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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 14, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
7:05 a.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
7:05
The President had breakfast.
7:35
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.
8:00
8:15
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
8:30
8:50
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
8:50
8:53
P
The President talked with President of the American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany.
8:56
8:59
P
The President talked with Senator John 0. Pastore (D-Rhode
Island).
9:00
9:30
The President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.
The President met with:
9:30
10:25
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
9:33
10:25
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
9:50
10:15
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
9:55
10:15
Mr. Marsh
10:26
10:30
The President met with Secretary of the Treasury William E.
Simon.
10:30
The President and Secretary Simon went to the Roosevelt Room.
10:30
11:00
The President participated in a press briefing with leading
columnists to discuss his tax cut and spending proposals
to Congress. For a list of participants, see APPENDIX
"A."
11:00
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
11:00
11:30
Mr. Hartmann
11:00
11:30
Mr. Marsh
11:00
11:25
Mr. Rumsfeld
11:00
11:30
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
11:00
11:30
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
GPO 1974 555-863
Page 1 of 5 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 14, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
11:30 a.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
11:30
11:45
The President met with Secretary of Commerce Rogers C.B.
Morton.
12:04
12:07
R
The President talked with Secretary Simon.
12:10
12:15
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
12:16
12:30
The President met with:
Robert J. Olsen, Republican candidate for Congress,
Fifth District, Tennessee
Edward A. Terrill, Campaign Director for the
Republican Congressional Committee
John T. Calkins, Executive Assistant to Mr. Hartmann
1:05
1:45
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Paul A. Theis, Executive Editor
Milton A. Friedman, Deputy Executive Editor
Robert Orben, Associate Editor
1:45
2:15
The President met with:
Lamar Alexander, partner with Dearborn and Ewing law
firm, Nashville, Tennessee and 1974 Republican
candidate for Governor of Tennessee
Howard H. Callaway, Chairman of the President Ford
Committee
Mr. Rumsfeld
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
The President met with:
2:17
3:05
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA)
2:17
3:10
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
2:17
3:05
Mr. Rumsfeld
2:17
3:10
Mr. Cheney
2:55
3:05
Secretary Simon
2:23
R
The President was telephoned by Secretary Simon. Staff
Assistant Nellie L. Yates, took the call.
3:10
3:40
The President met with:
Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Supreme Allied Commander
in Europe
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
GPO: : 1974 OL - 555-863
Page 2 of 5 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 14, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
3:40 p.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
3:40
4:30
The President met with:
Mr. Callaway
Stuart Spencer, Political Director for the President
Ford Committee
Mr. Rumsfeld
Mr. Cheney
4:16
R
The President was telephoned by the First Lady. Mrs. Yates
took the call.
4:35
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
4:50
The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
4:50
4:58
The President flew by helicopter from the South Grounds to
Andrews AFB, Maryland. For a list of passengers, see
APPENDIX "B."
5:00
6:05
The President flew by the "Spirit of '76" from Andrews AFB
to Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Connecticut.
For a list of passengers, see APPENDIX "C."
6:05
The President was greeted by Connecticut Republican leaders
and state officials. For a list of attendees, see
APPENDIX "D."
Members of the press
6:13
The President went to his motorcade. He was accompanied by:
Congressman Stewart B. McKinney (R-Connecticut)
Congressman Ronald A. Sarasin (R-Connecticut)
Frederick K. Biebel, Chairman of the Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee
6:13
6:32
The Presidential party motored from the Bradley International
Airport to the Sheraton Hotel, Trumbull Street.
6:32
The President was greeted by:
Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R-Connecticut)
John Roberts, Vice President and General Manager
of the Sheraton Hotel
6:35
The President, accompanied by Senator Weicker and Mr. Biebel,
went to the Cloisters Room.
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 3 of 5 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 14, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:35 p.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:35
7:03
The President attended a Special Reception for approximately
350 guests attending the Connecticut Republican Fundraiser
Dinner. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "E."
7:03
The President went to his suite.
7:20
7:35
The President met with Mr. Biebel.
7:38
The President and Mr. Biebel went to the Israel Putnam Room.
7:38
7:43
The President met with four winners of the Republican Youth
Essay Contest "What I would do if I were President." The
contest was sponsored by the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
"F."
The President was presented with a New England Whalers,
Hartford, Connecticut professional hockey team jersey
by President of the New England Whalers Howard Baldwin.
7:45
The President and Mr. Biebel went to the foyer of the
Ballroom.
7:45
The President was greeted by President of the Connecticut
Association of Realtors Herbert H. Pearce.
7:45
The President, escorted by Mr. Pearce, went to the podium in
the Ballroom.
7:45
7:58
The President attended the Annual Convention Banquet of the
Connecticut Association of Realtors.
Members of the press
7:47
7:55
The President addressed approximately 550 persons attending
the banquet.
8:03
The President went to the Hartford Civic Center.
8:03
The President went to the offstage announcement area.
