Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-088

Nixon phone call with Baroody on New Majority and Presidential directives

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 1:28 PM–1:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Baroody, William J., Jr.Conversation045-088 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:28 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this brief call to express his strong dissatisfaction with William J. Baroody Jr.'s performance regarding the administration's 'New Majority' strategy. Criticizing Baroody’s previous comments as inadequate, the President sternly commanded him to increase his efforts and improve his output immediately. Baroody acknowledged the reprimand and committed to taking more assertive action as directed.

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Yeah.
Hi, Mr. Berutti, sir.
Yeah.
Hello.
You know, what you said this morning was not adequate.
You know, you're talking to the new majority of the rest, and I want to get off your ass and start, you know.
Yes, sir.
Do you understand?
Yes, sir, Mr. President, I do.
Fine.
Get going.
Okay.

NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-88

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: 1:28 pm - 1:29 pm

Location: White House Telephone 


The President talked with William J. Baroody, Jr.


[See also Conversation No. 433-20] 


       Baroody’s statement            

            -New Majority             


       Orders to Baroody

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  • 045-090 1:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm.
  • 433-021 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-088, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-088 (accessed October 5, 2026).