Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip (37 page)

“Never Again” clubs, 116

New Homemakers of America, 185

New York City, 141–48, 148, 156, 161

Nixon, Pat, 225

Nixon, Richard

Carter’s meeting of, 124–25

on commercialism of presidency, 228

at Eisenhower inauguration, 8

Gallup Poll rating, 224

Mayflower Hotel and, 114

as president, 225

resignation of, 226

Truman’s meeting with, 3, 126, 127, 128

Truman’s relationship with, 126–28, 218, 229

visit with Trumans, 225

Oberholtzer, Madge, 194–95, 199

O’Connor, Basil, 153–54

O’Dwyer, William, 161

One Columbus Center, 183

Osborne, John, 53

Osborne’s Café, 51–53

Osler, William, 17

Oxford University, 218

Packard Motor Car Company, 115

Palmer House, 182

Panetta, Leon, 227

Pappas, George, 100, 101, 103, 105

Pappas, George, Jr., 100, 101, 103

Pappas, George W., 101–3, 102, 104

Parker, Bonnie, 63

Parker, Dorothy, 140

Parkview Motel, 61–62, 65

Paul, Ron, 209

Pauley, Ed, 26

Pendergast, Jimmy, 9

Pendergast, Tom, 9

Pennsylvania Turnpike, 170–73

pensions

congressional, 130, 131

history of, 16–18

presidential, 129–31, 221–22, 230

for presidential widows, 130

Peron, Juan, 145

Perry, Samuel, 118

Peters, Mize, 41, 156

Phillips, H. I., 110

Pierce, Franklin, 11

Pioneer Grill, 178–79

pioneer statues, women, 50

Pius XII, Pope, 218

Porter, Cole, 143, 152

presidents.
See also
ex-presidents;
specific names of presidents

airplanes of, 186–90

income of, 12, 222

ranking polls of, 224

retreats of, 139

press coverage

of Bess Truman, 81–82, 149

in Decatur, 62, 70, 73

at Gulf station in Frederick, 107, 108–9

impromptu conferences at Waldorf-Astoria, 142–43

leaving New York, 166

Madonna of the Trail statue, 193

at Mayflower Hotel, 113

at McKinney home, 79–81, 206

photographers in New York, 147

post-election photograph in St. Louis, 211–12

in Washington, 131–32

Princess Restaurant, The, 100–105

Project Blue Book, 175, 191

Pruitt-Igoe public housing project, 213–14

Raitz, Karl, 90

Rayburn, Sam, 221

Raye, Martha, 157

Reagan Library, 229

Reeves, R. H., 82–83

Republicans, 34, 136, 209

Reserve Officers Association

convention invitation and attendance, 33, 34, 134

convention location, 134, 138–39

founding of, 33

Truman’s speech at, 135, 135–37, 139

retirement, 16–18.
See also
pensions

Rex, Ray, 71, 73

Rib Café, 214–15

Richmond, Indiana, 193–201

Riedal, Fred, 184

River Club, 148, 152–53

roads

driving accidents and deaths, 36–37, 41–42, 82, 171

history of, 62–63, 86–90

interstate highway system, 91, 96

road markings, standardization of, 82

Truman’s knowledge of and fascination with, 49–50

turnpikes, 170–71

road trips

first cross-country, 87

popularity of, 87–88

Truman’s first, 88–89

World’s Fair (1904) caravans, 87–88

during WWII, 90

Robbins, Charles, 52, 82, 113, 115

Rockefeller, John D., 161

Rockefeller, Nelson, 161

Rockville Pike farmhouse (Clifford home), 117–18

Rollins, Byron, 212

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR)

air travel by, 186

death of, 10

historical ranking of, 224

Hoover, H., and, 140, 144

Mayflower Hotel and, 114

museum displays of, 190

Pennsylvania Turnpike funding, 170

presidential retreats of, 139

Truman as vice president, 10

Roosevelt, Kermit, 120, 153

Roosevelt, Theodore

Clifford home and, 118

income as ex-president, 228

pension campaigns and, 130

reelection attempt, 11

residence as ex-president, 19

Truman’s perception of, 57

Rosenberg, Ethel, 47–48, 55, 68–69

Rosenberg, Julius, 47–48, 55, 68–69

Rosenberg, Michael, 55, 69

Rosenberg, Robert, 55, 69

Ross, Charles, 187–88

Roswell Incident, 174, 191

Rothstein, Martin “Doc,” 99–100

Route 40.
See
National Road

Route 66, 90

Russell, Rosalind, 155

Sacred Cow
(airplane), 186–88, 190, 191

Saleh, Allah-Yar, 119–20

Samford, John A., 176–77

Schlesinger, Arthur, 224

Schneithorst, Arthur, 213, 214

Schneithorst, Jim, Jr., 214

Schneithorst’s (restaurant), 212–13

Schoeppel, Andrew F., 128

Secret Service, 13–14, 223, 228, 230, 231

security

airline, 212

of ex-first ladies, 223

of ex-presidents, 13–14, 223, 228, 230, 231

national, and defense spending, 34, 136–37, 139

segregation, 44–47, 134

Seidenman, Sidney, 114

Senate luncheon meetings, 125–29

Sevareid, Eric, 7

Sherrow, Judy, 201

Silverman, Sam, 235

Simon, John Y., 60

Sinatra, Frank, 152

Singer, Mark, 68

Snyder, John W., 41, 121, 184

Sobell, Morton, 48

Social Security Act, 18

South Pacific
(musical), 185

Soviet Union, 34, 47–48, 137, 159, 160–61

speed limits

Pennsylvania Turnpike and, 170, 171

safety and lack of, 37

Truman and, 37, 41, 42, 116, 172

during WWII, 90

Spitzer, Eliot, 115

Springfield, Illinois, 57, 58, 59

St. Louis, Missouri, 211–15

Stafford, Terry, 26

Stalker, Harold, 70

Stampler, Manley, 1–2, 172–73, 198

Stark, Lloyd, 126

Starr, James, 196

Starr Piano Factory, 196, 200,
200

State of Union addresses, 157

States’ Rights Democratic Party, 134

Stephenson, David C., 194–95, 199

Stevenson, Adlai, 7, 58–59, 78–79, 80, 113, 145

Stewart, Frederick, 29

Stokes, Isaac, 160, 161

Stone, Martin, 12

Straisant, Marcus, 147,
148

“Strange Fruit” (song), 69

Sullins, Virginia, 213

Sunday, Harvey, 168–70

Sunday, Helen, 168–69

Taft, Robert, 128, 131, 187

Taft, William H., 11, 130, 140

Teen Times
(magazine), 186

television, 140, 156–58, 176

terHorst, J. F., 187

Thompson, Marguerite Peyton, 147

Thurmond, J. Strom, 134–35

Tiernan, Curtis, 195

Tim (Rockville Pike homeowner), 117–18

Toben, Mary, 51, 52, 53