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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 72A) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
ABOARD THE "SPIRIT OF '76"
NOVEMBER 15, 1974
TIME
DAY
12:57 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
For a record of the President's activities before midnight,
see the daily diary for November 14, 1974.
12:57
Enroute from Phoenix, Arizona, the President arrived at
Andrews AFB, Maryland.
1:05
1:14
The President flew by helicopter from Andrews AFB to the
South Grounds of the White House. For a list of passen-
gers, see APPENDIX "A."
1:16
The President went to the second floor Residence.
7:25
The President had breakfast.
8:15
The President went to the Oval Office.
8:20
8:45
The President met with:
David A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence
Agency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)
White House Support Staff
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
8:45
9:20
The President met with his Consultant, Richard B. Cheney.
9:20
The President and Mr. Cheney went to the Cabinet Room.
9:20
9:23
The President greeted a group of students from Pyle Junior
High School, Bethesda, Maryland. For a list of attendees,
see APPENDIX "B."
9:23
The President returned to the Oval Office.
9:23
9:30
The President met with:
Ted Socrates, tailor, Brooks Brothers, Washington,
D.C.
Robert Mallon, tailor, Brooks Brothers, Washington,
D.C.
9:30
9:50
The President met with:
Mr. Cheney
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
10:07
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
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Page 1 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
ABOARD THE "SPIRIT OF '76"
NOVEMBER 15, 1974
TIME
DAY
10:07 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
10:07
11:04
The President met with:
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic
Council
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the
Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic
Affairs
Paul A. Theis, Executive Editor
William E. Timmons, Assistant
Mr. Nessen
10:28
R
The President was telephoned by Governor Christopher S.
Bond (R-Missouri). Staff Assistant Nellie L. Yates
took the call.
10:50
R
The President was telephoned by the First Lady. Mrs. Yates
took the call.
11:04
The President returned to the Oval Office.
11:11
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
11:11
12:25
The President parendipated in a Cabinet meeting. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "c."
12:25
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
12:30
12:54
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
12:30
1:09
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
12:30
1:09
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
1:16
?
P
The President talked with the First Lady.
1:28
R
The President was telephoned by Governor Bond. The call was
not completed.
1:35
?
P
The President talked with Lt. Gen. Scowcroft.
1:44
?
P
The President talked with William J. Usery, Jr., Director,
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
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Page 2 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
ABOARD THE "SPIRIT OF '76"
NOVEMBER 15, 1974
TIME
DAY
2:05 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:05
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
2:05
2:10
The President met with:
Clement E. Conger, White House Curator
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
The purpose of the meeting was to view portraits of
former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Harry S.
Truman.
2:10
The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa-
nied by:
Irving Kristol, Professor of Urban Values, New York
University, New York
Robert A. Goldwin, Special Consultant
Mr. Rumsfeld
The President met with:
2:10
3:00
Mr. Kristol
2:10
3:00
Mr. Goldwin
2:10
3:05
Mr. Rumsfeld
3:05
3:15
The President met with Secretary of the Treasury William E.
Simon.
3:20
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
3:20
5:20
The President participated in a meeting to review the 1975
Budget of the U.S. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
"D."
4:40
R
The President was telephoned by Governor Reubin O'D Askew
(D-Florida). Mr. Cavanaugh took the call.
5:20
R
The President was telephoned by his Counsellor, Anne L.
Armstrong. The call was not completed.
5:20
The President returned to the Oval Office.
5:25
5:40
The President met with:
Peter M. Flanigan, Ambassador-designate of the U.S.
to Spain
Mr. Timmons
Mr. Rumsfeld
5:40
The President went to the barber shop.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
ABOARD THE "SPIRIT OF '76"
NOVEMBER 15, 1974
TIME
DAY
6:27 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:27
The President returned to the Oval Office.
6:30
7:00
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
6:33
6:38
P
The President talked with Mrs. Armstrong.
7:00
The President went to the Roosevelt Room.
7:00
7:20
A record of the President's activities in the Roosevelt
Room was not available for inclusion in the daily
diary.
7:05
R
The President was telephoned by Governor Askew. The call
was not completed.
7:20
The President returned to the Oval Office.
7:25
?
?
The President talked with Secretary Kissinger.
7:39
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
7:48
?
R
The President talked with Rev. Billy Zeoli, President of
Gospel Films, Incorporated, Muskegon, Michigan.
8:20
The President had dinner with:
The First Lady
Mrs. Thomas G. (Janet) Ford, the President's sister-
in-law
EJ/EJ 10/13/76
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Page 4 of 4 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
HELICOPTER PASSENGER MANIFEST
November 15, 1974
FROM:
ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND
TO: SOUTH GROUNDS, THE WHITE HOUSE
The President
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
Richard B. Cheney, Consultant
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Terrence O'Donnell, Aide
David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer
Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, Physician
Lt. Col. Robert Blake, Air Force Aide
APPENDIX "B"
MEETING WITH STUDENTS FROM PYLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
The Cabinet Room
November 15, 1974
A list of students attending the meeting was not available.
Students were participants in a government class from Pyle
Junior High School --including Kim Timmons, daughter of the
President's Assistant William E. Timmons.
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance not confirmed.
CABINET MEETING
The Cabinet Room
November 15, 1974
The President
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Laurance H. Silberman, Deputy Attorney General for Attorney
General William Saxbe
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior
J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Secretary
Earl L. Butz
Frederick B. Dent, Secretary of Commerce
Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare (HEW)
Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of Transportation
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Dean Burch, Counsellor
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
John A. Scali, Representative of the U.S. to the United
Nations (UN)
Anne L. Armstrong was scheduled to be out of town
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of thel Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant for Public Liaison
Richard B. Cheney, Consultant
John S. Guthrie, Deputy Special Assistant
Warren S. Rustand, Director of the Presidential Scheduling Office
William E. Timmons, Assistant
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance not confirmed.
BUDGET REVIEW MEETING
The Cabinet Room
November 16, 1974
The President
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy
Board and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Donald G. Ogilvie, Deputy Associate Director, National Security
and International Affairs Management Division, OMB
Walter D. Scott, Associate Director, Economics and Government, OMB
Frank G. Zarb, Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy,
and Science, OMB
Dale R. McOmber, Assistant Director for Budget Review, OMB
Arthur F. Burns, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System
Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director, OMB
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury