“In my office,” Cronkite said. “When we got the word from Bethesda that he had passed, | cried openly.”
“And you’ re supposed to be objective,” | teased him. “I didn’ t realize you were that much of a Kennedy supporter.”
“Well, by that time | was crying because it had also come over the wires that Lyndon Johnson was already preparing to be sworn in as the new president.”
It was encouraging to find that in person this superstar really was
just like your favorite uncle.
When Robert Kennedy was attorney general in 1962, he was busy checking out the Hiss case for some reason. Of course, he discovered that the FBI never had the Woodstock typewriter.
Then, in 1968, when he was running for president, he approached New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison to be //s attorney general. Garrison had gotten a lot of publicity due to his investigation of the assassination of Bobby’ s brother.
During that campaign, Howard Hughes dispatched Robert Maheu to visit me. Hughes felt strongly that the Vietnam War should continue—he
had a huge defense contract for helicopters—yet at the same time he
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