Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 319-006
Date: Monday, February 7, 1972 at 3:15 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/319-006

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[0:00] Is this covered?
[0:23] I mean, does this cover the points that you commented on?
[0:27] if you ever get those from Congress.
[0:43] Yes, I did, yeah.
[0:44] And that was, that's it.
[0:45] I don't quite, I had forgotten what they were, but I'm not sure.
[0:48] At least the ones you mentioned, the ones that he'd given you were written into the Productivity Commission.
[0:50] Yeah, go, go.
[0:50] That's, they were, they were, they were, they were written into that.
[0:52] Controls of Work, is that right?
[0:53] Controls of Work, Controls of Work, and Abuse, Motion of Productivity, Abuse.
[0:54] Good, good.
[0:55] Do you prefer to read the speeches or something like that?
[1:19] I think my own preference on this would be that if your essential purpose, as I gather it was, was to give a little pep talk, I thought I could read the pep talk.
[1:22] But I think it's worth it.
[1:23] But I think I could take the words.
[1:23] You mean I could read it?
[1:24] Yep.
[1:24] And it would do something pretty awesome.
[1:26] I want to think about that.
[1:49] I'm just right now involved here.
[1:49] That I will come to this wing.
[1:50] So I'm just getting here.
[1:51] A couple of people talking to me.
[1:51] That's what I'm doing.
[1:52] That's what I'm doing.
[1:52] I'm just wondering whether it's worth my time to take off a couple of hours and prepare something.
[1:54] I deserve it.
[1:56] I would think that since this is a subject that you talk on a good amount of time, if it didn't take a couple of hours, if it does take a couple of hours, it's better to do it for an hour.
[2:18] I think probably for this, yes.
[2:19] I'd rather, I think if you were going to make it a major address,
[2:21] Other than, you know, the way I was going to bring this in, I'd rather be grim.
[2:43] If you're doing just a short talk, you know, it might be a better way to do it.
[2:45] It takes time.
[2:45] You've got to make a short talk.
[2:46] You've got to decide how to make a short talk.
[2:47] But I've got to do it.
[2:47] Maybe this is it.
[2:50] I feel it.
[2:55] I feel it.
[3:14] I feel it.
[3:16] I feel it.
[3:16] I feel it.
[3:17] I feel it.
[3:17] Again, it's an exercise in the spirit of Mr. Gregory.
[3:32] No, no, no, no.
[3:33] I'm not going to read that.
[3:33] Don't bother.
[3:33] Don't bother with that.
[3:34] Volunteers, I will definitely do that.
[3:35] I know that has to be for that kind of people.
[3:36] Okay.
[3:36] I'll call you if I need to find it.