Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 035-071
Date: Wednesday, January 3, 1973 at 1:01 PM
Participants: Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike"); Scott, Hugh; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-071

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[0:02] President, Senator Mansfield, Senator Scott.
[0:06] There you are.
[0:07] Hello?
[0:08] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:09] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:11] Hi, how are you?
[0:12] Fine, thank you.
[0:12] You got to work?
[0:14] Yes, we have a forum, we're in business, and we're supposed to tell you that we're ready for action.
[0:20] Well, fine, we appreciate it, and I got a lot of nominations that are already on their way down there, and messages will be coming down, and we'll have a chance to see you both on Friday.
[0:34] uh with the with the rebalance of the leadership and i hope that you uh that you'll be able to come friday night as well if you can i'm inviting uh you i've extended that invitation
[0:46] I told Bill Timmons this morning to include the whole leadership.
[0:51] You see, these are for all the new members of the House and the Senate, Democrat and Republican, so we're asking the whole Republican leadership and the whole Democratic leadership.
[1:00] So, I mean, you know, it's no command, but I thought it would be a nice way to honor, to sort of welcome them to Washington.
[1:07] Friday morning is a working session, the first of our bipartisan things, this one on domestic policy primarily.
[1:17] Good, good, good, good.
[1:24] We'll have our committee structure ready on Monday after we've had another session.
[1:30] Right.
[1:30] Well, I wish you well, and I'll see you Friday morning, 8.30.
[1:36] Yes, sir.
[1:37] Ham and eggs.
[1:38] Okay, Mr. President.
[1:39] Okay.
[1:39] Red weed.
[1:40] Thank you.
[1:41] Bye.
[1:42] Happy to see you.