Conversation: 763-014
Prev: 763-013 Next: 763-015Start Date: 7-Aug-1972 10:52 AM
End Date: 7-Aug-1972 11:24 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Train, Russell E.; Cahn, Robert; MacDonald, Gordon J. F.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Fairbanks, Richard M., III; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Russell E. Train, Robert Cahn, Gordon J. F. MacDonald, John D. Ehrlichman, Richard M. Fairbanks, III, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 11:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 763-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 763-14
Date: August 7, 1972
Time: 10:52 am - 11:24 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull, Russell E. Train, Robert Cahn, Gordon J. F.
MacDonald, John D. Ehrlichman and Richard M. Fairbanks.
Greetings
-Train
-Cahn
-MacDonald
Third Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality[CEQ]
-Air quality
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Photographs
-Walk in Rose Garden
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Press
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:53 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with CEQ
-Report
MacDonald’s forthcoming position at Dartmouth College
The President, Train, Cahn and MacDonald left at 10:53 am.
John C. Whitaker’s [?] schedule
Secret Service
Weather
Bernard Kalb
Environmentalists
The President, Train, Cahn and MacDonald entered at 10:57 am.
[A portion of this conversation was not recorded on the original tape]
Government disaster relief
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-White House news summary
-George W. Romney's trip to Pennsylvania
-Supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
-The President's schedule
-Previous visit to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
-Previous meeting with group of mayors
-Problems
-HUD
-Relationship between people and administrators of relief programs
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Delays in assistance
-Untrained HUD employees
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:57 am.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.
Government disaster relief
-Conditions in Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg
-The President’s view
-Coal and steel industries
Presentation of Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
Environmental policy
-Public expectations
-Compared to efforts to fight inflation
-August 15, 1971 price freeze
-Meat prices
-Governmental efforts
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Funding
-Speeches
-Public fears
-Unknown movie
-News summary
-Polls
-Public awareness of accomplishments
-Status as a local issue
-Public lands
-Environmental attitudes
-Protected beaches in Southern California
-Accessibility to public
-Restrooms
-Compared to municipal areas
-Newport
-Balboa
-Malibu
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Santa Monica
-Balance between preservation of beauty and use
-National parks
-CEQ annual report
-Extent of public use
-Property Review Board
-Young people
-Television
-Lack of exercise
-The President's previous trip to Trabuco Canyon, California
-Unknown family in park
-Possible CEQ role
-Education of public
-Budget considerations
-Melvin R. Laird
-Request for funds
-Increase in enjoyment of and interest in the environment
-The President's family's contribution to the New
York Fresh Air Fund
-New York Herald Tribune
-New York Times
-The President's mother [Hannah Milhous Nixon]
-Children from Harlem
-Experience on farm in Pennsylvania
-York
-Hanover
-Letters to Hannah Nixon
-Boy Scouts of America
-California beaches
-Possible visits by poor kids
-Environmental concern as a fad
-Intellectuals and upper middle class
-Appeal to lower middle classes
-Use of public areas
-Interest of sportsmen
-Advocacy for the environment
-Blue collar status
-Recreational areas
-Accessibility to urban residents
-Transportation to areas
-Education
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Public interest in environment compared to government interest in
environment
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Environmental achievements
-Gifford Pinchot
-Popularization of environmentalism
-Present needs
-Greater appreciation of environment
-Economic growth
-Balance with environmental concerns
-Florida
-Oregon
-Colorado
-Proper land use
-Possible CEQ goal
-Interest in national, state and local parks
-National parks
-Current congestion
-Bohemian Grove
-The President’s view
Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:57 am.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.
-The President's appreciation for work of the CEQ
-Public interest in the environment
-Example of highway project in the Everglades
-Visits to nature areas
-Example of senior citizens in rest homes
-Television
-Impact on public
-Unknown cartoons
-The President's legislative program
-Priority environmental issues
-Parks
-Urban areas
-Time spent in commute and in working areas
-Lead paint poisoning
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Rats
-Urban areas
-Washington, DC neighborhood programs
-Walter E. Washington
-Shifts in attitudes
-Gradual improvement in living conditions
-New York City
-Black, Puerto Rican, Irish, and Italian neighborhoods
-Miami
-Conditions
-Slums
-Washington, DC
-Improvements
-Crime
-Tourism
-The National Mall
-Madison Hotel
-Public safety
-Possibility of a new baseball team
Sports venues
-Griffith Stadium
-[RFK Stadium]
-Rose Bowl
-Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
-Rose Bowl
Train’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
Dartmouth College
-The President’s previous speech as a Senator
Photographs
-Arrangements
-Atkins
Train, et al left at 11:24 am.