{"conversationCode":"100-002","tapeNumber":100,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-100-002","startDateTime":"1972-05-05T15:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T13:10:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1972","startTime":"11:37 AM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House tour group;","description":"a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:37 am on May 5, 1972 and 9:10 am on May 8, 1972. 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Volpe\n                          -Position\n               -Seating Arrangement\n                     -Secretary of the Treasury\n               -The President\n               -Secretary of Defense\n               -Secretary of State\n               -The Vice President\n               -Secretary of the Treasury\n               -Tradition on departure from office\n\n          -Portraits\n                -The President’s choices\n                     -Dwight D. Eisenhower\n                     -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson\n                     -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt\n\n     Stephen B. Bull\n          -Office location\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Office location\n\n     Alexander P. Butterfield\n          -Office location\n\n     The President’s office\n          -Phone calls\n               -Butterfield’s complaints\n\n     Rose Garden\n          -Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding\n\nThe tour group left at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972","filename":["100-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House tour group"],"prevCode":"100-001","nextCode":"100-003","transcript":[{"start":1.65,"end":9.34,"text":"It's the cat room."},{"start":9.38,"end":11.81,"text":"Yeah, it's a good place."},{"start":11.83,"end":17.84,"text":"It's where I heard a lot about the cat room."},{"start":18.95,"end":24.39,"text":"Of course, the chair, and the chair here representing the community of TAC, the name of the office is on the back."},{"start":24.59,"end":27.23,"text":"Now, this is probably Rums, not Rums, but I'll be at this point."},{"start":27.27,"end":34,"text":"You know, I've met Rums, I've talked to Rums over at the council, to the president, to his special assistant, to the president of the state of TAC."},{"start":34.04,"end":37.24,"text":"He had a date on it, but it was made with money in his office."},{"start":38.34,"end":41.04,"text":"Okay, here's Secretary of Transportation, he's in the back."},{"start":41.06,"end":44.64,"text":"January 6th, Mr. Fauci was appointed."},{"start":44.94,"end":50.3,"text":"What they did, the chair is running now for the people, for the office."},{"start":50.34,"end":52.27,"text":"Of course, the treasurer is standing right up."},{"start":52.28,"end":53.59,"text":"This is the presidency right here."},{"start":58.99,"end":59.69,"text":"Who has a name tag on there?"},{"start":59.73,"end":60.15,"text":"That's right."},{"start":60.17,"end":60.67,"text":"Secretary of Defense."},{"start":60.69,"end":61.43,"text":"These are your oldest offices."},{"start":61.45,"end":61.99,"text":"Secretary of State."},{"start":62.01,"end":62.59,"text":"That's Vice President Atkins."},{"start":62.63,"end":63.51,"text":"Chair, Director across the table."},{"start":63.53,"end":64.91,"text":"I believe Treasury is on one side or the other."},{"start":64.93,"end":66.02,"text":"And this is the man who's on the chair here."},{"start":66.06,"end":67.5,"text":"It's beautiful that everybody else is here, isn't it?"},{"start":67.52,"end":67.6,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":81.61,"end":82.83,"text":"Uh, they have a little thing they do here."},{"start":82.85,"end":86.79,"text":"And when he comes in here, all the others are busy inviting his chairperson."},{"start":86.85,"end":92,"text":"And then when he leaves office, they take the chairperson."},{"start":94.72,"end":101.6,"text":"And, uh, the tradition is here, the president will paint, uh, portraits of his favorite past presidents."},{"start":101.62,"end":107.93,"text":"Of course, President Nixon and President Eisenhower, and then President Wilson and President Theodore Roosevelt."},{"start":107.95,"end":109.95,"text":"These are two of his favorites."},{"start":112.4,"end":113.24,"text":"I don't know what you mean by that."},{"start":137.52,"end":138.42,"text":"Thanks, Butterfield."},{"start":138.5,"end":142.56,"text":"I'm saying that Butterfield, his office is right on the other side of the president's office."},{"start":142.6,"end":143.44,"text":"He's going to be there."},{"start":143.52,"end":146.58,"text":"He's supposed to take care of it."},{"start":146.66,"end":147.75,"text":"Nothing."},{"start":147.82,"end":151.81,"text":"I'm just a guy here on the president's office, you know."},{"start":151.85,"end":154.17,"text":"He went over and talked to our chief."},{"start":154.23,"end":156.65,"text":"He had about a two-hour session a couple weeks ago."},{"start":156.69,"end":160.75,"text":"Butterfield complained that we're not answering the phone fast enough."},{"start":160.79,"end":161.44,"text":"It's disturbing him."},{"start":161.46,"end":163.16,"text":"The phone is ringing too many times."},{"start":163.22,"end":164.72,"text":"He'll be back in a few years or so."},{"start":166.64,"end":168.38,"text":"I think we got, I think our service is very late."},{"start":168.41,"end":169.12,"text":"This is quite a garden."},{"start":169.15,"end":170.43,"text":"That's where she was married, right, Tim?"},{"start":170.45,"end":171.61,"text":"Yeah, I mean, it's back out that way."},{"start":171.63,"end":173.01,"text":"I think it was right at that garage, I believe."},{"start":173.05,"end":174.89,"text":"That's the one socket for us over here all the time."},{"start":174.91,"end":175.27,"text":"He has no stop."},{"start":175.29,"end":176.09,"text":"He's always checking the stop."},{"start":176.11,"end":176.59,"text":"This is what I do."},{"start":195.13,"end":196.19,"text":"That's right."},{"start":196.23,"end":199.5,"text":"Is the first guy you need to pay raise a 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