Burton Abrams

You have to have white hair, spectacles, and a pipe. Apparently, Burns would use the pipe to emphasize statements that he was making. Oh, how does that work? When he was asked a question, he would take time to restuff the pipe, make it more dramatic before he spoke. So that's a good trick.

Eisenhower, to his credit, said there's no way we're going to do that. Unless we have evidence that the economy is entering into a severe recession, we're not going to manipulate the economy for political gain. Nixon was very upset by this, lost the election, and said that's not going to happen again.

Eisenhower, to his credit, said there's no way we're going to do that. Unless we have evidence that the economy is entering into a severe recession, we're not going to manipulate the economy for political gain. Nixon was very upset by this, lost the election, and said that's not going to happen again.

Eisenhower, to his credit, said there's no way we're going to do that. Unless we have evidence that the economy is entering into a severe recession, we're not going to manipulate the economy for political gain. Nixon was very upset by this, lost the election, and said that's not going to happen again.

The tapes were not extremely accessible. They were available on reels. There were no transcriptions or very few. They certainly didn't transcribe the monetary policy conversations. Sure.

The tapes were not extremely accessible. They were available on reels. There were no transcriptions or very few. They certainly didn't transcribe the monetary policy conversations. Sure.

The tapes were not extremely accessible. They were available on reels. There were no transcriptions or very few. They certainly didn't transcribe the monetary policy conversations. Sure.

It was a little cassette player. Yeah. And then you had to put on earphones and try to make out the garbled conversations that existed.

It was a little cassette player. Yeah. And then you had to put on earphones and try to make out the garbled conversations that existed.

It was a little cassette player. Yeah. And then you had to put on earphones and try to make out the garbled conversations that existed.

People would knock and bang on the table like. Is that true? Can you hear him banging on the table in the Nixon? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. And coffee cups hitting, you know, they serve coffee and the coffee cups would be clattering.

People would knock and bang on the table like. Is that true? Can you hear him banging on the table in the Nixon? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. And coffee cups hitting, you know, they serve coffee and the coffee cups would be clattering.

People would knock and bang on the table like. Is that true? Can you hear him banging on the table in the Nixon? Oh, yes. Oh, yes. And coffee cups hitting, you know, they serve coffee and the coffee cups would be clattering.

I mean, from a picture you showed yesterday, these people are, they're buying REITs instead of REITs.

I mean, from a picture you showed yesterday, these people are, they're buying REITs instead of REITs.

I mean, from a picture you showed yesterday, these people are, they're buying REITs instead of REITs.

Burns is making an appeal to Nixon that he doesn't want to stimulate anymore. He's still holding out.

Burns is making an appeal to Nixon that he doesn't want to stimulate anymore. He's still holding out.

Burns is making an appeal to Nixon that he doesn't want to stimulate anymore. He's still holding out.

No. So I suspect that behind the scenes, pressure is still to give Nixon the monetary policy he wants.