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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 78) 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
OCTOBER 6, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:55 a.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:55
The President had breakfast.
7:29
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:40
7:50
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
7:55
8:35
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
8:38
8:55
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
The President met with:
9:20
10:23
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
9:25
10:23
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
10:30
10:55
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Mr. Rumsfeld
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
11:30
11:55
The President met with:
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA)
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the
Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic
Affairs
Charles M. Walker, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Tax Policy
Mr. Rumsfeld
1:05
1:09
The President met with:
Mr. Rumsfeld
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
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
OCTOBER 6, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:05 p.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:05
2:45
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Rumsfeld
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Lynn
Mr. Seidman
Mr. Greenspan
3:00
The President went to the swimming pool.
3:20
The President returned to the Oval Office.
3:22
The President went to the barber shop.
3:57
The President returned to the Oval Office.
4:05
4:30
The President met with:
Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan, Minister of External
Affairs of India
Kewal Singh, Foreign Secretary of India
Triloki Nath Kaul, Ambassador from India to the U.S.
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Members of the press, in/out
4:40
5:00
The President met with:
Mr. Rumsfeld
Mr. Cheney
5:03
5:08
P
The President talked with Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller.
5:35
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
5:35
6:10
The President met to discuss his tax cut and spending
recommendations to Congress with Republican Congressional
leaders. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
6:10
The President went to his private study.
6:25
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
6:25
6:41
The President participated in a Cabinet meeting. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
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
OCTOBER 6, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:41 p.m. MONDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:41
The President returned to his private study.
6:54
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
7:15
The President returned to the Oval Office.
8:00
8:20
The President made a televised address to the nation on his
recommendations for tax reductions and spending.
Members of the press
8:34
R
The President was telephoned by Congressman Phil M. Landrum
(D-Georgia). The call was not completed.
8:47
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
9:15
The President had dinner with:
The First Lady
Jack Ford
10:03
10:05
R
The President talked with Vice President Rockefeller.
11:00
P
The President telephoned his daughter, Susan. The call was
not completed.
11:02
11:20
P
The President talked with his son, Steve.
11:38
11:48
P
The President talked with his daughter, Susan.
SY/EJ 11/6/75
GPO 1974 OL 555-863
Page 3 of 3 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by
Nancy Kennedy-all present
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING
The Cabinet Room
October 6, 1975
The President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President
Senators
Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania)
Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan)
Carl T. Curtis (R-Nebraska)
John G. Tower (R-Texas)
Henry Bellmon (R-Oklahoma)
Milton R. Young (R-North Dakota)
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
House of Representatives
John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona)
Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois)
Herman T. Schneebeli (R-Pennsylvania)
Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan)
Delbert L. Latta (R-Ohio)
Samuel L. Devine (R-Ohio)
Jack Edwards (D-Alabama)
Louis Frey, Jr. (R-Florida)
James H. Quillen (R-Tennessee)
Guy Vander Jagt (R-Michigan)
Administration and Staff
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
James M. Cannon, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board and
Assistant for Economic Affairs
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
Vernon C. Loen, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
continued
APPENDIX "A" p. 2
10/6/75
William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Patrick E. O'Donnell, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Charles Leppert, Jr., Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Thomas G. Loeffler, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant
Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and
Budget
Russell A. Rourke, Executive Assistant to Mr. Marsh
..
Roger B. Porter, Executive Secretary of the Economic Policy Board
John T. Caulkins, Executive Assistant to Mr. Hartmann
James E. Connor, Cabinet Secretary and Staff Secretary
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Eleanor Connors-all present
CABINET MEETING
The Cabinet Room
October 6, 1975
The President
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury (did not attend entire meeting)
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
D. Kent Frizzell, Acting Secretary of the Interior
Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture
James A. Baker, Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Robert O. Aders, Under Secretary of Labor
F. David Matthews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Carla A. Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
John W. Barnum, Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Frederick B. Dent, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
continued
APPENDIX "B" p. 2
10/6/75
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
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
Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA)
Mary Louise Smith, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
James E. Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet and Staff Secretary