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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-076-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Kathleen Kennedy, documents her life during the years 1941 to 1942, when she worked at the Washington Times-Herald newspaper in Washington, D.C. The scrapbook contains pre-printed ruled pages with affixed newspaper clippings, greeting cards, calling cards, invitations, telegrams, and other types of printed ephemera. Clippings of note include Kathleen’s review of the Abbott and Costello film, “Ride ‘Em Cowboy”; an article titled, “English Boys Studying in U.S. Think Our Girls Are Wonderful,” written by Kathleen’s brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; and two newspaper columns about her brother, John F. Kennedy, written by journalist and Kennedy family friend, Inga Arvad. Also of note are telegrams sent by Kathleen’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; her future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Washington Times-Herald editor, Frank Waldrop. The scrapbook also contains telegrams from Kennedy family friends, including Anthony “Tony” St. Clair-Erskine, the 6th Earl of Rosslyn; Abbott Widdicombe; Elsie Talbott Mead; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Robert “Bob” Spalding Coleman; Marian Barkley Truitt and Max O’Rell Truitt; Constance “Connie” Shepard and her fiancé, Henry Gaylord “Gay” Dillingham; Charles Alfred "Chuck" Pillsbury; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Viscountess Nancy Astor; Jane "Pill" Pillsbury; and William Warren "Bill" Scranton. The scrapbook contains 58 telegrams, 33 newspaper and magazine clippings, 17 greeting and calling cards, 13 invitations, and 11 other pieces of printed ephemera.