Conversation: 021-047
Prev:  021-046 Next: 021-048Start Date: 12-Mar-1972 8:05 PM
End Date: 12-Mar-1972 8:35 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:28:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:58:13
NARA Description:
On March 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-047 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 21-47 Date: March 12, 1972 Time: 8:05 pm - 8:35 pm Location: White House Telephone John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 322-48] Busing message to Congress [March 17, 1972] -Draft -Constitutional amendment -Wording -Conclusion -Editorial changes 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Title One -Los Angeles -New York -Kansas City -The President’s view -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] -Court decisions -Congress -Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr. -“Lost generation” -Blacks -Money -Improvement of education -Racial equality -Equality of opportunity -Courts -Districts -States -Regions -South -Children -Victims -Congress -North and South compared -Congress -Price’s writing style -The President’s view -Inequalities of court decisions -Race -Children -States -Regions -Moratorium on forced busing -Brown vs. Board of Education -Changes -Education compared to transportation -Progress -Equal opportunity -Opposition to busing -Blacks and whites -Equal opportunity -Changes 31 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -“Lost generation” -Money -Advantages of education over busing -Removal of pages -Districts -California -New York state -Kansas City -Ohio -Constitutional amendment -Conclusion -Administration accomplishments -Desegregation, jobs, business ownership, federal service -Moratorium on forced busing -Conclusion -Beginning of speech -Changes -Congress -14th Amendment -Equal Educational Opportunity Act -Moratorium on forced busing -Sixth grade -Civil rights -Leonard Garment -Trade-offs -De jure segregation -De facto segregation -The President’s view -Cabinet level committee -Price’s view -Garment’s view -Ehrlichman’s view -Busing -Equality of opportunity -The President’s view -Justice Department -Cabinet level committee -Location of schools -Construction of power plants -Environmental regulations -Segregation-desegregation -Title Two, unlawful practices 32 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -New schools -Additions to school buildings -Price -Forthcoming talk with Ehrlichman -Third draft -Timing of speech -Conclusion -Price’s view -Trade-offs -New rights -Option paper -Liberal -The President’s view -Improvement of existing schools -Mexican-Americans -Bilingual education -Need to broaden scope -Timing of corrections -The President’s schedule -Elliot L. Richardson and Garment -Leaks -Lobbying by Administration officials -Response by Ehrlichman -Newspapers -Impact of the President’s decision -Possible resignation of civil rights lawyers at HEW -The President’s view -Election -Civil rights division of Justice Department