 Charlie, don't you think I ought to try to get my program passed? Yes, you do. But I don't think you ought to do it. If you were in my place, if you were in my place and you had a house and meets on Tuesday, we'd do that. You're not going to do it. You're not going to do it the week after the 4th of July, and ahead of our convention. I don't think you are. And I was about to call you, Mr. Price. Well, do it 20 now on the 4th of July. Get these things passed. You ought to hold up my poverty bill. That's a good bill. I know why you ought to keep a majority from beating it. You can beat it. Go on and beat it. But you ought to hold it up. You ought to give me a fair shake and give me a chance to vote on it. I've got it in my budget. I cut my budget a billion under last year. Let me talk to you in just a minute. We want the civil rights bill. You want the tax bill and the help you do it. And God damn it, did I help you in civil rights? Yeah, you sure did. You helped Kennedy. I agree with it. Kennedy didn't help you. I wait just a minute, my friend. When you help yourself, of course, you all want civil rights, but we do. I believe it's a non-partisan bill. I don't think it's a Johnson bill. No, no, no. You're going to get all the blitz and lattice. We aren't going to get a goddamn bill. No, no, no. Wait just a minute. Now, we've got a lot of things in our bill. But I don't know what the hell the Senate put in there. Maybe we ought to kind of take a little look at it. Well, maybe not today. I'm not saying that you're... Oh, wait a minute, Mr. Price. I don't think it's a Johnson bill. You're going to get all the blitz and lattice. But I don't know what the hell the Senate put in there. Maybe we ought to kind of take a little look at it. Well, maybe not today. I'm not saying that you're... Oh, wait a minute, Mr. Price. I'm just looking at it hard for it. And once in a while, I can get hard for it. Well, you wouldn't want to go to your convention without a civil rights bill, would you? You know, as a matter of fact, if you scratch me very deep, Mr. Price. I wouldn't scratch you, though, because I want to pet you. Wait just a minute. If I had my way, I'd let you folks be fussing with that goddamn thing before your convention instead of ours. But I'm perfectly willing to give you the right to sign that thing on July 4. Now, I think you're taking advantage of an Independence Day thing that ain't right. That's not the reason. I don't know what you're talking about. If you want to sign this... I haven't heard anything about that. I haven't said a word about it on July 4, but the papers have been full of it. I haven't said a word about it. Nobody's asked me anything about it. And I'll tell you something. If you sign it that day, I ain't going to be there, because I'm going. I'm going. Mr. President, I wish you what you'd do. And God knows I'd... Look, you've got a tax bill, you've got a civil rights bill, you've got a hell of a lot of other things coming along. That's just too kind of thing. I'll do just about anything I can for you. Go on and report my power to the bill. Quit holding it up. Wait a minute. Let's... We'll get that. They had that all debated. They debated it. They delayed it. If you try to shove that... I'm not trying to shove it. Well, I've been trying for six months to even get a vote on it. They held it up over there. I never saw such a spectacle. Every man, they were better and mean and vicious and in the labor committee. Isn't that a guy to go with that? Now they're up against fine and rude. Now let's just go back over a little bit. You've got a great important thing called the civil rights bill, with a hell of a lot of far-reaching amendments. I'm sorry I pulled you up this much, but I'm just going to do it. A hell of a lot of amendments. You want me to buy those without any chance in the house to look them over. Well, Mr. President, I guess maybe I'll do it. But Jesus Christ, don't push me too far. Give me a little chance. I haven't pushed it all, my friend. I haven't even discussed it with you. I want to pass the civil rights bill. And let me tell you what I want to do. I want to pass. I'm going to help you do it. The civil rights bill has passed the Senate. Understand? If you give me a rule on my poverty bill, let me vote on that. Don't wait just a minute. I'll give you a rule in due time, but don't press me. I'll give you a rule in due time. I'm not pressing you any more than you're pressing me. My friend, I'm just making a statement. Please, I'm telling you about things I managed to do, and you want to, I think, be helpful. All right. In due time, I'll give you a... But if you need here, I've got to deal with my... Oh, my dear child. I don't want to cheer. I've tried to get it acted on the Senate, and they don't want to go into working on the bill and hearings until we act on it now. And you can do that. You can let me have that rule tomorrow if you want to. Just that I... Look, you're an old Senate hand. Yeah? An old House hand, too. Wait a minute. Hey, you're a... An old Hallick man. All right. And you're a Hallick man, and I'm a chance... Give me a little rule up there in the morning. I'm glad you called me in. Because my friend, I just wish I was right there with you. Well, we'll get to go this week. We'll get to go this week. Mr. President. Jesus. I'll call you this week with... Hey, wait a minute. Us guys in the House have carried the heart through you. Well, you call them up and tell them to give me a rule on that poverty bill so I can get it... I've tried it over in the Senate, you see. No, wait just a minute. I'm gonna give you any rule in the goddamn poverty bill until I know what the hell we're doing. Well, what can I tell you? How can I tell you what we're doing? I'll give you anything I know. I'll call you any day this week at you free, and we'll sit down and talk together. Okay. Okay. Bye.