Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 200-010
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 10:19 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/200-010

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[0:00] It feels very strongly that we should not have a reasonable food crisis.
[0:26] It feels that this might jeopardize the strength that we know as ours in the far rural areas in the Midwest and the states of Texas.
[0:29] Whereas it might be marginal in terms of cutting our losses in the food price issue.
[0:32] He believes, however, that we, I might be the one to call in the top change starting team, as well as the Packers.
[0:56] And y'all wrote them hard with high publicity on passing on the savings and paying prices to the public and simply warning them that they don't do so.
[0:59] There's nothing that they're on the risk of a freeze.
[1:02] I'm sorry.
[1:30] I'm sorry.
[1:31] It will probably be before the antivirus comes out.
[1:55] The idea is better to avoid the fact that it comes out, but that puts us in the telephone.
[1:56] All right?
[1:57] And I don't think the story is getting the right picture out of that.
[1:58] Discuss this with the public.
[1:59] And post it.
[1:59] Don't raise it with the media.
[2:00] and possibly run itself and give me a recommendation.
[2:24] Very correct.
[2:25] He also feels as far as auto manufacturing is concerned that I should call in privately but they should add workers in this period of enormous sales and extraordinary profits.
[2:28] This one.
[2:30] I don't believe I want to be in that position, but I think it shows.
[2:49] I need to break them down and give them a good word of all that I've said to tell them not to get used to it.
[2:51] They have to recognize that that's the only problem in our area in the event that we don't respond to that problem.