JUNE 17, 2012
FORMING A GOVERNMENT VI
Knoxville, Tennessee (JFK+50) Today we conclude our report of Chapter 9 of the book by Kenneth P. O'Donnell & David F. Powers with Joe McCarthy. It is published by Little, Brown & Company.
The title of Chapter 9 is FORMING A GOVERNMENT.
Kenneth O'Donnell tells us than on the day before the Inauguration, Jackie "threw (JFK) out of the house on N Street" so she would be able to move their things to the White House & complete fittings for her Inaugural gowns.
JFK visited President Eisenhower in the Oval Office. Ike demonstrated how easy it was to get a helicopter to land outside his window with the push of a button.
In their discussion about the state of affairs in the world, Kenny says that JFK learned "things were just as bad as I had said they were during the campaign."
A heavy snowstorm hit the Nation's Capital & by nightfall Washington, D.C. was blanketed in snow drifts & traffic was at a virtual standstill.
On Friday, January 20, 1961, JFK attended church in Georgetown & at 10:40 a.m. the President-elect & his wife headed to the White House for coffee with the Eisenhowers.
Kenny says that JFK was pleased with his inaugural address & enjoyed the Inaugural Parade from the reviewing stand in front of the White House.
JFK attended 5 Inaugural Balls in the evening & would spend his FIRST NIGHT in the White House sleeping in the LINCOLN BEDROOM.*
*I was 13 years old in 1961 & at school on Friday, January 20. We watched the Inauguration of JFK on a large screen black & white TV set in the school auditorium. I can't remember what I thought about it at the time, but I could not have imagined what an impact this President would have on my life.
Kenneth O'Donnell tells us than on the day before the Inauguration, Jackie "threw (JFK) out of the house on N Street" so she would be able to move their things to the White House & complete fittings for her Inaugural gowns.
JFK visited President Eisenhower in the Oval Office. Ike demonstrated how easy it was to get a helicopter to land outside his window with the push of a button.
In their discussion about the state of affairs in the world, Kenny says that JFK learned "things were just as bad as I had said they were during the campaign."
A heavy snowstorm hit the Nation's Capital & by nightfall Washington, D.C. was blanketed in snow drifts & traffic was at a virtual standstill.
On Friday, January 20, 1961, JFK attended church in Georgetown & at 10:40 a.m. the President-elect & his wife headed to the White House for coffee with the Eisenhowers.
Kenny says that JFK was pleased with his inaugural address & enjoyed the Inaugural Parade from the reviewing stand in front of the White House.
JFK attended 5 Inaugural Balls in the evening & would spend his FIRST NIGHT in the White House sleeping in the LINCOLN BEDROOM.*
*I was 13 years old in 1961 & at school on Friday, January 20. We watched the Inauguration of JFK on a large screen black & white TV set in the school auditorium. I can't remember what I thought about it at the time, but I could not have imagined what an impact this President would have on my life.
