Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 113-006
Date: Friday, January 26, 1973 at 12:09 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Ash, Roy L.; Carlucci, Frank C., III; Malek, Frederic V.; Dwight, James S., Jr.; O'Neill, Paul H.; Dam, Kenneth W.; Morrill, William; Cohn, Samuel M.; Ink, Dwight A.; Rommel, Wilfred H.; Kohlberg, William H.; Taylor, David P.; Carlson, Jack W.; Haase, Walter W.; Shiskin, Julius; Crabill, Donald E.; Frey, James M.; Alger, Mark W.; Fischer, C. William; Veatch, Ellis H.; Young, John W.; Laitin, Joseph; Baldwin, Velma N.; Bradley, James; Taft, William H., IV; Yarbrough, Louise L.; Adkins, Roger; Heun, Howard; Hamm, William; Strait, Edward; Rotherham, James; McOmber, Dale R.; Modlin, C. Peter, Jr.; Modlin, C. Peter, Jr.; Clarke, Raymond; Strauss, George; Banks, Virginia; Pro, Florence; Fletcher, Mary; Woltz, Evelyn; Parker, Marilyn; Bethel, Isabelle; White House photographer
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/113-006

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[3:51:53] sports artist, eh?
[3:52:10] I was in law school in my second or third year.
[3:52:16] I worked in the library
[3:52:39] I always liked the smell of the book.
[3:52:44] Ever work in the library?
[3:52:45] That's where you go to do the old ones.
[3:52:51] It'd be hateful.
[3:52:52] I like the eyes.
[3:52:52] Most of us have thought of the eyes just in the period.
[3:52:58] Oh, I've got the eyes.
[3:53:00] Now we've got the eye.
[3:53:03] They're all kinds of things.
[3:53:10] Those go.
[3:53:10] And do I have to keep those?
[3:53:13] And God go to leave them on the floor.
[3:53:15] And I will present the canvas appropriately to the city.
[3:53:21] The first one, of course, goes to Kat.
[3:53:25] There he is.
[3:53:26] I used to have been a saver, now I'm going to be a spender.
[3:53:31] If we could get rid of that department, we could really balance the budget.
[3:53:35] My Republican friend said to the President after the announcement was made, he said, well, I'm pretty surprised.
[3:53:42] He said, I thought, of course, we were going to abolish that department if we won.
[3:53:46] Okay, you're doing it with your own...
[3:53:51] And we have our, as usual, our famous, I mean, our most devoted career citizen, Mr. Collins.
[3:54:06] And let's see, Mr. Beecher.
[3:54:08] I announced that right at my speech.
[3:54:11] Thirty-eight years of service.
[3:54:13] Thirty years of the way of being.
[3:54:15] Thirty-one years.
[3:54:18] When did you come with a gun?
[3:54:21] Over 1934.
[3:54:22] Over 1934.
[3:54:22] That's the year I finished.
[3:54:29] That's the year I finished.
[3:54:33] Well, we wish we could pay you more, but you don't.
[3:54:38] I'm proud.
[3:54:39] Maybe next year, huh?
[3:54:42] We've got to put a pay increase for what it will be next year.
[3:54:44] We're going to put it first so we can solve all these other problems that might be a little left up there.
[3:54:48] But we've got a Senate system.
[3:54:49] We are going to be able to get a function of doing all the other things that you probably envision on your building work and so forth.
[3:54:57] And it's very interesting not only to talk about what people do in various departments and power they have.
[3:55:12] But I would probably suggest that the most powerful people is the governor in this room.
[3:55:22] Now that being said, I'm going to say what I want you to do.
[3:55:27] When you go home tonight and you see your wife or your husband sitting in the presence of him, you are among the most powerful people.
[3:55:37] Thank you very much.
[3:55:49] Unless you have some words you want to say.
[3:55:53] We have a souvenir pen for everyone.
[3:55:56] I will take a formal tribute to you at a later time, but I feel it very need to come.
[3:56:05] Thank you.
[3:57:09] Thank you.
[3:58:24] Thank you.