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Esther Newberg Interviewer: Rosemary Keough Date of Interview: May 22, 1969 Place of Interview: Washington, D.C Esther Newberg Oral History Interview – RFK#1, 05/22/69 Administrative Information Creator: Esther Newberg Interviewer: Rosemary Keough Date of Interview: May 22, 1969 Place of Interview: Washington, D.C. Length: 26 pages Biographical Note Staff assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] (1968). In this interview, Newberg discusses her experience working with RFK’s campaign as part of the Boiler Room and campaign activities in various states among other issues. Access Open Usage Restrictions According to the deed of gift signed February 23, 1973, copyright of these materials has been assigned to the United States Government. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. Copyright The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form. Direct your questions concerning copyright to the reference staff. Transcript of Oral History Interview These electronic documents were created from transcripts available in the research room of the John F. Kennedy Library. The transcripts were scanned using optical character recognition and the resulting text files were proofread against the original transcripts. Some formatting changes were made. Page numbers are noted where they would have occurred at the bottoms of the pages of the original transcripts. If researchers have any concerns about accuracy, they are encouraged to visit the Library and consult the transcripts and the interview recordings. Suggested Citation Esther Newberg, recorded interview by Rosemary Keough, May 22, 1969, (page number), Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program of the John F. Kennedy Library. GSITT:RAL S:sRVICES ADMINISTRATICN NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND Afl>ORDS SERVICE Gil't of Personal Statement of Esther Newberg to the JOHN F . KENNEDY LIBRA..TtY I, Esther Newberg of New York, N. Y. , do hereby give to the John F. Kennedy Library, for use and administration therein, all my rights, title and interest, except as hereinafter provided, to the tape recording and transcript o.f the interview conducted at Washington, D. C• , on May 22 , 1969, for the John F . Kennedy Library. The gift of this material is made subject to the fol­ lowing terms and conditions: 1. The interview is to be ope.ned immediately to general research. 2. Researchers who have acces~ to the transcript of the interview may listen to the tape; however, this is to be for background use only. Researchers may not cite, paraphrase or quote from the tape. 3. I her~by assign liter8.J7 property rights in t.his inter­ view to the United States Government. u. Copies of the interview transcript may be provided upon request to any researcher . S. This agreement. may be revised or amended by mutual. consent of the parties undersigned. Ar 7~cry .JJ, l;tZ3 Date Esther Newberg – RFK #1 Table of Contents Page Topic Addendum Subject Index 1 Initial meeting and involvement with Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] campaign 2 What it was like to work with RFK’s staff 3 Dealing with issues in upstate New York 7 Early indications that RFK would run for president 10 What it was like to work as part of the Boiler Room 19 Campaign activities in Michigan 25 Campaign activities in New York (RFK Interview) Subject Index ESTHER NEWBERG American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) 25 Democratic National Committee (DNC) 13 Economic Development Administration 6 Economic Opportunity, Office of (OEO) 5 Health, Education and Welfare, Department of (HEW) 4 Housing and Urban Development, Department of (HUD) 4, 6, 9 Kennedy, Robert F. Senate Years, 1965 - 1968 2 - 4 Staff 1 - 4 , 8', 10 - 12 Family 7 Leadership and Administrative Style 7 Personal Characteristics 6 - 7, 9, 18 Presidential Aspirations 7 - 9 Michigan Primary Election, 1968 14, 16, 19 - 25 Migrant Workers RFK and 6 Model Cities Program 6 - 7 New York RFK and 3 - 6 Primary Election, 1968 25 - 26 ~residential Campaign, 1968 - Humphrey 22 - 23 Presidential Campaign, 1968 - RFK Advisers 7 - 8, 16 - 20, 23 Boiler Room . 