The Residence - Inside the Private World of The White House (48 page)

Mayfield and, 167

Mesnier and, 110–12, 133

personal quirks of, 133

as protective of husband, 90

as spoiled, 133

Reagan, Ron, 18, 80–81, 160, 218

Reagan, Ronald, 84, 85, 88, 91, 104, 111, 139, 144, 195

Alzheimer’s disease of, 219

assassination attempt on, 28, 160

as comfortable being naked, 216–17

election of, 106

friendly character of, 159, 218

good-byes to residence staff of, 70

Iran-Contra affair and, 80, 81, 117

presidential transition to, 74

residence staff and, 159–60, 216–18

Reagan family, 70, 91, 106, 110, 112, 122, 152, 272

Rebozo, Charles “Bebe,” 91

Reid, Angella, 12

Republican National Committee, 61

Resolute,
H.M.S., 249

Rex (the Reagans’ dog), 134

Robb, Charles “Chuck,” 230

Robb, Lucinda, 230

Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson, 57, 129, 162, 224, 230–32, 255

Robinson, Fraser, Sr., 174

Robinson, Jim, 174

Robinson, Marian, 33, 39, 42, 114, 226

Rochon, Stephen, 86, 114–15, 178, 196

at Buckingham Palace, 273–74

Bush, George W. and, 12, 35, 38

Obama family and, 38, 39, 40, 41, 64, 174

Rogers and, 68

Rogers, Desirée, 36, 38, 66–68, 170, 174–75

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 178

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22, 26, 46, 178, 198, 248, 264, 270

paralysis of, 7

polio of, 209

Roosevelt, Theodore, 24, 227

Rusk, Dean, 87

Russell, Richard, 202

Russell Senate Office Building, 256

Ruta, Frank, 90–91, 155, 200

Saint-Aubin, Smile “Smiley,” 170, 226

St. Matthew’s Church, 246, 249

Salinger, Pierre, 208

Sally, Miss (staff cook), 20

Sam’s Club, 71

Sargent, John Singer, 58

Saturday Evening Post
, 79

Saturday Night Live, 186, 239

Savoy, Tony, 13, 31–32, 85, 105, 108, 121, 175, 236

Scanlan, Bob, 15, 32, 36, 45, 67, 69, 72, 144, 225–27, 264–65

Scheib, Walter, 29, 165, 229, 256

Bush, George W. family and, 14

Chelsea Clinton and, 240

Clinton family and, 69, 240, 241

food safety and, 115–16

Mesnier’s feud with, 219–20, 221

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 258, 264, 265, 267–68

White House personal expenses and, 66

Scouten, Rex, 53, 85, 124, 128, 134, 160, 166, 249, 270

Seattle, Wash., 155–56

Secret Service, 34, 94, 136, 154, 168

“do not admit” guests and, 54

first family children and, 223, 232, 235, 236, 237–38

food security and, 92, 93

Hillary Clinton and, 10, 152–53

JFK and, 49

JFK assassination and, 244, 254

LBJ and, 124

Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 10

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 256–57, 258, 260–61, 263, 266

