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Michael Beschloss

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7 Oct

Mount Vernon last evening:

Dilapidated Mount Vernon, mid-nineteenth century, before rescue by Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association:

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George Washington’s study includes fan chair similar to the one in which first President sat during summer heat: @MountVernon

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Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

5 Oct

Someone has just been kicked off the Forbes list of richest Americans, so his aides had better get the show tunes ready.

Max! Max! Call the editors at Forbes immediately and demand that they put me back on their 400 richest list!

Trashing his own furniture. Angry upstairs at the fancy resort club after finding out that Forbes has expelled him from its 400 richest list.

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Michael Beschloss

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28 Sep

“There have always been those on the fringes of our society who have sought to escape their own responsibility by finding a simple solution, an appealing slogan or a convenient scapegoat.”—JFK, November 1961 (1)

“….At times these fanatics have achieved a temporary success among those who lack the will or the wisdom to face unpleasant facts or unsolved problems. But in time the basic good sense and stability of the great American consensus has always prevailed….” —JFK, November 1961 (2)

“….The discordant voices of extremism are once again heard in the land….They look suspiciously at their neighbors and their leaders. They call for ‘a man on horseback’ because they do not trust the people….” — JFK, November 1961 (3)

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Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

27 Sep

General Edwin Walker oversaw integration of Little Rock High School this week 1957. Later rebuked for ordering his troops to read rightist pamphlets, he quit Army, denounced civil rights efforts as "pro-Kennedy, pro-Communist” and was model for coup leader in “Seven Days in May”:

In 1962, ousted General Edwin Walker was arrested at University of Mississippi for trying to provoke riots against admisision of Black student James Meredith — later told friends he was repenting for having helped Army to integrate Little Rock High School this week 1957:

In 1962, ex-General Edwin Walker ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Texas on anti-JFK, anti-civil rights, pro-John Birch platform:

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Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

25 Sep

LBJ welcomes Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Carol Burnett and Richard Adler to his Vice Presidential office (with bathroom visible), November 1962: #JFKL

Danny Kaye enjoys a sit in JFK’s rocking chair with Presidential portrait in Oval Office, November 1962 (with Kennedy’s military aide General Chester Clifton as minder):

Judy Garland enjoys a smoke while leaning against Resolute desk, while JFK and Dave Powers shoot the breeze with Danny Kaye, November 1962. From White House, JFK sometimes called Garland in L.A. and asked her to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to him over telephone: #JFKL

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Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

21 Sep

JFK spoke at United Nations sixty years ago this week, three years after Alfred Hitchcock defied UN rules to covertly film important scenes for “North by Northwest” there:

Cary Grant and the ill-fated “Lester Townsend” in scene shot in studio for “North by Northwest” (1959) but intended to be at United Nations Visitors’ Lounge:

Cary Grant in “North by Northwest” (1959) with Ed Platt, who later played “the Chief” in “Get Smart!"

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