Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 414-004
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 1973 at 3:30 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/414-004

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[0:04] What's he like?
[0:29] What's his rank?
[0:34] the National Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
[0:48] She has to be on my right.
[0:51] But Mrs. Mandel, do you want Mandel to do
[1:05] We've had rock and roll, and I don't want them again.
[1:19] I don't want them again.
[1:24] I don't want them again.
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[2:30] Except for the two ranking ones, the wives can be scattered.
[2:57] You might find they don't have to be at the table, but the ranking ones.
[3:04] So that bond is fine.
[3:07] And that was fine.
[3:11] No, no, no.
[3:12] We have bonds.
[3:19] We have bonds.
[3:23] That's two.
[3:24] And of course, we have .
[3:26] We have bonds.
[3:27] I've already got West.
[3:32] Mrs. Holton.
[3:34] Get out again.
[3:35] How many governors have you got?
[3:40] You've got Holton.
[3:41] No.
[3:41] You've got West.
[3:44] You've got West.
[3:47] I have three governors.
[3:48] Plus two wives.
[3:49] That makes me... We have Mrs. Holton and Mrs. Mandel.
[3:57] uh, will be the two waters that I have to have there.
[4:03] Now, now you're putting, uh, uh, you see, you can only have four men.
[4:08] So who are, who are the men you're going to put?
[4:11] You only have Evans, Bond, and West, so far.
[4:18] Evans, Bond, West, Bond.
[4:20] You're like Governor Love.
[4:21] That's what I'm going to tell you.
[4:27] What other women do you know who they are?
[4:32] Mrs. Mandel and Mrs. Fulton.
[4:35] Well, I'll tell you.
[4:38] Just so that you can feel it then.
[4:42] Just put their... Would you need two more women?
[4:48] We'll need one more woman, sir.
[4:51] Oh, you've got three?
[4:53] Yes.
[4:54] Mrs. Mandel.
[4:55] And this is Horton.
[4:58] Who's the other?
[5:01] Oh, there it is.
[5:01] This is Dunn.
[5:05] Dunn, yeah.
[5:09] Governor Vandell, Governor Horton.
[5:14] All of you, the only ones where you have the men in the right of the court, then you've got Governor Dunn right.
[5:21] You just have the same.
[5:23] Four governors.
[5:26] Yeah.
[5:26] Four governors and three wives.
[5:31] So she needs three governors and four wives.
[5:36] Four governors.
[5:37] I need three governors.
[5:40] She'll need four governors.
[5:42] I'm sorry, I may have confused the issue.
[5:44] At your table, we had governors Evans, Vaughn, West, and Eskey.
[5:51] We have the wives of those.
[5:52] That won't work.
[5:53] That gets five men at my table and three women, so that won't work.
[6:02] Okay.
[6:02] You can only have four men at each table and four women at each table.
[6:06] You've got to can one of those.
[6:08] So what do you have?
[6:11] Your table, then.
[6:13] Governor Bond.
[6:15] Governor West, that's all right.
[6:19] Rather than Bond, I'd have him done.
[6:24] And then over at Mrs. Nixon's table, we have Mrs. in the blue eyes.
[6:51] And then the governor is with Mrs. Nixon.
[6:57] Yeah, she has .
[7:10] What event real quick coming today is the birth of Mr. Schultz .
[7:20] Make it about 4.15.
[7:23] They have a court.
[7:24] But I got to work on some of the parts here.
[7:29] So 415, we were lost.
[7:30] Yeah, 415, I'll be able to go outside of that.