal,
see
Pius XII, Pope

Palestine, 286–87, 307, 351–52, 358, 359, 361–62, 385–93, 655

JPK and, 385–93

Roosevelt and, 387, 389, 390, 391–93

White Paper on, 388–92

Paley, Barbara “Babe,” 241–42

Palm Beach, Fla., 113–15, 137, 161–64, 172, 178, 187, 189, 190, 194–95, 197, 241–42, 245, 246, 369, 432, 435, 525–29, 610–11, 715, 728, 729, 758, 774, 775–78, 782, 786

Kennedy house in, 189

Palm Beach Country Club, 526, 775

Palmer, Muriel, 248

Palmer, Paul, 616

Paramount Pictures, 74, 106, 107, 110, 119, 121, 140, 141, 254, 367

JPK as adviser to, 244

Pasternak, Joe, 398

Pastore, John, 662

Pathé, 112, 115–17, 122, 124, 125, 128, 131, 135, 137, 141, 156, 158–59, 169–70, 257

RKO’s purchase of, 159–62

Patterson, Cissy, 541, 580

Patterson, Joseph, 503, 505

Paul VI, Pope, 375

Peake, Charles, 418

Peale, Norman Vincent, 743, 748

Pearl Harbor, xxii, 509, 538, 567

Pearson, Drew, 236, 248–49, 251, 263, 303, 304–5, 306, 317, 321–22, 353, 367–68, 393, 540, 600, 601, 674–75, 714

JFK’s presidential campaign and, 731, 741

Pecora, Ferdinand, 188, 192, 208

Pegler, Westbrook, 668

Perkins, Frances, 268–69, 272, 278

Persian Gulf, 660

Pétain, Philippe, 455, 456

Peters, Andrew, 59, 61, 62, 67

Peyton, Father Patrick, 585

Philadelphia Inquirer,
318, 772

Phillips, William, 374, 375

Photoplay,
93, 103, 104, 109

Pickford, Mary, 110, 298

Pilgrims Society, 291–95

Pittman, Key, 317

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
246

Place, Edward, 62, 63

Pius XI, Pope, 264, 374

Pius XII, Pope (Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli), 252–53, 264, 374–75, 381, 491, 639

POAU (Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State), 715, 721–22

Poland, 577

Germany and, 376, 394, 399–405, 413, 420, 486, 579, 633

Soviet Union and, 416

Ponzi, Charles, 67

Poole, Arthur B., 257, 656

Potter, Bob, 25, 33, 45, 54, 59, 71, 88

Potter, Jack, 93

Powell, Joseph W., 52, 54, 102

Powers, Dave, 595, 653, 661, 686, 710, 730, 748, 749

Powers, Pat, 74, 91

Pravda,
638

President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, 699–701, 705

Pressman, Jack D., 535

Princeton University, 239–40

Producers Distributing Corporation, 112

Profiles in Courage
(JFK), 687, 690, 714

Prohibition, 79, 191, 192, 193

Protestants, in Boston, 10–11, 15, 22

PT 109, 556–58, 560, 561, 598

Puerto Rico, 748

Puhl, Emil, 383

Queen Kelly,
118–19, 121, 136–42, 155–56, 157, 158, 159

Queen Mary,
314, 411–12

Quemoy, 745, 746

Quigley, Martin J., 95–96, 104

Quincy, Josiah, 14

Quinn, Bob, 170

Quirk, James, 103, 104

Racine, Leo, 692, 733

rail travel, transcontinental, 140

Ramsay, Archibald Maule, 444

Ramsaye, Terry, 93, 103

Raskob, John Jakob, 183

Rayburn, Sam, 233, 707, 764

RCA (Radio Corporation of America), 111, 124, 129, 130, 254

JPK’s consulting contract with, 243–44

Rea, Ruth, 35–36

Reader’s Digest,
561

real estate:

