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Nixon, Kibrick & Eady on Nursing profession and Healthcare policy

Tuesday, September 12, 1972 · 12:10 PM–12:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kibrick, Anne (Dr.); Eady, Carol; Beckes, Issac (Dr.); Gaston, A. J.; Walsh, Margaret E.; Shultz, Helena M. ("Obie"); Volpe, Jennie (Benedetto); Weinberger, Jane (Dalton); Cavanaugh, James H.; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographerConversation775-007 on Tape 775StartTuesday, September 12, 1972 at 12:10 PMEndTuesday, September 12, 1972 at 12:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 775-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Dr. Anne Kibrick and several associates representing the nursing profession for a photo opportunity and an honorary membership presentation. During the meeting, the participants discussed the vital importance of the nursing field and the need for nurses to take on more responsibilities to address healthcare accessibility issues. Nixon shared personal reflections on his mother's experience as a nurse and praised the supportive role nurses play in patient recovery.

  • Nursing profession
  • Healthcare policy
  • Public relations
  • Presidential photography
  • Medical responsibilities

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NARA Description

On September 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. Anne Kibrick, Carol Eady, Dr. Dr. Issac Beckes, A. J. Gaston, Margaret E. Walsh, Helena M. ("Obie") Shultz, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, Jane (Dalton) Weinberger, James H. Cavanaugh, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 775-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 775-7

Date: September 12, 1972
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Dr. Anne Kibrick, Mrs. Carol Eady, Dr. Isaac Beckes, Mrs. A.J. Gaston,
Mrs. Margaret E. Walsh, Helena M. (“Obie”) Shultz, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, Jane (Dalton)
Weinberger, James H. Cavanaugh, Stephen B. Bull, the White House photographer and members
of the press.

            Introductions

            Photograph opportunity

            Beckes

            Shultz

            Presentation to the President
                -Honorary membership

            Nursing
                -The President's aunt
                    -Hannah Milhous Nixon
                    -Importance of nursing
                -The President's call to hospital
                    -George C. Wallace
                -Ability to cheer patients
                -Responsibilities
                    -Amount of paperwork

                         -Increase in pay

              Presentation of gifts by the President

Kibrick et al. left at 12:18 pm.

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President.
President.
President.
President.
President.
President.
President.
President.
We also have a record of late ones.
I understand, but your plan is to have the radio and television come here?
Yes.
Okay, I'm just remembering to have a member of the board.
I'll have him.
Okay, I'll have him.
I'll have him.
I'll have him.
I'll have him.
I'll have him.
President, President, President.
I'll call on you whenever you have any questions.
Thank you.
And you also want to take that issue to the other side of the country.
Because what I'm hearing from you is that you're trying to get to the end of it.
And that is what you're trying to get to.
But then there's a second thing that you're going to get to.
And that's the thing that you're going to get to is that you're going to get to the end of it.
But then you've got to go to the other side of the country.
So that's what you're trying to get to.
So there's a lot of people who are going to go to the other side of the country.
Thank you.
We have another last question.
And this is due to the fact that we are an honorary member of the National League of American Athletics.
I don't know if you know about the National League of American Athletics, but we have had six-month years of athletic development, and we've evolved through the National League of American Athletics program, and we did some of the programs in Oklahoma.
And every weekend, we took the National League of American Athletics, and it was a good time, and it was a good one out there.
And, uh,
I said it all so very well.
I was a nursing when she was passing.
She was a registered nurse, and then just doing it on a normal, pure basis after that.
And so there was a spirit between us, always felt in our family, around the large family, not up here.
And there were five brothers there.
They did the importance of nursing.
And of course, it's not just a technical feeling.
She really got a feeling in her heart.
Every time I called, when I called Dr. Walsh, you know, he got shot up there and so forth.
It was really good.
And I noticed that when I called them, they were really great.
I said, well, they'll let their spirits tip them.
And every time I called somebody, they were something I always generally love.
And they're surprising.
Well, the important thing is that when they come in that room, that they're smiling.
I found time with them in the hospital.
I was very fortunate in that respect, generally.
I think you're going to be broken in a whole lot of different ways.
that first concept, or smile,
I'm glad, too, if you're not getting the conversation.
It's got to be a lot of opportunity.
It's going to be bad.
But it's moving on, isn't it?
And nurses are being given more responsible things to do, which is very important.
Because they get the most things the doctors now do.
And that will spread the word more.
And I mean, it will spread the health care more.
The doctors will never be able to create enough doctors to handle this problem.
So nurses have got to be more responsible.
And that's the key point.
Right.
Right.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 775-007, September 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/775-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).