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Conversation 021-092

TapeTape 21StartThursday, March 16, 1972 at 10:31 PMEndThursday, March 16, 1972 at 10:38 PMTape start time03:23:08Tape end time03:30:32ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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.

School busingPublic opinionConstitutional amendmentsTelevision news mediaLegislative strategyPresidential speech
AudioNARA 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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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
Transcript

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