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Conversation 010-072

TapeTape 10StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 10:27 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 10:29 AMTape start time02:30:00Tape end time02:31:55ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-072 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-72

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 10:27 am - 10:29 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 283-20]

     Wage and price freeze
         -Letters from people
               -Texas

          -President's schedule
          -Public interest above private interest
          -Support among American people
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Yeah.
Mr. Ray Price.
President on the line.
Yes, sir.
Ray, would you have somebody go through the best of the letters that we have received from people who have
been hurt by the wage price freeze but say that they will support it you recall we used one from texas on one occasion there must be others that that you know that are around and if i could have three or four to look at i don't need it until this afternoon sometime i might want to use one and i'm going to talk quite briefly on thursday night but i might want to use one as an illustration of
how the American people are willing to put the public interest above their own personal interest.
So would you put your eager beavers to work on that and see if we could find three or four?
All right, I will.
We can't use the Texas one again, but something like that is what I mean.
Very brief, just a little excerpt that we can give me some recommendations.
All right, fine.
All right, Ray.
We had one from a girl who decided not to put her babysitting prices up from $60 to $75 an hour.
Yeah, that's good.
I think it would be fine in, for example, a speech, but I don't think it would be.
Well, what I want is something where I'm basically sort of a hardworking fellow, maybe a government worker or a labor guy or,
Yeah, and I remember when I was out at the airport at one place, a steel worker came up to me and said, you know, this has been hard on me because of this or that or the other thing, but I'm for it.
But it's that kind of thing I want.
It'll sort of hit more down to the average person, okay?
Fine, thank you.
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