Joseph P. Quotes
In 1961 the President intervened in a labor dispute in the steel industry with the "understanding" that the steel companies would not raise their prices after the settlement. As soon as there was a settlement prices were raised:. The President "persuaded" the steel executives to rescind the increases.
Kennedy (the father of JFK) was U.S. Ambassador of Britain at a critical time in history—the rise of Nazism. To Roosevelt and most other’s surprise, Kennedy turned out to be a Nazi sympathizer. He was complimentary towards Hitler and Mussolini, an advocate for fascism. He had been a producer of films and he tried to pressure American film-makers not to make films depicting Hitler and Nazi Germany in a less than favorable light. He supported Charles Lindbergh and American Fascists and conspired with the English upper class supporters of Hitler and Fascism. He had publicly and privately argued against Lend Lease and military aid to England. Roosevelt, an incredibly persuasive leader, had invited him to Hyde Park to straighten out what he thought was a misunderstanding. The two men were in a room alone for 10 minutes when Roosevelt sought his wife and made the statement. Kennedy of course resigned. FDR never spoke to him again.
Note the use of the word “alien” to describe the American owners of newspapers, radio and TV stations. Oliver was a right wing, racist, paranoid, fanatic and extremist. His quotations are interesting because he often said in public what many right wing extremists believed but only said in private. Joseph McCarthy was a senator who suffered from alcoholism and claimed that there were communists throughout the government and the military. However, while he claimed there were all these communists, he was never able to identify them. After a few years of his antics, he was censured by the Senate and he died shortly thereafter. Oliver and a few other extremists believe that McCarthy was silenced by a national communist conspiracy. However, McCarthy was never silent on anything.
President Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain when Neville Chamberlain appeased Hitler, leading to World War II. The elder Kennedy opposed war with Germany. During the 1960 Democratic convention Johnson and JFK were rivals for the nomination:
For a similar view of Nixon, see Nikita Khrushchev.
Bonnano claimed that JFK's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, 1888-1969, had made a deal with Mafia leaders that if they supported JFK's bid for the presidency, the elder Kennedy was to keep federal pressure off of organized crime. After Joseph P. Kennedy had a stroke and became disabled, Attorney General Robert Kennedy moved against organized crime.
McCarthy was an alcoholic, paranoid demagogue who attacked anyone who went against him, usually calling him a Communists or agents of the Communist conspiracy. McCarthy was very powerful until some national leaders stood up to him and publicly demanded the proof he claimed he had. He was not able to prove he ‘uncovered’ a single communist. After that, he was censured by the Senate and lost his power and influence.
Kennedy, the father of JFK, had been one of the sleaziest of the stock market manipulators in the country. Prior to 1934 the Republican Hoover philosophy had prevailed letting the market regulate itself. But the practices of many of the Wall Street leaders were by modern standards outright thievery.FDR created the first Commission to regulate publicly traded stock transactions and schemes. He made a shrewd pick with Kennedy who was very egotistical and ambitious for power and recognition for Kennedy not only was an accomplished master at the skullduggery of the day, but he had no loyalty to the wealthy brokerage and financial leadership class as Kennedy was a Roman Catholic and at the time Catholics were never really accepted by upper class Protestant society. He turned out to be not only the first SEC Chairman but the one who demonstrated the efficacy of such regulation. He was then rewarded with the Ambassadorship to England the plum diplomatic assignment of the country.
Jones constantly told King and other associates that the FBI was tapping their telephone conversations. Senator Joseph McCarthy was a right wing paranoid who imagined communists throughout the government. Jones turned out to be right. During that period, the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the FBI was listening, recording, and transcribing, every single phone call to or from King including the conference calls and calls with his attorney. FBI Director received frequent briefings on what King and his associates were doing. Although he ordered the wiretaps, it was Robert F. Kennedy, then the Attorney General, who had to approve them.
The “old man” was their father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was a very wealthy businessman, but an unsavory figure. He had made much of his money in bootlegging and smuggling, and although married, carried on notorious affairs with movie stars. When he had the opportunity to serve the country in a critical post, he supported Hitler and the Fascists and fought to keep America from assisting England in WWII. President Roosevelt fired him, and President Harry Truman literally came to blows with Kennedy. JFK wanted his father’s money, but didn’t want him anywhere near the campaign. Most people who voted for Kennedy, had no idea that his father was on the Fascist side in WWII. Ironically, JFK was a hero who fought against the fascists and his older brother was killed in Europe on a secret mission against Germany. The elder Kennedy accused President Roosevelt of ‘murdering” his son in a useless war.
