Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 050-004
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 1971 at 9:43 AM
Participants: White House tour group
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/050-004
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417174095 (NAID 417174095)

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[0:00] UNKNOWN: [unintelligible]
[0:04] UNKNOWN: Sure.
[0:06] UNKNOWN: No [unintelligible] picture.
[0:10] UNKNOWN: [laughter] [unintelligible] you can say they've done that. Come on [unintelligible].
[0:18] UNKNOWN: The president. [laughter]
[0:20] UNKNOWN: You're the first lady president [unintelligible]. Congratulations. Greatest achievement.
[0:26] UNKNOWN: She changed places with everybody [laughter] [unintelligible].
[0:31] UNKNOWN: [laughter]
[0:37] UNKNOWN: The vice president sits right across?
[0:43] UNKNOWN: That's right. The seating goes across, and then, working out from the president and vice president by the seniority of the department. The oldest department the closest.
[0:52] UNKNOWN: Right.
[0:53] UNKNOWN: Is this the gift of the [unintelligible]?
[0:55] UNKNOWN: That's right. There has been a table in here. It was given during the Roosevelt administration, Franklin Roosevelt, and last year, the president had this installed. It's specially made. And it's his personal gift to the White House [unintelligible].
[1:12] UNKNOWN: Beautiful.
[1:13] UNKNOWN: Mommy. Look at the vases.
[1:16] UNKNOWN: And when- when one of these um Eisenhower I think that's Eisenhower. Look at this picture of Eisenhower.
[1:24] UNKNOWN: Eisenhower. What? Look at this Eisenhower.
[1:27] UNKNOWN: Fresh as brand-new. So there are no 1971s.
[1:34] UNKNOWN: Well, that would be Morton? Yeah.
[1:36] UNKNOWN: Well, that isn't supposed to go by the seniority.
[1:39] UNKNOWN: Oh, John Connally. Yeah. Now here's a-
[1:44] UNKNOWN: Well, because he's a brand new uh You see, the date is the date the the man taking over the job.
[1:55] UNKNOWN: Dad. Hey, dad, look at the vases.
[1:59] UNKNOWN: All right. Thank you very much, young lady. I appreciate that.
[2:06] UNKNOWN: We're moving on, then.
[2:08] UNKNOWN: Right. Yeah, we'll just take a peek in the president's office, and we'll see [unintelligible].
[2:13] UNKNOWN: You could spend a whole day in this room, wouldn't you?