Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 465-004
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1971 at 9:51 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, John W.; Hampton, Robert N.; Endahl, Lowell J.; McMillan, C. W.; Butterbrodt, John E.; Magdanz, Don F.; Palmer, John; Moos, Eugene; Lederer, Robert; Healy, Patrick; Graham, Harry; Gifford, Claude; Willard, Devoe H.; Sutherland, John I.; Brinkley, Parke; Frazier, Frank; Goeppinger, Walter W.; Toan, Charles; Russell, Albert; Andrews, Robert J.; Harp, Elbert; Jackson, Ralph T.; Kirker, Lorraine; Keppey, Roy B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, John W.; Hampton, Robert N.; Endahl, Lowell J.; McMillan, C. W.; Butterbrodt, John E.; Magdanz, Don F.; Palmer, John; Moos, Eugene; Lederer, Robert; Healy, Patrick; Graham, Harry; Gifford, Claude; Willard, Devoe H.; Sutherland, John I.; Brinkley, Parke; Frazier, Frank; Goeppinger, Walter W.; Toan, Charles; Russell, Albert; Andrews, Robert J.; Harp, Elbert; Jackson, Ralph T.; Kirker, Lorraine; Keppey, Roy B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/465-004

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[18:14] Good morning, Mr. President.
[18:15] Good morning.
[18:15] Good morning.
[18:15] Good morning.
[18:16] Good morning.
[18:16] Good morning.
[18:40] Well, this is an American band, isn't it?
[18:41] Well, yeah.
[18:41] Well, most, most everybody does it.
[18:42] Right, right, right.
[18:42] Like that.
[18:42] Right.
[18:42] Good to see you.
[18:43] You know, we're in on that.
[18:43] Oh, right.
[18:43] We're in on that.
[18:44] Right.
[18:44] Good.
[18:44] Yeah, we're in on that.
[18:44] You ever heard of John Carano?
[18:45] Yes, of course.
[18:45] Never heard of him.
[18:46] Never heard of him.
[18:46] Never heard of him.
[18:46] Never heard of him.
[18:47] Never heard of him.
[18:47] Never heard of him.
[18:48] Never heard of him.
[18:48] Never heard of him.
[18:48] Never heard of him.
[19:05] Hey, you alright?
[19:05] How's it going?
[19:06] You bet.
[19:06] I'm good, Mr. President.
[19:06] We've heard a lot about you.
[19:07] We've heard a lot about you, Mr. President.
[19:20] That's one problem you have to deal with.
[19:48] Yeah, right, right.
[19:48] Perfect.
[20:13] Is that right?
[20:13] That's a little harder.
[20:14] That's a little harder.
[20:31] Well, I've already worked in it, but I think it's going to be a great pleasure to meet you soon.
[20:33] They're out here in the state.
[20:34] I'll meet you next Wednesday.
[20:35] Right.
[20:35] And next time out, we're going to be able to support a crop.
[20:36] Oh, goodness.
[20:36] Our needs.
[20:36] Oh, I see.
[20:37] Yes, yes.
[20:37] We're going to have a lot more success.
[20:38] We're going to have a lot more success.
[20:38] We're going to have a lot more success.
[20:39] We're going to have a lot more success.
[21:00] The President of the United States, Admiral Russell S. Martin Luther King,
[21:17] I know, I know
[21:39] They're still selling it.
[21:40] They're still selling it.
[21:40] They're still selling it.
[22:07] What's yours from Washington, D.C.?
[22:08] I'm from Washington, D.C.
[22:08] I'm from Washington, D.C.
[22:32] And I kind of go, she's kind of, yeah, that's her life.
[22:33] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[22:34] Overpowering, right?
[22:34] So I'm like, she's just like, you know what I'm saying?
[22:35] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[22:36] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[22:36] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[22:37] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[22:38] So I'm like, right, right, right.
[23:01] I see they all say hello to you.
[23:03] Oh, that's the gentleman with the barber.
[23:05] What are you going to talk to them about today?
[23:07] You're just going to give them a general greeting, correct?
[23:09] Yes, and we'll get the background of your message.
[23:10] Oh, correct.
[23:11] We're a golf gang.
[23:11] Over at the theater.
[23:12] So there was a pressure.
[23:13] Yeah.
[23:26] Is that what we're going to do, sir?
[23:31] Yes.
[23:38] Will these people sit in the press?
[23:39] Is that right, Steve?
[23:40] No, sir.
[23:40] No, these people here, the attendees will be having a tour of the White House when you're reading the press.
[23:46] You'll read the press first.
[23:48] Then afterwards, these people get a special briefing.
[23:50] So you'll read that first.
[23:51] But they're going to take that for a tour of the White House and then put them in a theater.
[23:58] Oh, so you've got the press.
[23:59] You've got the press.
[24:01] the idea that we've had our eyes on the cities and we should have and we aren't taking our eyes off this
[24:29] You know, this phrase you use a few times about the nation as part of a nation's heart.
[24:48] Yeah, I know.
[24:49] But this really is true.
[24:50] It's true.
[24:50] It's true.
[24:51] It's true.
[24:52] It's true.
[24:53] It's true.
[24:55] to strengthen the nation's heart.
[25:06] I think it's a good line.
[25:08] I've heard that before.
[25:09] Well, go ahead.
[25:10] Our first bill is signed.
[25:11] The bill will come to the board after everybody's done.
[25:13] I don't think you'll agree to that.
[25:14] I think it's going to be a nice little speech to do with this.
[25:16] Are you going to talk about your experience with that line?
[25:22] I think we could find a way to get around it.
[25:23] Well, there is a way if we could be willing to write in the law some of the grandfathered laws without
[25:46] in the making of a pastor, something of this kind.
[25:49] I think we can, they're for revenue sharing.
[25:51] But this, they're scared to death of it.
[25:53] They're democratic governors and all of that.
[25:55] And of course, this is the heart and soul of these land grants.
[26:00] My first question for you is that, like you just said, it's the whole harvest that I'd like to hear.
[26:08] I think we could.
[26:09] I think if we did this, just did that much, and then I think we could bring them all the way around on the 300 square foot.
[26:18] They're the kind of people that would be for the recognition.
[26:21] And I think we'd give them a beat song when they're coming to the country.
[26:25] It's very important to have them in the state of what Michigan State is one.
[26:29] I think we should give them the whole public policy because every county in the country.
[26:33] This is probably going to be the toughest of the states.
[26:36] It will not.
[26:37] It will not.
[26:38] I cannot sell it.
[26:39] I just said the right way to try and go out and do it.
[26:44] It's all about being honest.
[26:45] These fellows know their centers.
[26:48] There is not enough office.
[26:50] It's a minority group.
[26:51] God, these departments.
[26:53] The thing about the minority groups around here is they don't want to tell them.
[27:01] that they were going to be held harmless with the statutory case that they made.
[27:04] They're not going to lose.
[27:05] They're not going to get it back.
[27:06] They're not going to get it back.
[27:07] That's right.
[27:08] If you can do that with the excessive service, I think you'd be home.
[27:12] I don't have any embarrassments from the organization.
[27:16] I can talk this one to anybody, even if they're hostile, and do it.
[27:20] I just thought it was not embarrassing.
[27:22] I didn't want to do something else.
[27:24] All right.
[27:25] All right.
[27:26] All right.
[27:27] No, I'm glad you're here.