President Nixon met with a large contingent of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) staff in the Cabinet Room for a ceremony regarding the signing of the Fiscal Year 1973 Budget Message. During the brief visit, the President expressed his appreciation for the intensive labor and dedication the staff contributed to the budgetary process. The discussion focused on acknowledging the team's professional efforts and coordinating the logistics for the formal bill-signing event.
On January 24, 1972, during the signing of the 1973 Budget Message, President Richard M. Nixon and staff members of the Office of Management and Budget, including Samuel M. Cohn, Mark W. Alger, Charles E. Benton, David Bray, Lawrence Breese, Velma N. Baldwin, Philip Dame, Donald A. Derman, Lynn Etheredge, C. William Fischer, James M. Frey, Wilmer Hunt, John F. Hurley, Walter W. Haase, Joseph Laitin, Susanne Lind, Hugh F. Loweth, Theodore C. Lutz, C. Peter Modlin, Jr., Philip MacDonald, Dale R. McOmber, Douglas Norwood, Wilfred H. Rommel, Wesley K. Sasaki, Glenn R. Schleede, Julius Shiskin, Richard Stubbing, Reardon Sullivan, Daniel H. Taft, Barbara Torrey, James D. Tschirigi, Milton Turen, Ellis H. Veatch, Joyce Walker, Charles Kraus, Frank C. Carlucci, III, and Raymond Clarke; and possibly William H. Kohlberg, William A. Niskanen, William H. Taft, IV, David P. Taylor, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur B. Laffer, William L. Gifford, Charles R. Perry, Dwight A. Ink, Kenneth W. Dam, Donald B. Rice, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 088-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 88-1
Date: January 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:04 am and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The following people met: Samuel M. Cohn, Mark W. Alger, Charles E. Benton, David Bray,
Lawrence Breese, Velma N. Baldwin, Philip Dame, Donald A. Derman, Lynn Etheredge, C.
William Fischer, James M. Frey, Wilmer Hunt, John Hurley, Walter W. Haase, Joseph Laitin,
Susanne Lind, Hugh F. Loweth, Theodore C. Lutz, C. Peter Modlin, Jr., Philip McDonald, Dale
R. McOmber, Douglas Norwood, Wilfred H. Rommel, Wesley K. Sasaki, Glenn R. Schleede,
Julius Shiskin, Richard Stubbing, Reardon Sullivan, Daniel H. Taft, Barbara Torrey, James D.
Tschirigi, Milton Turen, Ellis H. Veatch, Joyce Walker, Charles Kraus, Frank C. Carlucci, and
Raymond Clarke. The following may also have been present: William H. Kolberg, William A.
Niskanen, William H. Taft, IV, David P. Taylor, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. (“Cap”)
Weinberger, Arthur B. Laffer, William L. Gifford, Charles R. Perry, Dwight A. Ink, Kenneth W.
Dam, Donald B. Rice, and Paul H. O’Neill
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Preparation for bill-signing ceremony
-Arrangement of spectators
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President entered at 10:30 am
Fiscal Year [FY] 1973 budget
The President’s budgetary policies
Office of Management and Budget [OMB] staff
-Work
The President left at 10:34 am
Appreciation of OMB staff
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President’s schedule
Cohn, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pmThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.