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Conversation: 022-004

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Start Date: Thursday, March 23, 1972 7:36 PM

End Date: Thursday, March 23, 1972 7:40 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.

Recording Device: White House Telephone

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:04:33

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:08:18

022-004.mp3

NARA Description:

On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 2:36 pm to 2:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 22-4

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: 2:36 pm - 2:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

William L. Safire talked with the President.

     The President’s Pay Board statement, March 23, 1972
          -Changes
               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
               -Problems
                     -Pay Board
                     -George Meany
                     -George P. Shultz and John B. Connally recommendations
                          -Pay Board
                                -Decisions
                                      -The President’s role
                                      -Blame on Meany
                     -The President’s attitude on labor
                          -Proposed language
                                -Labor leaders
                                -Protection of wage earners’ buying power
          -Figures
               -Labor leaders
                     -Representativeness of wage earners
                          -Connally’s view
                          -The President’s view