Conversation: 020-003
Prev: 020-002 Next: 020-004Start Date: 31-Jan-1972 2:34 PM
End Date: 31-Jan-1972 2:42 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ribicoff, Abraham A.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:01:11
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:09:51
NARA Description:
On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Abraham A. Ribicoff talked on the telephone from 2:34 pm to 2:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 20-3 Date: January 31, 1972 Time: 2:34 pm - 2:42 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Abraham A. Ribicoff. [See Conversation No. 661-1B] Greetings Ribicoff's comments on welfare reform -President's commitment to reform Welfare reform bill -Congressional problems -President's view -Advice of Ribicoff -Budget problem -Russell B. Long -Wallace F. Bennett -The President’s possible meeting with Long, Bennett, and Ribicoff -Possibility of common ground -Ribicoff's view -Finance Committee attitude -Possibility of common ground -Bennett -Support for the President -Influence on others -Carl T. Curtis -Paul J. Fannin -Herman E. Talmadge's stance -Harry F. Byrd Jr.'s stance -Ribicoff’s talk with Elliot L. Richardson, January 31, 1972 -Protest against expensive programs -Ribicoff’s speech -Medicare and Medicaid -Addition of working poor to welfare program -Number -Cost -Reaction by Congress 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Present program -Effective date -1973 budget maneuvers -Ribicoff’s conversation with Richardson -Pilot program -Testing of new program -Benefits -Options -Savings -Workability -Effect in Finance Committee -Results -Remainder of President's bill -Family Assistance Plan [FAP] -Debate on floor -Results -House Resolution [HR] 1 -Possibility of meeting with Long, Bennett, and Ribicoff -The President’s schedule -Recent meeting with Richardson -Cancer program -Confrontation in committee -Results -Ribicoff view -Pilot program for working poor -Results in Finance Committee -Bennett, Long, and Ribicoff -Floor maneuvers -Results -House of Representatives -HR 1 -Ribicoff amendments -Working poor inclusion -Results -Ribicoff’s possible meeting with John D. Ehrlichman -Strategy discussion -Richardson -President's position -Necessity -Ribicoff's speech -The President’s news summary note -Results 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Benefits of talk -Ribicoff’s possible meeting with Ehrlichman and Richardson -Long’s and Bennett’s opinion -Ribicoff view -Welfare poor pilot program -Editorials -Ribicoff constituency view -Connecticut -Ehrlichman meeting -The President’s possible talk with Ribicoff