 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vose vari vaviri Smathers naKennedy vakapinda muCongress gore rimwe chetero. Vakava shamwari nokukurumidza iyo yakagara kusvikira kuurawa kwaKennedy. Pamuchato waKennedy naJacqueline Bouvier, Smathers akasarudzwa naKennedys kuti ataure achimiririra Jack Kennedy pakudya kwake kwemuchato. Muna 1960, Jack Kennedy akakumbira Smathers kuti amupe hurukuro yekusarudza kumusangano weDemocratic Convention uye akakumbira Smathers kuti atungamirire mushandirapamwe waKennedy-Johnson kumaodzanyemba. 