Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 279-034
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1971 at 5:41 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/279-034

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[0:00] Hello.
[0:00] Well, it ain't late developments today.
[0:03] It's usually up there by me, but I'm excited to come over and see Dad.
[0:15] We already hit his heart.
[0:16] He lives home, you know.
[0:25] Yeah.
[0:25] We have to play it that way anyway.
[0:44] Because we know the breeze is working.
[0:46] And now, you know, everybody knows it's working.
[0:54] See if he hasn't had an award or gotten any.
[1:30] TBI just knocked it down in terms of saying, look, that's a pretty, pretty diverse group.
[1:39] I have some, I have some very, very great fellows of us that have gotten into BLS moments.
[1:49] I just think that they've delivered a jiggered history in this one particular group.
[1:58] just as they should because of how they got applied in the last month.
[2:01] I think that they did.
[2:09] A lot of themselves, you know, I personally think that it's a level up there.
[2:16] You know, I think, for example, on the unemployment thing, I think that, you know, you said that New York, those New Yorkers just are not consistent with the national conditions.
[2:30] That's right.
[2:36] They're for the high side because they think people want to compare them to do a thing.
[2:49] They're not as bad as that.
[2:57] That's what people do.
[3:00] The CPI figure, of course, would be one day.
[3:02] Fortunately, I think, so that I'm going out tomorrow and making a call.
[3:07] I'll just get him right here.
[3:09] I'll just get him right here.
[3:18] I'll just get him right here.
[3:23] Tell him, what about it?
[3:24] Get revenue sharing again.
[3:25] Get welfare reform again.
[3:26] Tell him that he should take the line, a Congress should not adjourn until they finish these programs.
[3:30] I think that should be the line.
[3:32] With revenue sharing, welfare reform, and the President's economic program, those must be passed before the Congress adjourns.
[3:37] And they should not go home for Christmas until they do that.
[3:41] I don't know what they plan on doing.
[3:49] We're in Washington, and we are constantly battered by the cardinals, battered by the media, and by the bureaucrats, as far as the media and the bureaucrats.
[4:00] But our own people have done a great job.
[4:04] I think the best we've got is Bill Conlon.
[4:08] And then we've always followed on.
[4:10] Some of our people just can't help but sort of read on and off about our own things.
[4:19] Thank you.
[4:20] Thank you.
[4:49] I noticed, though, that the Assembly here doesn't report much change.
[4:53] It gets up, but not much.
[4:58] So there was some hope and improvement.
[5:17] We just can't live or die by the monthly numbers.
[5:22] Particularly when they're not under viable.
[5:29] Do they really think this blue guy is going to do better?
[5:33] I don't understand why House shows can't ever convince themselves that they can do it.
[5:38] It's just hard for them to do it.
[6:10] Well, anyway, we'll knock it down tonight.
[6:12] As far as the market is concerned, I don't worry about that.
[6:16] That basically is a reflexive, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
[6:44] They will be more effective... Five.
[7:04] Oh, yeah, well... Five.