Conversation: 900-021
Prev: 900-020 Next: 900-022Start Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 6:03 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 6:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bray, William G.; Coover, Darrell; Friedersdorf, Max L.; White House photographer; Members of the pressRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, William G. Bray, Darrell Coover, Max L. Friedersdorf, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 900-21
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 1:03 pm - 1:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Congressman William G. Bray, Lorin J. Badskey, Darrell Coover, and
Max Friedersdorf. The White House photographer and members of the press were present at the
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 900-21 (cont’d)
beginning of the meeting.
Introductions
-Kiwanis International convention, 1957
-President’s speech
-Atlantic City
Presentation to President
-Unknown man
-Governor
-Kiwanis
-US Marshall
-Wood carving
Arrangements for photograph
Unknown man’s health
Extension of Capitol
-Cost
-Bray’s vote
-Gerald R. Ford
-Hideaway
Kiwanis
-Presentation to President
-Medallion
-Location
-Lakeman, Indiana
President’s family roots in Indiana
-Quakers
Kiwanis
-Program
-“Share your life” theme
-Service
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 900-21 (cont’d)
-Recreation
-Exploration
-Individual’s activity
Retired people
-Elderly care
-Service in communities
-Retirement homes
-Prisons
-Expansion
Badskey’s travels
-Country visits
-Badskey’s wife
-US districts
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions
-Volunteer services
Bray’s schedule
-Kiwanis meeting
-Washington, DC
-Congress members
-Return to communities
-Weekend trips
-Kiwanis culture
Service clubs
-Value
-Support by President
-Leadership for community
-Spirit
Kiwanis’s Camelot program
-Montreal launch
-Chris Schenkel
-Inter-financial force [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. July-2012)
Conversation No. 900-21 (cont’d)
-Mark Spitz
-King of Sports title
-Citizenship criteria
-International presence
-Local community support
Presentation of gifts by President
-Presidential cufflinks
Earl L. Butz
Bray et al. left at 1:17 pm.