Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-167

Nixon phone call with Eisenhower on White House hospitality

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 2:22 PM–2:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie NixonConversation043-167 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:22 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-167 ↗

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President Nixon and his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, discuss potential plans to host prominent guests, such as Norman Vincent Peale, for overnight stays at the White House to attend church services. During the conversation, Julie also updates the President on the professional status and salary of John Wardlow, a pool driver for the Senate. The pair concludes the call by confirming Julie’s upcoming travel arrangements to visit the White House for several days.

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Julie.
Hello.
Hi.
Julie, I had an idea.
We didn't have the peels to overnight, did we yet?
No, you haven't had them stay.
I thought this year we might have a few people, you know, from time to time.
I was thinking that maybe I would, I'll talk to mine, but invite them, not for dinner and anything, because I don't want to, but have them come down in the evening, Saturday night, and come in and stay in the
stay in the Lincoln room and then be there for the church service and go back.
How's that sound to you?
Oh, I think that's really nice.
Because that'll be something they can remember and talk about the rest of their lives.
And we had Bob Hopes and things like that.
I think it'd be really great.
Fine.
Daddy, I thought I'd come up on Monday or Sunday evening and stay part of that week.
Good.
And I understand you're going out to Irene tonight.
That must be very good.
Right, right.
And, Daddy, as long as you're on the line, I did want to tell you that you wanted to know how John Wardlow was, and I found out that he's a pool driver for the Senate, and he's apparently earning about $12,000 a year.
Oh, my God, he's doing great.
So he seems to be doing well.
Fine, fine, fine.
Great.
Well, that's good to follow up.
And then how are you...
Then you're not coming up for the deal thing.
No, I'm not going to come to that.
That's great.
You'll come up Sunday night.
I thought I'd come up Sunday night.
Great.
And you can stay a few days for the two dinners.
Yeah.
Well, that's great, honey.
That's great.
I sure miss you, Daddy.
Well, we'll be glad to see you.
And you just think when you'll be up here after the 31st all the time, won't that be great?
Yeah, it really will be great.
Like on an evening like this, we just call you up, you come up and go with us.
That'd be really nice.
I felt that.
Okay, honey, thank you.
Thanks for calling.
Bye.
Bye.

NARA Description

On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-167 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-167

Date: February 22, 1973
Time: 2:22 pm - 2:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Julie Nixon Eisenhower.

[See Conversation No. 411-13]

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]

       The President’s schedule
            -Stay at White House
                   -Norman Vincent Peale
                   -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
            -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                  -“Irene”

       John Wardlow
            -Pool driver for Senate
                  -Salary

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
             -Peale church service
             -Dinners

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Also recorded on February 22, 1973

  • 411-013 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
  • 043-168 2:24 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:25 pm.
  • 411-014 2:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:24 pm.
  • 043-169 2:25 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart talked on the telephone at 2:25 pm.
  • 043-170 2:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:25 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 411-015 2:25 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas Hart met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 411-016 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.
  • 411-017 2:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-167, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-167 (accessed October 1, 2026).