627–9

Conversation No. 627-9

Date: December 1, 1971
Time: 11:46 am - 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

White House Conference on Aging
-Pharmaceutical question
-Difficulties

John D. Ehrlichman entered at 11:47 am.

-Speech
-Leonard Garment’s memorandum of November 29, 1971
-Prescription drugs
-Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
-No recommendation from the Administration
-Arthur S. Flemming’s point of view
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Russell B. Long speaking to older people
-Awareness
-Social Security
-Welfare
-Older people
-Benefits of HR 1
-Ability to earn and keep money
-Methods used by the Administration
-Speech
-President’s schedule
-Prescription drugs
-Garment
-Memo
-Ehrlichman’s doubts
-Economy [?]
-Big ticket items
-Older people
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


-Young people
-Water Pollution bill
-Edmund S. Muskie

Luncheon for aged on November 30, 1971 attended by Ehrlichman
-Legislation “typhoon”
-Strong pitch for the rights of older people
-Praise for Ehrlichman
-Competition from libraries, schools, and the military
-Congress

[Pause]

Property tax
-Budget

Tax bill speech
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Prepared draft
-Inflation
-Campaign check off provision
-Veto
-Rationale
-Impact on political system
-Expense
-Inflation
-Need for jobs
-Congress

Campaign practices
-Haldeman
-Source
-Muskie
-Property taxes
-California
-Spiro T. Agnew

Conferences
-Cabinet Committee on Spanish Speaking People
-Postponed
-Flemming
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


-White House Conference on Aging
-Similarity of audience
-Republican Women’s Federation
-Colorado chairman
-Make-up
-President’s forthcoming meeting
-Possible handling
-Real estate tax
-Copy of speech
-Deadline

Ehrlichman left at 12:01 pm.

Pharmaceutical question in Congress

Television
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] program, “A Day in the Life of the
President”, December 6, 1971
-Clark MacGregor and William E. Timmons
-Breakfast meeting with Congressional leaders
-Michael J. Mansfield and Hugh Scott
-“The Bigs”
-Gerald R. Ford, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl B. Albert
-Speaker or Senators
-Ford and Boggs
-Breakfast meeting
-House
-Cooperation
-Mansfield and Senate
-Lack of cooperation
Breakfast meeting with Congressional leaders
-Advantages
-Discussions
-Albert, Ford, and Boggs
-John B. Connally

Schedule
-Decisions

Speeches
-Chicago
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


-Particular problems with speeches
-Too “bureaucratized”
-Andrews
-Maurice H. Stans [?]
-Concern for historical legacy
-Effectiveness
-William L. Safire and Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Television


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National Conference on Corrections, December 6, 1971
-John N. Mitchell and Warren E. Burger
-Greeting
-Williamsburg, Virginia
-Draft
-Key Biscayne
-Media coverage
-Haldeman’s view

The President's schedule
-Bermuda
-Congress
-End of session
-Timing

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and
12:15 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9A]
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[See Conversation No. 15-178]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President talked with James Harvey between 12:15 pm and 12:20 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9B]

[See Conversation No. 15-179]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and
12:26 pm.

[Conversation No. 627-9C]

[See Conversation No. 15-180]

[End of telephone conversation]

NBC television show, “A Day in the Life of the President”
-Congressional breakfast
-Size of group
-Congressmen’s view
-NBC view
-President’s view
-Ford
-Leslie C. Arends
-Boggs
-Albert
-Mansfield
-Scott
-Tax bill

President’s schedule
-Farm Bureau
-Agricultural editors and photographs
-Meet and greet opportunity
-4-H speech
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 627-9 (cont.)


-Possible photographs opportunities
-Potential conflicts
-Talking points

Speeches
-Recommendations by Haldeman

Haldeman left at 12:26 pm.