Date: November 15, 1971
Time: 3:36 pm - unknown before 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with William P. Rogers, John B. Connally, Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell,
William T. Pecora, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, James D. Hodgson, John G. Veneman,
George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld,
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield,
William Bird, and Chester C. Spurgeon
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]
Budget
-Continuing resolution
-MacGregor
-The President’s previous meeting with congressmen
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield and Hugh Scott
-Allen J. Ellender and Milton R.Young
-Gerald R. Ford, George H. Mahon and Frank T. Bow
-Carl B. Albert and [Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Views of Mansfield and Ellender
-Timing
-Ford’s views
-Mitchell’s opinion
-Previous resolutions
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
-Cut-off of funds
-Effect on government
-Ellender’s views
-House of Representatives’ rules
Hardin
-Resignation from Cabinet
-Tenure in office
-Replacement
-The President’s conversation with Senator Young
-Chair
-US Department of Agriculture [USDA] staff
-The President’s conversation with Carl T. Curtis
-Book on Nebraska football, Big Red
-[Forename unknown] Ryboe [sp?]
-Lloyd Cardwell
-[Forename unknown] Stauer [sp?]
-Former coach of Wyoming
-Hardin’s role
-Albert
-Chair
-USDA staff
Agriculture
-Hardin’s tenure and future
-The President’s program
-Views of Tony C. DeChant
-National Farmers’ Union
-Role in Democratic Party
-Farm prices
-Port strike
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-Animal growers
-Prospects
-Loan program
-Earl L. Butz
-Confirmation as Secretary
-Grange, Farm Bureau, and National Farmers’ Union
-Soil conservation
-USDA
-Monthly meetings
-The President’s Palm Springs radio broadcast
-Importance
-Dust Bowl
-Butz’s statement
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
The President and Rumsfeld left at 4:26 pm; Rogers, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59
pm