Nation: Joe, Jack, Bobby & Teddy
The New York Times was actually spouting steam about Jack Kennedy. The President, raged the Times in an editorial last week, had allowed "personal feelings publicly to bolster and promote and strengthen one of the most encrusted, anachronistic and anti-democratic of New York City's historic political bosses."
What was it all about? Well, it was about a Waldorf banquet for U.S. Representative Charles A. Buckley, 72, Democratic boss of The Bronx. Buckley, best known in the House for his chronic absenteeism, is an old friend of Joe Kennedy's, was an active backer of Jack's presidential candidacy as early as 1957, looks fondly on all Kennedys—and with reason. It was therefore only natural that the President of the U.S. should dictate a telegram to be sent to Buckley in New York on the night of the dinner. It said: "We want to join all of your friends tonight in honoring a great Democrat and a great friend." And it was signed: "Joe, Jack, Bobby and Teddy Kennedy."
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