Kennedy scorned idea of Johnson as president

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Kennedy scorned idea of Johnson as president

NEW YORK (AP) — President John F. Kennedy openly scorned the notion of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeding him in office, according to a book of newly released interviews with his widow, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

She said her husband and his brother then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, a longtime LBJ antagonist, even discussed ways to prevent Johnson from winning the Democratic nomination in a future contest.

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The book barely mentions the president's assassination. In a foreword, Caroline Kennedy notes her mother had discussed his murder at length with historian William Manchester but later sued to keep much of the material from being published until 2067. Manchester's book on Kennedy, "The Death of a President," came out in 1967.

Jacqueline Kennedy also gave a memorable interview with journalist Theodore H. White, when she referred to her husband's time in the White House as "Camelot," but Caroline Kennedy said the interviews in the new book were "by far the most important" her mother ever gave.

http://news.yahoo.com/book-kennedy-scorned-idea-johnson-president-223710331.html



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and ... though I doubt that Schlesinger failed to interview her on the subject of the

assassination --

Mrs. Kennedy later sued to keep much of the material she discussed with William Manchester

from being published until 2067.

Manchester's book on Kennedy, "The Death of a President," came out in 1967.

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