Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 003-027
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1971 at 5:32 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bow, Frank T.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-027

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:00] Congressman Frank Bowe for you.
[0:01] Hello?
[0:05] Hello?
[0:06] Yes, Mr. President.
[0:07] I was just thinking you and I would get on that SST and go over to China one day.
[0:10] I'm in favor of that.
[0:11] Let's do it anytime.
[0:13] Well, anyway, that's a great job and a great night.
[0:16] I just want to thank you and all your team for... And incidentally, Frank, for God's sakes, if we can get a strong enough bunch of conferees, the Senate can't back you down completely, can they?
[0:26] No, no.
[0:27] My only problem is two of my conferees voted against it.
[0:32] That's Cotty and Menchel.
[0:33] Yeah.
[0:33] And I just gave them hell.
[0:35] How many countries will you have?
[0:38] Well, I'll have on my side, I'll have Edwards who's with us.
[0:41] Yeah.
[0:41] And then the others will be...
[0:45] whether it's on the Democrats' side, I think we can hold up pretty well.
[0:49] Well, would you have a majority?
[0:51] Well, of course, the confrees have to take the House position, and you're not about to recede.
[0:57] But, of course, we're going to try on the Senate.
[0:59] It's awful tough there to get those people to turn around.
[1:03] I read into the record today a statement Proxmire made back in 1965 in which he talked about the gold flow and the advantage of the SSD.
[1:11] Mm-hmm.
[1:11] And I think we can shove that right down his throat.
[1:13] Well, I think, frankly, if we could, apart from him, if we could just get, we've got to get this Gambrell out of shift, Tunney out of shift, and Cranston out of shift.
[1:20] Because if they don't do this, they aren't going to get Lockheed.
[1:23] Right.
[1:24] If those three people don't do it, they can't get Lockheed.
[1:27] Well, you really played it, and I appreciate it, and I'll take a good rest.
[1:30] Thank you, Mr. President.
[1:31] May I, while I have you?
[1:32] Yeah, sure.
[1:33] Sure you can.
[1:34] Sure.
[1:34] I would like so very much if you could come to the enshrinement of the Hall of Fame this year.
[1:39] You need that in Ohio.
[1:41] Oh, in Ohio.
[1:42] Oh, the enshrinement of the Hall of Fame.
[1:44] Yeah.
[1:44] Or the football.
[1:45] It'll be a football game.
[1:46] Oh, I see.
[1:47] They're going to enshrine Vince Lombardi this year.
[1:50] And I can arrange to have you do that.
[1:53] I think it's very important.
[1:54] I'm going to send something down to McGregor and Bill Simmons.
[1:57] Well, send it down.
[1:57] Take a good look at it.
[1:59] What time of year would it be?
[2:00] It'd be in July, the latter part of July.
[2:03] And I think it's very important.
[2:05] Fine.
[2:05] Take a look at it.
[2:06] I'll get it to you.
[2:07] Take a look.
[2:07] Bye.
[2:07] Thank you, Mr. President.