Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 461-011
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 1971 at 12:44 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ulmer, Ralph E.; Ulmer, Ralph E. (Mrs.); Ulmer, Gary; Ulmer, Tana; Johnson, Roger E.; Parker, David N.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/461-011

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[0:06] Well, I'm a little there.
[0:26] How are you?
[0:26] We're not here to see you again.
[0:27] Well, now, here's this family all grown up here.
[0:28] This is Hannah and Gary.
[0:28] It's been a long time.
[0:29] Swimming in the little plastic pool that we made over here.
[0:30] Gary.
[0:30] Gary.
[0:30] Hi, how are you?
[0:30] I'm the tutor.
[0:31] All right.
[0:31] You all look great.
[0:31] Oh, thank you.
[0:32] Thank you.
[0:32] Very good.
[0:44] Thank you.
[0:44] Thank you.
[1:35] George Fuller.
[1:52] Let's look out for one or two minutes.
[2:06] Look out and smile.
[2:07] I just can't believe it.
[2:30] They tell us the whole story of the law and so forth.
[2:31] I don't know how my mother and father told me all this.
[2:32] You and the two of you, you met Roger when you were living out there.
[2:44] So here's another opportunity when we were out there at 7 a.m.
[2:46] I remember some of you were going out there.
[2:46] I'm sure you were going out there.
[2:47] That's right.
[2:47] With our basement.
[2:48] That's right.
[2:48] 4th of July, so first.
[3:05] Yeah, we had a very, very nice day.
[3:06] Let's see, how old are you?
[3:06] Thank you.
[3:07] Your name?
[3:07] I'm 22.
[3:07] And you're 22.
[3:07] Thank you.
[3:07] Thank you.
[3:09] Girls, they're getting those.
[3:31] How are they?
[3:31] I don't care, girls.
[3:32] Oh, they're fine.
[3:32] And you're weathering them well?
[3:33] Oh, sure.
[3:33] Many of them.
[3:33] Well, not you.
[3:34] You used to live there.
[3:34] You moved.
[3:34] You moved out.
[3:35] Yeah, I knew that.
[3:35] I helped you to move.
[3:35] We drove by there from time to time.
[3:36] I hope they take you around for us.
[3:37] I remember when you used to drive up there or walk along on Christmas night.
[4:02] Another thing, I know they've been walking up.
[4:03] Bob didn't walk.
[4:04] He drove by on Christmas.
[4:05] And it shows you how the community has changed.
[4:15] You notice how few Christmas lights there were in the old days.
[4:16] They have a Christmas tree.
[4:17] It's interesting how very few.
[4:18] And I wondered if the composition of the area had changed.
[4:19] Or if it was just that it was getting older.
[4:20] Which is, or it's deeper.
[4:33] Some said that they put the lights on the ceiling so they just don't feel it.
[4:35] Do you remember, do you remember the old days how they had competition and everything?
[4:37] Yes, yes, yes.
[4:37] Do you remember the dollhouse across the street on, on, on, on?
[4:38] Do you remember?
[4:39] Always had sort of a little dollhouse, the one that's right there after you're looking at it.
[4:40] And I noticed a few of my sons were thinking about life.
[4:55] And I thought, well, these people are old and scared and don't celebrate Christmas.
[4:57] Why don't they crash off?
[4:57] They're all crazy.
[4:58] They're all crazy.
[4:58] They're all crazy.
[4:59] They're all crazy.
[4:59] At the end of the video, I can't tell you, but I have a little something you brought with me.
[5:17] You've got a presidential cup.
[5:18] It's the President of the American Federation.
[5:19] I do think the President is a tough guy.
[5:19] I'm sure he won't need that.
[5:20] I've heard of those double cups.
[5:21] Thank you.
[5:21] Thank you.
[5:21] Thank you.
[5:21] Thank you.
[5:22] Thank you.
[5:22] Thank you.
[5:28] You generally go, good, you're lucky.
[5:42] I don't either, I quit the game.
[5:43] Let's see why I play birds.
[5:43] So, we just have to search.
[5:46] And, uh, let me see what we can have here for you.
[6:01] You've been in this room before.
[6:17] And nobody has you out on the tours, no.
[6:17] They don't.
[6:18] Just see, listen, see what he does.
[6:18] I'm reintroducing her.
[6:19] That's the man who's supposed to manage the party.
[6:20] And the overall presentation, it changes at various times.
[6:35] Usually over the years it's had a white carpet, but that's a miserable thing here.
[6:37] You know, it looks white for a day and then brown.
[6:38] So this is new.
[6:39] My wife loves that.
[6:39] All right.
[7:00] All right.
[7:01] That's the main part of Washington that you never see.
[7:16] 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.
[7:19] We wish you the very best.
[7:38] For all of you, we remember you so fondly.
[7:39] How have you all grown up so well?
[7:39] We wish you the very best.
[7:40] That's a good age.
[7:40] That's a good year.
[7:41] We wish you the best.
[7:46] This is a good idea.
[8:08] It's a matter of fact.
[8:08] I think it's a better one.
[8:09] It's a better one to talk to.
[8:10] Oh, he's my California name.
[8:10] He's got some ideas for how we can do it.
[8:11] I wanted to talk to Kat.
[8:11] I wanted to talk to Kat about, you know, because you work in a family.
[8:13] They work in a family.
[8:13] They work in a family.
[8:14] They work with each other because
[8:15] We've run a tight ship in NACA.
[8:37] NACA has a tremendous amount of money, but we've lost this ship.
[8:38] So big things come from the low end.
[8:39] And we've got 3 billion people saving small amounts of money.
[8:40] I know this is work.
[8:41] I'd like to talk to someone.
[8:41] And you talk to Cap and Raj on the way around it.
[8:43] Mr. C, don't try to have your ears cut off.
[8:47] Good luck.