Date: January 3, 1973

Time: 2:59 pm – 3:03 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Gerald R. Ford and Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 831-16]

Announcement

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Congratulations to O’Neill

Audibility of conversation

O’Neill

-Poker-playing ability

-Karl E. Mundt

-The President

-Navy

-Wild card games

Reconvening of House of Representatives

The President’s schedule

-Bipartisan leadership meeting

-Breakfast

-[Thomas] Hale Boggs’s funeral

-Harry S. Truman’s memorial service

-The President’s conversation with Michael J. Mansfield and Carl B.

Albert

-Freshmen Congressmen and bipartisan leadership reception

-Wives

-Timing

-Refreshments

State of the Union Address

-Format

-Message

-Inaugural Address

-Separate speech to Congress

-Television [TV]

-Content

-Tone

The President’s schedule

-Bipartisan leadership meeting

-Breakfast

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