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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)
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CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
DOCUMENT
Daily Diary 9/17/75
la. list
Attendees at Presidential Meeting (1 p.)
9/17/75
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(Appendix c) -Redacted copy available
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Appendix D
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 1-81)
Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 77) 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.)
SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
TIME
DAY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
7:10a. m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
7:10
The President had breakfast.
7:40
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:46
8:02
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
8:04
8:31
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
8:10
R
The President was telephoned by Secretary of Defense James R.
Schlesinger. The call was not completed.
The President met with:
8:33
9:04
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
8:34
9:04
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
8:35
8:39
R
The President talked with Secretary Schlesinger.
9:21
9:40
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Rumsfeld
William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant
Russell A. Rourke, Executive Assistant to
Counsellor John 0. Marsh, Jr.
9:50
P
The President telephoned Pete Wilson, Mayor (R-San Diego-
California). The call was not completed.
10:05
10:06
P
The President talked with Congressman Carl Albert (D-
Oklahoma).
10:23
10:27
P
The President talked with John B. Martin, Jr., Member of the
Federal Council on the Aging and Consultant for the
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
10:30
10:35
P
The President talked with Robert L. Bartley, Editorial Page
Editor for the Wall Street Journal.
11:02
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 1 of 3 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
11:02 a.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
11:02
12:58
The President participated in a Cabinet Meeting. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
11:10
R
The President was telephoned by Mayor Wilson. The call was
not completed.
12:33
R
The President was telephoned by Congressman Carl D. Perkins
(D-Kentucky). The call was not completed.
12:58
The President returned to the Oval Office.
1:35
1:59
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Paul A. Theis, Executive Editor
Milton A. Friedman, Deputy Executive Editor
John J. Casserly, Senior Editor
2:02
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
2:02
2:53
The President met to discuss policies to encourage the
creation of jobs with members of his Labor-Management
Committee. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
2:53
The President returned to the Oval Office.
3:05
3:12
The President talked with Mayor Wilson.
The President met with:
3:06
3:44
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
3:21
3:42
George P. Shultz, President of Bechtel Corporation,
San Fransisco, California
3:21
3:42
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
3:46
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
3:46
5:35
The President participated in a National Security Council
(NSC) meeting. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
"c."
5:35
The President returned to the Oval Office.
5:35
5:37
The President met with Secretary Kissinger.
GPO 1974 OL - 555-863
Page 2 of 3 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
5:40 p.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
5:40
6:13
The President met with:
William E. Colby, Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Mitchell Ragovin, Special Counsel to the Director
of the CIA
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Mr. Rumsfeld
6:15
The President went to the Rose Garden.
6:15
6:21
The President met with members and staff of the President's
Commission on Personnel Interchange and participants
chosen to participate in the executive exchange program
between the federal government and the private sector.
For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "D."
6:21
The President returned to the Oval Office.
6:22
6:35
The President met with Mr. Cheney.
6:28
P
The President telephoned Mrs. James S. (Helen) Copley,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of the Copley Press, Incorporated, La Jolla, California.
The call was not completed.
The President met with:
6:37
7:33
Mr. Hartmann
6:37
7:33
Mr. Theis
6:37
7:33
Robert Orben, Associate Editor
6:50
7:33
Mr. Friedman
7:35
7:38
The President met with Lt. Gen. Scowcroft.
8:00
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
8:50
The President and the First Lady had dinner.
10:10
10:13
R
The President talked with his son, Jack.
SY/EJ 9/24/75
GPO: 1974 OL- 555-863
Page 3 of 3 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by
Eleanor Connors-all present
CABINET MEETING
The Cabinet Room
September 17, 1975
The President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor (departed early)
F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Carla A. Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation
D. Kent Frizzell, Solicitor, Department of the Interior and Acting
Secretary of the Interior
Stephen S. Gardner, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (for Secretary
of the Treasury William E. Simon)
Robert 0. Aders, Under Secretary of Labor (for the portion of the meeting
Secretary Dunlop was unable to attend)
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Frederick B. Dent, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget and
Assistant for Management and Budget
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
(Note: Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger was out of the city.)
