623–22

Conversation No. 623-22

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 4:36 pm - 4:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William L. Waller, James O. Eastland and John N. Mitchell.

Introductions

John C. Stennis

The President's schedule

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.
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[Unintelligible]

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Waller's campaign
-Eastland's efforts

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Refreshments

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Refreshments

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Gulfport, Mississippi
-Development of tourist and convention facilities

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Request for five copies

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

Gulfport
-Development of tourist and convention facilities
-Federal assistance
-Mitchell's possible actions
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-John D. Ehrlichman
-The President’s view

Eastland
-Waller and George C. Wallace

Gulfport
-Development of facilities
-Federal aid
-Mitchell
-Types of facilities
-Convention center
-Outdoor recreation areas
-Education centers
-Location
-New Orleans
-Mobile
-The President's previous visit

The President's programs
-Support of Mississippi Senators
-National security
-Vietnam
-National defense
-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]
-Soviet Union
-Stennis
-Compared with Richard B. Russell
-Eastland

Supreme Court appointments
-William O. Douglas
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Editorials in Washington Post and New York Times
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Experience in government
-Editorials
-Roosevelt
-William H. Rehnquist
-Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
-Compared with Douglas
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-Powell
-Rehnquist
-The President’s view
-Hugo L. Black
-The President's nominees
-Confirmation
-Hugh Scott
-Eastland's previous conversation with Charles McC. Mathias
-Jacob K. Javits
-G. Harrold Carswell
-Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr.
-“60 Minutes” news program
-Mike Wallace's comments
-Warren E. Burger
-Use of television

Television
-Use in courtrooms
-Effect

Mississippi
-Senators
-The President's previous visit
-Ross R. Barnett
-The President's speech in Capitol
-Wallace's prospects in 1972

Waller
-Background and experience

Presentation of gifts by the President

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:36 pm.

Envelope

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:56 pm.

The President's offices
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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Oval Office furnishings
-Presidential seal
-Flags

Lyndon B. Johnson
-Accession to presidency

Eastland's conversation with unknown man

John N. Mitchell's schedule

Waller, et al., left at 4:56 pm.