Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 100-002
Date: Friday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AM
Participants: White House tour group
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/100-002

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[0:01] It's the cat room.
[0:09] Yeah, it's a good place.
[0:11] It's where I heard a lot about the cat room.
[0:18] Of course, the chair, and the chair here representing the community of TAC, the name of the office is on the back.
[0:24] Now, this is probably Rums, not Rums, but I'll be at this point.
[0:27] 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.
[0:34] He had a date on it, but it was made with money in his office.
[0:38] Okay, here's Secretary of Transportation, he's in the back.
[0:41] January 6th, Mr. Fauci was appointed.
[0:44] What they did, the chair is running now for the people, for the office.
[0:50] Of course, the treasurer is standing right up.
[0:52] This is the presidency right here.
[0:58] Who has a name tag on there?
[0:59] That's right.
[1:00] Secretary of Defense.
[1:00] These are your oldest offices.
[1:01] Secretary of State.
[1:02] That's Vice President Atkins.
[1:02] Chair, Director across the table.
[1:03] I believe Treasury is on one side or the other.
[1:04] And this is the man who's on the chair here.
[1:06] It's beautiful that everybody else is here, isn't it?
[1:07] Yeah.
[1:21] Uh, they have a little thing they do here.
[1:22] And when he comes in here, all the others are busy inviting his chairperson.
[1:26] And then when he leaves office, they take the chairperson.
[1:34] And, uh, the tradition is here, the president will paint, uh, portraits of his favorite past presidents.
[1:41] Of course, President Nixon and President Eisenhower, and then President Wilson and President Theodore Roosevelt.
[1:47] These are two of his favorites.
[1:52] I don't know what you mean by that.
[2:17] Thanks, Butterfield.
[2:18] I'm saying that Butterfield, his office is right on the other side of the president's office.
[2:22] He's going to be there.
[2:23] He's supposed to take care of it.
[2:26] Nothing.
[2:27] I'm just a guy here on the president's office, you know.
[2:31] He went over and talked to our chief.
[2:34] He had about a two-hour session a couple weeks ago.
[2:36] Butterfield complained that we're not answering the phone fast enough.
[2:40] It's disturbing him.
[2:41] The phone is ringing too many times.
[2:43] He'll be back in a few years or so.
[2:46] I think we got, I think our service is very late.
[2:48] This is quite a garden.
[2:49] That's where she was married, right, Tim?
[2:50] Yeah, I mean, it's back out that way.
[2:51] I think it was right at that garage, I believe.
[2:53] That's the one socket for us over here all the time.
[2:54] He has no stop.
[2:55] He's always checking the stop.
[2:56] This is what I do.
[3:15] That's right.
[3:16] Is the first guy you need to pay raise a million?
[3:19] Let's go.