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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 73) 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.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
DECEMBER 20, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:50 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:50
The President had breakfast.
8:02
The President went to the Oval Office.
8:02
8:10
The President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.
8:05
R
The President was telephoned by James Cook, brother of
Senator Marlow Cook (R-Kentucky). Staff Assistant
Nellie L. Yates took the call.
8:10
8:30
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
9:00
9:15
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
9:20
9:40
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Rumsfeld
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assisaant for Legislative
Affairs
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
The President met with:
9:30
10:35
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
10:00
10:35
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcrfot, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
10:42
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
10:42
12:00
The President participated in a meeting to discuss a career
criminal action program. For a list of attendees, see
APPENDIX "A."
11:02
R
The President was telephoned by Senator Jacob K. Javits
(R-New York). The call was not completed.
12:00
The President returned to the Oval Office.
12:00
R
The President was telephoned by John V. Lindsey, former
Mayor (R-New York, New York). The call was not
completed.
12:04
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
Page 1 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
DECEMBER 20, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
12:04 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
12:04
1:10
The President participated in a meeting with American Jewish
Leaders. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
1:10
The President returned to the Oval Office.
1:17
The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
1:17
1:22
The President motored from the South Grounds to Russell
Senate Office Building, 1st and Constitution Avenue.
He was accompanied by his Deputy Assistant for Legisla-
tive Affairs, Tom C. Korologos.
The President went to the Caucus Room, 318.
1:22
1:32
The President attended the 75th Birthday celebration of
Senator John Sparkman (D-Alabama).
The President addressed approximately 225 guests attending
the reception including Senators and their wives and
friends of Senator Sparkman.
1:32
The President returned to his motorcade.
1:32
1:37
The President and Med Korologos motored from the Russell
Senate Office Building to the South Grounds of the White
House.
1:39
The President returned to the Oval Office.
1:48
?
P
The President talked with Senator James A. McClure (R-Idaho)
1:56
?
P
The President talked with Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.
(R-Tennessee).
2:05
2:18
The President met with:
Congressman Jack Edwards (R-Alabama)
Pam Pennington, Azalea Trail Queen from Mobile,
Alabama
Bill Martin, staff of Congressman Edwards
Dorothy Turnipseed, chaparone for Miss Pennington
and Secretary to Senator Sparkman
William E. Timmons, Assistant
Susan L. Edwards, daughter of Congressman Edwards
2:18
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
Page 2 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
DECEMBER 20, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:18 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:18
The President participated in a meeting to discuss the 1976
Budget of the U.S. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
"c."
2:51
R
The President was telephoned by Governor Ronald Reagan
(R-California). The call was not completed.
3:00
R
The President was telephoned by Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller. The call was not completed.
3:45
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President participated in a ceremony to receive
Diplomatic Credentials from:
3:45
3:53
Rolf Sieber, Ambassador-designate from the German
Democratic Republic to the U.S.
3:54
4:02
Hasan Makki, Ambassador-designate from the Yemen Arab
Republic to the U.S.
4:03
4:12
Abdelhadi Boutaleb, Ambassador-designate from the
Kingdom of Morocco to the U.S.
For a list of State Department Officials participating
in the ceremonies, see APPENDIX "D."
4:17
5:16
The President met with:
George Meany, President of the American Federation
of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO)
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
5:18
?
R
The President talked on a conference line with:
Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania)
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia)
5:30
5:40
The President met with:
Deane Beaman, Commissioner of the Tournament Players
Division of the Professional Golfers Association
Donald C. Collett, President, World GoIf Hall of
Fame, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Lt. Col. Robert Blake, Air Force Aide
Members of the press
The purpose of the meeting was to receive a scrapbook of
the World Golf Hall of Fame Dedication at Pinehurst,
North Carolina which the President attended September 11,
1974.
Page 3 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
DECEMBER 20, 1974
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
5:40 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
5:40
5:43
The President met with Mr. Marsh.
5:50
5:56
The President met with his Personal Secretary, Dorothy E.
Downton.
5:56
?
R
The President talked on a conference line with:
Congressman John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona)
Congressman Thomas P. D'Neill, Jr. (D-Massachusetts)
6:00
6:47
The President met with his Deputy Assistant, Richard B.