JPK’s investments in, 44, 59, 529, 586–89, 592, 612, 692, 772

rent controls and, 587–88

Reardon, Ted, 621

Red Cross, 458, 551, 552, 555

Reisman, Phil, 419–20, 421, 645, 679, 680

Reith, John, 484

Remarque, Erich Maria, 325, 398

Republican Party, 135, 181, 197, 204, 517

in Boston, 10–11, 15

Reston, James, 606–7, 638, 644, 658, 705, 721

Reynaud, Paul, 440, 451–53, 455

Reynolds, John J., 586–87, 627

JPK’s employment of, 614

Rhee, Syngman, 636

Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 310, 311, 334, 403

Ribicoff, Abe, 759

Richardson, Hill & Co., 59

Ridgway, Matthew, 654

Right Club, 444, 445

Riley, John, 35

Riva, Maria (daughter of Marlene Dietrich), 325, 326, 327, 398

Riverdale Country School, 106, 149, 150, 152, 162

RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum), 129, 131, 137

Pathé purchased by, 159–62

Robertson-Cole, 68–69, 70–71

Robertson-Cole Distributing Corporation, 71, 73–75

Robinson, Joe, 256

Rockefeller, John D., III, 772

Rockefeller, Nelson, 727

Rockett, Al, 126

Rogers, Ginger, 299

Rohde, Amanda, 264–65

Rommel, Erwin, 530

Roosevelt, Anna, 179, 184, 243, 245, 255

Roosevelt, Betsey, 187, 206

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 209, 215, 245, 316–17, 492

JPK criticized by, 717–18

Roosevelt, Elliott, 184

Roosevelt, Franklin D., xxii, 262, 268, 303–4, 368–70, 433, 448, 455, 460, 462–64, 469, 476, 481, 482, 483, 665, 683, 733–34, 736

and aid to Allies, 441–43, 451–54, 458–59, 466–72, 503

as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 55, 174

“brain trust” advisers to, 178–79, 331, 354

British war debt payments and, 185, 411

cabinet selections of, 186, 187

campaign contributions to, 182–83

Catholics and, 539, 549

Chamberlain and, 330–31, 343, 344, 376–77, 579

Churchill and, 414–15, 428–29, 441, 442, 445, 447, 451–53, 465–70, 504

court-packing plan of, 270–71

criticisms of, 197–98, 246, 248, 251–52, 271

death of, 578–79, 583

on the Depression, 172

in destroyers-for-bases negotiations, 466–67, 469–72, 493

economic policies of, 202–3, 229–30, 246–49, 271–72, 295–96, 315

elected president, 183–84, 186

First Hundred Days of, 197

fourth term campaign and election, 560, 573–74, 575–76

Garner as running mate of, 176–77

as governor, 172

Hearst and, 176–77, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 254

Hitler and, 341, 344, 346, 381–82, 385, 413–14

ill health of, 574, 575–76

inner circle of, 180–81, 183, 185–86, 215, 371, 374, 518

Japan and, 538

Jews and, 309–10, 349–52, 362, 390, 508, 509, 583

on JPK, 520–21

JPK appointed ambassador by, 272–78, 283, 284, 491, 496

JPK appointed Maritime Commission chairman by, 255

JPK appointed SEC chairman by, 206–11

JPK offered jobs by, 543–44, 549–60

JPK’s correspondence with, 189, 190–91, 412

JPK’s first meetings with, 174, 175

JPK’s meeting with, after ambassadorship, 489–93, 505

JPK’s offering of services to, after U.S. entry into World War II, 539, 542–44

JPK’s presidential aspirations and, 315–19, 327

JPK’s relationship with, 172–73, 180–81, 183, 185–86, 215, 228–29, 231, 244–45, 274, 318–19, 327, 331, 332–33, 393–94, 396–97, 429, 513

and JPK’s resignation as ambassador, 502–4

and JPK’s resignation from SEC, 234–36

JPK’s speech at 1936 Harvard Reunion and, 260–61

JPK’s support for presidential campaign of, xxi, 171–73, 175–77, 179–83, 186, 188, 190

JPK’s support for reelection of, 245–52, 255

JPK’s support for third term of, 428, 429, 489–96, 519

Krock and, 211

lend-lease program of, 510, 511–13, 515, 516–20, 525

letter to JPK regarding Al Smith, 134

at Marwood in Washington, D.C., 215, 228–29, 245

Munich Agreement and, 347

Mussolini and, 381–82, 385

and Nazi Germany, in buildup to World War II, 307, 309, 310, 321–22, 334, 338, 341, 344, 349, 373, 376–77, 399–401, 405

negotiations appeal in buildup to World War II, 341, 342, 343, 344

neutrality laws and, 288, 415, 445

New Deal of, 198, 204, 210, 211, 212, 229, 230, 236–37, 243, 246, 249, 250, 260–61, 272, 274, 275, 313, 484

1932 presidential campaign of, 171–77, 179–83

Palestine and, 387, 389, 390, 391–93

public utilities bill and, 232–35, 236, 237

radio addresses of, 530–31