Conversation: 111-001
Prev: 110-011 Next: 111-002Start Date: 20-Dec-1972 11:24 AM
End Date: 20-Dec-1972 11:32 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); National Commission on Productivity; Meany, George; Lyons, John H. ("Jack"); Dennis, C. L.; Hall, Paul; Abel, I[lorwith] W.; Fitzsimmons, Frank E.; Greathouse, Pat; Brennan, Peter J.; Shultz, George P.; Stein, Herbert; Rumsfeld, Donald H.;Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On December 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the National Commission on Productivity, including George Meany, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, C. L. Dennis, Paul Hall, I[lorwith] W. Abel, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Pat Greathouse, Peter J. Brennan, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:32 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 111-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 111-1
Date: December 20, 1972
Time: Unknown after 11:24 am until 11:32 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with George Meany, John H. (“Jack”) Lyons, C. L. Dennis, Paul Hall,
I[lorwith] W. Abel, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Pat Greathouse, Peter J. Brennan, George P. Shultz,
Herbert Stein, and Donald H. Rumsfeld
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
Greetings
Productivity Commission
-Members
-Appreciation
-Productivity
-Labor-management cooperation
-Member’s views
-Department of Labor
-Brennan
-Shultz
-James P. Mitchell
-James D. Hodgson
-George Shultz
-Relations with the President
-Committee members’ recommendations
-Personnel
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-Role
-Influence
-President’s decision in national economy
-Commission members’ compensation
-Presentation of gifts by the President
The President left at 11:32 am
Transportation unions
-Administration’s goals
-Railroads
-Grain exports
-National maritime program
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-Shultz’s comments
-Hall’s comments
-Labor leaders’ perspectives
-Cooperation
Recording ends at an unknown time after 11:32 am