The Arrogance of Power (108 page)

audition:
(date)
JA,
p. 86; (previous role)
MEM,
p. 23; (colleague)
MO,
p. 204; (roles) ibid.,
Saturday Evening Post,
Sept. 6, 1952.

Pat Ryan:
(“That night . . .”)
MEM,
p. 23; (Cloes) int. Elizabeth Cloes in ed. Schulte, op. cit., p. 236; (“nuts”) Mazo, op. cit., p. 31; (birth) birth certificate, filed Apr. 7, 1912, County of White Pine, Nevada; (Rose Bowl)
FB,
p. 147, citing RN speech to National Football Foundation dinner, Dec. 9, 1969, and see Ch. 1
supra.;
(“silly”)
NYT,
Nov. 4, 1952; (“must not permit”)
FB,
p. 26; (“near midnight”)
PAT,
p. 17; WH bios., June 12, 1969 and Dec. 21, 1971, NA, contrary to physician's information on birth certificate; (“Thelma” in childhood) Artesia (CA)
News,
July 18, 1952; (father/“Pat”) Pat cited in
Miami Herald,
Jan. 19, 1969; (“took Pat”)
JA,
p. 87;
MEM,
p. 23;
PAT,
p. 34; (Haldeman)
Parade,
Feb. 5, 1995.

Pat background:
PAT,
unless otherwise indicated; (hold-up) Lester David,
The Lonely Lady of San Clemente,
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1978, p. 31; (timing of move to “Pat”)
PAT,
p. 34; (married before?) Cheshire, op. cit., p. 110–;
Time,
May 13, 1974.

loan lawsuit:
FB,
pp. 134–, 527; Abrahamsen, op. cit., p. 122–;
MO,
p. 189.

orange juice:
MO,
p. 195–;
JA,
p. 83; int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP.

divorce cases:
(open air sex) ibid.; (good-looking girl) Alsop, op. cit., p. 195.

virgin:
JA,
p. 104, citing Lt. Jim Stewart.

dinner invitations:
PAT,
p. 56.

courtship:
except where indicated source is
PAT,
which includes the couple's letters; (“insisted”)
MO,
p. 218; David, op. cit., p. 51; (brick fireplace)
NYT,
Aug. 10, 1971; (adjoining plots) Traphes Bryant with Frances Spatz Leighton,
Dog Days at the White House,
New York: Macmillan, 1976, p. 247; (no Whittier weekends)
MO,
p. 218; (LA dates)
PAT,
p. 59; David, op. cit., p. 52; (poor dancer) int. Hortense Behrens in ed. Schulte, op. cit., p. 226; (skating) int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP;
Life,
Nov. 6, 1970, p. 64;
JA,
p. 91; (RN Beast) Mazo, op. cit., p. 34; (LA club)
JA,
p. 91;
PAT,
p. 61.

RN and drink:
(alcohol ban)
MO,
p. 200,
Saturday Evening Post,
undated, summer 1971, Jean Lippiatt article; (SF bar)
MEM,
p. 18; (“Those parties . . .”) Nixon,
Arena,
op. cit., p. 147; (Blew) Blew letter to FB, Dec. 16, 1974, FBP;
MO,
p. 199; (objections to Nixon film) Charles Colson and William Safire in
NYT,
Nov. 27, Dec. 28, 1995; Herb Klein in San Diego
Union-Tribune,
Dec. 19, 1995.

wedding:
Pat, p. 69–; MO, p. 233.

cruise:
C. L. Sulzberger,
The World and Richard Nixon,
New York: Prentice Hall, 1987, p. 26;
PAT,
p. 72;
JA,
p. 94.

Cuba:
(gambling) Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan, Eli Landau,
Meyer Lansky,
New York: Paddington Press, 1979, p. 227; (Havana as attorney) Mazo, op. cit., p. 35;
MO,
p. 233; Hoyt, op. cit., p. 330; int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP; int. Earl Mazo.

