Conversation: 461-014
Prev: 461-013 Next: 461-015Start Date: Tuesday, March 2, 1971 6:08 PM
End Date: Tuesday, March 2, 1971 6:23 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lyons, Kenneth R.; Colson, Charles W.; White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:22:28
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:39:35
NARA Description:
On March 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Lyons, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:08 pm to 1:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 461-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 461-14
Conv. No. 461-12 (cont.)
Date: March 2, 1971
Time: 1:08 pm - 1:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Kenneth R. Lyons and Charles W. Colson; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting
The President’s schedule
-Easter Seal poster child and Robert Young
A photograph
Colson
-White House responsibilities
-Work with unions
-John F. Griner
-Lyons meeting
Government employees
-President’s position
-Unions
-George Meany
-President’s position on government employees’ unions
-Public employee strikes
-Importance of leadership
-Lyons’ leadership
Lyons
-Background
-Previous acquaintance with Colson
-Work experience
National Association of Government Employees
-Background
-Davis-Bacon Act
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-Blue collar / white collar workers
-Pay
-President’s actions
-Lyons’ support
-Federal Aviation Administration strike
-President’s blue-collar veto
-President’s position
-George P. Shultz Conv. No. 461-14 (cont.)
-Meaning
-Responsibility of union leaders
-Importance of leadership
-Strikes
-President’s position
-Grievances
-Pay
-Loss to private sector
-Current situation
-Need for morale improvement
-Blue collar workers
-Construction industry, truckers
-Difference between private and public sectors
-Miami rates for unskilled workers
-Lyons’ talks with members
-Benefits
Police
-Need for support
-Treatment by populace
-President’s meeting with Warren E. Burger
-President’s position
-US Capitol bombing
-Effect on public opinion
-Boston Herald, March 2, 1971
-J. William Fulbright
-A note from the President
-Jimmy [Surname unknown]
-Bombing of Hanoi
Lyons
-Previous work with Colson in Massachusetts Republican politics
-Family
-Ages, genders
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Presidential gifts
-Cufflinks
-Keychains, tie clasps, pins
Astronaut dinner on March 1, 1971
-Report on “Today” television show
-The President Conv. No. 461-14 (cont.)
-The Vice President
Colson
-White House responsibilities
-Work with Lyons
-Massachusetts politics
Personnel from Massachusetts
-Paul W. Costello
-Elliot L. Richardson
The President, et al. left at 1:23 pm