The Arrogance of Power (114 page)

Hannah in fund:
(babysitting) Kornitzer, op. cit., p. 191; (Frank wept)
MEM,
p. 109; (Hannah on phone)
MEM,
p. 99; (Hannah/Ike telegram) Kornitzer, op. cit., pp. 192, 205–;
MEM,
p. 107; (inauguration note)
MEM,
p. 117.

RN promised to retire:
NYT
magazine, Sept. 13, 1970; Mazo, op. cit., p. 139.

1952 inauguration:
Lurie, op. cit., p. 159.

RN on peace:
e.g., 1969 inaugural address in full in
Whittier Rock,
Spring 1969.

“exaltation”:
PAT,
p. 132.

portents:
(Haldeman)
MO,
pp. 825, 826; (father)
MO,
pp. 573, 636;
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Oct. 3, 1952; (Goldberg in '52)
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Feb. 23, 1998; (Goldberg in Watergate) Washington
Star
-
News,
Aug. 19, 1973;
WP,
Aug. 20, 1973, Feb. 4, 1998; (Goldberg re. Lewinsky) ibid. and
LAT Book Review,
Mar. 14, 1999; (meets Hunt) int. Howard Hunt; Hunt,
Undercover,
op. cit., p. 127: (Hunt card) Hunt Corr file, VP, NA; (Ervin sworn in) Paul Clancy,
Just a Country Lawyer,
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1974, p. 155.

poem:
David, op. cit., p. 13–.

Duke Zeibert's:
James Bassett unpub. ms., pp. 52, 234.

Bassett:
(background) Klein, op. cit., p. 137–; Bassett letters to Wilma Bassett, 1952, 1954, 1960, Bassett Collection, Bassett ms.,
supra.,
p. lxv–; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 329–; int. Cynthia Bassett, Gottlieb & Wolt, op. cit., p. 279; (“intense”) Bassett ms., p. 52; (“affable”) int. James Bassett by FRB, FBP; (“son”) ibid.; (“oldest”) JB to Wilma, June 3, 1954, Bassett Collection; (P-55) Bassett ms., pp. 46, 60; (“judgement”) JB to Wilma, June 3, 1954,
supra.;
(“chlorophyll”) Bassett ms., p. 27; (“ice”) ibid., p. 13; (“subliminal”) James Bassett int. by FB, FBP; (“I remember”) Bassett ms., p. lxx; (“balls”) James Bassett int. by FB, FBP; (“retreat”) Bassett ms. p. 52; (“lonesome”) JB to Wilma, June 3, 1954,
supra.;
(“grimness”) Bassett ms., p. lxix.

RN and drink:
(RN writing) Nixon,
Arena,
op. cit., Ch. 11; (protestations) e.g., int. Robert Cushman by FB, FBP; (“we ordered”) Bassett ms. p. 11; (“fabulous Cad”) ibid., p. 27–; (“Scotches”) ibid., p. 164; (“We'd arrived”) ibid., p. 244; (“Rarely”)
Time,
Aug. 25, 1952; (“At 5
P
.
M
.”) Bellino autobiographical notes, Bellino Papers; (“wonderful catalysts”) Bobst to RN, Apr. 20, 1956, corr. files, Series 320, Box 90, VP, NA; (gin) Elmer Bobst,
Bobst,
New York: David McKay, 1973, p. 273; (“won't drink”)
Colliers,
July 9, 1954; (hair way down) JB to Wilma, June 10, 1960, Bassett Collection; (“after Martinis”) James Bassett int. by FB, FBP and see Haldeman and DiMona, op. cit., p. 45; (“not a shit!”)
JA,
p. 343.

