Ronnie and Nancy

by Bob Colacello

  38. Healy in Saturday Evening Post, April 1974.

  39. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 1, 2004.

  40. Angie Dickinson, to author, October 1, 1999.

  41. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 5.

  42. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 61.

  43. Ibid., p. 62; Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 129.

  44. Goldwater with Casserly, Goldwater, pp. 155–56; Perlstein, Before the Storm, p. 260.

  45. New York Times, May 30, 1964, “Attacks Provoke Goldwater Camp.”

  46. Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 64.

  47. Vidal in The New York Review of Books, September 29, 1983.

  48. Homer Hargrave Jr., to author, February 22, 2002.

  49. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Justin Dart, OH 1676, p. 41.

  50. Author’s diary, September 22, 1999.

  51. Ogden, Legacy, p. 378.

  52. Jean Hayden Mathison, to author, October 5, 1999.

  53. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, p. 11.

  54. Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997.

  55. David Jones, to author, March 12, 2000; Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997; Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 4, 1997.

  56. Author’s diary, March 25, 2003.

  57. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 112.

  58. Ibid., p. 111.

  59. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998.

  60. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Justin Dart, OH 1676, p. 40.

  61. Marion Jorgensen, to author, November 4, 1997.

  62. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, pp. 2–3; Los Angeles Times, July 8, 1997, “Henry Salvatori, Major Donor to GOP, Dies”; Federal Bureau of Investigation file on Henry Salvatori, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, December 6, 2001.

  63. Laurie Salvatori, to author, October 29, 1997.

  64. Connie Wald, to author, July 24, 2003.

  65. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, p. 3.

  66. Ibid.

  67. Laurie Salvatori, to author, October 29, 1997.

  68. Proubasta in Geophysics, August 1983; Federal Bureau of Investigation file on Henry Salvatori, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, December 6, 2001; Laurie Salvatori, to author, October 29, 1997.

  69. Viladas in New York Times Magazine, August 18, 2002, p. 189; Life, October 3, 1938, “Negroes: The U.S. Also Has a Minority Problem,” p. 54.

  70. Williams in American Magazine, July 1937, p. 59.

  71. Jean Hayden Mathison, to author, October 5, 1999.

  72. Anne Douglas, to author, November 29, 1999.

  Notes

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  73. Neil Reagan oral history, pp. 46–49.

  74. Ibid., p. 30; Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 13.

  75. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 133.

  76. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 114.

  77. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 795, “A Time for Choosing: An Address by Ronald Reagan.”

  78. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 130; Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 67; Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 132–33.

  79. Laurie Salvatori, to author, October 29, 1997.

  80. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 72.

  81. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 131.

  82. Perlstein, Before the Storm, p. 504.

  83. Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 12.

  84. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.

  85. Nicholas Wetzel, to author, April 11, 2001.

  86. Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 71. See also French Smith, Law and Justice in the Reagan Administration.

  87. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 114.

  88. New York Times, May 31, 1980, “Reagan’s Inner Circle of Self-Made Men.”

  89. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998.

  90. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, pp. 114–15.

  91. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998.

  92. Bruce McFarland, to author, February 14, 2002.

  93. Arlene Dahl, to author, May 16, 2001.

  94. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 22.

  95. Ibid., p. 23.

  96. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, pp.

  3–4. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  97. Jack Wrather, “On Friendship, Politics, and Government,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 3–5. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  98. New York Times, January 23, 1965, “Reagan Weighing a New Role in Gubernatorial Race on Coast.”

  99. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 115.

  100. Jaquelin Hume, “Basic Economics and the Body Politic: Views of a Northern California Reagan Loyalist,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 17, 22. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  101. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Ed Mills, OH 1677, p. 80; The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 134.

  102. William French Smith, “Evolution of the Kitchen Cabinet, 1965–1973,” an oral history conducted 1988, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1989, pp. 7–8. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  103. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 134–35; New York Times, October 16, 1966,

  “Pat Brown vs. Ronnie Reagan; Political Fun and Games in California.”

  104. Stuart Spencer, to author, November 5, 1997.

  105. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 196.

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  Notes

  106. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997.

  107. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.

  108. Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997.

  109. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, pp. 131–32.

  110. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 135.

  111. Ibid.

  112. Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997.

