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    "ocrText": "-3-\nI will have to declare an emergency and conscript them. He\ndoes not realize. He thinks by making the gesture he will be alright\nbut he is wrong. Happy is leaving. She says the tension is too\ngreat. You and I are used to dealing with tensions. The chaos\nwill be something and I think he should forget 172. XXXXXX\nEven if Congress does not get it to him, he should ask for it.\nCan Ehrlichman or Shultz have more influence?\nK:\nEither one really.\nR:\nWell, there is none in the Congress. When I am inaugurated I\nhave to lay it on the line as to what Congress must do. They are\nutterly leaderless. I will leave out the President. Congress is\nnot reflective of our needs. I think that these guys are living in\nsort of a business as usual and I think we have come to an end\nof that as far as domestic scene is concerned.\nK:\nThe international scene also.\nR:\nI have had to reorganize my staff, and work out my message.\nK:\nOne amazing thing to me. Here you have been in public life\n13 years and yet, again, you are the most fascinating man in\npolitics. You are the man with the most vision. The people\nthat now get to the top are poor technicians of power. As long\nas I have known you, you know what perspective to pursue.\nThese people -- the Kennedy's, Muskie's etc they do not\nhave this. Or the Lindsays. When I see you, I must tell you\nabout a conversation I had with Kennedy the other day. It is this\ncomplete lack of moral character, a deep lack of integrity.\nPeople like Dulles, Eisenhower or Truman -- these were all\npeople who still had purposes.\nR:\nI think this is a very important point. But maybe the shakeup\nwhich we will have -- the story in the paper that says the students\nat college are forced to work, etc.\nK:\nI think the people like the Kennedy's will be replaced in a few\nyears. I think it is very important that somebody like you calls\nthe issues as they are."
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