Conversation: 538-008
Prev: 538-007 Next: 538-009Start Date: Tuesday, July 6, 1971 1:50 PM
End Date: Tuesday, July 6, 1971 2:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:44:48
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:56:41
NARA Description:
On July 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:50 am to 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 538-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 538-8
Date: July 6, 1971
Time: 9:50 am - 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office Conv. No. 538-5 (cont.)
The President met with George P. Shultz
Steel industry and labor leaders
-Forthcoming meeting
-Paul W. McCracken’s report on Western European quotas
-James D. Hodgson’s statement on mediation
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Format for the President’s appearance
-Press and photo opportunity
-Desired theme of meeting
-Price and wage issues
-Industry problems
-Short term
-Negotiations
-Long term nature
-Foreign competition
-Quotas
-Productivity
-Wage increases
-Comparison to manufacturing
Unemployment statistics
-Recent statement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Accuracy of figures
-Seasonal surges and adjustments
-Timing
-Improvement in employment
Retail sales figures for June, 1971
-Indicators and estimates
-Garment industry
-New York Times article
-Buyers
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Jews
Unemployment
-Impact
-Teenagers
-Men
Schedule
Shultz left at 10:00 am