Conversation: 803-006
Prev:  803-005 Next: 803-007Start Date: 18-Oct-1972 11:12 AM
End Date: 18-Oct-1972 11:43 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:12 am to 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 803-6 Date: October 18, 1972 Time: 11:12 am - 11:43 a.m. Location: Oval Office The President met with John D. Ehrlichman. The President's speeches -Domestic Council papers -Education -Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Aid to parochial schools -Busing -Parochial school aid -John F. Cardinal Dearden of Detroit, Michigan -Peter M. Flanigan -Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York Domestic issues -Issue papers from Domestic Council -Themes -The President's presentations -Ohio -Kentucky, West Virginia -Appalachia -Black lung disease 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -The President's rural development accomplishments -Strip mining -Denver, Colorado -Quality of life -Environmental issues -Congressional record on passage of the President's legislation -Baseball analogy -Water bill -The President’s veto message - [Spending limitation rejection by Congress] -Education -Economy -Prices -Employment -Health -Economy -Taxes -Spending -Withholding of funds -Veto message -Veto messages -The President's possible radio talk -Denver -Chicago -Presentation of issues -Preparation of issue statements -Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin -Structural unemployment -The President’s meeting with Beurt and Mrs. SerVaas from the Saturday Evening Post -Study of the unemployed -Identity -Causes -Blacks -Unemployment compensation, welfare -The President's conversation with Gale E. Sayers -Day care centers in Chicago area -Welfare -Votes -Day care proposals -Reworking of previous statements -Congress 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Statement of accomplishments and lack of accomplishments -The President’s forthcoming trip -Non-passage of health bill -Non-partisan tone -Goals -The President's accomplishments -Theodore H. White -Welfare, revenue sharing -Ehrlichman's conversation with White -Welfare reform -Congress -The President's veto message -Spending limitation rejection by Congress -Reaction -Welfare -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] report -Russell B. Long's role in legislation action -News summary -House Resolution [HR] 1 -Themes -The President's administration's plans -Progressiveness -Taxes, government -Ehrlichman’s briefings -Presentation of domestic issues -Comparison to 1968 -Radio talks -Policy -Economic revitalization of the South -The President’s Atlanta speech -Regional focus -Consumer Price Index [CPI] -Oakland The press -Opposition to the President -Ratio -Edith Efron's analysis -Release of information by the administration Blacks 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Sayers -The President's meeting -Robert J. Brown's tactics -Support for the President -Sammy Davis, Jr. -Support for the President -Possible meeting with the President or telephone call -Publicity -Reaction -Chicago -George S. McGovern's supporters -Carl B. Stokes, Morris Dees Washington, DC -Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy -Home rule -Campaign -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr., Ancher Nelson -John L. McMillan Presentation of domestic issues -The President's radio speeches -Length -Veto messages -Portfolio -Methods of presentation -Leaks -Newspapers -Domestic issues -Publics' concerns -Vietnam War -Possible settlement -Crime, drugs -Tone -Congress -Water bill -Tax issue -Rhetoric -McGovern's vote on bill -Ehrlichman’s statement -Thomas E. Eagleton -Domestic Council's work 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Administration accomplishments and efforts -Credit -Press attitudes towards the administration's proposals Congressional relations -Attitude toward the administration’s proposals -Defensive posture by White House -White House staffs' work -Thomas C. Korologos -Spending limitation -Ehrlichman’s schedule -House of Representatives -Disorder -Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford -Water bill -Ford -Action -House compared to the Senate -Interest group pressure -Media coverage -Taxes, inflation -Tax on clean water -George P. Shultz -Soap -Bryce H. Harlow -Payment for program -Value-added tax [VAT], Excise tax -Manufacturers -Labeling -Prospects -Spending limits -Possible announcement -1972 election -Taxes -Withholding of funds -Taxes -Vetoes -Water bill and spending habits -Presidential latitude -Ehrlichman’s statement -Department of Labor, Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] bill 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Increases caused by Congressional budget action -The President's schedule -Camp David -Briefcases -The President’s trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons -Bills -Photographic session -Legislative issues -Domestic Council -Philadelphia -Vetoes -Story -Ehrlichman's background briefing of wire services -Bill inventory -Photograph session to show the President's workload -Briefing books and notebooks -The President’s trip to the PRC -Ronald L. Ziegler -Ehrlichman, Timmons Ehrlichman left at 11:43 am.