White House/Executive Office
William J. Baroody, Jr., Director of the White House Office of Public
Liaison
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
James E. Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet and White House Staff Secretary
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
continued
APPENDIX "A" p.=2
9/17/75
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Richard L. Dunham, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council
Warren S. Rustand, Director of the Presidential Scheduling Office
Agencies
Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
Other
Mary Louise Smith, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by Terri
Ochal-all present
THE PRESIDENT'S LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
The Cabinet Room
September 17, 1975
The President
Members of the President's Labor-Management Committee
I.W. Abel, President of the United Steelworkers of America
Frank E. Fitzsimmons, President of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters
Paul Hall, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America
Joseph Lane Kirkland, Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of
Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Arnold Miller, President of the United Mine Workers of America
Murrah H. Finley, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America
John D. Harper, Chairman of the Alumnium Company of America (ALCOA)
Reginald H. Jones, Chairman of General Electric Company
Arthur M. Wood, Chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company
Walter B. Wriston, Chairman of the First National City Bank
Rawleigh Warner, Jr. Chairman of Mobile Oil Corporation
R. Heath Larry, Vice Chairman of the Board of U.S. Steel
Richard C. Gerstenberg, Chairman of General Motors Corporation
George P. Shultz, President of Bechtel Corporation
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and
Assistant for Economic Affairs
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance confirmed by
Jeanne Davis-all present
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
The Cabinet Room
September 17, 1975
The President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Joseph J. Sisco, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
U. Alexis Johnson, Ambassador at Large
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
William P. Clements, Deputy Secretary of Defense
William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Gen. George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fred C. Ikle, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security
Affairs
Jan Lodal, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance confirmed by Karen
Keesling and EPS
indicates present
MEETING WITH COMMISSION ON EXECUTIVE INTERCHANGE
The Rose Garden
September 17, 1975
Members of the President's Commission on Executive Interchange
J. Stanford Smith, Chairman
Gerhard D. Bleicken
Wilton S: Dees
Robert W. Fri
Stephen S. Gardner
C. Charles Jackson, Jr.
Jayne B. Spain
Elizabeth Van Meter Sperline
Herman L. Weiss
Arthur Fletcher
Staff of the President's Commission on Executive Interchange
Allen E. Parmenter
Neil A. Stein
Barbara M. Otis
Jan Zeszutek
Henry J. Cadell
Jacqueline Hawkins
Denise D. Lewis
Debera K. Roman
continued
APPENDIX "D" P. 2
9/17/75
INTERCHANGE EXECUTIVES
SOCIAL
NAME
PLACE OF BIRTH
DOB
SECURITY NUMBER
Aylin, Charles E.
Mobile, AL
9-17-38
Battle, A. George
Providence, RI
1-18-44
Beach, Roger C.
Lincoln, NB
12-5-36
Berry, John B.
Chicago, IL.
11-23-37
Cornell, J. Clark
Wilkinsburg, PA
9-29-42
Durgan, Shirley J.
Pontiac, MI
1-13-38
Ferdinand, Arthur E.
California, Trinidad,
7-10-40
West Indies
Foster, Grover V. Jr.
Wadesboro, NC
8-17-40
Gilmour, L. Roy
Bell, CA
5-2-37
Griffis, William E.
Philadelphia, PA
12-23-38
Grimm, Rodman D.
Spokane, WA
12-10-40
Haag, Donald G.
Centerport, PA
2-17-31
Hall, Janet
Detriot, MI
12-13-42
Hastings, Madeline
7
3-19-41
Heller, Stephen A.
Budapest, Hungary
9-1-38
Kozlowski, Joseph F.
Jersey City, NJ
3-15-42
Lawrence, William U.
Chicago, IL
10-17-39
Lazur, Edward G.
Dayton, OH
4-18-43
Lee, Frank A.
Gainesville, FL
4-8-34
Lefeve, David A.
Troy, NY
8-8-39
Lewis, Robert W.
Medford, MA
7-25-50
Lichtenwalter, Keith
Joliet, IL
11-6-38
-
Lowery, Woodrow W.
Kinston, NC
4-3-44
Lundin, Stephen C.
Minneapolis, MN
12-23-41
\
Bauch, Thomas J.
Indianapolis, Ind.
5-24-43
-
Kozlowski, Richard G.
Baltimore, MD
12-22-38
Miller, Joseph B.
Chicago, IL
1-25-38
Miller, Richard W.
Orange, NJ
6-10-38
Matz, James R.
Harlingen, TX
10-29-37
Muller, Frank C.
Ville Franche-France
8-4-41
Nedrow, Joseph R.
Trafford, PA
2-15-38
Nelson, Richard E.
Chicago, IL
1-16-39
Park, Robert W.
Kane, PA
6-18-41
Plant, Donald R.
Perry, OK
6-15-42
Puskar, George R.
Homestead, PA
10-24-43
Richards, Jon C.
Atlanta, GA
6-12-43
Roll, Richard R.
San Jose, CA
7-14-38
Rush, Walter K.
Portland, OR
5-2-42
Ryan, William
Brooklyn, NY
10-19-37
Selin, Clarence C.
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
8-25-44
Shircliff, James C.
Vincennes, IN
12-11-38
St. John, John J.
Philadelphia, PA
10-12-34
Trombley, Barbara J.
Boston, MA
10-22-44
Williams, Barbara E.
Long Branch, NJ
12-16-34
Wittee, Charles C.
Omaha, NB
8-6-41
Weiner, Ira V.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
8-11-44
Yerman, Robert N.
New York, NY
1-6-40
Yim, Herbert C.
Oakland, CA
2-1-30
APPENDIX "D" p. 3
9/17/75
Other
William Flury, President of the Alumni Association of the
President's Commission on Personnel Interchange
Ed Tony Jackson, photographer
Flold Parks, photographer
White House Staff
William J. Baroody, Jr., Director of the White House Office of
Public Liaison
4Karen R. Keesling, Staff Assistant for Women's Affairs
Noreen A. McDaniel, Secretary