RN in War:
(OPA)
MO,
p. 242; (against family wishes)
MEM,
p. 27;
MO,
p. 243–;
Life,
Nov. 6, 1970, p. 64; (pose in uniform)
FB,
p. 165; (“in the foxholes”)
MO,
p. 281; (“when the bombs . . .”) Alsop, op. cit., p. 143; Spalding, op. cit., p. 137; (could curse) ibid., p. 140.

poker:
(since Duke) RN application to FBI, including poker as “recreation,” Apr. 23, 1937, FBI 67-102459-1; Alsop, op. cit., p. 144;
JA,
p. 108;
Life,
Nov. 6, 1970, p. 66; Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 147–; Mazo, op. cit., p. 37–; de Toledano, op. cit., p. 40; (1960) Chicago
Sunday Tribune,
Nov. 6, 1960; (in WH) int. Paul Ziffren by FB, FBP; (as VP) Tip O'Neill with William Novak,
Man of the House,
New York: Random House, 1987, p. 157–.

“Pollyanna . . .”:
Time,
Oct. 9, 1972.

“They tried . . .”:
Margaret Truman,
First Ladies,
New York: Random House, 1995, p. 199–.

RN marriage:
(license)
JA,
p. 92; (“Pat never told”) ibid., p. 88; (“hundreds of times . . .”)
PAT,
p. 83; (hugs in future) Helen Thomas,
Dateline
:
White House,
New York: Macmillan, 1975, p. 169; int. John Lindsay by FB, FBP; (Dorn) int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP; (Dixon)
FB,
p. 144; (Quakers kiss) int. Mary George Skidmore in ed. Schulte, op. cit., p. 86; (“both were shy”)
PAT,
p. 63; (avoided scenes) ibid., p. 57; (Priest) Fr. John Cronin, cited in
Esquire,
July 1994; (clothes scattered) int. Gloria Steinem; (“I . . . don't tell all”)
Time,
Aug. 19, 1974; (Mazo) David, op. cit., p. 73–; int. Earl Mazo; (Winchester) Kandy Stroud article,
Ladies' Home Journal,
Mar. 1975; (Dr. Smith)
FB,
p. 141; (“baggage”)
FB,
p. 145; (Steinem) int. and corr. Gloria
Steinem; (Stroud) int. Kandy Stroud; (Ehrlichman) int. John Ehrlichman; (Dean) int. John Dean and John Dean,
Lost Honor,
LA: Stratford Press, 1982, p. 22–; (Watts) int. William Watts; (Bork) int. Robert Bork by FB, FBP; (Sidey) int. Hugh Sidey in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 313; (“The moneyed class”)
PAT,
p. 47; (Steinem) int. Gloria Steinem, corr. with author, 1998; Steinem in
New York,
Oct. 28, 1968; (“didn't respect him”) corr. Gloria Steinem, July 7, 2000.

Pat personality after marriage:
(Pierpoint) Robert Pierpoint,
At the White House,
New York: Putnam, 1981, p. 185; (“Coppelia”) London
Spectator
article, reprinted in
The New Republic,
Dec. 22, 1958; (Pat claimed) Thomas, op. cit., p. 116 and unid. clip during Soviet visit, 1972, author's collection; (smoked)
PAT,
p. 89; Bauer, op. cit., p. 116; int. Tom Korologos; (lung cancer)
NYT,
June 23, 1993; (“incessantly”) J. F. terHorst and Col. Ralph Albertazzie,
The Flying White House,
New York: Coward McCann & Geoghegan, 1979, p. 35; (“I once saw . . .”) Thomas, op. cit., p. 160; (“drinking heavily”) Woodward and Bernstein,
Final Days,
op. cit., p. 173; denied in
Star,
Apr. 27, 1976; Betty Beale in
SF Sunday Examiner and Chronicle,
May 2, 1976, by Julie Eisenhower in
Newsweek,
May 24, 1976, by Helen M. Smith,
Good Housekeeping,
July 1976, and int. Lucy Winchester; (“PN had a problem”) Ronald Kessler,
Inside the White House,
New York: Pocket, 1993, p. 41, and int. Ronald Kessler.

