Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 039-023
Date: Monday, May 28, 1973 at 10:31 PM
Participants: White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-023

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[0:00] I have Julie for you.
[0:02] Thank you.
[0:04] Julie?
[0:04] Daddy.
[0:05] How was Abilene?
[0:06] Well, it was nice.
[0:07] People were so friendly.
[0:08] Oh, good, sweetie.
[0:09] And you know, Daddy, I have to tell you something funny.
[0:11] After the ceremony, we went around and shook hands.
[0:15] Right.
[0:15] And I was coming around the bend, and I saw a group of young people with signs.
[0:19] They were nice-looking kids.
[0:21] And I was so scared that I didn't even look at the signs.
[0:24] I kept thinking they'd be bad.
[0:26] And then I got closer, and they said, God bless President Nixon.
[0:29] Nixon, President Nixon is on God's side.
[0:32] And, oh, my Lord, it was this religious group from Abilene who was praying for you and thought you were the greatest.
[0:38] And they were singing a song, and it was so cute.
[0:41] Yeah.
[0:41] You have to tell Mommy that.
[0:43] Right.
[0:44] I really enjoyed it.
[0:45] Good.
[0:45] David gave a very good little speech.
[0:47] Good.
[0:48] And people were very friendly.
[0:50] Good.
[0:50] Yeah.
[0:51] I thought they would be out there, right?
[0:53] Yeah, they were.
[0:54] They don't think much about Watergate and that crap, you know.
[0:57] No, they really don't.
[0:58] They just are good people, and they, you know, believe in you, and they're real good people.
[1:04] Well, Mommy, we all had a good time in Florida.
[1:07] Did you have a nice day today?
[1:09] Yeah, yeah.
[1:09] Just the weather here is awful, isn't it?
[1:11] Well, it just got good today, because we came in and it cleared up.
[1:14] Well, but I mean, just think of the people who had a horrible weekend.
[1:17] Right, right, right.
[1:19] You know, we were so lucky with the weather, weren't we?
[1:21] We sure were.
[1:21] Are you going to...
[1:23] You're home now, are you?
[1:25] Yeah, we are.
[1:26] It's really nice out here.
[1:28] Great, great.
[1:29] Will we see you tomorrow then?
[1:31] Yeah, I'm going to come in to do a couple things.
[1:34] Then I may see you tomorrow afternoon.
[1:36] What time do you leave for Iceland?
[1:38] The next day.
[1:41] But you had a nice day today, didn't you?
[1:43] Did you see a movie?
[1:45] Not today.
[1:57] All right, Shirley.
[1:57] Thanks for everything.
[1:59] Bye.