Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 496-011
Date: Monday, May 10, 1971 at 2:35 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/496-011

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[0:00] Oh, yes, we are.
[0:34] No.
[0:51] He's still living and he's still working up on the hill.
[0:52] He can't, you know, he has to listen to her.
[0:53] I don't know if he's in the office.
[0:53] I think last time when they were having a photographer at Christmas, the press, when you gave those glasses to the press,
[0:56] Little Frank had a letter to call him to ask if he couldn't come.
[1:10] I think they, I thought they had a meeting at that time.
[1:11] All he did was hit me.
[1:25] Hey Henry, I got a good feeling I got a card in there.
[1:29] I'll find out.
[1:52] If they send it to my house and my name, otherwise we couldn't get it through to you.
[3:21] I don't know.
[3:48] I like to have service in a lot of different functions.
[4:06] I use one, and I use another.
[4:06] In fact, if you could give me a little case that I have of those.
[4:08] Five or six of you have a little case that I can have here in the house.
[4:09] I have one.
[4:09] If you could give me a little case that I can have here in the house.
[4:34] I hope she will, that she might.
[4:48] You know, there's this uncle in Germany.
[5:12] Must be that, yeah.
[5:58] Okay, if I, somebody has made a suggestion that they thought would help with business and globalization of doing an award of the type the E award during the war for excellence and say you could have it for all sorts of things.
[6:23] I don't know who would give this idea to us.
[6:24] Well, like you would maybe do 25 in a whole year.
[6:25] And well, for someone say who did the civilian for the business people who would do
[6:28] Like hire the most of the ethno-vets.
[6:55] Maybe do the most for ecology.
[6:55] Hire people who are in the handicapped, or ones who do outstanding things.
[6:57] To work it out.
[6:57] Kick it around.
[6:57] Others.
[7:07] Yeah, with leg and the feet with each other.
[7:32] That's the idea of it.
[7:32] And if you want to see it.
[7:33] Sir, can you improve this room to open it up like that?
[7:34] It does.
[7:34] That kind of scenario.
[7:35] That looks like it, because she didn't like those windows.
[7:36] Oh, man, this is much better, I think.
[7:38] You wouldn't have, if you hadn't heard of him, that former members of Congress organization, you don't want to order a pen, do you?
[8:05] $25.
[8:05] Yes.
[8:06] I did tell you about John.
[8:06] Yes, yes.
[8:09] He hasn't said how to say that.
[8:27] This is, Blenhoff told me this one time about, I guess when Roger Corton was the chairman of the party, he gave, has a letter, he gave a letter to Emmett Hughes to write the history of the Republican Party.
[8:31] Of course, he's turned against every
[8:35] And I don't know, there are many times that he decided to pass it on.
[9:06] I'll take care of this.
[9:28] That's not much confidential.
[9:28] I don't want to put it around anywhere.
[9:29] Well, I guess you've got to go around.
[9:30] No, no, I know that.
[9:30] Harold Maynard asked about all of the research stuff.
[9:32] You know, this TV has extensive Nixon files.
[9:32] Yeah.
[9:33] And he said he was from several universities.
[9:45] He thought maybe, actually, maybe the library are all people who would like to look at it, or to eat.
[9:47] He did a lot of research.
[10:15] Are they bringing something in for you?
[10:40] Books, books, books.
[10:40] Oh, let me say this.
[10:41] Rex said that the, you know, John almost sent me some quail.
[10:42] He said should they use it just for the family or say for a small private dinner?
[10:44] Do you have any choice?
[10:45] And then I'm going to mention, I've been to a couple of times, you've mentioned that Ann Scott Morningstar, the kind of galloping...
[11:11] Yes.
[11:11] Oh, yes.
[11:12] And she'd be good, you know, to get to the average people, because she knows where, you know, should I go?
[11:34] She's very good.
[11:34] We have, you know, you know, you're working all around us, and that's a large number, and most of the people we have are people who are not.
[11:37] Well, most of them are.
[11:38] So, we're going to be public, and I didn't want to talk about how she works.
[11:39] Well, she works in the building area.
[11:40] Well, part of it is that she works in the building area.
[11:41] I think you should say it like that.
[11:46] You know, those are the kinds of things that are effective.
[12:08] Oh, I think it's great.
[12:09] It gives you the feeling of being in the White House rather than just another office.
[12:11] You know, you look out on the ground.
[12:11] I mentioned when I played someplace the other day, it was really interesting.
[12:13] It's quiet.
[12:13] I love that place.
[12:14] This place is so beautiful.
[12:15] It's been proven, actually.
[12:36] So, Johnson really had a little spot like he is.
[12:37] He's a piece of paper, right?
[12:38] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be racist, I'm sorry.
[12:39] And no matter how spotted out this office was,
[12:40] Well, everything was great.
[12:56] He had a damn rocking chair that he sat in there, you know.
[12:58] He'd sit, he stood above everybody else.
[13:00] He'd sit down, he'd talk down to them.
[13:02] It was, it was just not the stuff that he had at home.
[13:03] What's been done here, the lobby, all of the offices, they were absolutely headbangers.
[13:08] Yeah.
[13:08] Also, of course, the residence is great.
[13:09] Oh, my.
[13:09] It sure is.
[13:09] Yeah.
[13:09] It's really great.
[13:11] You all look so nice when you came in to church the other day for Sally and Pat's wedding.
[13:27] Yes.
[13:27] And that Buchanan family has got a handsome family.
[13:28] It's a great family.
[13:29] Everyone, because they all look like, Pat looks like all that and they all look like him.
[13:31] Yes, they do.
[13:31] They all look alike.
[13:31] They all look alike.
[13:32] Are you going to call me?
[13:32] Yes, please.