On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ralph E. Ulmer, Mrs. Ralph E. Ulmer, Gary Ulmer, Tana Ulmer, Roger E. Johnson, David N. Parker, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-011 of the White House Tapes.
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Well, I'm a little there.
How are you?
We're not here to see you again.
Well, now, here's this family all grown up here.
This is Hannah and Gary.
It's been a long time.
Swimming in the little plastic pool that we made over here.
Gary.
Gary.
Hi, how are you?
I'm the tutor.
All right.
You all look great.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
Very good.
Thank you.
Thank you.
George Fuller.
Let's look out for one or two minutes.
Look out and smile.
I just can't believe it.
They tell us the whole story of the law and so forth.
I don't know how my mother and father told me all this.
You and the two of you, you met Roger when you were living out there.
So here's another opportunity when we were out there at 7 a.m.
I remember some of you were going out there.
I'm sure you were going out there.
That's right.
With our basement.
That's right.
4th of July, so first.
Yeah, we had a very, very nice day.
Let's see, how old are you?
Thank you.
Your name?
I'm 22.
And you're 22.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Girls, they're getting those.
How are they?
I don't care, girls.
Oh, they're fine.
And you're weathering them well?
Oh, sure.
Many of them.
Well, not you.
You used to live there.
You moved.
You moved out.
Yeah, I knew that.
I helped you to move.
We drove by there from time to time.
I hope they take you around for us.
I remember when you used to drive up there or walk along on Christmas night.
Another thing, I know they've been walking up.
Bob didn't walk.
He drove by on Christmas.
And it shows you how the community has changed.
You notice how few Christmas lights there were in the old days.
They have a Christmas tree.
It's interesting how very few.
And I wondered if the composition of the area had changed.
Or if it was just that it was getting older.
Which is, or it's deeper.
Some said that they put the lights on the ceiling so they just don't feel it.
Do you remember, do you remember the old days how they had competition and everything?
Yes, yes, yes.
Do you remember the dollhouse across the street on, on, on, on?
Do you remember?
Always had sort of a little dollhouse, the one that's right there after you're looking at it.
And I noticed a few of my sons were thinking about life.
And I thought, well, these people are old and scared and don't celebrate Christmas.
Why don't they crash off?
They're all crazy.
They're all crazy.
They're all crazy.
They're all crazy.
At the end of the video, I can't tell you, but I have a little something you brought with me.
You've got a presidential cup.
It's the President of the American Federation.
I do think the President is a tough guy.
I'm sure he won't need that.
I've heard of those double cups.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
You generally go, good, you're lucky.
I don't either, I quit the game.
Let's see why I play birds.
So, we just have to search.
And, uh, let me see what we can have here for you.
You've been in this room before.
And nobody has you out on the tours, no.
They don't.
Just see, listen, see what he does.
I'm reintroducing her.
That's the man who's supposed to manage the party.
And the overall presentation, it changes at various times.
Usually over the years it's had a white carpet, but that's a miserable thing here.
You know, it looks white for a day and then brown.
So this is new.
My wife loves that.
All right.
All right.
That's the main part of Washington that you never see.
People don't think it's Washington, but it was Washington in its earlier years, made by the older people, the fathers, and the younger people.
We wish you the very best.
For all of you, we remember you so fondly.
How have you all grown up so well?
We wish you the very best.
That's a good age.
That's a good year.
We wish you the best.
This is a good idea.
It's a matter of fact.
I think it's a better one.
It's a better one to talk to.
Oh, he's my California name.
He's got some ideas for how we can do it.
I wanted to talk to Kat.
I wanted to talk to Kat about, you know, because you work in a family.
They work in a family.
They work in a family.
They work with each other because
We've run a tight ship in NACA.
NACA has a tremendous amount of money, but we've lost this ship.
So big things come from the low end.
And we've got 3 billion people saving small amounts of money.
I know this is work.
I'd like to talk to someone.
And you talk to Cap and Raj on the way around it.
Mr. C, don't try to have your ears cut off.
Good luck.