Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-092

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on School busing and Public opinion

Thursday, March 16, 1972 · 10:31 PM–10:38 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation021-092 on Tape 21 (tape position 03:23:08–03:30:32)StartThursday, March 16, 1972 at 10:31 PMEndThursday, March 16, 1972 at 10:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-092 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman reviewed the reception and delivery of the President’s recent televised speech concerning school busing. They assessed congressional and public sentiment, noting support for legislative action and constitutional amendments from various lawmakers. The discussion also addressed media coverage, specifically critiques from CBS reporter Daniel Schorr regarding the constitutionality of the proposed anti-busing measures.

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NARA Description

On March 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:31 pm to 10:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-092 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-92

Date: March 16, 1972
Time: 10:31 pm - 10:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     Busing speech
          -Delivery

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 10s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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         Delivery
              -Pace
         -Television networks
              -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
              -Daniel L. Schorr
                    -Robert P. Griffin amendment
                          -Constitutionality
         -Opinion of speech
              -Norris Cotton
              -John G. Tower
                    -Constitutional amendment
              -Jacob K. Javits
                    -Legislation
              -Robert C. Byrd
                    -Majority view
                    -Moratorium
                    -Compensatory funding
                    -Department of Justice
              -William E. Brock, III
                    -Constitutional amendment
                          -John D. Ehrlichman
                          -Leonard Garment
                          -Congress
              -Paul J. Fannin
              -Howard H. Baker, Jr.
                    -Whitney M. Young, Jr.
                    -Javits
              -Public mail
                    -Congress

                -Dewitt and Lila (Acheson) Wallace
                -Charles W. Colson
                -Thomas N. Downing
                      -Delivery
                      -Inferior schools
                -Thomas Moody
                -Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee [Leonard R. Rogers]
                -Edward Hutchinson
                      -House Judiciary Committee
                            -Emanuel Celler
                      -Carl D. Perkins
                -[C. Beverly Briley]
                -William McLaughlin
                -William L. Safire
                -Raymond K. Price, Jr
                -Deane C. Davis
                -Walter R. Peterson
                -Peter J. Brennan
                -Samuel I. Hayakawa
                -William Umstead
                -Samuel L. Devine
                -Howard Coughlin
                      -Committee on Political Education [COPE]
                            -Florida
                            -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
                                  [AFL-CIO]
                            -Bayard Rustin

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  • 021-093 10:40 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II talked on the telephone from 10:40 pm to 10:49 pm.
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  • 021-095 11:07 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 pm and 11:12 pm.
  • 021-096 11:12 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
  • 021-097 11:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:12 pm.
  • 021-098 11:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 11:13 pm to 11:18 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-092, March 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-092 (accessed October 12, 2026).