{"conversationCode":"037-002","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-002","startDateTime":"1973-02-28T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-28T13:42:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:15 AM","endDate":"28-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:15 am and 8:42 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-2\n\nDate: February 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:15 am and 8:42 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President\n\n[See Conversation No. 865-2]\n\n       Request for a call to Willie J. Usery, Jr.\n             -Availability\n             -Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Management","filename":["037-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-001","nextCode":"037-003","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":2.64,"text":"Mr. President, I call on Mr. William Usry."},{"start":2.66,"end":4.23,"text":"He doesn't answer the officer at home."},{"start":4.25,"end":8.19,"text":"And I wanted to ask you, sir, that's the city secretary of labor for labor management."},{"start":8.87,"end":9.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9.11,"end":9.35,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":9.37,"end":10.62,"text":"I'll keep after it for you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Willie J. Usery, Jr., the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations. After the operator reported that Usery could not be reached at his residence, the President instructed her to continue attempting to establish the connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical effort to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key labor official.","topics":["Willie J. Usery Jr.","Labor-Management Relations","White House communications","Department of Labor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:08:34.685Z"},"topicSlugs":["willie-j-usery-jr","labor-management-relations","white-house-communications","department-of-labor"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-002.mp3","bytes":114688,"durationSec":16.77,"bitrate":54700,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}