RN and women:
(Portnoy's)
HD,
p. 127; (Fleming) Timothy Crouse,
The Boys on the Bus,
New York: Ballantine, 1972, p. 8; (“B-girls”) int. Lou Cannon in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 189; Wise,
Politics,
op. cit., p. 330–; Ed Reid,
Mickey Cohen, Mobster,
New York: Pinnacle, 1973, p. 140; (Sears) int. John Sears; (“If you ever . . .”) William Safire,
Before the Fall,
New York: Belmont Tower, 1975, p. 19–; (“have him give . . .”)
HD,
p. 423; (“trouble finding Henry”) Jimmy Breslin,
How the Good Guys Finally Won,
New York: Viking, 1975, p. 66; O'Neill, op. cit., p. 253–; (“built for you, Henry.”)
Atlantic Monthly,
May 1982, p. 45; (“Can you imagine . . . ?”) int. Hugh Sidey in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 301; (Hutschnecker) ints. Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker and int. Dr. Hutschnecker by FB, Nov. 7, 1976, FBP.

Hannah to DC:
int. Jessamyn West, citing her mother, Hannah's sister, by FB, FBP.

parade for Ike:
Life,
Dec. 13, 1953; Eric Sevareid,
Candidates, 1960,
New York: Basic Books, 1959, p. 130.

letter:
MO,
p. 270–.

no political plans:
(“never occurred . . .”) Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 151; (never discussed) Mazo, op. cit., p. 34; Earl Mazo, “Is It Worth It?,”
Good Housekeeping,
1959; (speeches)
MO,
pp. 201–, 233; (“We shall realize . . .”)
PAT,
p. 68; (President someday) ibid., p. 58; (male friends)
MO,
p. 200.

Voorhis campaign:
(Perry)
MO,
p. 270, Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 153–; (peers/press) Jerry Voorhis,
The Strange Case of Richard Milhous Nixon,
New York: Popular Library, 1972, p. 12; (studying Voorhis) int. Evlyn Dorn by FB, FBP; (pads)
MO,
pp. 285, 288, 290; int. Bryce Harlow in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 8; ($580)
MO,
p. 292; (“Hit 'em”) int. John Rothmann; (Hoover)
SF Chronicle,
Oct. 14, 1946; (“infiltration”) Athan Theoharis,
Beyond the Hiss Case,
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982, p. 80–; (Republican Women)
MO,
p. 326; (Tricia/Pat)
PAT,
pp. 87–, 89; Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 155; (Dixon) int. Tom Dixon and int. FB, FBP,
FB,
p. 178; (RN satisfaction) LA
Examiner,
Nov. 7, 1946; (Chandlers)
Esquire,
Nov. 1977, p. 202–; conv. Pat Bradshaw, citing Buff Chandler; (Hannah . . . never saw)
Good Housekeeping,
June 1960; (stolen pamphlets)
PAT,
p. 90,
Saturday Evening Post,
Sept. 6, 1952; (irons/toasters) Paul Bullock,
Jerry Voorhis
:
The Idealist as Politician,
New York: Vantage, 1978, p. 277; (false stories) Jerry Voorhis,
Confessions of a Congressman,
New York: Doubleday, 1947, p. 342;
MO,
p. 302; (Voorhis realized) Bullock, op. cit., p. 271fn.; (booed)
MO,
p. 322; (Businessmen/bank admonished) Voorhis,
Confessions,
op. cit., p. 342, NY
Post,
Oct. 19, 1955; (leaflet)
MO,
p. 330; (PAC ploy) Bullock, op. cit., p. 246–;
AMI,
p. 129–; (anonymous calls) Bullock, op. cit., p. 275–, denied at 276;
AMI,
p. 138, but see Gellman, op. cit., p. 84–; (“I suppose . . .”) Alsop, op. cit., p. 188; (“The important thing . . .”) Bullock, op. cit., p. 280; Greg Mitchell,
Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady,
New York: Random House, 1998, p. 43.

