Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 758 › Conversation 758-023

Nixon & McCarroll on Automotive Industry and Employment

Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 5:23 PM–5:26 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); McCarroll, JohnConversation758-023 on Tape 758StartTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:23 PMEndTuesday, August 1, 1972 at 5:26 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 758-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal discussion with John McCarroll, likely a representative or associate involved in the automotive industry. The conversation centered on the importance of maintaining strong car sales to ensure continued economic growth and the preservation of jobs. Nixon expressed his commitment to monitoring employment statistics and requested that McCarroll convey his best regards to those in attendance at the ongoing meeting.

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Where is that ?
Are they in Pittsburgh?
Sure, sure.
Sure.
Well, how are you?
I hope you're having a good time there, I hope.
How's, right, in the middle of it, you've got pretty good production.
How are we trying to keep those cars off?
Great, great.
I just hope we keep selling those cars so that we can get lots of jobs.
All right.
Yes, sir.
I hope that the business stays good so we can get plenty of jobs out there.
Yeah, got it.
Roger, I'm watching the job list.
I see.
Uh-huh.
Oh, I see.
Well, you've got all of them.
All of them are my best.
I'm wishing you well.
Way to go.
Right.
Right.
Well, it was good to talk to all these fellows.
And you're just sitting there having a meeting on various matters, huh?
Right.
Yes.
Yes.
I see.
Right.
Well, you did give everybody my best.
Give my best to your wives, too.
OK. Great.
Goodbye.
Give my best to your wives.

NARA Description

On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John McCarroll met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 758-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 758-23

Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 5:23 pm - 5:26 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with John McCarroll.

[See Conversation No. 28-38; one item has been withdrawn]

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  • 028-037 5:20 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 758-020 5:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm.
  • 758-021 5:21 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:22 pm.
  • 758-022 5:22 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
  • 028-038 5:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John McCarroll, Jim Keys, and Elmer Roger talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:26 pm.
  • 028-039 5:26 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:26 pm on August 1, 1972 and 9:33 am on August 2, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 758-023, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/758-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).