Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 039-102
Date: Wednesday, June 6, 1973 at 11:11 AM
Participants: White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Meany, George; Laird, Melvin R.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-102

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Hello?
[0:01] Hello?
[0:02] Uh, hello, George?
[0:06] No, no, this is, uh, the President.
[0:09] Well, I got Mel here, and we have a very good announcement.
[0:13] I think you're gonna like it.
[0:14] And, uh, I'll put him on.
[0:16] How's your golf?
[0:22] Oh, yeah.
[0:26] When you get better, we'll get you and Mel, and I'll take a crack at it, okay?
[0:30] Yep.
[0:30] Here he is.
[0:33] George?
[0:33] Yep.
[0:34] How are you?
[0:35] All right, Mel.
[0:36] See, I'm coming back to government, and I'm going to be counselor to the president for domestic affairs.
[0:42] I wanted to talk to you and let you know before this announcement is made.
[0:46] I just felt, you know, better having you know before you picked up and read it someplace.
[0:52] Yeah.
[0:52] I'd like to come on over and visit with you.
[0:55] Okay.
[0:55] Well, I've been laid up for the last four or five days.
[0:59] I've been home.
[1:01] I got to...
[1:03] I was fooling around in the garden.
[1:05] I done some lifting and I hurt my tendons in my forearm.
[1:10] It's been miserable with pain for the last five or six days.
[1:14] Gee, I'm sorry to hear that, George.
[1:16] And I'm doctoring it.
[1:17] I guess, as you say, you've got to wait what comes around.
[1:21] It's one of those, I never knew what this was before.
[1:25] I mean, it's something brand new to me.
[1:27] Tendinitis is what they call it.
[1:28] In other words, the tendons are twisted and sort of inflamed.
[1:33] You shouldn't be doing that.
[1:35] No, that's true.
[1:36] You ought to get your daughter out there.
[1:39] Doing?
[1:40] in the backyard building with cement blocks.
[1:42] Listen, Mel, this is—what is this job now?
[1:47] You're
[1:47] Counselor for domestic affairs.
[1:50] Domestic affairs.
[1:51] Yeah.
[1:51] That includes the cost of living.
[1:54] Right.
[1:55] All kind of across the board.
[1:57] And that's what I want to talk to you about.
[2:00] Well, we certainly got something to talk about.
[2:02] And I'd like to talk to you about this wage pricing, which is going to be whenever you feel up to it.
[2:09] OK, fine.
[2:09] I'll call you.
[2:10] You call me.
[2:11] I'll wait.
[2:12] OK. All right, George.
[2:13] Fine.
[2:13] Good to talk to you.
[2:14] Bye.