Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 326 › Conversation 326-022
Nixon & Gurney on Labor unions and Media relations
Friday, March 24, 1972 · 2:22 PM–2:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Senator Edward J. Gurney to offer encouragement regarding Gurney’s aggressive approach toward media criticism and labor unions. Nixon affirmed his support for Gurney's “hard line” stance, comparing the need to check labor power in the 20th century to the regulation of business in the 19th century. The brief exchange served as a morale-boosting gesture of solidarity between the President and the Senator.
- Edward J. Gurney
- Labor unions
- Media relations
- Political strategy
- Regulation
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Gurney met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 326-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 326-22 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: 2:22 pm - 2:23 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Edward J. Gurney. [See Conversation No. 22-20]
Also recorded on March 24, 1972
- 022-017 1:29 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 022-018 2:05 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:05 pm to 2:06 pm.
- 326-020 2:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:06 pm.
- 022-019 2:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:22 pm.
- 326-021 2:06 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:06 pm and 2:22 pm.
- 022-020 2:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Gurney talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:23 pm.
- 328-001 2:23 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 693-001 3:02 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph Harris, John F. Osborne, Peter Lisagor, Charles W. Bailey, Robert B. Semple, Jr., Donald Bacon, Jack Germond, R. H. Shackford, Jim Cary, Sarah McLendon, Lucian C Warren, John Cauley, Frank van der Linden, Jim Deakin, Jesse Lewis, Gaylord Shaw, Bob Toth, David Kraslow, Courtney Sheldon, Jerald F. ("Jerry") terHorst, Dave Barnett, Martin Nolan, Jack Leacocas, Clark R. Mollenhoff, Martin Schram, Edgar Allen Poe, Fred Bonavita, George Embrey, Frank Kane, Ed O'Brien, Phil Potter, and Ross Mark met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:39 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 326-022, March 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/326-022 (accessed September 20, 2026).