The President's
Mother
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caravan to get ready for the '64 campaign. Rose herself
has often been quoted as saying, "You can never afford
to let down in a non-election year."
But the "evenings" aren't primarily political. "There's
nothing new about it," Mrs. Kennedy told me. "I've been
doing this sort of thing for more than 20 years since we
first came back from the Court of St. James. It just at
tracts more attention now because I happen to be the
mother of the President."
Mrs. Kennedy turns down most of the requests to give
talks because she refuses to be away from her husband
for long. (Mr. Kennedy suffered a stroke in 1961 and has
been in poor condition since then.) She accepted the invi
tation from the Our Lady of the Cape committee, she ex
plained, because Brewster is near Hyannis Port and the
cause whs a worthy one. (The church had burned down,
and money was needed to build a new one.)
When conditions are right, Mrs. Kennedy will appear
for any worthy charity (she once gave 15 talks in 12 days),
but she is partial to charities that help mentally retarded
children. "I like to tell people about how conditions are
now compared with what they were 40 years ago," she
explained.
A wistful note came into her voice when she said that.
Few lay people are as aware of the change in the treat
ment of the mentally retarded as she is. Her oldest daugh
ter, Rosemary, is in a home for the mentally retarded in
Wisconsin, and a major share of the funds given to char
ity by the Kennedys has gone to help persons with that
affliction. In 1948, the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation
was started, and $13.5 million has been spent establishing
homes and hospitals for the mentally retarded in Massa
chusetts, California, New York, and Illinois. Another $10
million has been spent on research by prominent doctors,
psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Robert F. Kennedy is the foundation's president, but
the field workers are the Kennedy women. Jean is re
sponsible for the work in the East, Eunice for the Mid
west, and Pat for the West Coast.
The family's effort in this area is a story in itself, but
perhaps nobody has summed up the results better than a
woman who came through the receiving line after a Rose
Kennedy "evening" in Brighton, Mass. "I want to thank
you for giving my son a chance at life," she told Mrs.
Kennedy. "He was at St. Colette's (a home for the men
tally retarded in Hanover, Mass.) and they helped him
so much there. Now he has a job; and even though it's
not much, he's supporting himself and doing something
with himself. God bless you for it."
With jfk and Senator Ted Kennedy up for re-election
next year, the "evenings" theoretically are slated
for mothballs. But theory may not work out in practice.
There is a feeling that Mrs. Kennedy whom her son
Robert has called "the best natural-born politician in the
family" will listen to the Massachusetts professionals
and continue the "evenings." Although no one at the af
fairs says "vote for so and so," veteran observers consider
one of these "evenings" to be worth 10 band-wagon rallies.
Or perhaps Rose Kennedy will curtail them' in the elec
tion year and come up with something new. It's difficult
to imagine she could top two tough acts like the "tea par
ties" and "evenings" but anyone who has seen America's
youngest 70-year-old in action wouldn't bet she couldn't
top them both.
Junior TREASURE Chest
EDITED BY ANN DAVIDOW
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