(Classified) GUIDES KENNEDY'S WORDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400290045-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: March 2, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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 rensen Guides..
ByMARIANNE MEANS tlacl..1 i"lt.?li. (Taal k~ ith a nat-
flearst Headline Service lur?1' 'na;iu-t f.n? the political
White House Correspondent jugular vein. eccciUahnroted with
1. ASr!INi,TON, March 2- the, l',-ectdertt In 1954 to-pro..
sre-erhes and I'residential
t+r ? r,e. which pour out of the
1t hixi- t louse these days in a
r;en-er-er,nling flood are largely
chrtrned out under the direction
of one' man: Special Counsel
Thecxlore Sorensen, 32.
S..,cnsen, as,iited by aides
';410?:? o-?eidnt in, Dick Goodwin
r i Le.- White. is responsible
f?. +hc ?letailod r'search neces;
+~':++c' to handle full-blown
pi'' ~;..lements ue just about
ir. hui.; in t;mernmcnt.
';orenten has lonq been at
P, csident Kennedy's right
band in formulating not only
words to express policy and
prod rains, but formulating
:he ideas that go into them.
i'i,r- the most part, the young
,,ia.unsuat ye aides around
Kenn~?d}' ire 'serious-minded,
.Jr a:lit~.?r,t, but balanced with a
fr.endl~' air and gay sense of
br,nun'. Sorensen ii' probably
Sthe most solemn of this new
batch of White''Houpe'men. He
rri?ither drinks nor smokes, puts
110 inan?kiliing 12-hout' -days,
and rarely cracks a smile.
lie has worked hand in glove
;with the President since he
Kcnnedy'4?Senate Staff
in 1;'"_' :tnd it has often been
said that the two think very
tnueh alike in matters of poll
I tic
SORENSEN, who was a f'hi
I13e1:1 Kappa of the University
d Nehraska comes from a
'rl;rli.. uithed political family
in ::? hr,ska, and was raised in
the fighting liberal tradition of
the late Sell George Norris,
rIw father of TVA.
Sorensen, a slim bespec.
duce Kennedy's Putttzer Priie-
a'inning book,' "Profiles in
Courage."
In the "fluid" 'operation of
the White House $talf,- where
most have direct acce*t to the
President and everyone ha, a
vague title' designed to cover
almost an,vthing, it is difficult
to tell which ataffec,has most'
Influence.
However,'during the four
years on the long road to-the
Presid?ncy, Sorensen'R. voice
was one of the loudest in
analyses of political problems
and in the determination of
practical pe`cJectsi and his In-
fluence Is still strong.
Ills brother, Tom, is a too
Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy,
addressing the President's con-
ference on youth fitness, ex-
plaiacd he was ju's't filling in
until "the real athlete of the
Kennedy tamily,";Atha Presi-
dent,.arttved.
Young .Kennedy, who has
seven cJiildren, explOned there
was no physical athletic, pro.
gram to th@ `schools '?bey at.
terxi, and,, added. -ifs;; thcrc'd
been such a program In his own
school he wotlldnet liave gotten
.,beaten up"., : by *'-his0 older
orotners all the time, :,,. .
' -Secret Service Chits U. E,
Baughman was in the middle
Of a conference this week. Ills
private line rang and he leaped
to answer It.
It was somebody who wanted
the League of Women Voters,
Baughman says 'he's fatting
used to this.'The'lcagtie'S. num-
ber is only 'oneJ4 tt rent
CPYRGHT
t iar4'' his unlisted sire
anvil y'It
.
htippens' ait'the time.
.'The new U. S. treastiret;-
.Elizabeth.. Ftudel Smith,;,, is
not Only" an Inventive-.'p011.
ticlan, she's , .real j ive' In..
\rsntor. Several years aposhe`=
created .a . fire ?tarter chlt4d
Ilggt7Y eouered'witli vVax "Jell
lit fires `'when= pllced under
tthe' herself is gfraid of chemi-
cai ,t~4,rel.~startpts old always,
,t' Uble lighting kindling,,
so, had 1. 'Invent some thing In
starts for or. years.: bt
ring. r ,own bUsIness "were;
be,yond iy''.mean:4:'
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