Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 679-006
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 1972 at 10:49 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Applegate, Bennett; Huenemann, Ruth; Johnson, Jacqueline; Martin, Josephine; Murphy, John F.; Farnell, Dale; Schwartzkopf, Edward; Warson, Cola D.; Whitcomb, Roger; Lyng, Richard E.; Hekman, Edward J.; Rorey, Herbert D.; James, Russell H.; White House photographer; Butterfield, Alexander P.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-006

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[0:04] The members of the attraction may not be able to say how they did it.
[0:12] There are some foot rules on the canvas.
[0:16] Where's Mark?
[0:17] Where's George?
[0:19] Who was the director of the party?
[0:24] Mr. Johnson from New York, what's your name?
[0:26] Mr. Johnson, how can I help you?
[0:28] How can I help you?
[0:29] It's the worst possible way to get out of Nebraska, and I want you to have one.
[0:34] Mr. Johnson, everyone says it's better to get out of here.
[0:36] I, I, I thought so.
[0:37] I used to be my mother in Nebraska.
[0:38] Dr. Barnett out in Oregon.
[0:39] Mr. Johnson, oh well, you know there's all kinds of things, Mr. Johnson.
[0:42] Mr. Johnson, I'm James.
[0:43] I'm from Atlanta, Georgia, and I work for the Department of Agriculture.
[0:52] Uh, Dr. Barney, you've been crushing.
[0:53] I've been really interested in explosive boots.
[0:55] Thank you.
[0:56] And, uh, one of the visitors, uh, just the expositors.
[0:58] Yes, thank you.
[0:59] And, uh, Kirk O'Rourke.
[1:00] Kirk O'Rourke's been watching it.
[1:01] I've been really interested in it.
[1:18] This is the group that made the report.
[1:22] Mr. Kennedy, this group wants to present to you.
[1:26] Let's be sure we don't watch where we might get all these lit here.
[1:37] Come on.
[1:38] All right.
[1:39] All right.
[1:40] All right.
[1:43] We've been in existence for two years.
[1:44] They've got three weeks.
[1:45] They've worked hard to develop it.
[1:45] It's very fun to report to them.
[1:46] I think it's a pleasure to match your own desire to eliminate the punditry that you've spent a few years working on.
[1:49] You don't want any of them having to be dominated by pundits.
[1:50] You want them to be under control.
[2:13] In the three years that we've had service, we've had a great experience.
[2:14] We've had about 25 million lunches on two lunch programs.
[2:16] And every time we've had lunch, we've had about 70,000 two lunches.
[2:17] And that's more time for us than we've had service in the past 50 years.
[2:34] That's right, yes.
[2:34] I was like, I'm not going to do it.
[2:35] I'm going to drop it.
[2:35] I'm not going to do it.
[2:36] I'm not going to do it.
[2:36] I'm not going to do it.
[3:22] Geogeogeogeogeogeogeogeo
[3:48] I don't get much for being on these committees and these little presidential compliments to the men.
[4:18] And for the ladies, it's the same thing with the bow.
[4:36] That's all you got.
[4:38] We hope a lot of youngsters settle in the battery.
[4:40] That's the main point.
[4:42] For all of us, we do appreciate your work.
[4:47] I can say this, and I said to you very much, you've got a real charger in hand.
[4:54] I got it at that stage.
[4:56] I said, I said, I said, I said, I said, I said, I said, I said, I said,
[5:04] My brother-in-law criticized me for being too much bigger than too little.
[5:16] He gets the charge and he plays it out.
[5:24] You give them the signal and the president back goes to the office.
[5:27] I had three months, I had a secretary, I had a secretary, I had a full back in the president like this secretary did.
[5:33] And it's costing money too.
[5:36] But when I came in here to give me attention, I did what I should do to the income of rural people.
[5:41] And that's what I'm doing back here now.
[5:47] That helps a lot of young people.
[5:52] Thank you very much.
[6:02] Well, I hope you guys have a great holiday.
[6:09] We really appreciate it.
[6:11] We appreciate you.
[6:21] Thank you for your work.
[6:30] Thank you for all the children.
[6:40] That's good, that's all the way you know.