Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 55 › Conversation 055-003
Nixon, Agnew & Irwin
Tuesday, April 27, 1971 · 8:04 AM–9:43 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 hr 41 min
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On April 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and members of the Cabinet, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. ("Red") Blount, Jr., Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:43 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 055-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 55-3
Date: April 27, 1971
Time: 8:04 am - 9:43 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally,
Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. (“Red”) Blount, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford
M. Hardin, James T. Lynn, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John
A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, George H. W. Bush, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Dr.
Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Robert
J. Brown, Robert J. Dole, Arthur J. Sohmer, Donald E. Johnson, and Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr.
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
White House Conference on Youth
-Colorado
-Setting
-Power structure
-Richardson’s remarks
-Purpose
-Discussion
-Agenda
-Follow-up
-Interests
-Environment
-Specific concerns of participants
-Black caucus
-Recommendations
-Indochina troop withdrawal
-Appalachian Commission
-Coal mining in Appalachia
-Strip mining
-Education
-Guaranteed annual income
-Amnesty for draft violators and deserters
-Abolition of private enterprise system
-American youth
-Representation at conference
-List of recommendations
-Groups
-Representation
-Geographic
-DemographicShow the rest of the log (332 more lines)
-Levels
-Age
-Activists
-Selection process
-Tendency toward activism
-Psychological factor
-Opinions presented
-Colleges
-Representation
-Geographic
-Population
-Names
-Adults
-Specific interests
-Voting
-Composition
-Foreign policy
-Presence of student editors
-Legalization of marijuana
-Position
-Breakdown
-Blacks and Chicanos
-White middle class
-Texas A & M University
-Student body
-Balance of views
-War withdrawal
-Minimum income
-Importance of seeing youth
-White House staff
-Recommendations
President’s April 26, 1971 meeting with bipartisan United Nations committee
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-J. William Fulbright
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Recommendations
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United Nations
[To listen to the segment (38s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-518.]
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-Cabinet listening to views
-Importance of reading
-Barry M. Goldwater
Youth conference
-Views
-Problems
-Balance
-Guidance
-Recommendations
-Irwin
-Ecology
-Deep sea
-Issues
-Resolutions
-Recommendations
-Possible response
-Stephen Hess
-Role at conference
-Proceedings
-Weather
American youth
-Failure of leadership
-Parents
-Development of leadership
-Political constituency
-Television
-Forum
-Breakdown of leadership
-Power structure
-Richardson
-Youth versus adults
-Meetings
-Environment
-Polarization of adults and youth
-Alien body
United Nations Commission
-Representation
-Plans
-Importance of listening
Vietnam
-Administration policy
-Youth support
-President’s meeting with student representatives
-Youth undecided
-Polls
-Youth
-Political views
Youth conference
-Representation
-High school
-Richardson
-Representation
-College students
-Over-representation
-Women
-Blacks
-Geographical
-Education levels
-Resolutions
-Stabilization of world population
-Strip mining
-Reclamation of soils
-Solutions
-Elections
-Faculty
-Resolutions
-Communication with youth
-Involvement
-Agnew
-Departmental advisory committees
-James E. Cheek and Dr. G[eorge] Alexander Heard
-Youth representation
-Agencies
-Involvement of youth
Faculties
-Colleges
-Campaigns
-Voting
-Assistant deans
Labor market
-Cabinet
-Briefing
-Employment and unemployment
-Lovell and Brown
-Categories
-Manpower Administration
-Unemployment
-Statistics
-Level
-Manpower organization
-Expectations
-Current levels
-Geographic breakdown
-Cities
-Pocket pattern
-Problem categories
-Young people
-Non-white
-Veterans
-Engineers and scientists
-Pattern
-Young people
-1930's level
-1960's level
-Long-term trend
-Teenagers
-Non-white
-Newark
-Cleveland
-Percentage
-Non-white
-All racial groups
-Excludes Chicanos/Mexican-Americans
-Variation
-Blacks
-Ratio
-Progress
-Disproportion
-Veterans
-Rate
-Age comparison
-Lovell
-Non-attachment to labor market
-World War II experience
-Current situation
-Duration
-Technical workers
-Engineers
-Rate
-Special attention
-Pattern
-Black
-Veteran
-Urban
-Young
-Manpower Administration programs
-Unemployment compensation
-Insurance
-Benefits
-Placement service activities
-Youth
-Non-white
-Veterans
-Applicants
-Training and working-training programs
-Youth
-Non-white
-Veterans
-GI bill
-Disadvantaged
-Services
-Employment Service activities
-Placement
-Activities
-Summer programs
-Federal employees
-Youth
-Non-whites
-Manpower programs
-Jobs programs
-Numbers
-Construction field
-Timetables for minorities
-Apprenticeship programs
-Veterans
-Special programs
-Publicity efforts
-Unemployment compensation program
-Right-to-a-job program
-Defense Department program
-Scientists and engineers
-National registry
-Job counseling workshops
-Southern California program
-Job search program
-On-the-job-training
-Reconversion of skills program
-Apprenticeship program
-Funding
-Minorities
-Construction trades
-Trainees
-Minorities
-Veterans
-Outreach
-Manpower programs
-Funds
-Administration’s support
-Welfare reform program
-Manpower Administration
-Role
-Economic policy
-Problem areas
-Long-term problems
-Youth
-Minorities
-Short-range problems
-Veterans
-Engineers and scientists
-Geographical pockets
-West Coast
-Cape Kennedy
-Long Island
-Boston area
-Allocation of resources
-Rural areas
-Non-problem area
-Appalachia
-Rocky Mountain area
-Geographical areas
-California
-Pacific Northwest
-California
-Metropolitan areas
-Impact
-Aerospace industry
-Unemployment
-Defense and government procurement
-San Diego
-San Jose
-Orange County
-Government procurement
-Effect
-Unemployment
-Unknown man’s conversation with Dan Rath [sp?]
-Dallas
-Unemployment
-Houston
-California
-Electronics industry
-Aerospace industry
-Houston
-Labor market
-Houston compared with Los Angeles
-Houston
-Growth
-Port facility
-Population
-California
-Los Angeles
-Building trades
-Chicago
-Ohio
-Indiana
-Pennsylvania
-Light construction industry
-Employment
-California
-Minorities
-Government contracts
-Geographic areas
-California
-Supersonic Transport
-Boeing Corporation
-Lockheed
-Contracts
-Unemployment
-General Services Administration contracts
-Public attitude
-Vietnam
-My Lai
-Advisory groups
-Veterans
[A transcript of the following portion of the conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979, for Special Access [SA] 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v.
James M. Powell, et al. No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration
produced the transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 055-003, April 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174149). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/055-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).