8:08
9:45
The President attended the Connecticut Republican Fundraiser
Dinner.
Members of the press
8:08
The President went to the platform in the Banquet Hall. For
a list of platform guests, see APPENDIX "G."
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 4 of 5- Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
OCTOBER 14, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
9:11 p.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
9:11
The President was introduced by Mr. Biebel.
9:11
9:45
The President addressed approximately 1,000 guests attending
the dinner.
9:45
The President, accompanied by Mr. Biebel, returned to his
motorcade.
9:45
10:17
The President motored from the Hartford Civic Center to the
Bradley International Airport. He was accompanied by:
Congressman McKinney
Congressman Sarasin
Mr. Biebel
9:55
Enroute, the President's limousine was involved in an auto-
mobile accident with a car driven by James Salamites.
10:20
The President boarded the "Spirit of '76."
10:20
11:14
The President flew by the "Spirit of '76" from Bradley Inter-
national Airport to Andrews AFB, Maryland. For allist of
passengers, see APPENDIX "H."
10:41
10:42
R
The President talked with Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller.
10:52
10:56
P
The President talked with the First Lady.
11:11
11:12
P
The President talked with Secretary of the Air Force John L.
McLucas.
11:19
11:30
The President flew by helicopter from Andrews AFB to the
South Grounds of the White House. For a list of passen-
gers, see APPENDIX "B."
11:31
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
11:35
11:48
R
The President talked with Secretary McLucas.
SY/EJ 10/30/75
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Page 5 of 5 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by
Margita White-all present
BRIEFING FOR COLUMNISTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S TAX CUT PROPOSAL
The Cabinet Room
October 14, 1975
The President
Holmes Alexander, McNaught
Bill Anderson, Chicago Tribune
Charles Bartlett, Field Newspapers
Ray Bromley, Newspaper Enterprise Association
Alan Emory, North American Newspaper Alliance
Joseph Kraft, Field Newspapers
Louis Kohlmeier, Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News
Peter Lisagor, Chicago Daily News
John Osborne, New Republic
David Mazie, Washington Post
Joseph Slevin, Knight Newspapers
Frankvan der Linden, Nashville Banner
John Anderson, Washington Post and Newsweek
Marquis Childs, United Features
Harry Ellis, Christian Science Monitor
Rowland Evans, Field Newspapers
Don Oberdorffer, Washington Post
Hobart Rowen, Washington Post
Roscoe Drummond, Los Angeles Times
continued
APPENDIX "A" p. 2
10/2/75
Staff
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
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Margita E. White, Assistant Press Secretary
James B. Shuman, Editor of the News Summary
James N. Sites, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury
for Public Affairs
APPENDIX "B"
HELICOPTER PASSENGER MANIFEST
October 14, 1975
FROM:
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO:
ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND
The President
Terrence O'Donnell, Aide
Byron M. Cavaney, Jr., Director of the Presidential Advance Office
Capt. Charles Mead, Air Force Aide
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
John T. Calkins, Executive Assistant to Counsellor Robert T. Hartmann
William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
Ricardo Thomas, Photographer
Rear Adm. William Lukash, Phsyician
FROM:
ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND
TO:
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President
Mr. O'Donnell
Mr. Cavaney
Capt. Mead
Mr. Rumsfeld
Mr. Calkins
Mr. Greener
Mr. Thomas
Rear Adm. Lukash
PASSENGER MANIFEST
APPENDIX "C"
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
AIR FORCE ONE
27000
MISSION 1330
Andrews AFB, Washington DC to Bradley Int'l, Hartford CT
14 Oct 75
Dep: 5:04PM
Arr: 6:01PM
+57
322 SM
1.
THE PRESIDENT
2.
Representative Stewart B. McKinney (R-Connecticut)
3.
Representative Ronald A. Sarasin (R-Connecticut)
4.
Mr. Donald Rumsfeld, Assistant
5.
Mr. William Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
6.
Mr. John Calkins, Executive Assistant to Counsellor Robert T. Hartmann
7.
Mr. Terrence O'Donnell, Aide
8.
Mr. Byron Cavaney, Director of the Presidential Advance Office
9.
Mr. Robert Orben , Associate Editor
10.
Mr. Ricardo Thomas , photographer
11.
Admiral William Lukash, Physician
12.
Captain Charles Mead ,
Air Force Aide
13.
Sgt Patricia Jones , stenographer
14.
MSG Herbert Oldenburg, baggage handler
15.
MSC Arturo Bautista, valet
16.
Mr. E. Luzania
17.
Mr. T. McIntyre
18.
Mr. B. Boates
19.
Mr. J. Ball
USSS
20.
Mr. D. Clark
21.
Mr. C. Larsen
22.
Mr. M. Mikalson
23.
Mr. L. Parker
24.
Mr. G. Stimis
25.
Mr. Don McLeod
AP
26.
Mr. Ronald Cohen
UPI
27.
Mr. Charles Harrity
AP Photo
28.
