Conversation: 590-003
Prev: 590-002 Next: 590-004Start Date: 13-Oct-1971 11:06 AM
End Date: 13-Oct-1971 12:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Washington, Walter E.; Wilson, Jerry V.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Krogh, Egil ("Bud"), Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:15:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:12:39
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Walter E. Washington, Jerry V. Wilson, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:06 am to 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 590-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 590-3 Date: October 13, 1971 Time: 11:06 am - 12:02 pm Location: Oval Office Stephen B. Bull met with Mayor Walter E. Washington, Jerry V. Wilson, John D. Ehrlichman, and Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr. Washington, DC -Drugs -Addiction rate The President entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am. Greetings Washington Redskins -Washington Senators -Fans 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-2 (cont.) Baseball -Possible team for Washington, DC -Cleveland Indians -Vernon Stouffer -Chicago White Sox -San Diego Padres -C. Arnholt Smith -White Sox -Joseph Danzansky -Buzzy Bavasi -Padres -Tuchel [?] -Edward Bennet Williams -Mayor Washington's activities -Editors -[Forename unknown] Kaye [?] -John (“Jack”) H. Kaufmann -Raymond F. Mack -American Security Bank -Robert C. Baker -Kansas City Royals -Possible application for Washington -Season tickets sales -Oakland Athletics -Royals -Milwaukee Brewers -The President’s view -Television revenues Redskins -George E. Allen -Conversation with the President at San Clemente -Conversation with Mayor Washington -Houston Oilers game -St. Louis Cardinals -Allen Washington, DC -Crime -Statistics 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Bicentennial -Crime -Washington’s view -Profits -Woodies -Raleigh's -Hecht's -Garfinckel's -Banks -F. Street -Saltz Haberdasher -Downtown redevelopment -The Mall -Transportation -McLean Gardens -Park Fairfax community -Hartford Insurance -Fairmack Developers -Inland Steel Company -Georgetown waterfront -Police Department -John N. Mitchell An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am. Refreshments The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Washington, DC -Crime statistics -Chief Wilson -New York -Price Waterhouse -Peat Marwick -Lybrand Ross -Booz Allen -Compared with 1968 -Accomplishments -Mitchell -Washington’s memorandum 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Administration’s assistance to Washington, DC -Police -Drugs -Treatment centers -Lighting of downtown buildings -Sodium vapor lights -Crime -Racial make-up -Los Angeles -Watts neighborhood -Chicago -South Side neighborhood -New York -Harlem -Bedford-Stuyvesant -Washington, DC -Police programs -Officer Friendly Program -Crime stoppers -Joel T. Broyhill -Baseball team -Importance -San Diego -Cleveland -Stouffer -Lakefront stadium -Attendance -Williams, Danzansky -Chicago White Sox -Robert E. Short -Allen -Youth programs -Los Angeles Dodgers -Redskins -Importance -Bicentennial celebration -Possible expansion -National distribution -California -San Diego -San Francisco Giants 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Oakland -Toronto -Robert Wilson's call to Washington -Use of public funds -New directions -Tourism -Investment -F Street -Sales -Convention Center -Location -Washington Hilton -Washington Coliseum -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -Chicago's McCormick Place -Washington, DCArmory -Mall -Skidmore, Owings, Merrill -Union Station facilities -Wisconsin Avenue -Hartford Insurance -Neiman-Marcus -Zoning battle -Mayor Washington's talk with Stanley Marcus -Lighting downtown -Safety -Daniel P. Moynihan Members of the press entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am. Photographs Press left at an unknown time before 11:42 am. Sports -Advertisements on televistion -Drugs -Allen -Washington Star -The President's letters of appreciation -Redskins 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Vincent T. Lombardi -Allen Mayor Washington's administration Publicity on Wahington, DC's accomplishments -Criminal justice system Washington, Wilson and Krogh left at 11:42 am. Chief Wilson -Mitchell's conversation with Ehrlichman -Resignation The President's schedule Washington, DC -Federal money -Crime -Budget An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:42 am. The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Masons The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:02 pm. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 43s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) Supreme Court appointments -Importance of speed -Problem with publicity -Bar investigation -Mitchell -Timing of submitting names -The President’s view -Bar association -Names -Timing of announcements of nominees -Mildred L. Lillie -Herschel H. Friday -Investigation -William H. Rehnquist -Mitchell -Question of clients -Friday -School boards -G. Harrold Carswell -Speech -Sam J. Ervin, Jr. -Friday -Warren E. Burger -Possible problems -Edward H. Levi -William J. Brennan, Jr. -Hugo L. Black -Eulogy -Friday -Length of practice -Lillie -Judicial experience -Friday -Experience -Federal court clerkship -Law teacher -Lillie’s background -Compared with Justices of the Court -Trial experience -William O. Douglas -Byron R. (“Whizzer”) White 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Brennan -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Burger -Harry A. Blackmun -Potter Stewart -Experience -American Bar Association [ABA] -Feeling toward criminal decisions -Miranda v. Arizona Decision -Earl Warren -Lillie -Experience with court of original jurisdiction -Possibility of strengthening the Court -The President’s records for appointment -Statement -Judicial reform -Woman -Use of married name -Italian -Sons of Italy -John A. Volpe -Judge George A. Tesoro -Age -Possible tenure -Friday’s age Appointments -Arthur A. Fletcher -Replacement -Charles W. Colson -Philadelphia -James D. Hodgson -Nominee -Ford Motor Company -United Auto Workers [UAW] -Colson -Question of black appointee -Building trades unions -Hodgson -Robert P. Griffin -Nominee 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/10) Conv. No. 590-3 (cont.) -Question of black appointee -Requirements for replacement -Colson’s view -The President’s view -Hodgson -George P. Shultz -Civil rights support -Labor leadership Stephen B. Bull entered at 12:02 pm. The President's schedule -Forthcoming meeting with Scottish Rite Masonic leaders -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins Ehrlichman and Bull left at 12:02 pm.