RN and Eisenhower:
(“errand boy”)
Life,
Dec. 14, 1953; (“Asst. President”) ibid.; (Johnson) Jeff Shesol,
Mutual Contempt,
New York: Norton, 1997, p. 79; (Reston) Blanche Wiesen Cook, “Dwight David Eisenhower: Antimilitarist in the White House,”
Forums in History,
St. Charles, MO: Foreign Press, 1974, p. 3; (“immature”) Wicker, op. cit., p. 196 and
AMI,
p. 379; (liability) int. Robert Finch in eds. Miller Center, op. cit., p. 260; (“tea-drinkers”) Bassett unpub. ms.,
supra.,
p. 27–; (“dumb”) JB to Wilma, Mar. 6, 1954, Bassett Collection; (RN . . . smiled)
MEM,
p. 145; (“slip . . . a gadget”) Bassett unpub. ms.,
supra.,
p. 48—entry for Mar. 12, 1954; (“You know boys”)
AMI,
p. 334fn; (Ike “remembered”)
WP,
Mar. 15, 1997; (Ike castigating) AP, Oct. 21, 1979;
AMI,
p. 349; (“snake's belly”) Bassett ms., p. 207; (“six times”)
Newsday,
Apr. 25, 1994, citing H. R. Haldeman notes, Apr. 1969; (Ike golf) Lurie, op. cit., p. 160; (“furious dedication”) ibid.; (RN cheated?) London
Daily Express,
Aug. 9, 1996; (“Nixon fired”) Bassett ms., p. 17–; (“RN complained”/bridge) int. Walter Trohan; (not in private quarters) int. John Rothmann, citing Bryce Harlow; (“never asked”) White,
1960, op. cit., p. 66; (“Hutschnecker”) Winter-Berger, op. cit., p. 257; (de Toledano) Lurie, op. cit., p. 161, citing PBS program, Oct. 14, 1971.

Rejections:
(Duke)
COQ
magazine, Jan. 1974; (Whittier) Mazo, op. cit., p. 139 and JB to Wilma, June 10, 1954, Bassett Collection; (“pained”)
Good Housekeeping,
June 1960; (few friends) int. Walter Trohan; (“uncomfortable”) Nancy Dickerson,
Among Those Present,
New York: Random House, 1976, p. 1976; (“wooden”) int. Patricia Alsop by FB, FBP,
FB,
p. 336; (aversion) Alsop, op. cit., p. 28–.

“bone tired”:
Mazo, op. cit., p. 152.

“through with politics”:
MEM,
p. 163.

agreed with Pat:
JA,
p. 234.

Bassett bet:
Alsop, op. cit., p. 155.

Ike illness:
(heart attack) Adams, op. cit., p. 180; Manchester, op. cit., p. 752; (RN reaction) Press Secretary Jim Hagerty acct., Hagerty papers, DDEL;
MEM,
p. 164;
American Weekly,
Mar. 4, 1956; Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 132; (“voice hoarse”) James D. Barber, professor of political science, Duke University,
Political Science Quarterly,
Winter 1977–78, p. 588; (RN presided) Adams, op. cit., p. 186; (“leaned backward”) ibid., p. 185; (Dulles's biographer) Hoopes, op. cit., p. 304–; (Randall/“pray”) cabinet notes, July 4–Aug. 1, 1956, Clarence Randall Papers, Box 3, DDEL–the note was reported by economist Gabriel Hauge; (“I would be next”)
MEM,
p. 167; (Hall) Henry Brandon,
Special Relationships,
New York: Atheneum, 1988, p. 140.

Ike handling of vice presidency, 1956:
(shortlist) entries for Dec. 13, 14, 1955, James Hagerty papers, DDEL; (“I've watched Dick”) Emmet Hughes,
The Ordeal of Power,
New York: Atheneum, 1963, p. 173; (cabinet post suggested)
AMI,
p. 387; (Some would insist) Bob Considine column, Oct. 10, 1974, citing Milton Eisenhower,
The President Is Calling,
New York: Doubleday, 1974; Adams, op. cit., p. 230; (“be very gentle”) diary note, Eisenhower secretary Ann Whitman, Feb. 9, 1956, DDEL; (cat-and-mouse)
AMI,
p. 384; (“agonizing”) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 161; (“anguish”) Bryce Harlow cited at
FB,
p. 350; (“hurt”) Mazo, op. cit., p. 164—perhaps citing Chotiner, see Leonard Lurie,
Party Politics,
New York: Stein & Day, 1980, p. 245; (“fury”) int. Walter Trohan; (“depressed”)
PAT,
p. 157.

