The President met with J. Glenn Beall, Jr., Strom Thurmond, Melvin Price, O. Clark Fisher,
Charles E. Bennett, Samuel S. Stratton, Otis G. Pike, Richard H. Ichord, G. Elliott Hagan,
Charles H. Wilson, Louise Day Hicks, Richard C. White, William F. (“Bob”) Nichols, Jack T.
Brinkley, Wilbur C. (“Dan”) Daniel, Gillespie V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery, Harold L. Runnels,
Leslie C. Arends, William G. Bray, Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson, Charles S. Gubser, Durward G.
Hall, Donald D. Clancy, Carleton J. King, William L. Dickinson, John E. Hunt, G. William
Whitehurst, Floyd D. Spence, C. W. (“Bill”) Young, Walter E. Powell, William Conover, Les
Aspin, Melvin R. Laird, Frank M. Slatinshek, Joseph N. Sanson, Lieutenant General Herman
Nickerson, Jr., Thomas E. Morris, Patrick E. Carr, Robert W. Nolan, Martin M. Ostrow, Joseph
J. Matthews, Mr. Beave, and John E. Nidecker; the White House photographer was present at the
beginning of the meeting
[Unintelligible -- camera noise]
Bill signing [House Resolution [HR] 10670, a bill providing for the survivors of retired
military personnel]
-Compared with status for civilian services
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Foreign Service
-House and Senate Armed Services Committees
-Voluntary armed services
-Department of Defense
The President’s comments
-Respect for Armed Forces personnel
-Support from Congress