Conversation 274-046

TapeTape 274StartWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 5:35 PMEndWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 6:05 PMTape start time04:51:16Tape end time05:08:16ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.;  Butterfield, Alexander P.;  Yates, Nellie L.;  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Nellie L. Yates, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-046 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 274-46

Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 5:35 pm - 6:05 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

     President’s address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971
          -Editing draft
                -Revenue sharing
                      -Congress
                      -Page 14
                -Taxes

                       -Page 2
                             -Paragraph removal
                 -Page 7
                 -Phase II
                       -End of freeze
                       -Price stabilization
                       -Text
                       -Congress
                 -Page 9
                 -State Department
                 -Revenue sharing
                 -Welfare reform
                 -Sales tax
                 -Page 6
                 -Typing
                 -Page 4
                 -Page 6
                 -Page 7
                       -Congress
                       -Inflation

Alexander P. Butterfield and Nellie L. Yates entered at 5:55 pm.

                 -Corrections
                      -Typing
                 -Welfare
                 -Typing
                 -Deadline

Butterfield and Yates left at 6:01 pm.

     Kennedy Center show
         -Time
         - Mass
              -Script
         -Leonard Bernstein
         -Haldeman
         -Catholics
         -Hebrew
              -Protestant ministers
              -Catholic priests

                       -Latin
                 -Protestants
                       -Greek

     Economic speech

     Kennedy Center

     Country Club

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 6:01 pm.

     An unknown man's location

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:05 pm.

     Special session

     Economic speech
         -Court
               -Political
         -Congress

Price left at 6:05 pm.

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I can't ask Mr. Price to promote me.
I don't think I worry about that.
When you talk about the Congress,
The house has to be in the exact same way it comes back in another time.
And I just, you know, I think it's self-serving to act and act in the same way.
And then I make the correction, you know, and then I make the correction.
And then I do a little work about that arm later.
And then I make the correction.
And then I make the correction.
page, you will be able to take out the first, second, third, and last page on the state of the model.
I believe we've got it down here.
I think we've taken out the paragraph.
The first part of that page, again, this time, you're going to have to see the first, second, and last page.
You're going to have to see the first, second, and last page.
where we announced the end of the freeze and then put in the price and the stabilization and I think what we've reached too much now is that the way I think we've got around it is we take out, you see that sense that we've got, we take that out
I agree with all of this.
I am also today free to talk about the effect of the R-98, but I assure the Congress and the American people that when this first, temporary, necessary drug protection is over, we should take all the steps needed to see that America does not benefit from the virus and runaway inflation.
I put runaway in there because we can't be honest.
And because of the involvement of this man, Devin, in that, and we can tell you about all three of those paramilitaries, about their job, their life, their life, their life.
I should welcome a lot of these guys.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We need new programs.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
Sure.
So, it's a good beach.
It's a good beach.
And God knows...
That's not who I said it was.
In fact, are committed to a free economy, and we are not going to go wrong with the current controls.
The rapid share is no problem.
The wealth that we want is to be expected.
I think if it starts off better, right, it's like, gee, when it comes straight on, straight on, it's going to change that a lot.
I believe, and there's always been an issue with that, I believe in America.
I believe in America.
I believe in America.
I believe in America.
I believe in America.
Well, I had a paper that I wanted to read.
I said that it was a sales tax paper, so you actually say that in the previous time.
The company tells me that this is one of the things that some of the unit types say is that it's a good software.
I'll just take that for a minute.
It's true.
We'll get it on the side now for a minute.
We may be in no need for it.
Yeah.
Page six.
I'll get my copy ready.
Well, if I enter a copy,
Thank you.
I think we've got two.
See if we can take it.
So we've moved this paragraph out.
Now we've got prosperity, with every good job, with everyone fighting inflation, with everyone in fitness.
I shall love the walkers, and I shall honor their lives.
I mean, that's what we really speak to, because I took another thing out.
It was right this way, and I took the other thing.
But I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
You see, that's where you could put it in if you wanted.
It will not be more profitable than going to work.
We're creating what this is about and what we're working towards.
Going on well.
It will not be more profitable than going to work.
It will not be more profitable than going to work.
Why not?
Going on well.
So it's going on well.
So it's going on well.
So it's going on well.
So it's going on well.
So it's going on well.
We have an opportunity to bring out a control in addition to the control systems that we see.
And the same thing, this comes up, when we raise it, we just dictate it.
I'm going to present that.
And if you use a DAG, you're not going to use a DAG.
You're going to use a DAG to bring out a control.
People are going to afford that DAG, but you're going to have to afford it.