Chotiner:
(“April meeting”) Ann Whitman diary, Apr. 26, 1956, DDEL;
AMI,
p. 398 and see NY
World
-
Telegram
&
Sun,
Apr. 27, 1956; (revelations emerge) Federal Trade Commission Order 6236, Dec. 22, 1955, Box 230, DPP; (FBI) Nichols to Jones, Jan. 25, 1956, FBI 63-2766-2; (furor)
Behind the Scenes
magazine, Mar. 1956—issued Jan.;
LAT,
Jan. 12, 1956; (untrue claim)
WP,
Jan. 4, 1956; (probe) NY
World
-
Telegram
&
Sun,
Washington
Daily News,
Apr. 27, 1956; (RN to tell the press) Ann Whitman diary, Apr. 26, 1956, DDEL;
AMI,
p. 398.

RN in '56 campaign:
(campaign plane)
Time,
Nov. 5, 1956; (Pat/mike)
U.S. News
&
World Report,
Oct. 5, 1956; (Haldeman) H. R. “Bob” Haldeman deposition, May 22, 1973;
DNC vs. McCord,
Civil Action 1233-72, U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C., p. 10; H. R. “Bob” Haldeman to RN, May 22, 1956, Series 320, Box 311, VP, NA.

Hughes:
(background) Donald Barlett and James Steele,
Empire,
New York: Norton, 1979; Charles Higham,
Howard Hughes, The Secret Life,
London: Pan, 1994; (bribery) Barlett and Steele, op. cit., p. 147–; Higham, Hughes, op. cit., p. 151; (Truman) Noah Dietrich and Bob Thomas,
Howard, The Amazing Mr. Hughes,
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1972, p. 241–; (Dewey) ibid.; (Hughes's politics) Barlett and Steele, op. cit., p. 178; (“I can buy”) Higham, Hughes, op. cit., frontispiece; (“He figured”) Dietrich and Thomas, op. cit., p. 241–.

RN and Hughes:
(“Never met”) int. of RN by Prof. Herbert Parmet, supplied to author and see Parmet, op. cit., p. 403–; (Haldeman)
HD,
p. 397; Parmet, op. cit., p. 409;
JA,
p. 259; (St. Johns)
MO,
p. 592 citing Richard St. Johns and conv. Roger Morris; (“old buddy”) int. Donald A. Nixon; (“encountered”) int. Herbert Klein; (“happy . . . over seeing you”) JDH to RN, memo, Jan. 23, 1959, Howard Hughes file, VP, NA,
AMI,
p. 599; (Don Hughes) int. Gen. Don Hughes; (from the very start) Michael Drosnin,
Citizen Hughes,
New York: Bantam, 1986, pp. 311, 519; (RN praise) Peter Brown and Pat Broeske,
Howard Hughes, The Untold Story,
New York: Signet, 1997, p. 341; (Giancana) Sam and Chuck Giancana, op. cit., p. 211; int. Sam Giancana (nephew).

Stassen:
(1956 bid) Fullest accounts, see
U.S. News
&
World report,
Aug. 3, 1956; Mazo, op. cit., p. 158–; (“aloof”) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 167; (“scared”) Mazo, op. cit., p. 179.

Maheu:
(background) Maheu and Hack, op. cit.; Hougan, op. cit., p. 278–; (early work for Hughes) Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 55–.

Anti-Stassen operation:
Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 79–; int. Robert Maheu; (basket) Hougan,
Spooks,
op. cit., p. 280; (“cannot . . . be told”) Alsop, op. cit., p. 72; (polls announced) Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 82, Mazo, op. cit., p. 182; (“no gratitude”) int. Robert Maheu, and Maheu and Hack, op. cit., p. 82; (“malleable”) ibid., pp. 79.

