Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 035-026
Date: Thursday, December 28, 1972 at 12:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scouten, Rex W.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-026

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[0:00] hello yeah this is rick scott hi rex yes sir uh you know i know you've been talking to bob about a plan down on the bowling alley and so forth and so on here's what i have in mind i uh the more i think about it the only thing i really need down there need in that area is the bowling alley itself because basically
[0:23] far as anybody whoever uses it will have the upstairs you know what i mean they'll be dressing upstairs and showering and all that sort of thing that's particularly true i mean the sonoid we really don't need but it's particularly true if you can work out a plan to take the bathroom in the master bedroom there and put in one of those uh jacuzzi kind of things yeah you've been checking on that to see understand i don't want one of these you know these half-assed contraptions but
[0:52] That's a very big room and a very big space, so I wouldn't think there'd be much problem on it.
[0:57] No, I don't think so.
[0:58] I think there's plenty of room where... Our mail problem, we're getting the information from California that put the...
[1:05] The people that... Is it La Costa?
[1:08] I don't know.
[1:09] There's a big club out there, and they're the best in the country, and we talked to them on the phone, and they're sending us the information.
[1:14] We should have had it by now.
[1:15] I see.
[1:16] They will have the information.
[1:17] Well, my view is that rather than having...
[1:20] putting in a damn big installation down below, which you have to go down and use and change your clothes and so forth.
[1:26] We just limited to... Just have the alley.
[1:29] And then upstairs, you could do one of two things.
[1:34] You could either leave the bathroom that I presently have and put it on the third floor so that everybody could use it that way, see?
[1:46] Third floor, just take one of the
[1:48] the rooms up there and expand the bath and so forth and so on.
[1:53] How would that be?
[1:54] Sure, that can be done.
[1:54] So you've got the water and so forth.
[1:56] That would be much handier for you, though, if we could work it in.
[1:59] If it can be done there, it could be done there.
[2:02] And as a matter of fact, then...
[2:03] If you don't use the tub, I don't think... No.
[2:07] If you could put it in there, that would be handy.
[2:10] Now, is this the whirlpool type?
[2:13] Yeah.
[2:13] Well, I think it's what it's called, yeah.
[2:15] Yeah, I've talked to B.B.
[2:15] about it.
[2:16] Yeah, well, he has one in the swimming pool and...
[2:19] You can put them, though, in smaller, you don't have to have an area as big as we have in our swimming pool.
[2:24] I just wanted to say that in terms of what you do, what I think the one-string bowling, which I understand people will contribute.
[2:33] Now, that wouldn't require, for example, all of the dam changes and air conditioning, all that sort of thing, would it?
[2:40] No.
[2:41] No, it would be not simple, but we can do it.
[2:44] I know.
[2:44] Well, we don't need to do it.
[2:45] If you said we'd be more than happy to put it in.
[2:47] I know, but I don't, you see,
[2:49] Even when I use this bowling alley over here, I don't change and shower and all that sort of thing.
[2:54] Well, of course, I wouldn't have the opportunity to if they don't have any.
[2:58] If we had this down here, this is convenient enough.
[3:01] You just take the elevator down, walk to it, right?
[3:04] This would be a lot, you know, certainly it would simplify things a lot.
[3:07] Yeah, and then you don't need a shower and rest.
[3:08] You do all the showers and changing up above, see?
[3:11] And all you need basically is the alley.
[3:14] Just without a shower and without a bathroom, you don't need a bathroom or any of that sort of thing, see?
[3:20] You don't need to put any plumbing in or any of that sort.
[3:25] We'll just go ahead and advance with that.
[3:27] And that would be a very good thing.
[3:29] And you can check to see what you can do upstairs in my room if you can.
[3:33] And give me a plan, okay?
[3:36] Great.
[3:37] Thank you so much.