Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 795-008
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 1972 at 12:17 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brown, James; Brown, Joseph; Palmer, James F.; Bobbitt, Charles; Brown, Robert J.; Scott, Stanley S.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/795-008

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[0:02] All right, Bob, how are you?
[0:05] Mr. James Brown, how are you?
[0:07] Nice to see you.
[0:10] Well, Joseph Brown.
[0:12] Are you the one he told us all about?
[0:17] Yeah.
[0:18] That's, yeah.
[0:19] I just mentioned Charles Brown.
[0:21] Yes, sir.
[0:22] There's a man named James Brown.
[0:24] Where is it?
[0:24] That's the corporation.
[0:25] And this is Paul.
[0:28] Yes, Paul.
[0:31] Well, I heard with you, that's it.
[1:00] I, uh, you know, I've seen, uh, follows that comes in here that's got a lot of gold records.
[1:06] You've got some records.
[1:07] Thirty-nine.
[1:08] Thirty-nine.
[1:09] Oh, that's great.
[1:11] That's great.
[1:12] You can get a hundred one day, can't you?
[1:14] Well, how many years did it take you to get thirty-nine?
[1:17] How many years did it take you to get thirty-nine?
[1:24] You're a big selling star.
[1:27] Now this is some of the literature, some of our literature.
[1:50] Yes, sir.
[1:51] I should be here.
[1:57] We're all here.
[1:59] We're here.
[2:00] We're here.
[2:03] We're here.
[2:09] I'm sure you're doing well.
[2:12] I hear it's a success.
[2:14] Good work.
[2:14] I like the way you're running around kids, too.
[2:19] That's great.
[2:20] Oh, good.
[2:20] I like it.
[2:22] I like it.
[2:22] I like it.
[2:23] I like it.
[2:24] I like it.
[2:25] I like it.
[2:28] I did one of the best things in the world.
[2:34] I did one of the best things in the world.
[2:40] I did one of the best things in the world.
[3:03] You know, when I first met
[3:28] It's really great to see the way you do it.
[3:46] Show us what you're doing.
[3:55] He has a fantastic effect on the masses of kids.
[4:07] Oh, I know.
[4:11] Now let's get a picture with all the, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
[4:27] Now, I need to think about what we call the part of the future of the president.
[4:53] And also for the wives, for the wives, this is the sealer.
[5:08] There is the seal in the rug, see?
[5:13] That's the mark of this room.
[5:19] Every rubber's changed every four years.
[5:23] This is a new one.
[5:28] And here he is in a little pin.
[5:33] That's your wife.
[5:34] That's your wife.
[5:36] That's your wife.
[5:40] That's your wife.
[5:42] That's your wife.
[5:44] That's your wife.
[5:48] Thank you.
[5:49] All right.
[5:49] Thank you.
[5:49] All right.
[5:50] You probably got three or four.
[5:53] But it's not that bad.
[5:57] There's a lot of offering people that want to see me tonight.
[6:02] So I have to get it.
[6:07] I think that means an answer.
[6:17] I like to speak for a lot of fresh people out here from the country who love sports and country
[6:48] Dr. King, I want to come in here.
[6:56] One of the things that happened, I know about this, I don't know.
[7:14] Another thing, another thing that this is a project in Atlanta to make is the birthplace of a monument, an actual monument.
[7:27] I've always been talking to you about both of these.
[7:29] My objective is... That's got to be the greatest thing.
[7:32] You think that would mean a lot?
[7:34] That would mean more.
[7:36] And speaking of the kind of development that would mean more.
[7:40] So we've got things to get over.
[7:41] I think the problem is not that.
[7:44] Let me say that I'm aware of it.
[7:49] I've talked to our own people, Bob and others, about these things.
[8:08] uh what could be appropriate because they there's there's about three uh memorial to the doctor i know it of course not well but i've had it done and so i just
[8:26] You indicated the other day, Mr. President, that we didn't want to do anything until after the election.
[8:33] I think about it.
[8:34] If you do it before the election, it's tough.
[8:38] And he wasn't like that.
[8:39] The thing we wanted to do is do something that is appropriate.
[8:46] But I don't know.
[8:48] I'm involved in it.
[8:57] You're right.
[8:58] Well, I am.
[9:19] You're in the other camp, Rob.
[9:21] Or should we say he's in the other camp, Rob?
[9:26] All right.
[9:28] Thank you.
[9:29] We wish you five years of success.
[9:34] There you go.
[9:37] Oh, I have fun.
[9:39] Don't you worry about it.
[9:41] You're a young fellow.
[9:43] Thank you a lot.
[9:52] Thank you.