Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 044-135
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 1973 at 3:46 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cook, Richard K.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-135

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Yes, sir, Mr. President.
[0:03] Well, that was a great job.
[0:04] I want you to know I tried to get Jerry.
[0:06] I got your note for calls.
[0:08] Oh, yeah.
[0:08] Jerry's in Grand Rapids.
[0:10] Oh, he's already left.
[0:11] I did talk to Les and did talk to Wagoner, and they're tickled to death.
[0:15] They are.
[0:15] They're both coming back coming Thursday, and they're all pleased about that.
[0:20] Thank you very much, sir.
[0:21] Max Friedersdorf.
[0:22] You and Max really did the job.
[0:23] Yeah, we really did.
[0:25] And it was a lot of fun.
[0:26] I think this breaks their back.
[0:27] You really do?
[0:29] On domestic spending, yes, sir.
[0:31] It's going to get them.
[0:32] Oh, yeah.
[0:32] Oh, yeah.
[0:33] I meant on that.
[0:33] It's on the spending.
[0:34] They're going to be, I suppose, our next big round will be on, who knows.
[0:39] Well, we'll see.
[0:40] We'll see.
[0:40] We'll fight each battle every day.
[0:42] One at a time, Mr. President.
[0:44] Don't borrow any trouble.
[0:46] I think, Dick, it'd be a good idea, don't you think, I've just been thinking about that.
[0:49] I probably ought to have the domestic members of the cabinet there, too, because they worked on this, too, didn't they?
[0:54] Earl Butts, particularly, Mr. President, he really hustled on this one.
[1:02] I think he called about 25 members.
[1:04] But now on this one, but on the vocational one, who hustled on that for you?
[1:09] 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.
[1:18] I think that was primarily Cap...
[1:22] Cap worked hard on that.
[1:23] I think Jimmy Lynn got in on that one.
[1:26] I'll see that they're called.
[1:28] Yes, sir.
[1:29] Fine.
[1:29] Thank you so much, sir.