Conversation No. 18-89

Date: January 17, 1972
Time: 2:39 pm - 2:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 315-4]

     Thoughts on the State of the Union message
         -John D. Ehrlichman
         -Leonard Garment
               -Trip to Asia
         -Tone and approach
               -Ehrlichman and Garment

     Ehrlichman
           -References to the Secretary of the Treasury
                -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                -Intergovernmental relations committee
                -Tax reform
                -Intergovernmental relations committee

     Revisions
          -The President's notes

     List of programs before Congress
           -Revision of statement
                 -Welfare reform, revenue sharing, government reorganization
                 -Environment, health, education
                 -1971
                       -Compared to 1972
                 -Tone
                 -Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor
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          -Handling of draft
              -Additions
              -Timing of delivery to the President

     Conclusions
         -Appeals to Congress, future generations