First In His Class (96 page)

315
They developed case histories: Int. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993.

315
The room was somber: Ints. Michael Conway, June 18, 1993, and Robert Sack, June 22, 1993.

315
She stood in the back: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.

316
she was “at sea”: Int. Taylor Branch, Feb. 28, 1993.

316
“You have to be three hundred percent”: Int. Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.

316
She went to dinner: Int. Fred Altshuler, June 24, 1993.

316
She and Clinton had even worried: Int. Paul Fray, May 3, 1994.

317
“I mentioned to her”: Int. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994.

317
“Hillary came in dressed”. Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.

317
Ehrman was horrified: Int. Sara Ehrman, Jan. 31, 1993.

318
She persuaded Alan Stone: Int. Alan Stone, March 7, 1994.

318
Stone would remember:
Ibid.

318
“Kind of frantic”:
Ibid.

319
One morning during the spring: Ints. Ron Addington, March 31, 1994, and April 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

319
In the early stages: Int. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.

319
“Well, how long”:
Ibid.

320
“why he was down there”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

320
But there were stacks of: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

320
“the staff tried to ignore it”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

320
“Hillary had put the hammer”: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, May 3, and May 23, 1994.

321
“about broke down and cried”:
Ibid.

321
He began with 12 percent: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994, and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

321
“Bill's knowledge and facility”: Int. J. Bill Becker, Jan. 7, 1992.

321
“more interested in finishing”: Int. Jim Daugherty, April 6, 1994.

321
At the “Y” City Café: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993.

321
On the road between stops: Ints. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994, and Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994.

322
“Do we really have to go?”: Int. Morriss Henry, July 16, 1993.

322
Fulbright had raised and spent: Ints. James Blair, June 10, 1993, and Lee Williams, May 12, 1993.

322
Clinton intended to assist: Int. James Blair, June 10, 1993.

323
The theme of the reunion: Int. Phil Jamison, May 13, 1994.

323
“the most prominent graduate”:
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record,
July 11, 1974.

323
“Lots of them”.
Ibid.

324
Jamison was cornered: Int. Phil Jamison, May 13, 1994.

324
The documentary record: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.

324
“He told me what he said”: Int. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994.

324
He called the unit commander: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.

325
According to Fray: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994.

325
He did not know: Int. Ed Howard, July 19, 1993.

325
The Lees were old friends: Ints. Mike Lee, May 13, 1994, and Suzanne Lee, May 25, 1994.

325
“went into a stall”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

326
Clinton's mother came home:
Leading
, p. 205.

326
Everyone at campaign headquarters: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994, and Paul Fray, April 25, 1994.

326
When Clinton told Diane Kincaid: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993.

326
“Virginia loathed Hillary then”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1994.

327
“She was someone you had”: Int. Rudy Moore, June 10, 1993.

327
he was still involved: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993; Paul Fray, April 25, 1993; and Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1993.

327
“‘Go take her somewhereߣ”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1993.

327
Rodham took her own place: Ints. Rafael Guzman, April 4, 1994, and Terry Kirkpatrick, April 5, 1994.

327
To some Arkansans: Int. Woody Bassett, June 21, 1993. Also
Arkansas Law Journal
(Fall 1993).

328
“unusual ability to absorb”: Int. Woody Bassett, June 21,1993.

328
Most members of the law school: Ints. Wylie Davis, March 31, 1994; Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993; and Rafael Guzman, April 4, 1994.

328
“She would not sit for idle”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.

328
“a prodigious worker”: Int. David Newbern, April 6, 1994.

328
“If you are looking for a battleground”: Copy of Clinton speech, Sept. 13, 1974, in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

329
Clinton packed the fall convention: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 14, 1994; and Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.

329
“We have come together”: Clinton speech, Sept. 13, 1974.

330
“It was wonderful to work”: Int. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993.

330
“If we do not reverse”: Sept. 23, 1974. From Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

330
“Bill planed more blocks”: Int. Ron Cecil, Jan. 3, 1994.

330
Powell came to Fayetteville: Ints. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Jody Powell, Sept. 8, 1994; and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

331
“Find a dramatic way”: Notes of Powell meeting, Sept. 5, 1974, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

331
He wore the khaki work uniform:
WP
, March 22, 1992: “In Arkansas, the Game Is Chicken,” David Maraniss and Michael Weisskopf.

331
But 1974 was a difficult year: Schwartz,
From Farm to Market,
p. 23.

331
Don Tyson stayed in the shadows: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1974, and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1974.

332
“certainly not Bill Clinton”: Int. Brenda Blagg, July 29, 1993.

332
“We're trying to get a copy”: Ints. Steve Smith, July 15, 1993; Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994; and Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.

332
“This was his first race”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

333
“butt prints”: Int. Brenda Blagg, July 29, 1993.

333
heard rumors at his church: Int. John Baran, April 25, 1994.

333
“some conservative preachers”: Ints. Mary Lee Fray, April 25 and May 3, 1994.

333
“They were trying to pin Bill”: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

333
“Paul wanted to play hardball”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

333
When he entered the apartment: Int. Randy White, April 11, 1994.

334
“Bill … tried to lecture him”: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

334
forgotten to pay his utility bills: Ints. Ron Addington, March 31 and April 23, 1994.

334
“The damage done”: Undated campaign memo, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

334
“It's like the widow's mite”: Int. David Matthews, May 24, 1994.

