Conversation No. 489-18

Date: April 26, 1971
Time: 4:13 pm - 4:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William J. Kuhfuss, Roger Fleming, Bryce N. Harlow, Charles W.
Colson, and John C. Whitaker; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of
the meeting.

     Introductions

     President's schedule
          -Upcoming meeting with John G. Gorton
                 -Timing

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:57 pm.

     Photo session

     [General conversation]
          -Peoria
          -John B. Connally
                -Cattle
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Farm Bureau convention
     -Houston
         -Rogers C.B. Morton

Connally
    -Views regarding agriculture

Agriculture                                               Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
     -Trade
           -Great Britain
           -European union
     -Connally

Farm Bureau
     -Relationship with Administration
           -The President’s concern
                 -Meeting with the President
     -Fleming
     -Relations with administration
     -Congress
           -Agriculture Committees
           -Harlow
           -Administration's program
           -Farm bill
           -Problems
                 -Farm Bureau opposition
                 -Congressional opposition
           -Fleming
     -Relations with administration
     -Areas of cooperation
     -White House staff
     -Meeting with leaders
           -Timing
     -President's relations with Fleming
     -[Unintelligible first name] Wilson
     -Administration programs
     -Farm organizations
     -Farm unions
     -Administration's problems
           -Congress
                 -Allen J. Ellender
                 -Page Belcher
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     -Farm bill
     -Congress
           -Eisenhower administration
                 -Previous efforts
           -Farm bill
                 -Administration’s efforts
                 -Consensus of opinion
           -Harlow's activities                           Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
                 -Belcher
           -Gerald R. Ford
           -Leslie C. Arends
           -Farm bill
     -Fleming's activities
     -Congress
     -White House staff
     -Department of Agriculture
     -Relations with administration
     -Congress
     -Communications
           -White House staff
                 -Whitaker
                 -Colson
           -Department of Agriculture
     -Issues
     -Membership
           -Farm organizations
     -Guidelines
     -Impressions

Agriculture
     -Changes
     -1965
     -Farmer attitudes
     -Market system
     -Administration programs
     -Politics
     -Consumers
     -Department of Agriculture
           -Subsidies
     -Political decisions
           -Compared with economic decisions
     -Productivity
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      -President’s view
-Farm surpluses
-Economy
-Growth
-Productivity
-Farm programs
-Commodities
-Parity                                              Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
-Farm Bureau
-President's speech
-President’s policies
      -Impact
      -Areas of concern
      -Compared with textiles
            -Farmers beliefs
      -Trade
      -Exports
      -Curtailments
-Congress
      -Quota bill
            -Textiles
            -Steel
            -President’s concerns
            -Agriculture lobby
            -Textiles
                  -Japanese
            -Shoes
            -Steel
            -Jobs
            -Imports and exports
-Voluntary quotas
      -Administration efforts
      -Legislation
      -Connally
-Trade
      -Agriculture
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 31s ]


    GREAT BRITAIN                                           Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)


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             -Markets
             -Textiles
             -Farm exports
             -Agricultural commodities
             -American industry
                   -Steel
                   -Radios
                         -Japan
             -Markets
             -Australia
                   -US policy
                   -Lamb
                   -Beef
             -Cattlemen
             -Quotas
             -Beef
                   -Imports
                         -Australia
             -Farm community
             -Farm Bureau
                   -Membership
             -Markets
             -Commodities
                   -Agricultural products
                   -Steel
                   -Textiles
                   -Shoes
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            -Markets
      -Congress
            -Quotas
      -President's schedule
            -Meeting
                  -Peter G. Peterson
-Peterson's activities
      -Report on quotas                             Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
-Trade
      -Farm Bureau’s position
      -Free trade
            -President
-Congress
-Competition
-Farm labor
      -President’s policy
      -Democrats
      -Grapes
            -California
      -Harlow
      -Strikes and boycotts
            -Effects
      -Legislation
-Concerns of Farm Bureau
-Possible administration initiatives
-Payments
-Unknown man
-Farmers
      -Dependency on government
            -Administration’s effects
-1968
      -Increases in dependency
-Cotton
      -Dependency on government
-Opposition
-Future policies
-President's policies
-Farmer concerns
      -Foreign trade
-Legislation
      -Congress
            -Labor & Education Committee
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                   -Prospects
           -Bill
                   -Amendments
                   -Harlow's possible initiatives
-Pesticides
      -Administration bill
            -Farm Bureau concerns
            -House Agriculture Committee                  Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
      -Importance
      -Environment
      -Administration position
      -Administration Bill
            -William R. Poage and [unintelligible name]
            -Conference Committee
            -Prospects
            -Language
            -Administration position
                  -President’s instructions to Whitaker
      -Environmentalists
      -Farm Bureau efforts
-Department of Agriculture
      -Farm organizations
      -Bill
            -Processors
            -Administration position
-Chicago Stock yard
-Cooperatives
-Farm Labor Bill
      -Farmers' unions
      -Farm Bureau’s role
            -Work with cooperatives
      -[Forename unknown] Payton [?]
-Farm Bureau
      -Consulation with Administration
            -Department of Agriculture
            -Colson and Whitaker
-Hyde Murray
-Legislation
-Belcher
-President's conversation with Murray
-[Forename unintelligible] Johnson
-Administration's position
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           -Farm Bureau
           -President's schedule
                 -”A Salute to Agriculture”
                 -”A Salute to Labor”

     Farm Bureau
          -Leadership
                -Relations with the President                       Conv. No. 489-18 (cont.)
          -Connally
                -Role
          -Peterson
                -Trade

     Presentation of gifts
          -Cufflinks
          -Wives
          -Golf balls
          -Presidential paperweight

Kuhfuss, Fleming, Colson, and Whitaker left at 4:57 pm.

     Farm Bureau
          -Issues
          -Pesticides

Harlow left at 4:52 pm.