Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 214-003
Date: Saturday, September 30, 1972 at 2:32 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/214-003

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[0:02] When I got Ray Price coming up, I thought that I probably won't give success.
[0:09] You up here, yeah?
[0:12] Oh, fine, fine.
[0:13] No, no problem, no problem.
[0:16] But you can talk to him.
[0:17] You had a chance to talk to him about the radio thing, Jeff.
[0:20] You already have?
[0:21] Oh, good.
[0:21] Well, then I'll talk to him.
[0:27] I just want to give him something.
[0:30] You know, he has to give me something he wants to.
[0:31] I know they want to get some feel of things, and so I go over the mix and also general things.
[0:36] But you've already done your talking with him.
[0:40] I had another idea that just occurred to me that may be pretty outlandish.
[0:47] You're always the bogus, funny guy.
[0:48] I thought I'd grab some energy.
[0:53] You know, we've been thinking about what you, about doing reverence and caring in another place.
[0:59] I wonder if we could get Constitution Hall to go there.
[1:08] We have no, we're not going to Philadelphia under any of them, on any of the plans.
[1:12] You know what I mean?
[1:12] You go to Philadelphia, you go to Constitution Hall, it's a different place.
[1:16] It's Rizzo, the mayor, that's favorable.
[1:17] There's some members up there on the plan, but that's not the way.
[1:20] It's something entirely different, you know, than the East Room.
[1:27] could be the place where the Constitutional Convention is held.
[1:31] That's what I'm thinking.
[1:32] If it could be used for such a purpose.
[1:34] Now, of course, it's a national monument, I guess, and all that sort of thing.
[1:39] National park.
[1:40] But what I was thinking was, I haven't seen it for years.
[1:49] I don't know if you remember.
[1:53] Oh, you did.
[1:53] Yeah.
[1:55] Yeah.
[1:55] And, you know, you're...
[1:58] It really would make a lot difference which room we're in.
[2:02] If it were in basically what we call Constitution, you know, it's all, it's in this place where the first Congress had Constitution and so forth.
[2:15] Of course, why don't you give it a little thought and, oh yeah.
[2:21] Oh, Jesus Christ.
[2:24] Well, of course, of course, they were all conference.
[2:28] I'll get three all of course having I'll or or or or or or
[2:57] to the people who come, it means more to come to the White House.
[3:00] On the other hand, to the country, it might be more interesting to go to a different place, you know, which had a really historical significance.
[3:11] And, of course, that, if you're talking about a historical, you know, revolutionary change in all of our business in the American Revolution, certainly this tells it better than any words would tell it.
[3:26] Well, you can fool with it and run it by others and see what they think.
[3:31] Okay, John.
[3:32] No hurry.
[3:32] I won't see you today.