579–7

Conversation No. 579-7

Date: September 28, 1971
Time: 3:06 pm - 3:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming event with National League of Families convention
-Time

Funeral of Justice Hugo L. Black
-Unknown Unitarian minister
-Euology
-John N. Mitchell
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Strict construction
-Length of service
-Justice John M. Harlan
-The President's attendance
-Justice Thurgood Marshall
-The President's attendance at Justice Black's funeral
-Reaction
-Impact
-The President's position
-Staff
-Compared to White House correspondents' event
-Ehrlichman
-Relationship between administration and Supreme Court

Supreme Court
-Justice Black
-Influence
-Justice Potter Stewart

The President’s schedule
-Tenure of Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
-Kennedy family
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Conv. No. 579-7 (cont.)


Funeral for Justice Black
-Wording of service
-Rhetoric
-Justice Black
-Political stance
-Ehrlichman
-Richard A. Moore
-Leonard Garment
-Conservatives

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:06 pm.

The President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:15 pm.

Funeral for Justice Black
-Reasons for the President's attendance
-Ehrlichman and Moore
-Mitchell
-Press corps
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Escorts for the President
-Value to the President's attendance
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-The President’s handwritten note
-Liberals

The President and Haldeman left at 3:15 pm.
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