White House security breaches and, 17, 114, 115

segregation, 178–79, 197, 200

Selassie, Haile, 249

Senate, U.S., 202

Education Committee of, 256, 261

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 116, 243, 256–68

North Tower hit in, 256–57

Pennsylvania field plane crash in, 263

Pentagon hit in, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265

South Tower hit in, 259, 260, 262, 263

White House evacuation in, 258, 261, 262–63, 267

Shaw, Maud, 214, 228–29, 230, 252

Shields, Purnell, 174

Shriver, Sargent, 245

Sidwell Friends, 153, 239

Silva, Ivaniz, 46, 96–97, 216–17,
216

Silva, Sylvia, 97

Slade, William, 177–78

slave pens, 173

slaves, slavery, 2, 174, 175–76, 249

abolishment of, 177

White House and, 175, 176–77

Smith, Michael, 35

Smithsonian, 249–50

Smithsonian Printing Office, 183

Smoot, Julianna, 13–14

Sorensen, Ted, 124

Soviet Union, 112

Spacek, Sissy, 186

Spot (the Bushs’ dog), 89

“Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin), 234

Stanford University, 240

Starr, Kenneth, 142

State and Main
, 73

Stonewall, Tex., 127, 203

Suitland, Md., 166, 188

Sullivan, Mark, 114

Supreme Court, U.S., 72

Symbionese Liberation Army, 235

Taft, William Howard, 24

Taylor, Elizabeth, 38

Taylor, Zachary, 177

Temptations, 196, 205–6

Texas, 2, 127, 129, 201

Thomas, George, 35

Thomases, Susan, 143

Thompson, Herman, 81, 87, 99, 125, 154–55, 167–68, 183–84, 195–97

Tiffany & Company, 207

Travelgate, 142

Troopergate, 152

Truman, Harry, 24–25, 46, 186, 197

Truman, Margaret, 24, 26, 223, 234

Tuckerman, Nancy, 63

Unknown Soldier, 248

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
(West), 161

Verdon, René, 26

Vietnam War, 87, 129, 166, 194, 230–32, 250

Virginia, 204, 209

Virginia, University of, Miller Center at, 143

Wallace, George, 197–98

Walters, Barbara, 145

Walters, Gary, 66, 81, 121, 151, 152, 166, 195, 205

Barbara Bush and, 75

Ford family and, 233

personal life sacrificed by, 104–5

presidential transitions and, 34, 53

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 257–59, 265, 266, 268

Wardman Park Hotel, 107

War of 1821, 24

Washington, D.C., 1, 7, 19, 23, 33, 179

African American neighborhoods in, 194

civil rights protests in, 191–92

public schools in, 195

rent prices in, 238

slavery in, 176–77

Washington, George, 23, 58, 267

Washington, Sam, 181–82

Washington Post
, 113, 163

Watergate scandal, 27, 60, 155, 156, 157–58

“Wayne’s World,” 239

Weidenfeld, Sheila Rabb, 62, 274

“We Shall Overcome,” 199

West, J. B., 161, 245, 270

Jacqueline Kennedy and, 12, 47, 58, 208, 212–13, 247–48, 251–52

JFK assassination and, 245, 248, 255

Lady Bird Johnson and, 103–4, 127

LBJ and, 126–27

residence staff salaries and, 190, 191–92, 193

residence staff trained by, 108

responsibilities of, 12

on secrecy of Map Room, 26–27

White House tours given by, 154

Westray, Kay, 179, 180, 181

Westray, Lynwood, 49, 179–82, 197–98, 255

Wexford, 209, 251

White, Worthington, 10–11, 113, 120, 147–49

White House:

African American guests in, 196, 205–6

annual budget of, 11

basement of, 19–20, 26, 94, 177, 263

Blue Room of, 21, 22, 24, 37, 146, 181

bomb shelter of, 26, 265, 267

bootleg whiskey in, 63

British burning of, 24

Cabinet Room of, 248

Carpenter’s Shop of, 107, 131, 213

china of, 207–8

China Room of, 35, 237

construction and renovations of, 23–25, 176

Curator’s Office of, 25, 58, 74, 139, 237, 244, 267

day drinking in, 86

design for, 23

Diplomatic Reception Room of, 22, 27, 83, 215

East Room of, 3, 5, 21, 27, 36, 60, 115, 205, 236, 244, 245, 250, 267

East Wing of, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 36, 143, 258–59

Emergency Operations Center of, 26, 264, 266

Entrance Hall of, 21

furnishings of, 37

gardens of, 6, 25

Green Room of, 21, 27, 115

Ground Floor of, 19, 20, 22, 26, 35, 49, 68, 93, 158, 191, 231, 257

guests of, stealing by, 211–12

Jackie Kennedy’s restoration of, 25–26

Lincoln Sitting Room of, 27, 55, 76, 158

Map Room of, 26–27

mezzanines of, 19, 22

North Lawn of, 115

North Portico of, 11, 33, 51, 92, 93, 246, 265

Old Family Dining Room of, 5, 26, 33, 205–6, 268

Operations Department of, 13, 31, 62