763–14

Conversation No. 763-14

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: 10:52 am - 11:24 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull, Russell E. Train, Robert Cahn, Gordon J. F.
MacDonald, John D. Ehrlichman and Richard M. Fairbanks.

Greetings
-Train
-Cahn
-MacDonald

Third Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality[CEQ]
-Air quality
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)


Photographs
-Walk in Rose Garden
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Press

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:53 am.

The President's schedule
-Meeting with CEQ
-Report

MacDonald’s forthcoming position at Dartmouth College

The President, Train, Cahn and MacDonald left at 10:53 am.

John C. Whitaker’s [?] schedule

Secret Service

Weather

Bernard Kalb

Environmentalists

The President, Train, Cahn and MacDonald entered at 10:57 am.

[A portion of this conversation was not recorded on the original tape]

Government disaster relief
-Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
-White House news summary
-George W. Romney's trip to Pennsylvania
-Supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
-The President's schedule
-Previous visit to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
-Previous meeting with group of mayors
-Problems
-HUD
-Relationship between people and administrators of relief programs
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Delays in assistance
-Untrained HUD employees

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:57 am.

Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.

Government disaster relief
-Conditions in Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg
-The President’s view
-Coal and steel industries

Presentation of Presidential gifts
-Cuff links

Environmental policy
-Public expectations
-Compared to efforts to fight inflation
-August 15, 1971 price freeze
-Meat prices
-Governmental efforts
-William D. Ruckelshaus
-Funding
-Speeches
-Public fears
-Unknown movie
-News summary
-Polls
-Public awareness of accomplishments
-Status as a local issue
-Public lands
-Environmental attitudes
-Protected beaches in Southern California
-Accessibility to public
-Restrooms
-Compared to municipal areas
-Newport
-Balboa
-Malibu
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Santa Monica
-Balance between preservation of beauty and use
-National parks
-CEQ annual report
-Extent of public use
-Property Review Board
-Young people
-Television
-Lack of exercise
-The President's previous trip to Trabuco Canyon, California
-Unknown family in park
-Possible CEQ role
-Education of public
-Budget considerations
-Melvin R. Laird
-Request for funds
-Increase in enjoyment of and interest in the environment
-The President's family's contribution to the New
York Fresh Air Fund
-New York Herald Tribune
-New York Times
-The President's mother [Hannah Milhous Nixon]
-Children from Harlem
-Experience on farm in Pennsylvania
-York
-Hanover
-Letters to Hannah Nixon
-Boy Scouts of America
-California beaches
-Possible visits by poor kids
-Environmental concern as a fad
-Intellectuals and upper middle class
-Appeal to lower middle classes
-Use of public areas
-Interest of sportsmen
-Advocacy for the environment
-Blue collar status
-Recreational areas
-Accessibility to urban residents
-Transportation to areas
-Education
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Public interest in environment compared to government interest in
environment
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Environmental achievements
-Gifford Pinchot
-Popularization of environmentalism
-Present needs
-Greater appreciation of environment
-Economic growth
-Balance with environmental concerns
-Florida
-Oregon
-Colorado
-Proper land use
-Possible CEQ goal
-Interest in national, state and local parks
-National parks
-Current congestion
-Bohemian Grove
-The President’s view

Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:57 am.

The President’s schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:24 am.

-The President's appreciation for work of the CEQ
-Public interest in the environment
-Example of highway project in the Everglades
-Visits to nature areas
-Example of senior citizens in rest homes
-Television
-Impact on public
-Unknown cartoons
-The President's legislative program
-Priority environmental issues
-Parks
-Urban areas
-Time spent in commute and in working areas
-Lead paint poisoning
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)

-Rats
-Urban areas
-Washington, DC neighborhood programs
-Walter E. Washington
-Shifts in attitudes
-Gradual improvement in living conditions
-New York City
-Black, Puerto Rican, Irish, and Italian neighborhoods
-Miami
-Conditions
-Slums
-Washington, DC
-Improvements
-Crime
-Tourism
-The National Mall
-Madison Hotel
-Public safety
-Possibility of a new baseball team
Sports venues
-Griffith Stadium
-[RFK Stadium]
-Rose Bowl
-Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
-Rose Bowl

Train’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union

Dartmouth College
-The President’s previous speech as a Senator

Photographs
-Arrangements
-Atkins

Train, et al left at 11:24 am.