Conversation: 795-021
Prev: 795-020 Next: 795-022Start Date: 10-Oct-1972 4:02 PM
End Date: 10-Oct-1972 4:26 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baker, Howard H., Jr.; Byrd, Harry F., Jr.; Buckley, James L.; Griffin, Robert P.; Tower, John G.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Morgan, Edward L.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., James L. Buckley, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edward L. Morgan, Ronald L. Ziegler, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 795-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 795-21
Date: October 10, 1972
Time: 4:02 pm - 4:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Howard H. Baker, Jr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., James L. Buckley, Robert P.
Griffin, and John G. Tower, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Edward L. Morgan, Ronald L. Ziegler; the
White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the
meeting.
Greetings
-Seating arrangements
[Photograph session]
Busing legislation
-October 10, 1972 breakfast meeting
-Moratorium
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Equal Education Opportunities Bill
-Press
-Need for action
-Current bill before the House of Representatives
-93rd Congress
-J. William Fulbright
-Constitutional amendment
-Educational opportunities for children
-Current Congressional session
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Current bill
-Current bill
-Press
-Cloture
-Congressional recess
-Filibuster
-Vote on merits of bill
-The President’s past experience with Congress
-Richard B. Russell
-Everett M. Dirksen
-Cloture
-Constitutional majority
-Senate action
-Constitutional amendment for moratorium and Equal Educational
Opportunities Bill
-Presidential support
-Lameduck session
-Current bill
-Compared to Equal Educational Opportunities Bill
-Reopening of cases in various school districts
-Moratorium
-Prospects
-Compared to House Resolution [HR] 1
-The President’s view
-Comparison with HR 1
-Possible compromise
-President’s view
Other issues
-News summary
-Consumer Protection Agency bill
-House of Representatives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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-Cloture
-Charles H. Percy, Abraham A. Ribicoff
-Possible amendment
Busing legislation
-Press comment
-President’s support
-Cloture
-The President’s view of Senate actions
-Richmond intervention
-Need for action
-1972 election
-Possible sequence of events
-George S. McGovern
-93rd Congress
-Senate votes
-McGovern
-Gale W. McGee
-Thomas J. MacIntire
-The President’s position on busing
Gifts
-Cufflinks
Press
Gifts
Weather
The President's schedule
-Radio address on Crime and Drug Abuse, October 15, 1972
-Tone
-Federal courts and Supreme Court
-Appointments
-The President’s philosophy
-1972 election
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Narcotics
Gift presentation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
Busing
-Virginia
-Powell
Issues
-Vietnam, amnesty, busing
-The President’s effect on the domestic front
Supreme Court
-Importance of appointments
Busing
-Judges
Judges
-Lawyers
-Busing
-Law and order issue
The President's schedule
-National and State Newspaper Associations
-Reception
-Byrd
Baker et al. left at 4:26 pm.