335
His temper was an accepted part: Ints. Ron Addington, March 29, 1994; Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994; B. A. Rudolph and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

335
“He'd say, ‘Don't everߣ”: Int. Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994.

335
“They'd have the biggest damn fights”: Int. Ron Addington, April 23, 1994.

335
“Our organization went to shit”:
Ibid.

335
“She … rubs people the wrong way”: Undated Wallace memo, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

336
“Paul was rough around”: Ints. Doug Wallace, April 21 and May 11, 1994.

336
Rodham took the ethical high ground: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994; Doug Wallace, May 11, 1994; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

336
“The attorney already had”: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25 and May 23, 1994.

336
“She got adamant”:
Ibid.

336
the mood was buoyant: The account of this election night is drawn from interviews with Harry Truman Moore, June 15, 1994; Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1994; Steve Smith, July 14, 1993; B. A. Rudolph and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993; and Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

337
He then sent a telegram: Copy of telegram in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

338
Clinton drove to the square: Ints. Paul Fray, April 25, 1994; Mary Lee Fray, April 25, 1994; and Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

340
“The office of attorney general”: Wallace memo on 1976 elections, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

340
This convenient assignment: Clinton News Release No. 6, April 13, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR: “Clinton has traveled extensively throughout the state speaking to groups about the Arkansas presidential primary law and the Democratic Party rules concerning delegate selection.”

341
At the legal clinic:
Arkansas Law Journal
(Fall 1993).

341
“People need the Lord”:
New York Review of Books,
Oct. 22, 1992. “A Doll's House.” Also, conversation with author, Aug. 6, 1992.

341
It was left to Newcomb: Int. Robert Newcomb, May 7, 1994.

342
they would buy yogurt: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, Aug. 19, 1994.

342
“a burst of patriotism”:
Ibid.

342
They shared an apartment: Int. Neil McDonald, May 4, 1994.

342
Rodham and Clinton: Ints. Diane Kincaid Blair, June 10, 1993; James Blair, June 10, 1983; and Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.

342
“All we ever do”: Int. Carolyn Yeldell Staley, June 8, 1993.

342
She had heard Clinton complain: Int. Betsey Wright, Feb. 15, 1993.

342
Rodham and Clinton came over: Int. Diane Kincaid Blair, Aug. 19, 1994.

343
“Hillary was very curious”: Int. Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.

343
“‘Look at Eleanor Roosevelt!ߣ”:
Ibid.

344
Ellis encouraged her: Int. Carolyn Ellis, Jan. 28, 1994.

344
When Rodham arrived back: Radcliffe,
A First Lady,
p. 147.

344
“was looking more at life”: Int. Ann Henry, July 16, 1993.

344
The one concession: Int. Bettie Lu Lancaster, July 27, 1994.

344
It was a traditional: Int. Victor Nixon, Aug. 2, 1994.

344
Hughie Rodham's vast underestimation: Int. Betsy Johnson Ebeling, Sept. 27, 1994.

345
That morning at the Fayetteville:
Leading
, p. 219.

345
“the gregariousness of Bill”: Int. Ann Henry, July 27, 1994.

345
Clinton took along a copy: Int. Bill Clinton, January 20, 1992.

345
Clinton also wrote thank-you: Int. Bettie Lu Lancaster, July 27, 1994.

345
The old boys: Rhodes class letter,
American Oxonian
(1975), Bob Reich, secretary.

346
Clinton took an unpaid leave: University of Arkansas Law School records.

346
“My opponent in the last election”: Copy of letter to Patricia M. Garlid, Denver, April 28, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

346
He made his formal campaign announcement: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994. Copy of press announcement, March 17, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

346
He was relieved when: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1993.

347
Clinton turned to Governor Pryor: Int. David Pryor, June 29, 1993. Also, Jernigan,
As They Know Him,
p. 75.

347
Newspaper ads listed: Materials used in ads in Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

347
Jernigan later acknowledged:
As They Know Him,
p. 74.

347
“This morning as I drove up”: Speech transcript, April 10, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

348
State labor leaders: Int. J. Bill Becker, Jan. 7, 1992. Also,
Arkansas Democrat,
April 18, 1976, p. 1: “Clinton won't get labor's backing this time around.”

348
“And we had to move away”: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

348
In one labor questionnaire: Response to
Arkansas Advocate
questionnaire, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR. When he appeared before the AFL-CIO, Clinton said: “I know what is uppermost in your minds is the conflict between your efforts to amend the right-to-work law and my statements about it. From our past experience together, you know I am not inclined to dodge an issue and I did not dodge that one.”

348
At the graduation ceremonies: 1976 campaign document, April 27, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

349
“More and more”: Keynote speech at Little River Bi-Centennial Celebration, May 2, 1976, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

349
He thought he might take every ballot: Int. Doug Wallace, April 21, 1994.

349
As his thirtieth birthday approached: Int. Bill Clinton, January 20, 1992.

349
If he was not obsessed:
Ibid

349
“All is madness here”: Letter to Betsey Wright, no date.

350
When Carter visited Little Rock: Copy of list of Arkansans Carter was to write thank-you letters to after visit, Doug Wallace Papers, UALR.

351
“Divorce him and stay here!”: Int. Mort Gitelman, June 21, 1993.

351
“get on board early”: “Greene County Citizens for Clinton committee mailing. H. T. Moore.