623–2

Conversation No. 623-2

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 9:20 am - 10:00 am
Location: Oval Office

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

The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice
-James R. Schlesinger
-Rogers C. B. Morton
-Washington Redskins practice session
-George E. Allen

Charles W. Colson entered at 9:24 am.

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-President’s previous breakfast with Republic leadership
-Southern Democrats in House
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Hugh Scott
-Possible veto
-Chamber of Commerce
-Colson
-Commerce Department
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-George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Treasury Department
-John B. Connally's schedule
-Possible veto
-Public relations
-Thomas G. Wicker and Richard L. Wilson
-William J. Baroody, Jr.
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Busing
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-26 Amendment
-Possible House action
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.'s column
-The President's conversation with Scott and Robert P. Griffin
-White House congressional relations
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Tax Bill
-House Republicans
-Federal pay raise veto
-Democrats
-Robert P. Mayo
-[Name unknown]
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Clifford P. Case
-John O. Pastore
-Mathias
-Scott and Griffin
-Busing Amendment
-Richardson's view

The President's schedule
-Connally
-George P. Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Schedule

Public relations
-President’s previous speech at American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
-Scott's and Griffin's view
-Press coverage
-News magazines
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-Newsweek
-Time
-Newspapers
-Paul Healy of Boston Globe
-George Meany
-Closing of convention
-Democratic candidates
-Washington Post
-Robert J. Dole's possible activities
-Ad in Miami newspaper
-Meany
-Meany
-President’s possible statement
-Compared to Cornelius Vanderbilt
-Jay Gould
-Charles E. Wilson
-White House response
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Statement regarding the President's demeanor
-Press coverage
-Time
-John A. Scali
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Television

Connally's previous press conference, 11/22
-Television coverage
-Scheduling

Herbert E. Kaplow
-Unknown radio show host

Busing
-John N. Mitchell
-Possible conversation with John D. Ehrlichman
-Federal intervention
-Department of Justice
-Chicago
-Michigan
-Ehrlichman
-Federal intervention
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-The President’s view
-Mitchell
-Possible forthcoming conversation with the President

Polls
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Previous conversation with Colson
-Freeze on wages and prices
-Press coverage
-Public approval

President's previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
-Press coverage
-Time and Newsweek
-Sidey
-Conversation with William L. Safire
-Forthcoming editorial

Press relations
New York Times
-White House staff contact
-The President’s instructions
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Herbert G. Klein's staff
-Safire
-Colson's staff
-Haldeman's efforts
-Klein
-James Naughton
-Attack on administration
-White House response
-Size of White House staff
-Scali, Richard A. Moore and Klein's staff
-Press contacts
-Junior staff
-Safire and Patrick J. Buchanan
-Douglas L. Hallett
-The Vice President
-Statement regarding Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.
-Ronald W. Reagan's reaction
-Statement in Chicago regarding welfare recipients
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-Mike Royko's column

James D. Hodgson
-Previous statement
-Press coverage

Barry M. Goldwater
-Previous statement

Proposed statement on the national economy
-The President's program
-Special interest groups

Press relations
-White House staff
-Contacts with New York Times
-Haldeman's possible efforts
-Domestic Council
-Ehrlichman
-Domestic Council
-Haldeman’s view
-John R. Price, Jr.
-[Forename unknown] Hughes
-Earl L. Butz
-Interview with Washington Post
-White House staff
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner's call to Haldeman
-1972 election
-Parade Magazine
-Henry A. Kissinger and Haldeman
-Lloyd Shearer
-Klein
-Daniel Ellsberg
-Time cover story

The President's schedule
-Kissinger
-Connally

Press relations
-Previous speech to AFL-CIO convention
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 623-2 (cont.)


-Value of news magazines
-Time cover story
-Newsweek

Haldeman and Colson left at 10:00 am.