Date: July 30, 1971
Time: 9:37 am - unknown before 10:23 am
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Stephen Ailes, John P. (“Jack”) Hiltz, Jr., Charles Luna, George P.
Shultz, James D. Hodgson, John A. Volpe, General George A. Lincoln, Willie J. Usery, Jr.,
Arnold R. Weber, and Paul W. McCracken
Labor disputes
-Railroad strike
-Effect
-New York Times article of July 30, 1971
-Public attitude
-The administration’s attitude
-Belief in collective bargaining
-Railroads
-The private versus public sector
-Difference from other industries
-Legal restrictions
-Effect of strike
-Timing
-Impact on unions
-Public reaction
-Government intervention
-Responsibilities of labor and management
-Effect on economy
-Railroad industry problems
-Compared to other countries
-Government-operated railways
-Public reaction
-Possible Congressional reaction
-Effect
-Illinois
-Settlement
-Hiltz
-Obstacles
-Negotiating by committee
-Administration efforts at resolution
-Usery, Hodgson
-Luna, Hiltz
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Collective bargaining
-Perceptions of issues
-Railway engineers
-Purpose of meeting
-Meetings of railroad presidents
-Effect on other industries
-Steel industry
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:37 am
Introduction of participants to Ziegler
-Administration statement
The President left at 9:54 am
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Ailes, et al. left at an unknown time before 10:23 am