Conversation No. 627-9

Date: December 1, 1971
Time: 11:46 am - 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

     White House Conference on Aging
          -Pharmaceutical question
               -Difficulties

John D. Ehrlichman entered at 11:47 am.

          -Speech
                -Leonard Garment’s memorandum of November 29, 1971
                -Prescription drugs
          -Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
                -No recommendation from the Administration
                -Arthur S. Flemming’s point of view
          -House Resolution [HR] 1
                -Russell B. Long speaking to older people
                      -Awareness
                      -Social Security
                      -Welfare
                -Older people
                      -Benefits of HR 1
                      -Ability to earn and keep money
                            -Methods used by the Administration
          -Speech
                -President’s schedule
                -Prescription drugs
                -Garment
                      -Memo
                            -Ehrlichman’s doubts
          -Economy [?]
                -Big ticket items
          -Older people
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                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


          -Young people
          -Water Pollution bill
               -Edmund S. Muskie

     Luncheon for aged on November 30, 1971 attended by Ehrlichman
         -Legislation “typhoon”
               -Strong pitch for the rights of older people
                    -Praise for Ehrlichman
         -Competition from libraries, schools, and the military
     -Congress

[Pause]

     Property tax
          -Budget

     Tax bill speech
          -John K. Andrews, Jr.
                -Prepared draft
          -Inflation
          -Campaign check off provision
                -Veto
                     -Rationale
                           -Impact on political system
                           -Expense
          -Inflation
                -Need for jobs
                     -Congress

Campaign practices
    -Haldeman
          -Source
    -Muskie
          -Property taxes
          -California
    -Spiro T. Agnew

     Conferences
          -Cabinet Committee on Spanish Speaking People
               -Postponed
          -Flemming
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                                    Tape Subject Log
                                      (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


          -White House Conference on Aging
               -Similarity of audience
                     -Republican Women’s Federation
                           -Colorado chairman
                           -Make-up
               -President’s forthcoming meeting
                     -Possible handling
                           -Real estate tax
                     -Copy of speech
                           -Deadline

Ehrlichman left at 12:01 pm.

     Pharmaceutical question in Congress

     Television
          -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] program, “A Day in the Life of the
                President”, December 6, 1971
          -Clark MacGregor and William E. Timmons
                -Breakfast meeting with Congressional leaders
                      -Michael J. Mansfield and Hugh Scott
                            -“The Bigs”
                            -Gerald R. Ford, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl B. Albert
                      -Speaker or Senators
                      -Ford and Boggs
                      -Breakfast meeting
                      -House
                            -Cooperation
                      -Mansfield and Senate
                            -Lack of cooperation
                Breakfast meeting with Congressional leaders
                      -Advantages
                      -Discussions
                            -Albert, Ford, and Boggs
                            -John B. Connally

     Schedule
          -Decisions

     Speeches
          -Chicago
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


                -Particular problems with speeches
                      -Too “bureaucratized”
          -Andrews
          -Maurice H. Stans [?]
                -Concern for historical legacy
                -Effectiveness
          -William L. Safire and Raymond K. Price, Jr.
          -Television


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     National Conference on Corrections, December 6, 1971
          -John N. Mitchell and Warren E. Burger
          -Greeting
               -Williamsburg, Virginia
               -Draft
                     -Key Biscayne
               -Media coverage
                     -Haldeman’s view

     The President's schedule
          -Bermuda
          -Congress
               -End of session
                      -Timing

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and
12:15 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9A]
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                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                                     Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)



[See Conversation No. 15-178]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President talked with James Harvey between 12:15 pm and 12:20 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9B]

[See Conversation No. 15-179]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and
12:26 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9C]

[See Conversation No. 15-180]

[End of telephone conversation]

     NBC television show, “A Day in the Life of the President”
         -Congressional breakfast
               -Size of group
                     -Congressmen’s view
                     -NBC view
                     -President’s view
               -Ford
               -Leslie C. Arends
               -Boggs
               -Albert
               -Mansfield
               -Scott
         -Tax bill

     President’s schedule
          -Farm Bureau
          -Agricultural editors and photographs
                -Meet and greet opportunity
          -4-H speech
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                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                   Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


               -Possible photographs opportunities
                     -Potential conflicts
          -Talking points

     Speeches
          -Recommendations by Haldeman

Haldeman left at 12:26 pm.