  113. New York Times, October 16, 1966, “Pat Brown vs. Ronnie Reagan; Political Fun and Games in California”; Dallek, The Right Moment, pp. 179, 184.

  114. Randall Smith, But What’s He Really Like? , p. 19.

  115. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 72, 80–81.

  116. Ibid., pp. 72, 66, 52, 69.

  117. Liza Lerner, to author, December 12, 1999.

  118. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.

  119. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 73–79.

  120. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, pp. 140–43; Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 97–105.

  121. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, pp. 146–47.

  122. Ibid., p. 149.

  123. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, October 25, 1999.

  124. New York Times, January 5, 1966, “Reagan Enters Gubernatorial Race in California”; Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 491; Randall Smith, But What’s He Really Like? , p. 4.

  125. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 140.

  126. New York Times, January 5, 1966, “Reagan Enters Gubernatorial Race in California”; Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.

  127. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 144.

  128. Stanley Plog oral history, pp. 5–6, 10.

  129. Ibid., p. 7.

  130. New York Times, January 5, 1966, “Reagan Enters Gubernatorial Race in California”; New York Times, November 14, 1965, “The Ronald Reagan Story; Or, Tom Sawyer Enters Politics.”

  131. Cannon, Reagan, p. 111; Nofziger, Nofziger, pp. 38–42.

  132. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 135.

  133. New York Times, June 14, 1966, “Reagan Receives Pledge of Unity.
”

  134. Frances Bergen, to author, March 30, 2000; Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 135.

  135. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 1998.

  136. Ogden, Legacy, p. 493.

  137. Armand Deutsch, to author, November 7, 1997.

  138. Harriet Deutsch, to author, November 7, 1997.

  139. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, pp. 132–33.

  140. Stuart Spencer, to author, November 5, 1997.

  141. Stanley Plog oral history, p. 20.

  142. Brown and Brown, Reagan, pp. 11, 35.

  143. California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit, Reports and Research Papers, “E-7 Historical California Population Estimates,”

  http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/e-7.xls.

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  144. McClelland, Hollywood on Ronald Reagan, p. 210; Stuart Spencer, to author, November 5, 1997.

  145. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, pp. 15–16.

  146. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 136.

  147. Marion Jorgensen and Nancy Reagan, to author, March 1, 2004.

  148. Mann, Wisecracker, p. 345; Jean Hayden Mathison, to author, October 5, 1999.

  Chapter Fourteen: Sacramento, 1967–1968

  1. Robert Walker, “Political Advising and Advocacy for Ronald Reagan, 1965–1980,” an oral history conducted 1982, 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, p. 52. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  2. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999, March 1, 2004.

  3. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 83.

  4. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 155.

  5. Marion Jorgensen, to author, March 1, 2004.

  6. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, pp. 134–35; Hill, Dancing Bear, p. 222; Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 171–72.

  7. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, p. 14.

  8. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 136.

  9. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 172–73.

  10. Marion Jorgensen, to author, March 1, 2004.

  11. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, p. 35.

  12. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 136.

  13. Sacramento Union, January 5, 1967, “Charming Figure: Inaugural Spotlight Turns on Nancy Reagan Tonight.”

  14. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 13, 2004.

  15. Sacramento Union, January 5, 1967, “Charming Figure: Inaugural Spotlight Turns on Nancy Reagan Tonight.”

  16. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 6.

  Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  17. Ibid., p. 28.

  18. Ibid., pp. 29–30.

  19. Greenberg in Los Angeles Times West, April 23, 1967.

  20. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Justin Dart, OH 1676, pp. 45–47.

  21. Gordon Luce, to author, April 4, 2000.

  22. Jaquelin Hume, “Basic Economics and the Body Politic: Views of a Northern California Reagan Loyalist,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 26–27. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  23. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 176; The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 124.

  24. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 176–78; The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Ed Mills, OH 1677, p. 74.

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  Notes

  25. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, p. 21.

  26. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 182.

  27. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Henry Salvatori, OH 1674, p. 22.

  28. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 136.

  29. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 37.

  Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  30. Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997.

  31. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 137.

  32. Jaquelin Hume, “Basic Economics and the Body Politic: Views of a Northern California Reagan Loyalist,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1984, p. 37. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  33. Greenberg in Los Angeles Times West, April 23, 1967.

  34. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, pp. 33, 43. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  35. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 180.

