Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 324 › Conversation 324-031
Nixon & Haldeman on Pay Board and Organized labor
Wednesday, March 22, 1972 · 3:15 PM–3:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman consulted on the administration's strategy regarding the Pay Board and the future of organized labor's participation. They discussed the involvement of John B. Connally in these negotiations and the timing of potential policy announcements. Nixon ultimately deferred taking any immediate action, indicating a preference to delay these decisions rather than address them in the short term.
- Pay Board
- Organized labor
- John B. Connally
- Economic policy
- Labor relations
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NARA Description
On March 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 324-31
Date: March 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:24 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?].
Pay Board
-John B. Connally
-Organized labor’s participationTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 324-034 3:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:24 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 324-035 3:29 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:29 pm and 4:01 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 324-031, March 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186079). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-031 (accessed November 2, 2026).