Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 006-175
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1971 at 2:55 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Usery, Willie J., Jr.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-175

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[0:00] I have Mr. Usry for you, sir.
[0:07] There you are.
[0:10] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:11] Bill, while we're thanking you again for both the postal and the railroad thing, George Schultz is filling me in.
[0:16] I just want you to know that all those labors in the vineyard are sure appreciated.
[0:20] Well, thank you very much.
[0:21] Very kind of you to...
[0:23] I tell you, you're always in there pitching and...
[0:25] And I'll tell you, you got the patience of Job.
[0:28] Well, this was a big one if we could.
[0:31] First contract with the Postal Service and just great force.
[0:34] Now, you keep yourself in shape for steel, will you?
[0:36] I'll try to.
[0:36] We just can't have a strike there, you know.
[0:39] We just cannot do it.
[0:41] It's looking better all the time, though.
[0:43] Do you have inside?
[0:44] There's less and less to talk about strikes.
[0:47] You keep the voice.
[0:49] And on the other hand, we want a settlement that just doesn't know all money.
[0:53] The union this time will render a great public service by just, you know, talking about keeping competitive.
[0:58] That's what the country wants to hear.
[0:59] Yes, sir.
[1:00] And I think they know it, don't you?
[1:01] I think they do, and I say, Mr. President, the meeting you had with them was great.
[1:07] I came away so much impressed myself that we must work at what you said.
[1:12] Great.
[1:12] Fine, Bill.
[1:13] Thank you a lot.
[1:14] Thank you for having me.