Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 473-006
Date: Thursday, March 25, 1971 at 11:20 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ink, Dwight A.; Dean, Alan; Perry, Charles R.; Rice, Donald B.; Nathan, Richard P.; Cohn, Samuel M.; Bingman, Charles; Sasaki, Wesley K.; Elliott, Emerson J.; Havens, Harry S.; Rhode, Earl D.; Tiller, Carl W.; Greene, Rodger L.; Walters, Raymond L.; Blum, Seymour; Chapin, Russell; Finch, James; O'Neill, Paul H.; Connally, John B.; Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-006

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[0:00] I said to the legislative leaders after whoever presented this presentation, I know that you're carrying a serious recommendation on this, and it's enormous.
[0:22] It's easy to say, of course, it's a counter-recommendation.
[0:23] I wouldn't know if you divided it up.
[0:24] You just got to get the mayors and county officials and state government officials to agree.
[0:26] That's not easy to say, but that shows you how the magnitude of our problems, we call that easy.
[0:28] Uh, the next thing was a special revenue.
[0:38] And then the Secretary of State talked to me about how she was going to take it.
[0:40] And of course, we still got the educational account, which is the policy of the lab.
[0:41] I know that the task force is working day and night to get that out.
[0:43] And I thought that all of those messages, remember we started with the easiest ones, which of course was the legal one.
[1:01] I mean, I mean, everything was, it was already packed with special recommendations, so we threw that out first, and then on the scale, finally we were going to end up with a solution.
[1:08] But I'm aware of the fact that the most difficult task within the government was to move on from this reorganization strategy.
[1:10] And we just saw, you couldn't have been there, but we saw 9-11 presented.
[1:23] We all realized that all of you must have gone through all the negotiations and writing.
[1:25] The word changes so here and there.
[1:26] And the timeline.
[1:27] And also, what I've heard, the laws of the powers of the Senate.
[1:48] The most great thing about all of this work.
[1:49] Would you agree, Secretary?
[1:49] You started all this, and that's the part of me that says all of this work.
[1:51] You've done a good job.
[1:51] You've done an incredible job.
[1:52] I listened to Bill.
[1:52] He's been my whole last night trying to get prepared for this morning.
[1:54] And I must say, I can imagine having gone through this door and saying, I mean, what else?
[1:55] what they really meant to do to separate all this out.
[2:11] Just unbelievable.
[2:11] Well, I'd say if we were going to get them all paid, we'd have to stand in a table to get one of these pens.
[2:17] Where is it?
[2:18] I'm sorry.
[2:27] I didn't tell you I got married.
[2:28] I mean, you could get one of those to take home, so this is where you really were.
[2:29] And you have one of those for your papers, right?
[2:40] So thank you very much.
[2:46] That's all I've got to say.
[2:52] Are you ready to check in?
[2:54] Yes, sir.
[2:54] All right.
[2:55] Here we go.
[2:55] I'll be out.
[2:55] I'll say a few words and then you escape.
[3:05] Thank you.
[3:05] He calls