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Down through the years, I have always valued Joe Kennedy's suggestions atid opinions very highly. TI only recall one . instance when it was necessary for me to reject his advice. Tn 1965, he wrote to me, saying he understood i was interested in becoming a candidate for the Presidency, He. urged me to run for this position either on a Republican or Democratic ticket, guaranteeing me the largest campaign contribution I would ever get from anyone, and his personal services as the\hardest campaign worker in history, . . . I: explained to him that I have never had any political ambitions, and that Ihave always felt what contribution I can make to my country can best he. ifiven in may present position as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But £ was deeply touched by the wonderful confidence implicit in his offer. . . | Gn Arturo Toscanini's eightieth pirtliday, someone asked his son what his father ranked as his most important. achievement, ‘the . son replied, "For him there can be no such thing. Whatever he happens | to be doing at the moment is the biggest thing in his J#ie-whether it is conducting a symphony or peeling an orange." (A Second Reader's Notebook, Gerald Kennedy, page 2)