Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 006-147
Date: Monday, July 5, 1971 at 7:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-147
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417189185 (NAID 417189185)

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[0:31] COX: [unintelligible]
[0:32] NIXON: The 26th Amendment. It's the, you know, the 18-year-old vote. So tonight they have quite a bit of stuff on it. The, but it's—
[0:40] COX: Did you know they were going to have that ceremony today?
[0:42] NIXON: Oh, yeah, yeah, I did. I had set it up. I knew last week they'd have it because I was the one that urged the young people in Ohio to get the 38th state, you know.
[0:52] COX: Oh, yes.
[0:53] NIXON: And so it was Ohio that put it over and so then I invited three of them to come down and they did it, and then they certified it, and so forth.
[1:01] COX: Gee, you know what I did? I went down to the fence today, to the southeast gate, and talked to the people, signed autographs.
[1:07] NIXON: Oh, good! Tourists?
[1:09] COX: Yes, there are a lot of people there. It was so much fun.
[1:12] NIXON: Where were they from? All over?
[1:14] COX: Pakistan, India, someone from Europe, someone from New York, someone from New Jersey, you know, everything, everywhere.
[1:24] NIXON: Yeah, that was great.
[1:25] COX: And I have this, a whole pocketful of pictures they gave me, polaroids, that they'd taken of themselves and me and, you know, so it's a lot of fun.
[1:34] NIXON: Well, listen, watch the news. Oh, listen, at 9:00 if you want to turn on the entertainment, I guess they'll carry that. PBS.
[1:40] COX: Oh, oh, that would be fun, yes.
[1:43] NIXON: It's, well, it's pretty good. I had all the young people, five hundred of them, from, who are working in the White House here, and government and, you know, all the summer interns. And that was interesting.
[1:55] COX: Oh, that's nice.
[1:56] NIXON: And they had this, these young singers. They are really good, this group of 30, and then I spoke and signed the, gave a, you know, certified the document, and so forth.
[2:07] COX: Gee, how wonderful. I didn't know they were going to do all that. So you had a busy 4th of July, I mean 5th of July.
[2:15] NIXON: Well, I worked all afternoon, you know, so that was good.
[2:17] COX: Did you go to Camp David at all?
[2:19] NIXON: No, I didn't go. Mother went up, and but I didn't go because I had to work.
[2:24] COX: Well, are you going to get up to go swimming again, or anything?
[2:28] NIXON: Oh, yeah, oh, sure. When, when we get through with this work, why, and get back to San Clemente, we'll get enough of that, you see.
[2:35] COX: Right. Oh, yes.
[2:37] NIXON: Are you going to look at that news tonight? NBC, CBS and ABC?
[2:41] COX: Yes, I have them on right now, flipping back and forth.
[2:45] NIXON: All right, my dear. Give my love to Ed.
[2:47] COX: All right, and enjoy yourself.
[2:49] NIXON: Okay. Bye.
[2:50] COX: Okay, lots of love, bye-bye.
[2:52] NIXON: Bye.