Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 006-053
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1971 at 2:40 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Davies, John S.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-053

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:02] Mr. Davies?
[0:03] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:04] Uh, John.
[0:05] Yes.
[0:05] I was looking out there in this thing here and noticing that there...
[0:10] about, you know, how many people there, but why don't we get the tourists in there to fill those seats?
[0:15] You know, this is a great thing to hear that sort of thing.
[0:18] Yes.
[0:18] Well, now, of course, the visiting hours close at 12.
[0:21] Yeah.
[0:21] So I don't have any easy source to tap at this point.
[0:26] Let me see what I can do if there are any people, you know, just outside.
[0:30] The doors close, of course, at 12.
[0:32] How do they make up this crowd?
[0:36] Well, frankly, I don't know.
[0:37] This was handled entirely by the social office, and so we were not involved in the people attending.
[0:44] I wish we had been, frankly.
[0:46] But let me see if there's any source at all that we can tap.
[0:51] Well, take a look.
[0:52] I agree with you.
[0:52] It looks to me like it's just about 200 or 300 blacks and 800 empty seats, and that's ridiculous.
[0:58] Right, of course.
[0:59] To have everybody go out there.
[1:01] Sure.
[1:01] All right.
[1:02] uh you know uh and in fact i don't think uh pat ought to really go out she's supposed to go out right they ought to fill the place up let me see what i can do right fine