Nixon's Stats

Sensitive to talk about the supposed isolation of the President, the White House staff has compiled a self-conscious and almost overwhelming scoreboard revealing that in his first two years in office, Richard Nixon:

Talked with Governors more than 150 times, traveled 185,000 miles, visited 17 foreign countries, signed 776 bills, issued 131 proclamations and 121 executive orders and sent out nearly 6,000 telegrams. The President opened the White House to more than 13,000 guests at 132 dinners. Another 40,000 guests came to breakfasts, luncheons, teas, coffees and receptions. His contacts with businessmen (150) outnumbered those with racial minorities (30), labor (30), campus representatives (50) and cows (at least one). As for the press, the White House said that in addition to his twelve formal news conferences, the President had "more than 200 personal and telephone contacts"--meaning that Nixon spoke to a reporter on the average of once every 3 1/2 days.

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