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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 30, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PRESIDENT'S FILE
FROM:
RICHARD COOK
SUBJECT:
'Meeting with key House Southern Democrats
Thursday, September 30, 1971
2:50 p.m.
The Cabinet Room
The meeting commenced at 2:50, having been delayed by a vote in the House.
Attending with the President were Representatives Tom Bevill, Omar
Burleson, William Colmer, David Henderson, Alton Lennon, George
Mahon, Olin Teague and Joe Waggonner. George Shultz, John Ehrlichman,
Clark MacGregor, Bill Timmons, Ron Ziegler and Dick Cook were also
in attendance.
The President opened the meeting with remarks concerning the impending
nominations to the Supreme Court. He told those assembled that they
should not place any credence in recent newspaper stories which suggest
that because Hugo Black was a "liberal" and John Harlan was a "conserva-
tive" that the President's choice necessarily would be one conservative
and one liberal. The President stressed that he would nominate two
conservatives; two strict constructionists,
He further remarked that press speculation over nomination of a woman,
interestingly enough, included a dozen names, all of whom were liberals.
The President stated that they could expect one of the two nominations to
be made within a very short period of time.
The President acknowledged that he was aware of a letter on behalf of
Congressman Poff signed by many of those Democratic Congressmen
attending the meeting. He said he had read the letter and requested that
those Members of the House who supported Poff should direct their efforts
at the American Bar Association -- particularly those who were members
of the ABA. With respect to Poff, the President said that the ABA's
position in support of only those lawyers with judicial and law practice
experience carried little, if any, weight with him. He felt that ten years
on the House Committee on the Judiciary was more than equivalent to the
legal experience gained from practicing law.
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