Secret White House Tapes

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21–47
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • John D. Ehrlichman
March 12, 1972
Conversation No. 21-47

Date: March 12, 1972
Time: 8:05 pm - 8:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 322-48]

Busing message to Congress [March 17, 1972]
-Draft
-Constitutional amendment
-Wording
-Conclusion
-Editorial changes
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-Title One
-Los Angeles
-New York
-Kansas City
-The President’s view
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Court decisions
-Congress
-Ehrlichman’s forthcoming meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-“Lost generation”
-Blacks
-Money
-Improvement of education
-Racial equality
-Equality of opportunity
-Courts
-Districts
-States
-Regions
-South
-Children
-Victims
-Congress
-North and South compared
-Congress
-Price’s writing style
-The President’s view
-Inequalities of court decisions
-Race
-Children
-States
-Regions
-Moratorium on forced busing
-Brown vs. Board of Education
-Changes
-Education compared to transportation
-Progress
-Equal opportunity
-Opposition to busing
-Blacks and whites
-Equal opportunity
-Changes
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-“Lost generation”
-Money
-Advantages of education over busing
-Removal of pages
-Districts
-California
-New York state
-Kansas City
-Ohio
-Constitutional amendment
-Conclusion
-Administration accomplishments
-Desegregation, jobs, business ownership, federal service
-Moratorium on forced busing
-Conclusion
-Beginning of speech
-Changes
-Congress
-14th Amendment
-Equal Educational Opportunity Act
-Moratorium on forced busing
-Sixth grade
-Civil rights
-Leonard Garment
-Trade-offs
-De jure segregation
-De facto segregation
-The President’s view
-Cabinet level committee
-Price’s view
-Garment’s view
-Ehrlichman’s view
-Busing
-Equality of opportunity
-The President’s view
-Justice Department
-Cabinet level committee
-Location of schools
-Construction of power plants
-Environmental regulations
-Segregation-desegregation
-Title Two, unlawful practices
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)



-New schools
-Additions to school buildings
-Price
-Forthcoming talk with Ehrlichman
-Third draft
-Timing of speech
-Conclusion
-Price’s view
-Trade-offs
-New rights
-Option paper
-Liberal
-The President’s view
-Improvement of existing schools
-Mexican-Americans
-Bilingual education
-Need to broaden scope
-Timing of corrections
-The President’s schedule
-Elliot L. Richardson and Garment
-Leaks
-Lobbying by Administration officials
-Response by Ehrlichman
-Newspapers
-Impact of the President’s decision
-Possible resignation of civil rights lawyers at HEW
-The President’s view
-Election
-Civil rights division of Justice Department
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