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Conversation 878-009

TapeTape 878StartTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 12:17 PMEndTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 12:29 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Cavanaugh, James H.;  Vincent, Renee;  Vincent, Clarence (Dr.);  Vincent, Clarence (Mrs.);  Roos, Philip;  Knighton, Curtis (Mrs.)Recording deviceOval Office
AudioNARA Description

On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, James H. Cavanaugh, Renee Vincent, Dr. Clarence Vincent, Mrs. Dr. Clarence Vincent, Philip Roos, and Mrs. Curtis Knighton met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 878-9

Date: March 13, 1973
Time: 12:17 pm - 12:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Renee Vincent, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Vincent, Dr. Philip Roos, Mrs.
Curtis Knighton and James H. Cavanaugh. The White House photographer and members of the
press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

       Introductions
             National Association of Retarded Children [NARC]
             -Vincent’s residence
                   -Maryland

       Artwork
            -Drawing
            -Talent

       Location of NARC
            -Washington, DC
            -Arlington, Texas
            -Baseball team

       Renee Vincent
            -Age
            -Poem

       Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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              NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                   (rev. July-2010)
                                                      Conversation No. 878-9 (cont’d)

        -Crewel work
             -1968 election
             -Television [TV]
        -Age

Photographs
     -Arrangements
     -Cameras
     -President's chair

Presidential seal in carpet
      -Crest
      -Eagle

[Photograph session]

Renee Vincent’s gratitude

Mental retardation problems
     -President’s brothers
     -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
     -Tricia Nixon Cox
     -Teaching
     -Progress
     -Contributions
     -Therapy

President's flag

Michael J. Farrell
     -White House tour

Gifts
        -Eagle
        -Pins
              -President's seal

Presentation of poster
     -President's library
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                        (rev. July-2010)
                                                              Conversation No. 878-9 (cont’d)

                     -Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Harry S. Truman Library
                     -Remembrance
                     -Location
                          -California
                                -Yosemite
                                -Disneyland

       White House tour

       Salutations

Vincent, et al., left at 12:29 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

President Donacalla, producer.
President.
President.
President Chavez here from the National Association of Deprived Children.
Well, I wasn't good at drawing.
I got very bad at drawing.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
You're the father.
God is very, very holy.
Yes.
And that's a great angel.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yes.
Yes, all of it.
And her husband.
And her husband.
And her husband.
Yeah.
I'm so worried about this.
Thanks for watching the podcast.
You know, Dad, when you say what you want to say.
I know.
Let me tell you something.
My daughter, Julie, this is cruel.
She made that when I saw her for the first time.
And that's what told me.
Right.
Yes, I remember that.
It says R-M-N, that's my initials, and J-N, that's Julie.
Julie's a little older than me.
I'm not sure.
We're going to get this.
Let me set that up properly the way we want.
I would say that perhaps whenever we hear wives and children,
And then after they take the picture, I think, for that, after we take the picture, we'll stand and we'll show this one and all the other cameras that are coming.
There'll be a lot of them.
It's not impossible.
They're not going to say it.
This is the seal of the president.
That's always the mark of the president's office.
The seals and the wall and the floor.
You have, of course, the ego here.
All right, well, what if the press is here?
I don't know.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
Thank you.
Yeah, if you're working on it, or if you're working on an idea, or if you're working on something, or if you've got it, if you're working on it, and you say, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure, it's my pleasure, and I want to say, it's my pleasure, and you're going to give it to me, and I'm going to give it to you, and I'm going to give it to you, and you're going to give it to me, and I'm going to give it to you, and I'm going to give it to you, and I'm going to give it to you, and I'm going to give it to you,
Hello.
Hello.
I was telling you before, that was my worst time.
That and Frank.
They're all over the place.
Well, you know, my daughters and my sisters-in-law, I was talking to Christians and they said the ones they thought were the most hard-working were on recent events where they were retired.
Because you know, what you're doing, you talk about reorientation.
What is it?
The main point is, you're helping people come up.
People come up.
Remember, a century ago, the kids, each problem they're out there, forget it.
Put them aside.
Put them, but not today.
We love them.
We live them up.
And that's what you all are doing.
And so it's a wonderful work.
We just spoke about it in previous work.
But this time, it's a lot of good.
It should be a great act.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Right.
I would give you a picture of this for your client.
Excuse me.
Did you get a picture of this for your client?
You got us all?
Yes, this is my client.
Mr. Farrell.
This is actually Mr. Farrell.
Mr. President.
Is that Mr. Farrell's here tomorrow's session?
Oh, there may be a choice.
Right.
Right.
I think we should give her one of our pins.
Here, you see it?
That's the seal of the crescent.
There it is.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, yes, yes, sir.
You know where that was going?
Well, I put it over in my office.
And then whenever a president is finished with being president, there's a library.
You know, like Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson, I've already heard of that.
It's a children's library.
So there we go.
And we're going to put that in the library, and we're going to say it was 19, and under it it will say, presented by the 1972 poster child to President Nixon on August, I mean March, July of 1972.
And so it'll be there forever for people to see.
So they better remember when they remember.
Isn't that nice?
It'll be in California, the library, over in Minnesota.
You ever been to California?
You have.
Disneyland and all those places, yeah.
Right here in Disneyland, I live up in the oceans where I have a library.
That's where your upholstery is located.
Right there.
So everybody will know you brought it here.
Okay?
I have a question.
Oh, I got that.
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