Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 332-008
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 1972 at 8:25 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-008

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[8:13] Well, how did it come out today down there at the Senate?
[8:22] I met on the ITT.
[8:22] I had Vietnam on about two of them.
[8:24] The one?
[8:24] Yeah.
[8:24] Well, what is the situation tomorrow with the system?
[8:37] I don't see the system.
[8:46] Good.
[8:46] Then the other should break up the hearings at that time.
[9:01] Good.
[9:20] Let's let it run for a while.
[9:25] That's a good line.
[9:34] Well, the hell with the papers.
[9:35] The TP won't do it.
[9:39] All right.
[9:43] All right.
[9:53] The weather did well today.
[9:54] Nevertheless, that's all right.
[10:02] Right.
[10:02] Oh, getting riders out is more important than that.
[10:12] Plus, the Hofstra public is tomorrow morning.
[10:26] Well, it's good for them to vote it down.
[10:32] That's right.
[10:42] Let's go with the editor.
[10:48] That's all right.
[10:57] That's all right.
[10:57] It's a mixed blessing anyway.
[10:59] You know, just let him sit there a while.
[11:05] Well, I don't think he will.
[11:07] I don't think he wants to put them all in that much of a spot.
[11:14] Yeah.
[11:14] Yeah.
[11:16] Yeah, but more important than that, which is a political statement, is that people are going to come out and say, we've got a job.
[11:22] I don't want my party to be, you know, for treason.
[11:29] How about our friend Fitz?
[11:30] Yeah.
[11:30] Say something.
[11:36] He's a big man, and he should say something.
[11:40] You know, representative of labor.
[11:41] That'll make force, meaning of it, too.
[11:47] I believe the same way.
[11:56] That's great.
[12:01] All right.
[12:01] We're out there.
[12:02] All those are good.
[12:07] I'll see you in a moment.
[12:12] Three o'clock.
[12:14] Roger did it well, and I will get through it.
[12:16] That will flatten it back, too.
[12:20] Yeah.
[12:23] That changes their attitude very quickly, doesn't it?
[12:40] Good, good.
[12:40] Yeah, I saw that about the AGM evening.
[12:46] What is the situation on the CPI?
[12:50] It can't be as bad as last month.
[12:56] At least it will be a little better, and that's an improvement.
[13:03] That won't come the next month, though, will it?
[13:07] The CPI falls a wholesale price about a month, I think.
[13:11] I'm afraid.
[13:12] But anyway, it may, but it isn't going to be six percent.
[13:16] Six-tenths of a percent, I mean.
[13:22] On that council, like Whitman and Solomon and Stein, all three are good.
[13:32] We can compare the situation before we have McCracken, Stein, and who knows the other one.
[13:38] I think it was impossible.
[13:39] He was a nice fellow, but he never helped.
[13:42] Now we've got, we had one good one and two bad ones.
[13:45] Now we've got three good ones.
[13:46] Come on, that's the way it is.
[13:52] People have got to feel better about it.
[13:59] Right.
[14:02] Right.
[14:04] We'll have that tomorrow for the showdown on ITT, isn't it, sir?
[15:13] Good.
[15:15] Well, we'll just see how the handling's all tomorrow.
[15:18] Maybe our people can have a sense of the filibuster good about Brian and me and the other fellow.
[15:32] Start nailing them with the idea of supporting the enemy.
[15:34] I hope people are saying that, that you're supporting the enemy, huh?
[15:38] Yeah.
[15:45] Right.
[15:46] That's the issue.
[15:47] Handle it well.
[15:50] The town is weak, too.
[15:51] That's why.
[15:53] Good.
[15:54] Hammer them a bit.
[15:58] That's good.
[15:59] Right.
[16:01] It'll sort of be the cleanup area.
[16:05] Good.
[16:08] Good.
[16:10] Good.
[16:11] Okay, well that's good.
[16:13] Just keep their heels to the fire, okay?