Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 529 › Conversation 529-003

Nixon, Anastasia & Franks on Police Athletic League and Youth Programs

Thursday, June 24, 1971 · 11:36 AM–11:45 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Anastasia, Robert; Franks, Alison; Furlong, Vincent W.; Gola, Jeam Marie; Head, Steven; Johnson, Wendy; Klieman, Carik; Levy, Alfred; Madonna, Daniel F.; Whitley, Frank; Young, Robert; Klieman, Paul; Fox, Harry G.; Furlong, Vincent E. (Sgt.); Shaltz, Si; Thomson, Thomas; Bruno, Philip; Shepard, Geoffrey C.; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation529-003 on Tape 529 (tape position 00:01:43–00:11:38)StartThursday, June 24, 1971 at 11:36 AMEndThursday, June 24, 1971 at 11:45 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 529-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178113 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with a delegation from the Philadelphia Police Athletic League (PAL) to discuss the importance of their community work and youth programs. During the meeting, the students presented the President with gifts and a petition, while the group discussed topics ranging from the value of sports and music education to the significance of mutual respect in society. The conversation concluded with photographs and the delegation departing for a tour of the White House before the President left for a scheduled trip.

  • Police Athletic League
  • Youth Programs
  • Community Relations
  • Civic Engagement
  • Philadelphia

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NARA Description

On June 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert Anastasia, Alison Franks, Vincent W. Furlong, Jeam Marie Gola, Steven Head, Wendy Johnson, Carik Klieman, Alfred Levy, Daniel F. Madonna, Frank Whitley, Robert Young, Paul Klieman, Harry G. Fox, Sgt. Vincent E. Furlong, Si Shaltz, Thomas Thomson, Philip Bruno, Geoffrey C. Shepard, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:36 am to 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 529-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 529-003

Date: June 24, 1971
Time: 11:36 am - 11:45 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with a delegation from Police Athletic League of Philadelphia: Students:
Robert Anastasia, Alison Franks, Vincent W. Furlong, Jean Marie Gola, Steven Head, Wendy
Johnson, Carol Klieman, Alfred Levy, Daniel F. Madonna, Jr., Frank Whitley, Robert Young.
Adults: Paul Klieman, Harry G. Fox, Sgt. Vincent E. Furlong, Si Shaltz, Thomas Thomson,
Philip Bruno. Members of White House staff: Geoffrey C. Shepard and Stephen B. Bull.

     Greetings

     Introductions

     Work of Police Athletic League [PAL]
         -Quality

     Photographs
          -Posing

     PAL program
         -Benefits
         -Importance

           -Singing groups
                -Compared to recent performance of Polish Youth choir
           -Baseball
                -Babe Ruth
                      -Cancer
                      -Pitching record
                      -Hitting record

     Presentation of gifts
          -Cuff links
          -Bracelets

     President’s schedule
           -Arrival of helicopter

     Tour of White House for PAL

     President's schedule
           -Trip to Indiana and Chicago, Illinois

     Petition presented to President
           -Number of signatures

Anastasia, et al. left at 11:45 am.

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Good to see you.
Good to see you again.
Sir, I thought you were spending a lot of time.
How are you doing?
Mr. Clover, I guess you know me so well.
It's a great ball.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Well, I'm glad to see you.
It's always good to have you here.
Thank you, sir.
I'm working.
This is Mr. Clover.
I'm sorry, Mr. Clover.
Good to see you again.
Well, we got one of the most beautiful.
Are you with the percussion?
No.
I see.
Big girls.
Wonderful.
That's great.
I'm so glad to have you here.
That's awesome.
Oh, you're one of the, you're in the list.
You're in the list.
You've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got, uh, you've got,
Thank you, sir.
Now, each one of you, let me see.
Each one of you make, oh, this, each one is a petition, right?
So it is, but you've got to do it yourself.
This is yours.
Mr. President, if you'd like to make a decision.
Yes.
Thank you very much.
And for those of you who have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
I have a question for you.
I have a question for you.
I have a question for you.
That's good.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence.
It gave me confidence.
... ... ... ... ...
Maybe someday in America we're going to have a national day to respect the 6.0.
And I feel what it means, and I think all the citizens have the idea that we've got to live with respect for each other.
We have a mentality.
Well, actually, there's more than that.
You know, the way it's said, with TV and everything, it's got to hold whatever the TV is on.
The TV is, you know, the program, or the president, or the president has a better arm, or something.
And that's our, right, there's hundreds of thousands of people.
I mean, isn't it tough?
I swear to you, you all have your time.
The point is, there are people who believe in the country, they believe in it, they respect the law, they fight what they want, and yet they know that your rules, that's true, but it's not true.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
um
I think it's on that, right?
That's a better example.
You know, we should do some wonderful work for the local community.
I know you've heard of a great singing group that came down here to see us.
You know, from Cullinan, you know, singing all about this voice.
Like the Cullinan, that's right.
The Cullinan, they came in and always pushed the young people from the choir director to pull in a good time for a song.
You know, not just here at Cullinan.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I saw him going over there, and two home runs, and two home runs.
You know, that sounds like Dave Rude.
People forget he looks great.
This is for a good time.
Dave Rude, Dave Rude.
I was a great pitcher.
I was a little lost, but I was great.
I was such a good hitter, he even came around.
This guy, I guarantee you, he died.
Thank God.
I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean,
uh
You see the ceiling?
This is the mark of this room.
Here it is.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
This is the bracelet.
If you go to Victoria, you don't get to go to Oregon tomorrow.
Okay, well, I've got to go out and catch a cell phone.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm not going to be back tomorrow, so we're going to see you tomorrow.
Don't make me emotional.
Keep up the good work.
See you next year.
$350,000.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 529-003, June 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178113). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/529-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).