-
Index
- University of Missouri Press
- Chapter
- Additional Information
193 Abortion rights, 5, 50, 147; conservatives’ anger at Smith for, 148; convention debates on, 132, 135; dropped from Republican platform, 145, 157, 160; Republicans’ opposition to, 48, 159; Republicans’ support for, 48, 67; Smith working for, 48, 160; Smith’s support for, 7, 59, 119 Abzug, Bella, 49, 56 Adkins, Bertha, 45 Advertising campaign, RNC’s, 110; criticism of, 94–95, 105; effects of controversy over, 97–98 Affirmative action, 150–51 Agnew, Spiro, 7–8, 43, 52, 58 Air Force, US, 17 Alcoholism, of Smith’s father, 11 Ambition, Smith’s, 39–40, 159 American Conservative Union, opposition to Smith as RNC chair, 138–39 Anderson, Gwen, 101–2 Antipoverty programs, opposition to, 28, 35 Appearance, Smith’s, 13, 68–69, 107, 116 Armitage, Connie, 60 Arms control, 25, 33 Armstrong, Anne Legendre, 51, 56; Nixon and, 54–55, 63; as RNC co-chair, 47, 52; Smith and, 47–48, 57–58 Army, Elmer Smith serving with, 16–17 Athletics, Elmer Smith’s passion for, 14, 18–19 Axel, John and Joan, 163 Baker, James, III, 149 Barbour, Haley, 115, 161–63 Barnett, Mary (aunt), 150 Barnowsky, William, 94 Belin, David, 133 Berry, Mary Frances, 124, 151–52 Bertini, Catherine, 122 Beyond War, Smith’s work with, 158 Biden, Joe, 152 Bliss, Ray: appointing Committee on Convention Reforms, 40–41; background of, 38–39; reconstructing Republican Party , 38–39, 89; as RNC chair, 38, 44; Smith compared to, 38, 66, 73, 116 Blue, Cathlene, 20, 23–24 Blue, Robert, 20 Board of social welfare, Smith wanting position on, 24 Bond, Christopher, 100 Bozell and Jacobs, advertising campaign by, 93–95, 105 Braden, Maria, 69 Branstad, Terry, 153 Brennan, Edward, 137 Brock, Bill, 75, 138–39, 162 Broder, David, 68, 108, 110–11, 116 Brooks, Mary, 40–41, 43–45 Burch, Dean, 33, 37, 67 Burrows, John, 36 Bush, Barbara, 53–54, 63, 66 Bush, George H. W., 76, 145; Commission on Civil Rights and, 5, 153; moderates and, 67, 160; on Nixon and Watergate, 59, 64; positions of, 47, 67; as president, 122, 158–59; Reagan and, 146, 159; as RNC chairman, 3, 8, 56, 65–66, 72–73, 84; on RNC chairman position, 46; on RNC financial problems, 56, 96, 111; RNC fund-raising telethon and, 63–64; Smith as RNC chairman and, 67, 73, 84; Smith as RNC co-chairman and, 55, 58– 59, 72; Smith’s appointments and, 5, 148– 49, 155, 159; Smith’s friendship with, 53, 63; supporting Smith’s Grassroots ’74 project, 61–63; trying to distance RNC from Watergate scandal, 54–56, 62; women’s issues and, 59, 122 Bush, George W., 123 Index 194 INDEX Cabinet meetings, Smith attending, 71, 75, 98, 108, 140 Camp, Dorothy, 24, 25, 31 Campaign finance laws, 41, 102, 109; effects of, 1, 96, 99 Campaign Reform Act of 1974, 99, 126–27 Campaigns, 23, 46, 93; Ray’s for Iowa governor , 43, 142; Smith working on, 140, 147; Smith’s, for national committeewoman, 28–31 Campaigns, presidential: Ford’s, 93, 135–36; Goldwater’s, 24–25, 28, 34–36; Nixon’s, 43, 52–53, 63; Reagan’s, 146–47; RNC and, 93, 127–28, 136 Cancers, Smith’s, 163–64 Candidates, 75; availability of strong, 8, 39, 139–40; limits on parties’ funding of, 109– 10; RNC support for, 108, 111, 136; RNC’s equal treatment of, 127–28; Smith’s commitment to helping, 41–42, 52, 77 Carmichael, O. C., 112–14 Carter, Jimmy, 133–34, 136–37 Cheney, Richard B.“Dick,” 97, 114, 134–35 China, Bush’s embassy post in, 67 Chisholm, Shirley, 49, 50 Christian right, 143, 162; Smith’s campaign against, 159–60; strength of, 7, 158–59 Church activities, Smith’s family’s, 9–10 Citizens for Reagan (CFR), 131–32 Civil rights: for gays and lesbians, 155–56; in Republican platform, 33; Smith developing understanding of, 151; Smith feeling unaffected by, 21, 150; Smith’s exclusion from civil rights commission, 153–54; US Commission on Civil Rights in, 149–50; women ’s rights as part of broader movement, 150–51 Civil Rights Act, Goldwater opposing, 28 Clark, Dick, 141–42 Clayburgh, Ben, 73 Clinton, Bill, 122, 162 Collins, Gary, 105 Colom, Audrey Rowe, 123 Committee on Convention Reforms, Smith on, 40–41 Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), 55–56 Communication, as problem in Republican Party, 95 Communism, 28; NFRW conservatism vs., 22, 25; Smith’s fear of creep of, 23, 42 Communist Party, 33 Community...