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JACKIE KENNEDY (Continued from page 31) ceived her love for her husband's parents, Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Always, from the time that Jack and Jackie emerged in the political spotlight, the elder Kennedys remained in the background. Always there was the impression that the head of the clan had taken a more or less detached attitude on the political fortunes of his son. Consequently, an impression was established in the public mind, and rumors abounded that Jack and Jackie had "given a boot to the old man." How repugnant and untrue this concept was may be gleaned from an episode at the 1961 convention in Los Angeles, when Jack Kennedy took the Democratic nomination by storm. Just before Kennedy was nominated, the late Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn was asked, "Where's Joe?" It was an obvious attempt to develop the Republican theme that Jack was keeping his father bottled up somewhere because of his isolationist views during the early days of World War II and his traditionally conservative outlook on the political scene in general. Rayburn, a silver-tongued orator, was hardly pressed for a ready reply. "I haven't seen him but he's in the bushes around here somewhere," he snapped. "Those of us with other candidates felt his power." There is little doubt that Joseph P. Kennedy, as head of the dynasty, had not yielded his great influence in the strategic drive that powerhoused Jack Kennedy into convention hall as the Democrats' favorite-son candidate. The elder Kennedy preferred to remain in the background, far from the seething political arena. If, as many charged, Papa Kennedy opened his money bags to "buy the election" for his son, then he did it with a finesse and tact that must remain everlastingly to his credit as a diplomat. Beyond all the hyperbole about Joe Kennedy's role in his son's election, over and above the insinuations that Jack didn't want his father around, the truth of the matter is that the Kennedy clan had not for even one moment abandoned WCMU 1 LEUKEMIA f/Mr/M¥n JOIN THE LEUKEMIA SOCIETY APPEAL its respect, admiration, love, and friendship for the "Old Chief." The course of their intense, unremitting closeness was demonstrated privately again and again, not only through the trying and profound struggles of the campaign, but when the Kennedys took title to the Executive Mansion. Papa Joe, stage center After Jack and Jackie moved into the White House, there never was a question about the Kennedy clan's strong family ties — or who is the dominant personality when the household foregathers. Did you say the President? Not on your life. While Jack Kennedy, as it is true of each member of the family, is respected for his opinions and expresses them without constraint, it is Papa Joe Kennedy who holds the center stage. He is still the ruling head of the household — and beloved by all. At 73, life indeed had been pleasant for Joe Kennedy, and after a year had passed since his son took office, the "Old Chief" had followed the weather to Palm Beach for a pleasant spell of sunshine and some rounds of golf. The President, who had been in South America on a highly successful goodwill tour, stopped in Palm Beach to visit his father en route to Washington. Even now, December 19th, the family was gathering at the palatial Kennedy mansion for Christmas. Jackie, with Caroline and John Jr., already had arrived and the others were due at any moment. It was going to be the greatest of all Christmases for the Kennedy clan, but especially for the "Old Chief," who was looking forward eagerly to the reunion with his flock of grandchildren. Even Santa Claus, in deference to the new high status of the Kennedy family, secretly made a special trip from the North Pole with the children's and grownups' presents and stored them in closets for Christmas Eve. After his brief stopover, the President (alias Santa) started for the airport. He came out of the mansion with his father and together they strolled to the waiting limousine. Just then, four-year-old Caroline sauntered from the house ahead of her mother. "Where are you going, Grandpa?" "I'm going to the airport with your father," smiled Joseph Kennedy. "Would you like to come along?" "Oh, yes," Caroline shouted jubilantly. She broke away from her mother, scampered down the walk, and bounded into the car ahead of her father and grandfather. 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