{"conversationCode":"434-032","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-032","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T19:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T19:40:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"3:22 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"3:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Butz, Earl L.; Mead, Dana G.; Erwin, William W.; Hamil, David A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Hart, Thomas; White House photographer;","description":"On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Earl L. Butz, Dana G. Mead, William W. Erwin, David A. Hamil, Stephen B. Bull, Thomas Hart, and White House photographer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-032 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 434-32\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:22 pm and 3:40 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Bill signing ceremony\n\f                                              -36-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 434-9 (cont’d)\n\n              -Location\n              -Earl L. Butz\n\nButz, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Dana Mead, William W. Erwin, David Hamil, Stephen B. Bull, and\nThomas Hart entered at 3:39 pm. The White House photographer was present at the start of the\nmeeting.\n\n       Bill signing\n               -Photograph of attendees\n               -Greetings\n               -Introductions\n               -Praise for legislation\n               -Staff members from Agriculture Department\n               -Cole\n\n       Colorado\n              -Cattle business\n\n       Food prices\n\nThe unknown man, Butz, et al. left at an unknown time before 3:40 pm.","filename":["434-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Butz, Earl L.","Mead, Dana G.","Erwin, William W.","Hamil, David A.","Bull, Stephen B.","Hart, Thomas","White House photographer"],"prevCode":"434-031","nextCode":"434-033","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":23.32,"text":"Red, we have this team here."},{"start":23.34,"end":23.98,"text":"All right, so I'm still signing."},{"start":24,"end":25.58,"text":"Perhaps we can do it right here, just with the airport just standing behind us."},{"start":25.6,"end":26.04,"text":"There are more people."},{"start":26.06,"end":26.58,"text":"Oh, there are two of them."},{"start":26.6,"end":27.22,"text":"This is a pretty good one here."},{"start":27.24,"end":27.6,"text":"Two kids, perhaps."},{"start":27.62,"end":28.48,"text":"I don't know if the Secretary is listening."},{"start":28.5,"end":29.36,"text":"I don't know if the Secretary is listening."},{"start":29.73,"end":36.3,"text":"Well, all right."},{"start":38.68,"end":53.78,"text":"I expect you to be here from the back of it."},{"start":53.8,"end":54,"text":"All right."},{"start":54.02,"end":54.9,"text":"I expect you to be here from the back of it."},{"start":54.92,"end":55.12,"text":"All right."},{"start":55.14,"end":56.6,"text":"I expect you to be here from the back of it."},{"start":57.49,"end":85.97,"text":"My house is right over here."},{"start":86,"end":86.19,"text":"All right."},{"start":86.22,"end":86.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":86.44,"end":86.64,"text":"All right."},{"start":86.66,"end":86.86,"text":"All right."},{"start":87.86,"end":102.31,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":102.78,"end":118.91,"text":"Too good, too good."},{"start":120.57,"end":126.88,"text":"Well, for us consumers, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll get it done."},{"start":126.9,"end":129.92,"text":"Good."},{"start":129.94,"end":130.56,"text":"Let's go ahead and get it done."},{"start":131.66,"end":141.23,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":141.25,"end":142.74,"text":"Good luck."},{"start":143.76,"end":144.92,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":145.14,"end":147,"text":"Do the job."},{"start":147.41,"end":147.5,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz and several Department of Agriculture staff members to preside over a bill signing ceremony. The participants, including Dana G. Mead and William W. Erwin, gathered for a photo opportunity with the President to commemorate the new legislation. Brief discussions during the event touched upon the cattle industry in Colorado and concerns regarding consumer food prices.","topics":["Agriculture","Bill signing","Food prices","Cattle industry","Legislation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:59:11.878Z"},"topicSlugs":["agriculture","bill-signing","food-prices","cattle-industry","legislation"],"audioDurationSec":152,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-032.mp3","bytes":4878336,"durationSec":152.31,"bitrate":256237,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.859Z","transcriptGapSeconds":83,"transcriptGapShare":0.54,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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