Date: October 7, 1972

Time: 12:33 pm – 1:00 pm

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Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 217-24]

Radio speech on Federal spending, October 7, 1972

-Analysis

-Use of radio

-Ease

-Franklin D. Roosevelt

-Comparisons

-Welfare

-Raymond K. Price, Jr.

-Spending

-George S. McGovern’s proposals, Congress

-Family analogy

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Congressional committees

-Number

-Fred B. Rhodes

-Veterans Administration [VA]

-View of President’s radio speech

-The President’s radio voice

-Other possible topics

-Veterans

-Farmers

-Speech by the President

-Grain deal

-Administration’s position

-Chicago

-Compared to motorcade

-Labor

-Labor Day

-Defense and American spirit

-Aid to private schools

-Advantages of radio

-Television

-Press coverage

-The President’s radio voice

-Columnists

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-A. James Reichley

-McGovern

-Presentation of issues

-McGovern

-The President’s preparation of speech

-Radio compared to television

-Promotion on radio

-Colson’s view

-Tax relief for retirees

-Richard M. Scammon

-Samuel Lubell

-The President’s press conference

-Press coverage

-Camp David

Scammon

-Louis P. Harris poll

-Slippage

-Campaign

-“Dirty trick”

-Chicago Tribune syndicate

-Gary Hart

-McGovern

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The President’s comment in radio speech

-Federal spending

-Non-partisan nature

-Bryce N. Harlow

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-The President’s instructions

-George H. Mahon

-Wilbur D. Mills

-Carl B. Albert

-Russell B. Long

-Senate Finance Committee

-McGovern

McGovern

-Slippage

-Ku Klux Klan [KKK]

-Republican Party

-Comparisons

-“Rum, Romanism and Rebellion”

-Jacob K. Javits

-Robert J. Dole

-Republicans

-Blacks

-Washington Post

-Joseph McCarthy

-Possible use of black to reply

-Defense department

-Johnnie Johnson

-Brig. Gen. Daniel (“Chappy”) James, Jr.

-Kenneth W. Clawson

-Demagogue charge against Nixon

-Amnesty

-Tax issue

-Increase

-Administration’s response

-Cleveland speech

-Defense

-Foreign policy

-Press corps

-William P. Rogers

-Howard K. Smith

-Comments

Welfare

-Liberals

-The President’s recent radio address

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-Taxes

-Democratic proposal

-$1000 per person

McGovern

-Clawson

-McCarthyism

-William Greider

-Washington Post

-Charge of Republicans paying Negroes not to vote

-Vietnam

-Communists

-Administration’s stance

-Monday magazine

-Republican National Committee [RNC]

-McGovern cartoon

-Bombing

-Communists

-Defense

-Jobs

-Melvin R. Laird

-Communists

-Communists

-South Vietnamese

-Population

-Upcoming speeches

Republican advertisements

-Vietnam

-Colson’s previous conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

-Meeting

-Haldeman’s view

-Speeches

-Advertisement writers

-Defense of administration policy

-Amnesty

-Potential Republican losses

-Youth vote

-Jewish vote

-Potential Republican gains

-Blue collar

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-Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

-Domestic Council

-Disagreement

-Haldeman

-Vietnam

-Korea

-World War II

-Canada

The President’s speeches for radio broadcast

-Farm

-Special issues

-Private school

-Goals for the future compared to issues

-Columnists

-View of the American people

-Relevant issues

-Scarsdale

-Columnists

The President’s Federal spending speech

-Taxes

-Welfare

-Public view

Baseball game