890–21

Conversation No. 890-21

Date: March 30, 1973
Time: 12:21 pm - 12:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Perkins McGuire, Chet Holifield, Roy L. Ash and William E. Timmons.
The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

Photographs

Report on government procurement
-President’s reading
-Summary
-Savings for government
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-Procurement policies
-Ash
-Competition for bids
-Change to non-competitive level
-Savings for government
-Investment
-Legislation
-Recommendations
-Changes in regulations
-Solidifying standards
-Administration action
-Executive Order
-Legislation
-Industry
-Quality of leadership
-President’s qualifications
-Hoover Commission

Commission on Government Procurement
-President’s gratitude
-McGuire's tenure as chairman
-Achievements
-Agreements
-Report
-Follow-up by Ash

Gifts
-Ashtray
-Smoking
-Cufflinks
-Pins
-Wives
-Ashtray

Energy
-Breeder reactor
-Analysis by Joint Committee Staff
-William E. Simon [?]
-Nuclear power
-A meeting with George P. Shultz
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Conversation No. 890-21 (cont’d)


-Charles J. DiBona
-Imbalance of trade
-Charts of energy sources
-Forecasts
-Coal
-Tripled strip mining
-Natural gas
-Oil
-Alaska
-Gap
-US usage
-Interior Department
-Work of Joint Committee staff
-Electricity
-Uranium
-Fossil fuels [?]
-Analysis of energy sources
-Consultant
-Petroleum engineer
-Dissemination
-California
-Board of Standard Oil
-Robert O. Anderson
-Atlantic Richfield Company [ARCO]
-DiBona
-Report to President
-Bipartisan meeting with President

McGuire, et. al., left at 12:30 pm.