  36. “Reagan: The Governor,” KCRA-TV, circa 1975, Steve Swatt, producer-reporter, Pamela J. Morgan, director, provided courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

  37. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, p. 174; Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 194.

  38. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 44.

  Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  39. “CBS Reports: What About Ronald Reagan?” CBS News, December 12, 1967, Harry Reasoner and Bill Stout, reporters, Gene DePoris, producer, Sam Zel-man, executive producer; Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 62.

  40. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, p. 196; Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 218.

  41. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 211; Richard Davis, to author, April 25, 2002, September 29, 2000.

  42. “Reagan: The Governor,” KCRA-TV, circa 1975, Steve Swatt, producer-reporter, Pamela J. Morgan, director, provided courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

  43. Cannon, Reagan, pp. 131–32.

  44. “CBS Reports: What About Ronald Reagan?” CBS News, December 12, 1967, Harry Reasoner and Bill Stout, reporters, Gene DePoris, producer, Sam Zel-man, executive producer.

  45. Christy in Los Angeles Times West, June 27, 1971.

  46. McHugh in Los Angeles Times West, April 23, 1967.

  47. New York Times, February 11, 1967, “False Alarm at Reagan Home”; Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 178.

  48. New York Times, March 25, 1969, “Reagan’s Friends Buy House so He Can Stay in It”; New York Times, February 2, 1970, “Influence of Reagan’s Landlords Questioned in California Governorship Race”; New York Times, September 12, 1970, “Unruh Fights Hard to Overcome Campaign Lead Held by Reagan.”

  49. Marion Jorgensen, to author, March 1, 2004.

  50. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 211.

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  51. Christy in Los Angeles Times West, June 27, 1971.

  52. Cannon, Ronnie and Jesse, pp. 139, 196; McHugh in Los Angeles Times West, April 23, 1967; Hill, Dancing Bear, p. 230.

  53. Christy in Los Angeles Times West, June 27, 1971.

  54. Wills, Reagan’s America, p. 300.

  55. Didion in Saturday Evening Post, June 1968.

  56. Justine Bloomingdale and Serena Carroll, to author, November 6, 1999.

  57. California News Reporter, October 6, 1967, “California’s ‘Elusive’ First Lady.”

  58. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, p. 6.

  59. Cannon, Ronnie and Jesse, pp. 158–61.

  60. “CBS Reports: What About Ronald Reagan?” CBS News, December 12, 1967, Harry Reasoner and Bill Stout, reporters, Gene DePoris, producer, Sam Zel-man, executive producer.

  61. “Nancy: Portrait of a Politician’s Wife,” television news profile circa 1975, courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

  62. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003.

  63. Ibid.

  64. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 240.

  65. Nofziger, Nofziger, pp. 75–77.

  66. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 243–44.

  67. Ibid., p. 245.

  68. Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 78.

  69. Robert Tuttle, to author, March 19, 2003; Nofziger, Nofziger,
p. 78.

  70. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 247–49.

  71. Nofziger, Nofziger, pp. 82–83.

  72. William Clark, to author, March 14, 2000.

  73. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003.

  74. William Clark, to author, March 14, 2000.

  75. Ibid.

  76. Von Damm, At Reagan’s Side, p. 70.

  77. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 4, 1997.

  78. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 136.

  79. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003.

  80. Stuart Spencer, to author, November 5, 1997.

  81. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, p. 36.

  82. Vernon Cristina, “A Northern Californian Views Conservative Politics and Policies, 1963–1970,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 35. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library; Rus Walton, “Turning Political Ideas into Government Program,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, pp. 1–2. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  83. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, pp. 47–50.

  84. Deaver, Nancy, pp. 46–48.

  85. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, p. 46.

  86. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003; Carolyn Deaver, to author, April 17, 2000.

  87. Helene von Damm, to author, May 23, 2000.

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  Notes

  88. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003; Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 303.

  89. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, pp. 136–37.

  90. Paul R. Haerle, “Ronald Reagan and Republican Party Politics in California, 1965–1968,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1983, pp. 13–14. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  91. “Nancy: Portrait of a Politician’s Wife,” television news profile circa 1975, courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

  92. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004.

  93. Carolyn Deaver, to author, April 17, 2000.

  94. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.

  95. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004.

  96. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 138.

  97. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.

  98. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 138.

  99. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 304.