Conversation No. 551-4

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 11:05 am - 11:48 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Charles M. Teague, Olin E. (“Tiger”) Teague, George P. Shultz, Donald
E. Johnson, and Clark MacGregor; the White House photographer was present at the beginning
of the meeting.

     Greetings

     General conversation
         -Busing
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Veterans
     -World War I
           -Age of average veteran
     -The American Legion
           -1946 recollection
           -Louis Johnson
     -Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]                     Conv. No. 551-3 (cont.)
           -Former Commander
                -Wife
           -Reminiscences
     -American Legion
           -Nixon's term as Congressman
     -Glenn R. Davis
     -Chowder and Marching Club
           -Donald Jackson, Davis
     -Kennedy half-dollar
     -[Unknown name]
     -Constituency
     -Issues
           -Shultz, MacGregor
           -Donald Johnson
           -Vietnam War
           -Education benefits
           -Pension compensation
                -Increase
           -Veterans Administration [VA] hospitals
                -Prescott, Arizona
                -New York Hospital
                -Prescott, Arizona
                -Renovation
                -Staff-patient ratio
                -Quality of care
                -Revenue Control Act of 1968
                -Number, location
                -Fort Worth hospital
                -Funding
                      -Distribution
                            -Staffing
                            -New facilities
                -Renovation of existing facilities
                -Southern California
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            -Staffing
                  -H. R. 37
            -The Bronx
            -Service-connected health problems
            -Vietnam veterans
            -Non-service-related health problems
                  -Number
                        -Effect on patient load              Conv. No. 551-4 (cont.)
-World War I, World War II, Vietnam veterans
     -Projections
            -Hospital program
                  -Long term outlook
                  -Action
            -Personnel
-Perception of treatment
     -Pentagon Papers case
-Vietnam-era servicemen
     -Perceptions
            -Drug abuse
            -Compared to anti-war protesters
-US military presence abroad
-Public attitude
     -Vietnam veterans compared to World War II veterans
-Proposed treatment
     -Jobs program
     -Health care
            -Long term program
            -World War II veterans
-Vietnam veterans
     -Public attitude
            -The President’s conversation with [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
-Budget considerations
-Health care
     -Projections
            -World War I, World War II, Vietnam veterans
            -Study
            -Facilities
     -VA’s role
     -Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
            -Elliot L. Richardson
            -Dr. Merlin K. Duval
                  -Coordination
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     -Loan program
           -Direct loans
                 -Legislation pending
     -Facilities
     -Drug abuse issue
           -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
-VA
-Coordination of effort                                     Conv. No. 551-4 (cont.)
      -Jaffe's role
-Facilities
      -Building of new facilities
      -Use of existing facilities
-Outpatient services
      -Drug abuse
            -Heroin
                   -Methadone program
                   -Statistics on addiction
                         -Jaffe's study
            -Treatment
                   -Development of new methods of treatment
                         -Benefit to others
                                -General application
-Fort Worth facility
-Coordination
      -Jaffe, DuVal
-Drug abuse treatment
      -Arizona facility
-DuVal
-Vietnam, West Germany
-Re-entry of Vietnam veterans into labor market
      -Former meeting with Shultz, James D. Hodgson
      -Compared to World War II, Korean War
-Education
-Vietnam War
      -Current situation
      -Re-entry of veterans into civilian life
            -Southern California program
      -Forthcoming settlement of war
-Congress
      -Teague
      -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
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     Gifts

Charles M. Teague et al. left at 11:48 am.




                                                                Conversation
                                                                Conv. No. 551-4
                                                                             No.(cont.)
                                                                                 551-5

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:48 am and 11:50 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
     Schedule
          -Ambassador Agha Hilaly
          -Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson
               -John D. Ehrlichman’s schedule

Bull left at 11:50 am.