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...roughest jobs at one of history's toughest times, Jack Kennedy has plenty of ring-tailed problems. But before he is through, some of his biggest headaches may well come from an ardently pro-Kennedy Hollywood clique that is known variously as The Rat Pack or The Clan and peopled by such as Actor-Singer Frank Sinatra and Kennedy's own brother-in-law, British-born Peter ("Pee-tah") Lawford...
Despite the zeal of its members, The Clan was wisely kept pretty much offstage during the late political campaign. Now, however, there seems less need for discretion and more for money. Last week The Clan made known its plans to rescue the U.S.'s Democratic Party from debt. Twitching with excitement, Clan leaders announced their high-priced ideas about an all-star gala to be held in Washington's Armory (capacity: 12,000) on the eve of Kennedy's inauguration. Purpose of the entertainment: to pay off this year's $2,000,000 Democratic campaign deficit...
...small fry has suddenly been borrowed by grownups with a yen to work off energy, ease aging legs into shape, sweat out a hangover, or realize Mittyesque dreams of gridiron glory. Touch has lately become an obsession with college kids, wheezing gaffers, giggling secretaries-and, of course, the entire clan of President-elect John F. Kennedy, who, according to old opponents, possesses "the best passing arm in the family." Says one New York touch fan: "We used to have trouble getting two other guys together to throw the ball around on Sunday morning. Now Central Park is so cluttered with...
...suppose that Old Jack has a right to his own privacy, but certainly there are items under the rubric of "private life" that are essential fodder for a well-informed citizen. For instance, we will miss the scores of the Kennedy clan's touch football games. It will be a fruitless life indeed without the President's latest golf score. How can the man presume to tell little Caroline the facts of life and not release the transcript to his constituency...
...since the politically conscious 1930s. On the Republican side, Actor George Murphy was often called on to warm up audiences for Nixon, and Nixon's final four-hour telethon involved answering questions fed to him by Lloyd Nolan and Robert Young. On the Democratic side, Sinatra's Clan (mercifully kept out of public sight most of the time) had a brocade-vested interest in the election because of Actor Peter Lawford's marriage to John Kennedy's sister, Pat. The Clan is now buffing its cuff links and ordering gowns for the inaugural ball...