Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 292-026
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:04 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Graham, William F. ("Billy")
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/292-026

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[2:37:35] John, yeah, I was going to tell you that I feel that on this initiative that that's something that we ought to perhaps, the first bite on that is you and I ought to sit down and talk about it, you know, so that I sort of get a good feel of it, and then you should get a comment, and if this is something you agree with, you should be sort of sent this kind of thing anyway, you see.
[2:38:03] What do you think?
[2:38:04] And the more I feel about it, I don't know, I think this is a really cold judgment, but I really think we've got to go for it.
[2:38:12] What do you think, Matt?
[2:38:15] And the other thing is that Pat, of course, is very, very sensitive politically, but I just wonder if the tax increase then is all that important, particularly if you can relate it to tax reform, you know.
[2:38:28] Let's see.
[2:38:32] We're restructuring the whole tax farm.
[2:38:39] Yeah.
[2:38:39] And also reform and so forth.
[2:38:42] I'm going.
[2:38:43] No, I'm not feeling like it.
[2:38:50] Maybe we can do it Saturday.
[2:38:52] We don't mind doing it again.
[2:38:55] Fair enough.
[2:38:56] All right.
[2:38:57] Okay.
[2:38:57] Anything else of interest?
[2:39:02] Good.
[2:39:06] Oh, good.
[2:39:07] Well, they know how they're trying to screw us into things, so be sure they know.
[2:39:14] All right, fine.
[2:39:15] Bye-bye.
[2:39:23] Dr. Billy Graham, please.
[2:40:16] Hello?
[2:40:18] Hello, Billy?
[2:40:19] You back home?
[2:40:24] Oh, they're all our friends.
[2:40:26] Give them my best.
[2:40:28] Tell them I like to do their ads.
[2:40:30] They've been great.
[2:40:30] I used to sell them in, you know, in the football and baseball games.
[2:40:39] Oh, my.
[2:40:44] But we've stayed there now.
[2:40:47] We've stayed there now in New Hampshire and Oregon and other places.
[2:40:51] Well, that's great.