Cheney.
6:09
?
R
The President talked with Governor Reagan.
6:47
The President and Mr. Cheney went to the Roosevelt Room.
6:47
7:00
The President and Mr. Cheney viewed Presidential speech
podiums.
7:00
The President returned to the Oval Office.
7:10
7:20
The President met with Mr. Hartmann.
7:10
P
The President telephoned Congressman Pierre S. Dupont
(R-Delaware). The call was not completed.
7:12
P
The President telephoned Senator Robert Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio).
The call was not completed.
7:26
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
8:27
The President had dinner with:
The First Lady
Susan Ford
Gardner Britt, friend of Susan Ford
SY/EJ 2/19/76
Page 4 of 4 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance not confirmed
DOMESTIC COUNCIL ISSUE REVIEW - CRIME PROPOSAL
The Cabinet Room - December 20, 1974
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
William B. Saxbe, Attorney General
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council
and Assistant for Domestic Affairs
James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council
Michael Raoul-Duval, Associate Director for Natural Resources, Domestic
Council
Geoffrey Shepard, Associate Director for General Government, Domestic
Council
Walter D. Scott, Associate Director for Economics and General Government,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Phillip E. Areeda, Counsel
Robert A. Goldwin, Special Consultant
Laurence Silberman, Deputy Attorney General
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING WITH AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS
The Cabinet Room
December 20, 1974
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Robert A. Goldwin, Special Consultant
Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and Chairman
of the Fisher New Center Company, Detroit, Michigan
Arthur Hertzberg, President, American Jewish Congress
Rabbi Israel Miller, President of Conference of Presidents of American
Jewish Organizations
David Blumberg, President, B'nai B'rith
Lewis Cole, President, Naltional Jewish Community Relations Advisory Board
Ray Epstein, President of Council of Jewish Federation and Welfare Funds
Melvin Dubinsky, Chairman, United Israel Appeal
Frank Lautenberg, Chairman of United Jewish Appeal
Fay Schenk, President of Zionist Federation of America
Rose Matzkin, President of Hadassah
Rabbi Sternstein, President of Zionist Organization of America
Rabbi Alex Schindler, President of Union Hebrew Congregation
Arthur Levine, President of United Synagogues of America
Rabbi Irwin Blank, Synagogue Council of America
Eleanor Marvin, National Council of Jewish Women
Harrold Jacobs, President of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of
America
I.L. "Sy" Kenen, Chairman of America-Israel Public Affairs Committee
Seymour Graubard, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Rabbi Scheinkman, Jewish Labor Committee
continued
APPENDIX "B" -2
12/20/74
Russell Sage, Mizrachi Organization
Stanley Lowell, National Conference on Soviet Jewry
Rabbi Robert Kahm, Reformed Movement
Rabbi Mordecai "Ralph" Waxman, Head of Conservative Religious Association
Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Orthodox
Leonard Garment, former Assistant to the President; partner with
Trubin, Sillcocks, Edelman and Knapp and Counsel to the firm of
Ruckelshaus, Beveridge, Fairbanks, and Diamond, New York, New York
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING TO DISCUSS THE 1976 BUDGET OF THE U.S.
The Oval Off
The Cabinet Room
December 20, 1974
The President
Roy L. Ash, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the OMB
Dale R. McOmber, Assistant Director for Budget Review, OMB
Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor (scheduled for 2:00-2:15)
James T. Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (scheduled
for 2:15-2:30)
Russell E. Train, Administator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(scheduled for 2:30-2:45)
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
(scheduled for 2:30-2:45;also, 2:45-3:00)
James C. Fletcher, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) (scheduled for 2:45-3:00)
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance not confirmed
DIPLOMATIC CREDENTIALS PRESENTATION
The Oval Office
December 20, 1974
PARTICIPANTS:
Rolf Sieber, Ambassador-designate from the German Democratic Republic
to the U.S.
Arthur A. Hartman, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Hasan Makki, Ambassador-designate from the Yemen Arab Republic to the U.S.
Harold H. Saunders, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Abdelhadi Boutaleb, Ambassador-designate from the Kingdom of Morocco to
the U.S.
Mr. Saunders
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
(attended all credentials presentations)