524–22

Conversation No. 524-22

Date: June 17, 1971
Time: 12:22 pm - 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

President's schedule
-George P. Shultz meeting with President
-Executive Office Building [EOB]

Shultz entered at 12:22 pm.

Bull left at 12:22 pm.

Public Service Employment Bill
-Status
-House of Representatives and Senate action
-Senate bill compared with House bill
-Manpower reform and revenue sharing
-Administration's position
-House effort
-Veto possibility
-Timing
-Public Works Bill
-Compromise possibilities
-Committee and subcommittee cooperation
-Flexibility of spending
-Compromise movement
-Flexibility of spending
-Ties to distribution formula
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-Extent
-Effect on unemployment
-Visibility
-Gerald R. Ford
-President's veto position
-Focus on employment
-Commitment from chairman
-Shift of power to states and cities
-Focus of program
-Preparation for negotiations
-Reconsideration of veto
-Power of potential veto
-Effect on committee chairmen
-Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman contact
-Public service component of HR-1
-Potential maneuvers and public perception

Camp David budget meetings
-Schedule
-Agenda
-Objectives
-Preparation
-American Medical Association [AMA] statement in Atlantic City
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ehrlichman conversation

[The President spoke with the White House operator at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and
12:46 pm]

[Conversation No. 524-22A]

Ignore previously placed call

[End of telephone conversation]

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:22 pm.

Request for Ronald L. Ziegler

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

Quadriad meeting
-President, Shultz, John B. Connally meeting
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-Timing
-Need for controlled attendance
-Shultz call to Haldeman

Bull entered at an unknown time after 12:22 pm.

Ziegler's location
Conv. No. 524-22 (cont.)
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

Economy
-Reports to President
-Housing starts
-Personal income
-Options
-Second quarter Gross National Product [GNP] figures
-Revisions
-Income outpacing output
-Balance
-Transfer payments
-Social Security payments
-First quarter imbalance
-Second quarter imbalance
-Social Security payment
-Consumer spending
-Business
-Caution
-Inventory building
-Capital investment
-Effect
-Steel
-Forthcoming proposal for President
-Forthcoming Camp David meeting
-Wage/cost outlook
-Forecast
-GNP figures
-Release
-Timing
-Basis of figures
-Expectations versus reality
-Potential upset
-Impact on construction and contracts
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-Inflation
-Special effect
-Timing of economic recovery
-Businesses
-General outlook
-Wage and price concern
-Inflation
-Inflation Conv. No. 524-22 (cont.)
-Size of inventories
-Possible consequences
-Edward L. Morgan and Shultz trip
-Scope
-Five Southern states
-Objective
-Discussion with state advisory committees
-Impact of economic program on states
-Administration policy
-Instilling confidence
-Feasibility
-Change of national psychology
-Subjective sampling
-Results
-Reaction of public to new GNP numbers
-Connally
-Economic figures
-Revisions
-Seasonal adjustments
-Reasons
-President and Shultz meeting
-Timing

The President and Shultz left at 12:46 pm.