559–18

Conversation No. 559-18

Date: August 10, 1971
Time: 2:38 pm - 2:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and George P. Shultz.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 559-18 (cont.)


Budget
-Bills
-Agriculture
-Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Problems
-Obligational authority
-Outlays
-Labor-HEW Bill
-Outlays
-Social services
-Payments to states
-Limits
-Veto
-Health programs
-Hospitals
-Medical programs
-Veto
-William E. Timmons
-Congress
-House and Senate votes
-Conference report
-Health and social services appropriations
-Agriculture
-Obligational authority
-Overage
-Housing and Urban Development [HUD] Sewer and Water Facilities
appropriation
-Veto
-Timmons
-House of Representatives
-Conference report
-Frank T. Bow
-Bryce Harlow
-[Clifford M. Hardin]
-John D. Ehrlichman's views
-Vetoes
-Economy
-John B. Connally
-Administration options
-Impounding funds
-Instructions to agencies
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 559-18 (cont.)


-Grants
-Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
-Impounding funds
-Legislation
-Harlow
-President's instructions on implementation
-Possible statement
-HUD
-John C. Whitaker
-Environmentalists
-George W. Romney
-HEW
-Social services programs
-Health care
-National Institutes of Health [NIH]

Cole and Shultz left at 2:46 pm.