Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-092
Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on Capital punishment and John C. Stennis
Sunday, March 11, 1973 · 2:56 PM–3:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
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President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, held a personal conversation covering various family matters, scheduling, and current events. Nixon discussed his recent radio address regarding capital punishment, specifically referencing the need to hold perpetrators accountable for the killing of a U.S. ambassador in Sudan. They also reviewed Senator John C. Stennis’s recovery progress, planned upcoming family activities for the First Lady's birthday, and anticipated the completion of the White House bowling alley renovations.
- Capital punishment
- John C. Stennis
- White House bowling alley
- Family affairs
- Presidential schedule
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Hello?
Hi.
Julie, everything going all right?
Yeah.
How was the church service?
Oh, fine, fine.
We had a big crowd.
How did Bebe survive the gridiron?
I didn't see him because... Oh, he didn't come.
He wasn't here, but he went to the gridiron.
Yeah.
But he went on back, I think.
Fine.
Oh.
Oh, listen, I was so glad to see that thing on capital punishment.
Oh, that's a good thing, don't you think?
Yes, I think it's very good.
We can't ask the Sudanese to execute the people that killed our ambassador and then put Saran Saran in jail for life and then let him out after three, four years.
That's really true.
Um, Daddy, how's Senator Stennis doing?
I was just thinking, you know...
He's coming along.
I've been in touch with him every week, and he's going to make it, right?
Oh, good.
That's really good.
He's going to make it.
He's going to make it.
Did you have a good time last night, I hope?
Sure did.
Just fine.
Did Eddie get up for the weekend?
No, no.
He went to the gridiron.
Oh, I see.
Well, that's nice.
Fine.
That's good.
Well, when will you be up again?
Well, for Mommy's birthday.
Okay.
But you have an evening then, don't you?
Sure.
But still, you know, we'll have a good time.
Yeah, you've got to attend that.
Yeah.
It's really nice.
You'll be up on Friday or Saturday then?
Probably Saturday morning because David has duties.
Can he come too?
Yeah, he'd like to come too.
Maybe afterwards we might go there.
up there sunday yeah that'd be nice go up to camp david i mean sunday morning can he spend that long or does he have to go back does he have to go back sunday night or monday night but we have to go back sunday night yeah but still one day might be really nice yeah what might be well we'll see we'll see he could he could have dinner and then go and then take off and then we can kind of celebrate it earlier yeah listen how is the bowling alley coming isn't it almost ready
I think they're working on it.
I haven't checked, but they... Let's play when it gets in, okay?
Yeah, it'll ought to be ready in about two, three weeks.
That'd really be fun, I think.
Maybe by the time you're all up here.
Then we can go without having to go over to the other side, which...
I think you'll use it a lot.
I really do.
I really do, once it's in.
You know, it's fun.
Once you get in the groove, you kind of compete, you know.
Right, right.
It's kind of fun.
Yeah, when it's convenient for you to go down.
Yeah.
Right.
The man who owns the home where he's staying has your autograph.
And you know what it's signed on?
It's signed on a thing called the Plantation Room in Asheville, North Carolina.
It's a menu from a restaurant.
And it looks like a very fancy restaurant.
But guess how much shrimp cocktail costs on August 4, 1956?
$0.45.
And roast rib of beef costs $3.75.
Is that fun?
No, it's doubled.
Yeah.
NARA Description
On March 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-092 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-92
Date: March 11, 1973
Time: 2:56 pm-3:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked with the President.
President’s schedule
-Church service
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Gridiron dinner
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President’s crime radio address
-Death penalty
-Sudan
-Killing of ambassador
-Sirhan Sirhan
-John C. Stennis
-Health
President’s schedule
-Edward R. F. Cox
-Gridiron
-Evening at the White House
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Birthday
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II’s schedule
-Camp David
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White House bowling alley
-Renovation
-President’s use
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Menu
-President’s autograph
-Asheville, North Carolina
-1956 restaurant prices
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******************************************************************************Also recorded on March 11, 1973
- 037-084 1:55 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:55 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 037-085 2:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
- 037-086 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:27 pm.
- 037-087 2:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:27 pm.
- 037-088 2:27 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:33 pm.
- 037-089 2:33 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:39 pm.
- 037-090 2:46 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:56 pm.
- 037-091 2:46 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-092, March 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-092 (accessed October 12, 2026).