Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 099-008
Date: Thursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:39 AM
Participants: White House tour group
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/099-008

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[2:43:24] This is the cabinet room.
[2:43:28] This is where all the decisions are made.
[2:43:38] The president, in 1904, had his office.
[2:43:50] His wife, normally, would use the merchants with his arms.
[2:43:53] Captain Robinson.
[2:43:57] It's a tradition that the president uses portraits to win the capitol.
[2:44:03] These are his favorite people.
[2:44:05] President Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.
[2:44:10] And this is a new capitol table.
[2:44:12] As a matter of fact, the president bought this for the capitol.
[2:44:17] Thank you.
[2:44:20] They had a square one.
[2:44:24] Oh, that's right.
[2:44:26] The president's chair.
[2:44:28] The president's chair.
[2:44:29] The various cabinet posts go out from him.
[2:44:33] As you can see, the government, when they were established, as you can see, the vice president sits right across from him, and then the cabinet posts...
[2:44:51] Do they stay here after they go out of office?
[2:44:59] No, well, it's... Or are they sort of taken with them as a momentum?
[2:45:06] Well, they're taken with them.
[2:45:09] The cabinet members all check in.
[2:45:14] It's a little ceremony.
[2:45:17] You usually have the same dinner for the captain.
[2:45:20] Or it's like a secretary blunt.
[2:45:24] It's not a chair.
[2:45:25] They bring it in for the ceremony.
[2:45:30] It's a little ceremony.
[2:45:36] Normally the press wouldn't attend.
[2:45:38] The heads of committees, they've had four capital B's, official capital B's, the capital Y's.
[2:45:54] They participate.
[2:45:56] Well, you know, what was it then and how it is?
[2:45:59] Well, we have to keep doing that.
[2:46:02] Well, I'll tell you what, until it's plain and worthy, it can't go.
[2:46:05] I wouldn't say that, but I'll tell you, please.
[2:46:08] Do you think so, sir?
[2:46:10] I think so, yes.
[2:46:12] Well, we can't be proud of it, can we?
[2:46:16] Oh, yes.
[2:46:16] That's the best way we can do it.
[2:46:21] That's all that we want to do, sir.
[2:46:30] This is Kennedy.
[2:46:32] He started the collection right after that.
[2:46:41] This is Tom Stanton.
[2:47:27] I don't know if you want to stay in this area.
[2:47:29] I don't know if you want to stay here.
[2:47:30] I don't know if you want to stay here.
[2:47:31] I don't know if you want to stay here.