Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 277-020
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1971 at 4:15 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/277-020

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[1:50:43] Hello.
[1:50:45] Hello.
[1:50:46] Well, what's your new in the battlefront today?
[1:50:49] I see muskies.
[1:50:53] I would like to work with a person from the battlefront.
[1:51:31] Save 28 of them.
[1:51:32] I'm not familiar.
[1:51:36] They're basically just turning left now.
[1:51:43] Maybe they're... Oh, I hope there's probably no Republicans stood up for him on this.
[1:52:01] Chavits is the best one.
[1:52:07] Yeah.
[1:52:12] Back off well.
[1:52:17] Well, even, uh, even, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
[1:52:32] They know damn well we didn't do what we had to do.
[1:52:37] We did a lot better than Reagan than if they'd write him out of town on a stick.
[1:52:44] Think of Mike Lennon.
[1:52:50] Well, I guess straight up or down, support the president.
[1:52:53] Support the wage, stop inflation, support the wage prices, whatever it is.
[1:53:37] I'm sure he's a guy.
[1:53:41] He's lost.
[1:56:13] This is the guy in front of the machine.
[1:56:20] Right next to the fellow in the green.
[1:56:21] I mean, between the co-op guy and the other fellow.
[1:56:26] Here, I try.
[1:56:26] It's over.
[1:56:27] I have the slightest idea what it's about.
[1:56:32] Let's see.
[1:56:33] Yeah.
[1:56:40] That's a Minnesota one.
[1:57:48] Now they're... Well, they're getting out.
[1:57:50] The only sleeper issue that's difficult for us to deal with is... How do you call that?
[1:57:56] The word.
[1:57:56] The word.
[1:57:56] The word.
[1:58:17] I think I know that's a pretty good idea.
[1:58:46] I think so.
[1:58:46] Don't you think so?
[1:58:47] I think so.
[1:58:48] I believe that.
[1:59:49] I'm not concerned about the market this time.
[2:00:00] I think it's just marketing time.
[2:00:06] But 900 is about what it's worth.
[2:00:10] That's my opinion.
[2:00:15] Where did it end today?
[2:00:49] And also they see the older guys who are in the caucus, you know, milling around.
[2:00:53] I must say, I think we've got as much as we can to do that.
[2:00:56] You know, we've got to be at the speech last week, and we've got to finish it.
[2:01:01] Awesome.
[2:01:09] I feel like prices have been a little bit of a push.
[2:01:10] You know, the public is supporting the 10-2 rule.
[2:01:12] They've been doing it for a long time.
[2:01:14] They're waiting for the announcement.
[2:01:16] But the other hand, we're trying to do what we want to do.
[2:01:19] We want to keep wages and prices down.
[2:01:21] People say, yes, we're just going to keep business running on and on and on.
[2:01:25] Great stuff going on.
[2:01:28] I've got these polls from Lancaster.
[2:01:33] I didn't know if I wanted to come out.
[2:01:38] Supporting the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,
[2:02:08] OK!
[2:02:40] But 900 is about what it's worth.
[2:02:41] That's my opinion.
[2:02:42] Where did it end today?
[2:02:47] I think strongly tomorrow, in phase two, there will be, well, I'll repeat what I've said, that we've decided there will be a follow-on program before we expand crisis, and second, that it will end.
[2:03:05] I'm going to use that now.
[2:03:09] It's not the way I'm going to put it, it's just that I've decided that you can't have jawbone without teeth for jawbone.
[2:03:16] And I'm going to get that over with.
[2:03:20] I just thought that would be kind of cool.
[2:03:23] And also, they see the older guys, we look at the concrete, you know, going around.
[2:03:28] I must say, I think we've got as much as we can to do that.
[2:03:31] You know, we've got to be able to do as much as we can to do that.
[2:03:41] I didn't know if I wanted to come out.
[2:04:10] Supporting me with the rate price rate and what.
[2:04:13] It's a very, very rough course here.
[2:04:18] And we don't go too far in forever.
[2:04:19] But you look very good.
[2:04:24] What I got to see is a message.
[2:04:32] Rather than be kind of like this, I'll stand up and do it.
[2:04:40] Ok.