'46 financing:
(“We drew . . .”)
Saturday Evening Post,
Sept. 6, 1952; (N. claimed)
MEM,
p. 34; (“so broke . . .”)
Saturday Evening Post, supra
.; (job back)
MO,
p. 285 but see
New England Journal of History,
Winter '99/Spring '00, Vol. 56, p. 19; (savings intact) Mazo, op. cit., p. 38; Spalding, op. cit., p. 176;
AMI,
p. 136; (Adams)
MO,
pp. 279, 331; (pre-primary financing)
MO,
p. 304; (total spend)
MO,
p. 337, but see
JA,
p. 43; (“typical”)
MEM,
p. 42; (Voorhis claimed) Voorhis,
Confessions,
op. cit., p. 331, but see Gellman, op. cit., p. 59–; (Wray) int. Merton Wray in ed. Schulte, op. cit., p. 207; (oil/liquor)
MO,
pp. 257, 261; (Perry)
AMI,
p. 118; (Somebody else) Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 153; (unnamed friend) Hoyt, op. cit., pp. 238, 242; (unpub. draft)
MO,
p. 336; (oil money)
MO,
pp. 278, 308, 332; (Marshall)
MO,
pp. 242,
338; (Marsh)
MO,
p. 308, but see
AMI,
p. 127; (Ackerman) Ackerman/FB corr. 1979; int. Mrs. William Ackerman.

Call/Chandler:
MO,
p. 309–; Robert Gottleib and Irene Wolt,
Thinking Big
:
The Story of the Los Angeles Times
, New York: Putnam, 1977, p. 277.

Palmer:
(tout)
MO,
p. 299; (meets)
MO,
p. 298; Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 160; (Hartmann) Gottlieb and Walt, op. cit., p. 271–; (“old head . . .”) Mitchell, op. cit., p. 88; (“He looks . . .”) Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 161; (Sinclair)
MO,
pp. 268, 299; (no Douglas photo)
Nation,
Mar. 9, 1998; (Palmer wrote) ibid.; (ad. space)
MO,
p. 301; (RN pines) ints. Pat Brown and Paul Ziffren by FB, FBP.

Chandlers:
(orders IRS)
American Journalism Review,
Apr. 1997,
NYT,
Mar. 24, 1997; (“I would never . . .”) Letter RN to N. Chandler, Dec. 29, 1960, VP, NA.

Copley:
San Diego Reader,
July 28, 1994.

Klein:
ibid.; Herbert G. Klein,
Making It Perfectly Clear,
New York: Doubleday, 1980, p. 77;
MO,
p. 297.

W. E. Smith:
Smith to Drew Pearson, Oct. 27, 1952, DPP.

Salerno:
Sid Blumenthal and Harvey Yazijian,
Government by Gunplay,
New York: Signet, 1976, p. 130.

Chotiner:
(background) int. Nancy Chotiner;
MO,
pp. 292, 270, FBI 161-1495; (described)
MO,
pp. 292, 703, 780; (no name)
NYT,
Oct. 12, 1970; (“Macchiavelli”) Garment, op. cit., p. 57; (“not beyond . . .”) int. Nancy Chotiner; (first set eyes) Kornitzer, p. 153–; (1950)
MO,
p. 528; (Pink Sheet) Mitchell, op. cit., p. 141;
MO,
p. 581; ('52)
MO,
p. 741; ('54)
AMI,
p. 354; (“campaign school”)
NYT,
May 13, 1956; (“textbook”) Costello, op. cit., p. 44; (Garment) eds. Strober,
Nixon,
op. cit., p. 30; (uniform scam/check)
NYT,
Apr. 25, 1956 and Bellino Papers, held by family; (accountant)
NYT,
Apr. 25, 1956; (delaying tactics) Washington
Evening Star,
Apr. 26, 1956; (testifies) St. Louis
Globe
-
Democrat,
May 5,
NYT,
May 4, 1956; (McCarthy)
Washington Post Times Herald,
June 4,
NYT,
May 4, 1956.