10 - 11, 13 - 19, 25 - 26 Ethnic Support 18, 23 - 24 Family Support 13 - 16, 21, 23 Finances 22 Labor Support 20, 25 Presidential Campaign, 1968 - McCarthy 21, 25 United Automobile Workers (UAW) 20, 24 - 25 with ESTHE.R NEWl3ERG Ma.y 22, 1969 Washington, n• .o. By Rosemaxy Keough For the lloberl Kannetty O:ral Rietocy Project of the Kenn.eey tib.rtl.cy .KEOUGK: When did you first go to work for Robert Kenned\Y? ~: ln X>eaember or· l.967, 'but :t'·d been on the SUbcol!lrlittee .on .E~cutive Re ... org-a.rtization before thAt tor tW'Q yea.re when the Sena.tor wa.a a member ot the Su'b-conuni ttee. So I had gotten to know him then. KEOOO.H: Wh&t kind of personal o.onte.ct did you. ha.VQ with him at that time on the Sub-col!l%11i.ttee? NEWBERG: Ooca.sio~, tnembers of hie eta.ff wouldntt come t .o the hearings, and so I would write qu.eat ions for hint or keep him in:tormed. of wha.t had hawened durill.g the hearing, anything th&t he'd missed. It .rea.lly wasn't very pe!;Sonal contact. I'm m.ire he woul.dn''t have thoUght so. But I did. l\:BlOUGH: So how· did you hear abov.t the job on his. staff? And wby did you want; to go to 1'10rk on bis atatt? ~t Bta.rba.t-a Coleman ha.d. been on his staff in the particular job 1 was intere-sted in. I knew she left and that the job lta.tt a.vai.la.ble, But J wanted to be asked to go to work for Robert Kennedy. I ·. l<new Peter Edell:narl. veey 1~ .tUld. :t met wi'bh hlln. one afi-ernoon by aecid.ent ·· ~~ suddenly ooa~ed to him the.t I might. be in\.e.rested.,. Attar that events x-eally anowbe.l.l.ed and .Toe /Joseph -P.J Dolan · aaked me if I would be inte~sted. in the job. I wa.s. KEOUGH : You interviewed with JOJe Dolan? NEW:BERG: I inteNie.wed with Joe three or four times, and then with the senator the last day. lmOUGH: 'Vl'l'lat mw aaid in your intervi1~!'w' With the Senatflr? NE'W.13EllG: It was a. very shorl int:er\i'iew 'bece,iu.se he: wall busy~ But he said, "Why do you think you wa.:rit to come ta work :f'or .me'l ", a.:t'te.r we tal.Ked a litt.le bit a.bout, I can't t~bex- wha.t exactly. And l said, "because thi$ is whe:re it'fs happen.1.ng/·' That's e'®.ct~ what I said. And he laughed. and he said,. 11iJ.'ba;t.• s good enough tor me. You. can start to ...rork the day after Christmas~ t• And I laughed b.etlattse the whole office wasn't going to l>e there, but I was starting that day~ We were on vacation. Whet sorl of reputation did his staff have with the r-est of the Rill1 NEWBERG: QhJ :young and bra.sh; i.-ea.llv eveqthing that Adl»D. £walinskf/ ~resented.. U'hey did the-ir hol!le'lro.tk. ~ey d.idn1 t f'it. into the ooJWentional mold of people who'd been on th-e Hill fb~ thirty ;years. Anotheu- thing was tM,t so m8.ey ot the ~f peapl.e on the Rill switcbed. lo~tie ·s; could wo.rlt tor .a variety of senatora; and they were J;"eally p2:'0tta•rdonal Hill ate.ff people. rut that wa.sn 't true with Sena.tor ltennedy'a ata.ft, .senera.lly, .especially With the professionals-. You we:te work.ins for him only.. .And I think now if you look ba.ok, ytl)U find that that rea.lly was tl'Ue bees.use l!lOst of his stat>f d.idn't have the bes.rt to move on to aeybottY" els.e.. · Did that staff' work well ·wit..h o~hE!l' senate office.s, o:r did they stand ape.rt? NEW!ElaG: I thinlt they worked well. We· had no real problems with /Jacob 1!t.J Ja.vits' office. l don't !mow how the. two Sena.tors telt about ea.ch other l:'ea;l.ly, the ats.ffs were e.bl,e to get a.long well~ The Sena.tor• s reJ;>uta.tion was one of not wai tina his turn in the way tlut.t his brother, for inste.nce, did in the. Senate. AS t.a.v as wlla.t I saw of b.im in the· SU'b•colf!lllittee, he always did... He woul.d bow to the $enior membei-s; hie would ti;i.ke his turn.
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