Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 679-001
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 1972 at 7:55 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-001

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[0:06] I think, actually, you could call on Walker and on Richardson and leave me out of it.
[0:26] And then I'll chime in if I think there's anything that needs to be done.
[0:30] I'm just calling out of the report, right?
[0:32] Sure.
[0:32] Right.
[0:33] Colin Walker on revenue sharing and Richardson on welfare reporting.
[0:37] And then to the leaders, John.
[0:38] And then to right.
[0:39] Now Bennett is there and Burns is there.
[0:41] Second point is, this might have some gut stuff.
[0:46] I don't think you put it wrong, but maybe I'll appreciate it for 10 minutes or so.
[0:53] so that they thought I should give them the analysis of the ITT.
[0:56] They should not.
[0:58] They've got to be knowledgeable about it.
[1:01] That would be the big news.
[1:02] It would be a bad thing for you to even utter the phrase, I don't think I should get into it.
[1:07] No, no, not at all.
[1:09] There'd be plenty to talk about on these two things.
[1:14] Bennett, if you want to watch out for this, Bennett will say, we have a committee bill on welfare reform and we'd like to negotiate with the administration
[1:23] Now, we're prepared to say, wonderful, Senator.
[1:27] We're glad to sit down and negotiate with you.
[1:30] We're worlds apart.
[1:31] We'll never get together.
[1:32] But I think we have to tender that posture.
[1:35] So you can do forthcoming on that if you want to be.
[1:43] That's it.
[1:44] I thought I had a quick question.
[1:59] I was with him and a bunch of senators last night, and the climate was very good for these Republicans.
[2:22] But they're not losing their guts.
[2:24] They're not losing their guts.
[2:25] Well, obviously, the women, I mean, when they're making sleeping pills and whatever, of course, most all those guys are in, most all of them take sleeping pills, and they know that that's virtually poison.
[2:34] Well, it's extraordinary.
[2:36] You know, that's what I mean.
[2:40] You know, when you're about those things, a doctor will virtually give you a headache, a little terror, and take sleeping pills, because then...
[2:51] It'll knock you off.
[2:52] It could kill you, but it always makes you arranged.
[2:54] Yeah.
[2:54] That would be crazy what one was doing.
[2:57] This doctor's impeaching her now.
[2:59] The way Hruska was talking last night, the probabilities are that Hruska, Cook, Hart, and maybe Kennedy will go and take her testimony next week.
[3:13] Either Kennedy or Biden.
[3:18] That may be going to do it for me.
[3:22] Well, they've got a lot of other witnesses.
[3:24] They've got Anderson.
[3:29] They've got Anderson's hand.
[3:34] Anderson's reporter was on television last night telling him how he got this woman to save him.
[3:41] And he broke her down.
[3:42] He just harassed her until she finally broke down.
[3:46] And he as much as admitted her on television.
[3:49] So I think maybe just things can turn.
[3:51] We've got some great questions in on Anderson.
[3:54] I'm not sure what is there.
[3:55] Who would do it?
[3:57] Well, Michael Cook is probably the best one.
[4:01] I'm ready if he would because he's well after all these cheese and turkey and everything.
[4:07] He'll get at it if he would.
[4:09] He's smart and tough and mean.
[4:11] I think he'd be pretty good at targeting.
[4:15] I'd love to get him and pin him right down here.
[4:20] What do you know?
[4:21] And the circumstances of badgering a woman and what you do when she starts crying out the facts too.
[4:28] Let the facts get away from us.
[4:31] Now, what was this that was done?
[4:34] I mean, was this a contribution to the Republican Party?
[4:37] Was it a contribution to the, you know?
[4:41] Dick Herman was there last night, and he showed me a statement.
[4:44] He's in charge of the vandals now on Dick Herman.
[4:46] He showed me a statement he issued last November saying, we don't want the IDP sharing the money.
[4:55] This is before the case that occurred last November?
[5:02] Well, no, the city kept the check.
[5:04] The city kept the check.
[5:06] But as far as the Republicans and the convention are concerned, he said, that's too much money coming from one source.
[5:14] That is a good policy.
[5:16] We don't want it.
[5:17] No, I don't think so.
[5:20] Well, I don't know if they cashed it, but they haven't applied it.
[5:25] I think so.
[5:30] I think so.
[5:34] Well, where is the grant?
[5:36] Maybe he should be called.
[5:37] Well, Herman can be called.
[5:39] And what he did, he put out a written press release to this effect.
[5:43] He showed it to me last night.
[5:47] So the Republican Party, as such, rejected the, how did he learn such a big offer?
[5:54] It was in a San Diego paper.
[5:58] Do they pledge praises to the man?
[6:00] In those days, yeah, that's the thing, they're praying to time again.
[6:05] Yeah.
[6:06] They're all in the same year.
[6:07] It's rather easy times as it still is in this place.