14-05-2012, 07:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-05-2012, 10:54 AM by Adele Edisen.)
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After the assassination, Lyndon Johnson had a lot of work to do. When he came to the Oval Office, he found Evelyn Lincoln seated at her desk, apparently ready to work for him. He told her he had an appointment coming in and he needed her to pack up her things so that his own secretary could start to move in. This angered her, but she did pack up her own things and all of John Kennedy's papers, documents, memorabilia, photos, books, and other personal items of his own, and took them with her. Later she complained of her dismissal to Jackie Kennedy who had her own despair to deal with, and Jackie told her, "At least you have a husband." There wasn't much Jackie could do for her.
Evelyn Lincoln privately sold the items she had removed which had belonged to John Kennedy. Some of these were personal items which should have gone to Mrs. Kennesy and other members of the Kennedy family; some were items that should have gone to The Kennedy Library; and some were documents and papers which belonged to the American people and should have gone to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The National Archives had to locate the buyers of the Kennedy materials that Evelyn Lincoln had sold to them and buy them back, with taxpayer's money, and redistribute and restore them to their rightful owners. She never asked permission to possess them or to sell them.
She may have had other reasons for disliking LBJ and adding his name to her list of suspects. She had eavesdropped on a private conversation between Bobby Kennedy and Jack when thay discussed LBJ's candidacy as Vice President in 1964. John Kennedy knew that If he were to win the 1964 election, he had to win the Southern States, and to do this, he needed Lyndon Johnson. They both wanted the Civil Rights Act to pass and Johnson was the only one who could do it. That's why Jack argued against his brother's wishes because he knew there was no one else who could garner the neccessary votes. That's why he had wanted him at the beginning. But she had heard Bobby arguing against the V-P position for LBJ and may have assumed that Jack would agree to that.
Probably every senator had had dealings with Bobby Baker. I don't think that was such a big threat to LBJ. Every senator also received gifts from lobbyists. Remember, it was the Republican National Committee Chairman who had started the rumor that JFK would not have LBJ on the ticket in 1964, and without LBJ Kennedy had a poor chance of winning the South, and the rest of the country. I think the Republican strategy was to get rid of LBJ by whatever means they could. This is politics. In 2000 and 2004, they rigged the voting machines, remember?
I don't know by whom or why Henry Marshall was killed. However, local Texans have written of this and I keep wondering why they are so interested in it, judging from those who are. That is an unsolved murder (wasn't Marshall also exposed to carbon monoxide?). I don't know enough about the case, and I think there is more that should be known and investigated. It may not be as simple as it seems.
I don't think Bobby ever asked LBJ that question, but he did ask it of John McCone, then Director of the CIA, and also of one other person at the CIA whom he trusted (unknown name).
I think he called John McCone shortly after he learned of his brother's death, or maybe it was right after he learned Lee Harvey Oswald was shot. I don't think he ever thought Lyndon Johnson was responsible. The CIA would like to have LBJ blamed for it, takes the pressure off of them, and we now know that aspects of the CIA were involved.
Jose Rivera was connected to the CIA and he knew of Oswald and the plot at least seven months before the assassination happened. There's a book forthcomiong in September by
Hank Albarelli, A SECRET ORDER, which will have more on Rivera and others in the JFK assassination.
Adele
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Albert Doyle Wrote:Adele Edisen Wrote:[ John Kennedy insisted on keeping Lyndon Johnson as his running mate in 1964, in spite of his brother's antipathy to the idea.
I thought Evelyn Lincoln said JFK told her LBJ would be off the ticket in 1964? May I ask how LBJ could even be on the ticket if he was about to go down in the Bobby Baker scandal?
How did Marshall die of suicide after being shot 5 times by his own rifle? He was going to expose LBJ in the cotton subsidy scandal.
Didn't Bobby ask LBJ why he killed his brother? (I'm not endorsing "Mastermind" - just making a point).
After the assassination, Lyndon Johnson had a lot of work to do. When he came to the Oval Office, he found Evelyn Lincoln seated at her desk, apparently ready to work for him. He told her he had an appointment coming in and he needed her to pack up her things so that his own secretary could start to move in. This angered her, but she did pack up her own things and all of John Kennedy's papers, documents, memorabilia, photos, books, and other personal items of his own, and took them with her. Later she complained of her dismissal to Jackie Kennedy who had her own despair to deal with, and Jackie told her, "At least you have a husband." There wasn't much Jackie could do for her.
Evelyn Lincoln privately sold the items she had removed which had belonged to John Kennedy. Some of these were personal items which should have gone to Mrs. Kennesy and other members of the Kennedy family; some were items that should have gone to The Kennedy Library; and some were documents and papers which belonged to the American people and should have gone to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The National Archives had to locate the buyers of the Kennedy materials that Evelyn Lincoln had sold to them and buy them back, with taxpayer's money, and redistribute and restore them to their rightful owners. She never asked permission to possess them or to sell them.
She may have had other reasons for disliking LBJ and adding his name to her list of suspects. She had eavesdropped on a private conversation between Bobby Kennedy and Jack when thay discussed LBJ's candidacy as Vice President in 1964. John Kennedy knew that If he were to win the 1964 election, he had to win the Southern States, and to do this, he needed Lyndon Johnson. They both wanted the Civil Rights Act to pass and Johnson was the only one who could do it. That's why Jack argued against his brother's wishes because he knew there was no one else who could garner the neccessary votes. That's why he had wanted him at the beginning. But she had heard Bobby arguing against the V-P position for LBJ and may have assumed that Jack would agree to that.
Probably every senator had had dealings with Bobby Baker. I don't think that was such a big threat to LBJ. Every senator also received gifts from lobbyists. Remember, it was the Republican National Committee Chairman who had started the rumor that JFK would not have LBJ on the ticket in 1964, and without LBJ Kennedy had a poor chance of winning the South, and the rest of the country. I think the Republican strategy was to get rid of LBJ by whatever means they could. This is politics. In 2000 and 2004, they rigged the voting machines, remember?
I don't know by whom or why Henry Marshall was killed. However, local Texans have written of this and I keep wondering why they are so interested in it, judging from those who are. That is an unsolved murder (wasn't Marshall also exposed to carbon monoxide?). I don't know enough about the case, and I think there is more that should be known and investigated. It may not be as simple as it seems.
I don't think Bobby ever asked LBJ that question, but he did ask it of John McCone, then Director of the CIA, and also of one other person at the CIA whom he trusted (unknown name).
I think he called John McCone shortly after he learned of his brother's death, or maybe it was right after he learned Lee Harvey Oswald was shot. I don't think he ever thought Lyndon Johnson was responsible. The CIA would like to have LBJ blamed for it, takes the pressure off of them, and we now know that aspects of the CIA were involved.
Jose Rivera was connected to the CIA and he knew of Oswald and the plot at least seven months before the assassination happened. There's a book forthcomiong in September by
Hank Albarelli, A SECRET ORDER, which will have more on Rivera and others in the JFK assassination.
Adele
.