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Conversation 044-135

TapeTape 44StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 3:46 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 3:47 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Cook, Richard K.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Richard K. Cook talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-135 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 44-135
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: 3:46 pm-3:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Richard K. Cook.
[See also Conversation No. 426-40]
Vote sustaining a veto
-President's calls
-Gerald R. Ford
-Grand Rapids
-Leslie C. Arends
-Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.
-Work done by Cook and Max L. Friedersdorf
-Domestic spending
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Thursday afternoon reception
-Cabinet
-Earl L. Butz
-Vocational Rehabilitation Bill
-Senate
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-James T. Lynn
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
Well, that was a great job.
I want you to know I tried to get Jerry.
I got your note for calls.
Oh, yeah.
Jerry's in Grand Rapids.
Oh, he's already left.
I did talk to Les and did talk to Wagoner, and they're tickled to death.
They are.
They're both coming back coming Thursday, and they're all pleased about that.
Thank you very much, sir.
Max Friedersdorf.
You and Max really did the job.
Yeah, we really did.
And it was a lot of fun.
I think this breaks their back.
You really do?
On domestic spending, yes, sir.
It's going to get them.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
I meant on that.
It's on the spending.
They're going to be, I suppose, our next big round will be on, who knows.
Well, we'll see.
We'll see.
We'll fight each battle every day.
One at a time, Mr. President.
Don't borrow any trouble.
I think, Dick, it'd be a good idea, don't you think, I've just been thinking about that.
I probably ought to have the domestic members of the cabinet there, too, because they worked on this, too, didn't they?
Earl Butts, particularly, Mr. President, he really hustled on this one.
I think he called about 25 members.
But now on this one, but on the vocational one, who hustled on that for you?
On voc rehab, well, we didn't really get... No, you didn't get that, but in the Senate who worked on that, let's see.
I think that was primarily Cap...
Cap worked hard on that.
I think Jimmy Lynn got in on that one.
I'll see that they're called.
Yes, sir.
Fine.
Thank you so much, sir.
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