Hughes loan:
(Waters's call) Noah Dietrich, int. transcript, p. 126; Charles Higham Collection, Mary Norton Clapp Library, Occidental College, and Dietrich, op. cit., p. 281; (Donald Nixon
business) Donald Nixon personal statement, 1960, File 804, Box 104, WSPF; (“smell”) Dietrich, op. cit., p. 281; (lease worth less than half) ibid., p. 282;
The Reporter,
Aug. 16, 1962 and detail in Nicholas North-Broome,
The Hughes
-
Nixon Loan,
New York: American Public Affairs Inst., 1972; (Dietrich warning) Dietrch, op. cit., p. 283; (“family comes ahead”) Dietrich int. transcript,
supra.;
(loan secrecy) Drew Pearson column draft, Oct. 25, 1960 and see Donald Nixon personal statement,
supra.;
(to bury further)
The Reporter,
Aug. 16, 1962; (supposedly used) Dietrich, op. cit., p. 281; (“Pull 'em off”) Dietrich int.,
supra.;
Dietrich, op. cit., p. 284; (leaked)
The Reporter,
Aug. 16, 1962; (“I had nothing”) RN int. with Larry Collins; Long Beach
Independent,
undated, 1962, Box G 281, DPP; (lot transfer) Dietrich, op. cit., p. 285; (owner until '62) North-Broome, op. cit., p. 93 and see Frank Waters to William Gay, Jan. 4, 1963, Box 92, WSPF; (waived rights) letter agreement between F. Waters and H. Nixon, Dec. 12, 1954, ibid.; (Ridgeley) North-Broome, op. cit., p. 86; Parmet, op. cit., p. 405; (“call Dick,” etc.) int. Philip Reiner; New York
Post,
Nov. 1, 1960; (RN to Cal.) ibid.; (ensure no tax) DP column, Oct. 27, 1960, Box G 281, DPP; (RN on list) ibid. and DP column draft, Oct. 25, 1960; (suggested Carnation) int. Dietrich,
supra.,
p. 126; (Carnation post) North-Broome, op. cit., pp. 94, 99 and see
MO,
pp. 637, 650; (no impropriety) RN to Ben Bradlee,
Meet the Press,
TV program transcript, VI.37, Oct. 7, 1962, p. 10; (“won't answer”) int. Frank Waters; (“really for Richard”) int. C. Arnholt Smith; (new house)
NYT,
UPI, June 4, 1957; ed. Sevareid, op. cit., pp. 106, 138;
PAT,
p. 168; (mortgage)
MEM,
p. 243; (before selling) ed. Abell, op. cit., p. 384; (foes speculated) Kline to Champion; (Gov. Pat Brown Staff), Feb. 11, 1961, Nitze-Nixon folder, RFK papers, AG's general corr., Box 42, JFKL; (Medical Institute & IRS) Barlett and Steele, op. cit., p. 198; (airplane purchases/ TWA) ibid., p. 217–; (concessions to TWA) ed. Miller,
Breaking of a President,
op. cit., Vol. 3, p. 113; Jack Anderson with James Boyd,
Confessions of a Muckraker,
New York: Random House, 1979, p. 329; (TWA president) North-Broome, op. cit., p. 14,
MO,
pp. 573, 746—the president was Charles Thomas; (“curious”/“bargain?”) Dietrich, op. cit., p. 285; (“draw your conclusions”)
WP,
Feb. 6, 1972; (“not philanthropist”) Benjamin Schemmer unpub. ms. provided to author, p. 214; (“In back of mind”)
WP,
Dec. 16, 1973; (“damaging”) Nixon,
Six Crises,
op. cit., p. 243.

RN/Pat marriage:
(Pat titles) Gil Troy,
Affairs of State,
New York: Free Press, 1997, p. 175; (supportive)
PAT,
p. 157; (silly things)
NYT,
Aug. 21, 1956; (clothing) Paul Boller,
Presidential Wives,
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 404; (“actress”)
PAT,
p. 143; (“gadding”)
PAT,
p. 162; (“I can think . . .”)
NYT,
Aug. 21, 1956; (“serious problem”) Ann Whitman diary, Mar. 13, 1956, DDEL; (“terror”) Pierpoint, op. cit., p. 186; (“blowing stack”) Bryant, op. cit., p. 249; (“temper”) Alsop, op. cit., p. 59; (“chewed hell”) Wills, op. cit., p. 30; (“one of her moods”) JB to Wilma, Sept. 4, 1960, Bassett Collection; (“wasn't speaking”) int. Jessamyn West by FB, FBP; (“Dick sent me”) Garry Wills in
Esquire,
July 1994; (“They would always”) int. James Bassett by FB, FBP; (adopt?)
PAT,
p. 161; (restaurant incident) int. James Bassett by FB, FBP, the date of the incident was probably Nov. 1957; (“Deadass!”) ibid.