{"conversationCode":"285-034","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-034","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T18:50:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-034 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 285-034\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 2:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President rehearsed a speech.\n\n[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,\nRichard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1022-1026]","filename":["285-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:31:33","tapeEnd":"03:33:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"285-033","nextCode":"285-035","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.29,"text":"This goal can be accomplished only with the act of cooperation between men and workers."},{"start":13.43,"end":18.85,"text":"To the thousands of others who have written similar letters, I want you to know how much it has meant for me to hear."},{"start":18.87,"end":27,"text":"Most Americans will put their country's interest above their personal interest in fighting the inflation, in fighting this battle, fighting the battle against inflation."},{"start":33.85,"end":43.26,"text":"Again, because the determination Americans have shown to pull together during the freeze, I am confident that our further action in stopping against inflation will succeed as well."},{"start":44.52,"end":54.75,"text":"In planning ahead, I have consulted over the past seven weeks with scores of representatives of labor and business, of farmers and consumers, of the Congress and state and local governments."},{"start":54.77,"end":60.3,"text":"They have been virtually unanimous in their belief that the battle against inflation must be fought here and now."},{"start":60.46,"end":66.05,"text":"They are together in their determination to win that battle."},{"start":66.17,"end":73.6,"text":"Consequently, I am announcing tonight that when the 90-day breach is over on November 13th, we shall continue our program of wage and price restraint."},{"start":73.68,"end":76.3,"text":"We began this battle against inflation for the purpose of winning."},{"start":77.12,"end":79.63,"text":"We are going to stay in it until we do win."},{"start":81.07,"end":84.81,"text":"I am Collado, and I am appointing the Price Commission to hold our parties."},{"start":85.01,"end":92,"text":"It would be made up of persons outside of government, all public members, not the whole room, but any special industry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon rehearsed his televised address regarding Phase II of his economic stabilization program. He emphasized the necessity of continued cooperation between labor, business, and government to combat inflation following the expiration of the initial 90-day wage-price freeze. The rehearsal confirmed his decision to implement a Price Commission composed of private citizens to oversee wage and price restraints.","topics":["Inflation","Economic Policy","Phase II","Price Commission","Wage-price freeze","Speech rehearsal"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:29:11.321Z"},"topicSlugs":["inflation","economic-policy","phase-ii","price-commission","wage-price-freeze","speech-rehearsal"],"audioDurationSec":92,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-034.mp3","bytes":3687252,"durationSec":92.05,"bitrate":320464,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:16.147Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}