Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 006-009
Date: Monday, June 28, 1971 at 6:47 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); MacGregor, Clark; Nixon, Richard M. (President); MacGregor, Clark
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-009

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[0:00] Which ones?
[0:01] Mr. Clark, McGregor, sir?
[0:03] Yeah.
[0:04] Hello.
[0:05] Good evening, Mr. President.
[0:06] Well, I just thought that was a fine day today.
[0:08] Well, thank you, sir.
[0:09] After having breakfast with the Speaker, my God, he had me hanging crepe.
[0:13] He said, we're going to lose.
[0:14] He's gloomy, Mr. President.
[0:16] He's on a mod.
[0:17] He's unnecessarily gloomy.
[0:18] I tell you, your letter was most effective, and I'm sorry that...
[0:21] To rush that into you, let me say this.
[0:24] I'm going to wait until the conference is over, but then I'm going to write every member of the House and Senate that supported this and thank them for it.
[0:32] That's great.
[0:33] You know what I mean?
[0:35] In the end, I think they're going to look good, but gee, these guys, I know what they're up against.
[0:40] Heck, they want to vote for something.
[0:41] They want to be on the side of getting out.
[0:43] They're catching hell from home.
[0:44] And Common Cause really cranked up on this one, too, Mr. President.
[0:48] They worked over the weekend.
[0:49] They had a
[0:49] kind of a whip organization.
[0:52] They tried to get people here.
[0:54] And so we were up against things.
[0:57] But your letter was very effective.
[0:59] Members got your letter on some of them Friday afternoon, some of them Saturday morning.
[1:03] A number of them mentioned to me that the personal letter from the president signed to RN was very, very persuasive.
[1:08] And they're duplicating it and sending it to their constituents.
[1:11] So that was most helpful.
[1:13] And your congressional relations team, Clark McGregor, accepted.
[1:16] Did a fine job, too, Mr. President.
[1:18] I know they did.
[1:19] Look, tonight, did you have some suggestions?
[1:21] I haven't seen them here as to who ought to be called on, I thought.
[1:24] Mr. President, I think Jerry Ford would be just fine.
[1:27] Yeah, but who else?
[1:28] Well, you know, some of the original members.
[1:30] Glenn Davis?
[1:31] Glenn Davis.
[1:31] John Jackson.
[1:32] John Jackson and Glenn would be most appreciative.
[1:36] Was Thurston an original member?
[1:37] It seems to me he was, Mr. President.
[1:38] Thurston would love to be called on by you.
[1:40] All right.
[1:41] And you can tell him you're going to invoke the one-minute rule.
[1:43] Alex told me that...
[1:44] Oh, well, they'll know I'm kidding, but you know.
[1:47] Sure.
[1:48] But, well, will you tell Tristan and Don Jackson and...
[1:52] I will, sir.
[1:53] ...and Glenn Davis...
[1:56] And I don't know what other originals are here.
[2:00] Keating.
[2:00] Keating.
[2:00] I'll call on him.
[2:01] Oh, sure.
[2:02] Ken is here.
[2:02] You tell him about that.
[2:04] Yes, and I should tell you, sir, that if you do feel moved to call upon Bob Michael, he's prepared to sing.
[2:09] I don't know whether you're so disposed.
[2:12] How will he sing?
[2:13] He has to have a piano, doesn't he?
[2:15] He's worked that out.
[2:16] He's apparently been down and talked to your musical director.
[2:19] Yeah.
[2:20] Well, I think those will do it.
[2:22] And just tip those off, and then I'll...
[2:25] I'll just hit a few.
[2:27] I didn't know it says Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Boggs.
[2:32] I think it's a brother.
[2:33] I think it's a brother of Cale.
[2:35] It's either a brother or a cousin.
[2:36] Is he a member?
[2:37] No, he's Cale's guest.
[2:40] Cale's a member, though.
[2:41] Cale's a member, and Calvin Boggs is a relative who is the guest of Cale.
[2:46] Yeah, okay.
[2:47] All right, fine.
[2:47] We'll see you, David.
[2:48] Well, everybody's looking forward to it very much, Mr. President.
[2:50] Thank you.