Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 548 › Conversation 548-007

Nixon, Edwards & White House photographer on Mobile trip and Revenue sharing

Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 3:17 PM–3:23 PM ET · Oval Office ·5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Edwards, William J. ("Jack");  White House photographer;  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation548-007 onTape 548 (tape position 00:53:29–00:58:45)StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 3:17 PMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 3:23 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 548-007 ↗

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President Nixon met with Representative William J. "Jack" Edwards to review commemorative materials from a recent trip to Mobile, Alabama, including photographs and a medal. The discussion transitioned into domestic political matters, specifically revenue sharing and the activities of various governors, including Jimmy Carter and George Wallace. Additionally, the participants touched upon the broader context of U.S. foreign policy and the significance of the President’s geopolitical strategy.

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President Jefferson, Jack Edwards.
Well, Jack, all right.
You'd better come in.
Remind me, my head is in the mobile office.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
Good night.
This is George.
I think we just opened this up.
Oh, yeah, but I sit somewhere else.
Put that back together.
This is a great picture.
Where are you?
We've got one of you in here.
Well, I'm in there.
Yeah, I was just somewhere.
By the way, Joe got a picture of me.
He was proud of me.
I mean, you know, he had one.
I can't find one anymore.
Well, look at what happened to yourself.
That's the worst.
Yeah.
These bears are so good, they're not targeting us.
Here you are.
Yeah.
Anyway.
The best one is the changes of Congress.
And what they want to do is strike them down here and strike them in.
Don't tell them.
Good.
Send them to the Senate.
They don't know what's going on there.
Yeah.
Ha, ha.
But what they needed, I guess, is your approval.
If you can tell me, it's all right to do it.
And then somewhere along the way, she was the first to do it.
Do you want it?
Do you want it?
I don't approve it.
You approve it.
Now, do you want another picture?
The two of us.
This, this I will keep.
Do you want me to keep this?
Now, let's shoot a picture of the two of us together.
Now, let's get you the best picture.
We're
We're playing a big game now, you know.
We've got to have 800 people.
We've got to open it up, Tom.
It took me two years to see.
I don't mean that we're not going to do it.
Oh, thank you.
We know that.
It's going to be a long time.
It's probably going to be insane.
This is a reaction back home.
Great.
So we're proud of you.
Well, let me see.
You probably got another pair of headphones.
Well, good.
I'm going to have a diner down on Friday in the revenue chair, and then have a great visit to the governor of Georgia.
She'd appreciate that.
Uh-huh.
Uh, she'd appreciate that.
Uh, listen, your wife has lunch.
I think.
I don't think she does.
Well, I hope she does.
He said, right.
How did you get off?
You were here going by?
Yeah.
And what's George up to at the present time?
He got in trouble.
And I asked him to go to the background.
He said he was supposed to go to Virginia.
So he went down to something there.
And the Senate attorney got an insult trying to cheat him to quit or something.
He was walking off with all the money.
They were a great deal in Dallas and Nashville and some of the other places in Georgia.
We got in there.
George made it.
You did.
He said, hey, baby, catch up with me.
He said, if I say just a second, he had our school board, and we'd gone through the Supreme Court situation, and the school board worked out a good plan.
The court accepted it.
George came down and met with the school board.
He said, I've got some guests to move over, so I've got to have an issue.
I've got an issue with the school board, you know.
He said, if you let Kelvin come to your school,
And so they might still look under the court order we got to open for you if you take credit for it.
I mean, it's different from the way you want it.
He's not dead.
You know it wasn't.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Well, maybe the new one will work out.
Now, those are plenty of stories.
Very good.
Right.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Senator Terrence.
He's coming in on Thursday at 4.30.
Got it.

NARA Description

On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William J. ("Jack") Edwards, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:17 pm to 3:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 548-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 548-7

Date: July 27, 1971
Time: 3:17 pm - 3:23 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William J. (“Jack”) Edwards; the White House photographer and
Stephen B. Bull were present at the beginning of the meeting.

     The President's trip to Mobile, Alabama
          -Presentation
          -Photographs
          -Medal
               -Franklin Mint
               -Drawing

     US foreign policy
          -US relations with the People's Republic of China [PRC]
               -Future of the world

     Domestic issues
         -Revenue sharing
         -Governors
               -James E. (“Jimmy”) Carter
               -George C. Wallace
                     -Schools
                     -Cornelia Wallace

Edwards left and Bull reentered at 3:23 pm.

     Schedule
          -John G. Tower

Bull left at 3:23 pm.

Also recorded on July 27, 1971

  • 007-010 2:51 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
  • 007-011 2:51 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 7:42 pm.
  • 548-004 3:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward B. ("Pete") Biester, Jr., James E. Wood, Joseph D. Ceader, Alton B. Chamberlain, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:10 pm.
  • 548-005 3:10 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm.
  • 548-006 3:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Mrs. Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Melanie Ellison, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 548-008 3:23 PM · 3 min — John G. Tower, Guy D. Newman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:23 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 548-009 3:26 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Paul Calley, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:26 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 548-010 3:31 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Otto E. Passman, William E. Timmons, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:31 pm to 3:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 548-007, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/548-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).