Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 752-002
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 1972 at 8:40 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/752-002

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[0:01] Mayor Welch and Ms. John Connolly.
[0:31] I'll speak very briefly.
[0:33] This should be quite brief.
[0:35] Yes, sir.
[0:35] Yes, I think so.
[0:36] Thank you so much for having me.
[0:38] I'm going to go.
[0:40] There's one.
[0:42] I've just had a table.
[0:44] Allie Oberman is a part of our people over at EDA.
[0:51] And he expressed himself very freely about McGovern.
[0:56] He indicated that he was, for political reasons,
[0:59] California, he would have to make a sort of a daily time statement.
[1:03] But the two guys over there, Podesta and Sennett, had the estimate that Alioto can be had in a several of the way.
[1:14] I don't know how good this information is.
[1:16] We can check it out through Rizzo.
[1:18] He's a friend of Rizzo's.
[1:20] And I don't know that either.
[1:32] Well, he's been acquitted.
[1:40] Yes.
[1:42] And he's filed a lawsuit against Mitchell for pursuing alleged prosecution.
[1:48] But I think that's largely showboating.
[1:52] But anyway, he will be here at this time.
[1:55] And I want you to know about it for whatever it's worth.
[2:00] But it's basically the same color.
[2:03] One thing, Long is moving around.
[2:07] He wants to put strings on the revenue sharing line.
[2:11] Yeah.
[2:12] And you can't refer to Long directly in that connection, but you could say that we think it's important that the mayors and city councils have freedom
[2:22] latitude and incentives and that they want to be alert as they move around the halls of Congress.
[2:32] The efforts on the part of the Congress to tie this money up with restrictions and that kind of a failed reference I think would be all that would be necessary.
[2:47] Thank you.
[2:50] There are a few of you who have not met.
[2:53] There would be a chance to.
[2:58] Now, Gibson of Newark was the head of the Democratic Rules Committee, the Democratic Convention.
[3:09] He was one of the seconders.
[3:12] But he has been aced out by a pawn truck in terms of the inertia.
[3:20] What was the...
[3:50] I call these people to speak.
[3:51] Well, you can just say that you understand that there are several that have prepared remarks and yield to Mrs. Mellon.
[3:59] So if you promise me, I'm going to tell you that you promise me.
[4:02] All right.
[4:03] All right.
[4:17] All right.
[4:20] Yes.
[4:21] Yes.
[4:21] Yes.