Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 3:56 pm - 4:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 313-21E]
Greetings
State of the Union speech
-Progress
-First draft
-Length
-Programs
-Agriculture, elderly
-Themes
-Endurance
-Forthcoming 1972 campaign
-Appeal to conservatives
-Organization
-The President's talk with Connally
-Value Added Tax [VAT]
-Intergovernmental relations committee
-Congress
-Themes
-Consolidation
-Congress
-Burden of work
-Tax reform
-Government reorganization, revenue sharing, welfare reform,
environment, elderly
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Tape Subject Log
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-New proposals compared to consolidation
-Possible tone of speech
-Appeals to Congress in election year
-Politics
-Bipartisan action
-The administration's initiatives
-Economic program
-International monetary program
-Amount of time for preparation
The President's trip to Camp David
-Schedule
-Preparation of speech
Organization of speech
-Subjects
-Indian affairs, the environment
-Agriculture
-Aging