Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 018-102
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 1972 at 12:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Boggs, [Thomas] Hale; Ford, Gerald R.; O'Neill, Thomas P. ("Tip"), Jr.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-102

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[0:00] Mr. President, Congressman Boggs, Ford, and O'Neill to talk to you.
[0:04] Fine.
[0:06] There you are.
[0:07] Hello.
[0:07] Hey, Mr. President.
[0:08] Well, how are you?
[0:10] Well, we're glad you're all back in town and in good health and on such a beautiful winter day.
[0:14] Thank you, Mr. President.
[0:15] Jerry Ford right here and Tip O'Neill coming in in just a minute.
[0:18] How many did you properly reimburse for that wager we made?
[0:24] Oh, that's right, that's right.
[0:27] Well, I'll tell you, we'll contribute it to some good cause, like the athletic fund of the University of Michigan so they can buy a
[0:36] No, no, no, I mean compensate an adequate quarterback.
[0:40] No, that quarterback was all right.
[0:42] I thought you were coming down to the Super Bowl.
[0:44] I saw it on TV.
[0:45] It was a good thing, wasn't it?
[0:47] Boy, those Texans, they were magnificent.
[0:51] You know why we're calling you.
[0:52] Right.
[0:53] We all assemble and we're ready to communicate.
[0:56] Fine.
[0:57] Well, I've got quite a mass of stuff we're going to do.
[1:01] We're going to do, I'll be down, I would like to come down Tuesday, I mean Thursday at 1230, as you know.
[1:08] I'm not going to hold you, I mean, I'm not going to, hello, hi, how are you?
[1:14] Glad to have you back.
[1:16] I was down there in New Orleans waiting for that pass, that play that you sent.
[1:20] Yeah, that tell you.
[1:21] The only trouble was that they didn't have enough of them.
[1:25] I was rooting for Miami only because you were with them.
[1:34] That's right.
[1:35] That's the way it went.
[1:36] I'm always for the home team.
[1:37] This fellow's a great strategist.
[1:39] Yeah, but the Cowboys, nobody's going to beat them for two or three years.
[1:43] Well, we'll announce that, Mr. President, that you will speak to John Sessions at 1230.
[1:48] Fine.
[1:48] Also, I'm going to do something that's different.
[1:51] I'm going to give...
[1:53] So that my...
[1:54] message will not be as interminable length.
[1:58] We're going to give you a written message, too.
[2:00] You remember, until Woodrow Wilson, except for Jefferson, all messages, as you recall, were written.
[2:08] But this instance, I think the combination will be good.
[2:10] I think so.
[2:10] We'll give you that tomorrow and the other one on Thursday.
[2:15] Fair enough.
[2:16] Well, we look forward to seeing yours, Jared.
[2:18] All right.
[2:19] Fine, Mr. President.
[2:20] Okay.
[2:21] Well, we'll look forward to seeing all of you, and don't do anything until I get there, please.
[2:27] Okay?
[2:28] Well, we've got a couple of matters.
[2:29] Fair enough.
[2:30] Handling the routine, but we're looking forward to Thursday.
[2:33] You know, it's one thing I want to say to all you folks that's very surprising to me, though, and it is the House is a much bigger body than the Senate.
[2:39] You've got 435.
[2:40] They've only got 100.
[2:42] And yet they got ten times as many presidential candidates.
[2:45] Now, what's the matter with you guys?
[2:48] Well, you don't want us to dredge up anymore, do you?
[2:52] No, I think you've got it out.
[2:53] Okay.
[2:54] Okay.
[2:54] All right.
[2:55] Nice to talk to you.
[2:56] Bye.
[2:56] Thank you.
[2:57] Bye, Mr. President.