Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 042-069
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1971 at 4:49 PM
Participants: Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-069

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[0:00] Yes, sir.
[0:04] Hi, Bob.
[0:05] I'm going to see Henry for a few minutes.
[0:09] He's going to be leaving very shortly.
[0:11] I was thinking maybe if you had come over on 515, I'd go over a few things before I bed down for the rest of the cram course.
[0:25] Oh, one thing.
[0:26] Get from Buchanan's people what the position should be on the $2 minimum wage.
[0:34] It's not in the book.
[0:36] I guess Buchanan may be working it up now, and it's a new subject.
[0:40] It comes up, I intend to duck it, but unless they have a position.
[0:46] I'd like to just come out again.
[0:47] They were still debating it this morning because Hodgson's for it.
[0:52] Oh, yes.
[0:53] On the grounds that you have to keep the minimum wage at approximately half the...
[0:58] I see.
[0:58] Well, then maybe it's a moot question.
[1:00] Maybe I just say, well, that's a matter that's under consideration in the administration.
[1:04] Maybe I don't want to announce that we're for it.
[1:05] I don't think they do because there are a lot of people that aren't.
[1:08] Well, I'm not for it.
[1:09] I think we've resolved it.
[1:11] Maybe they have.
[1:11] They were discussing it this morning.
[1:12] They may have had to testify, so we may have ended up with it.
[1:17] Okay.
[1:19] Hi Bob.
[1:25] I'm going to see Henry for a few minutes.
[1:28] He's going to be leaving very shortly.
[1:30] I was thinking maybe if you hadn't come over on 515, I'd go over a few things before I bed down for the rest of the cram course.
[1:44] Oh, one thing.
[1:46] But he testified that he thought that they'd gone off the track and that the President was ending the war correctly, and Fulbright tried to gavel him down.
[1:57] The committee hearing, some of our fellows finally got a little spunk.
[2:02] Who?
[2:03] Which one?
[2:03] Well, Hugh Scott and George Aitken.
[2:05] George Aitken said to a few fellows, if you kids don't like it in this country, why don't you go to another country?
[2:13] Scott accused them of taking direction from Madam Ben.
[2:20] Who were these people?
[2:21] These were the organizers of the present group.
[2:25] Oh, the Rennie Davis group?
[2:26] The Rennie Davis group.
[2:28] But our fellows got a little bit angry over it, and I understand we've already found out ABC is going to cover both Scott and Aiken, and I suspect the other networks will.