Conversation No. 450-23

Date: February 17, 1971
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Time: 5:26 pm - 5:53 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John D. Ehrlichman and Daniel J. Evans; the White House photographer
was present at the beginning of the meeting

     Supersonic Transport [SST]
          -President’s position
          -Impact on economy
          -Importance
          -Administration efforts

     Hanford nuclear reactor
         -Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
               -Funding
               -George P. Shultz
               -Status
                     -Evans’ meeting with Donald B. Rice
                           -Evans’ concerns
                           -Seattle power supply
               -OMB decision
               -Evans’ efforts
               -Funding
         -Effect in Washington state
               -Funding
               -Evans’ view
               -Employment
               -Future developments
         -Administration efforts
               -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
                     -Budget

     Revenue sharing
         -Administration’s position
         -Importance to people
         -Importance to local and state government
         -Problems
         -Benefits
         -Federal bureaucracy
         -Increases in local debt
         -Opposition by establishment
         -Welfare reform
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                -Effect
                -Administration’s efforts


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]                                          Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
[Duration: 2m 9s ]


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Evans left at an unknown time before 5:53 pm

     Health insurance
          -Health maintenance organizations [HMO]
                -The Vice President’s position
                     -Edgar F. Kaiser
                     -President’s position
                -Kaiser Permanente Plan
                     -Focus

     Appointments
         -Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA]
               -Myles J. Ambrose
                     -John N. Mitchell’s view
                     -Richard G. Kleindienst
                     -John B. Connally
               -Jerris Leonard
         -David Norman
         -Peter M. Flanigan
               -Work effectiveness
                     -Efforts
               -Role
               -William P. Rogers
         -Michael Collins
               -Air and Space Museum
         -Judgeship for unknown men
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                -Wallace H. Johnson
                -Thomas J. Dodd
                -Kleindienst
          -Dr. James R. Schlesinger
                -Rogers C. B. Morton’s view
          -Ambassadorial positions
                -Flanigan
                -John W. Rollins                               Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
                -Frank J. Shakespeare
                -Fred J. Russell
                     -Qualifications

     Revenue sharing
         -Administration efforts
               -Democrats
               -Hubert H. Humphrey
                     -Conversation with Ehrlichman
                     -Legislation
                     -Possible conversation with President

     Previous press conference
          -Domestic policy

     Revenue sharing
         -Administration’s position
         -Clark R. Mollenhoff
         -Public support

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:26 pm

     Schedule
          -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
          -Instructions
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                -Rose Mary Woods

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:53 pm

     Farm policy
          -Robert J. Dole
               -Efforts
          -White House gala
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                -Compared to White House Labor dinner
                -Possible program
                -Public relations
                      -Film
          -Hyde Park
                -Possible appointment
          -Importance of farmers and farm vote
                -Dole                                             Conv. No. 450-23 (cont.)
                -Support for President
          -Staff assignment
                -John C. Whitaker
                      -Dole

     Wage and price controls
         -Shultz
         -Cost of Living Council [COLC] action
         -Herbert Stein
         -Administration position
              -Wage controls
                     -Construction
         -John T. Dunlop
         -George W. Romney
         -James M. Hutton, III
         -Businessmen

     Schedule

     Media
         -Los Angeles Times

Ehrlichman left at 5:53 pm
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