Mr. John Full
UPI Photo
29.
Mr. Robert Gittines
UPI Audio
30.
Mr. Aldo Beckman
Chicago Tribune
31.
Mr. John Mashek
USN & WR
32.
Mr. Gabriel Romero
ABC Camera
33.
Mr. Carl Larsen
ANC Camera
34.
Mr. John Bauer
ABC Radio
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance confirmed by
Capt. Charles Mead. All
present
WELCOMING COMMITTEE
Bradley International Airport
Hartford, Connecticut
October 14, 1975
Ella T. Grasso, Governor (D-Connecticut)
Frederick K. Biebel, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Mrs. Jeanne Nelson, Vice Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Edwin H. May, Jr., Finance Chairman of the Connecticut Republican
State Central Committee
Joseph B. Burns, Chairman of the Budget and Control Committee for the
Connecticut Republican State Central Committee
John Alsop, Republican National Committeeman for Connecticut
Mrs. Mary H. "Billie" Boatwright, Republican National Committeewoman
for Connecticut
Lt. Col. Donald E. Joy, Jr., Base Commander, Air National Guard
Facility, Bradley International Airport, Hartford, Connecticut
Mora Welliver, 14-year old victim of leukemia
APPENDIX "E"
Attendance not confirmed.
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER
Sheraton Hotel
Hartford, Connecticut
October 14, 1975
Partial Guest List
H. Meade Alcorn, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Raymond E. Baldwin, former Governor (R-Connecticut); former Senator
(R-Connecticut) and former Chief Justice of Connecticut'
Jeremiah Milbank, Jr., Chairman of the Republican National Finance
Committee
E. Clayton Gengras, former Republican Candidate for Governor of Connecticut
Malcolm E. Baldridge, Chairman of the Beard of Scoville Manufacturing
Company; Member oftthe Connecticut Republican Finance Committee
Dan W. Lufkin, Chairman of the Board of Donaldson, Lufkin and
Jenrette, Inc., asset management services, New York, New York
Nicholas A. Panuzio, Building Commissioner, General Services Administration
and former Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut
J. Brian Gaffney, former Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Vincent A. Laudone, former Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Howard E. Hausman, former Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Searle Pinney, former Chairman of the Connectucut Republican State
Central Committee
Edwin H. May, Jr., former Chairman of the Connectucut Republican State
Central Committee
Horace Seely Brown, Jr., former Congressman (R-Connectucut)
Ellsworth Grant, Republican candiate for Mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut
continued
APPENDIX "E" P. 2
10/14/75
John Esposito, Republican Candidate for Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
Richard Scalo, Republican Candidate for Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Paul J. Manafort, Republican Candidate for Mayor of New Britain, Connecticut
Francis Brennan, Republican Candidate for Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut
Lewis A. Clapes, Republican Candidate for Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut
George Huse, Republican Candidate for Mayor of Danbury, Connecicut
John Quine, Mayor (R-Meriden, Connecticut)
Vincent A. Depanfils, Republican Candidate for Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
Norman Daniels, former football coach at Weselyan and Yale Universities
and former football player at the University of Michigan
Ducky Pond, head football Coach, Yale University
See also, APPENDIX "G".
Approximately 350 persons were expected to
attend the reception.
APPENDIX "F"
Attendance not confirmed
WINNERS OF THE CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST
Israel Putnam Room
Sheraton Hotel
Hartford, Connecticut
October 14, 1975
Eric Goldberg, age 16, Orange, Connecticut
Kathy Taulbee, age 12, Beacon Falls, Connecticut
Anthony Fells, age 9, Norwich, Connecticut
Carolyn J. Favara, age 14, Wolcott, Connecticut
Frederick K. Beibel, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Central
Committee
The President
(For copies of the winning essays, see the file copy of the President's
Daily Diary.)
APPENDIX "G"
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER DINNER
HEAD TABLE GUESTS
Sheraton Hotel
Hartford, Connecticut
October 14, 1975
Frederick K. Biebel, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Jeanne R. Nelson, Vice Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R-Connecticut)
Congressman Stewart B. McKinney (R-Connecticut)
Congressman Ronald A. Sarasin (R-Connecticut)
Mrs. Mary H. Boatwright, Republican National Committeewoman for Connecticut
John Alsop, Republican National Committeeman for Connecticut
Edwin H. May, Jr., Finance Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee; former Congressman (R-Connecticut) ; and
former Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Central
Committee
Joseph B. Burns, Chairman of the Budget and Control Committee of the
Connecticut Republican State Central Committee and former President
of the Fuller Brush Company
Lloyd W. Elston, Dinner Co-Chairman for the Connecticut Republican Fundraiser
Dinner and President of Peter Paul Corporation
John H. Filer, Dinner Co-Chairman for the Connecticut Republican Fundraiser
Dinner and Chairman of the Board of Aetna Life and Casualty Company
Archie R. McCardle, Dinner Co-Chairman for the Connecticut Republican
Fundraiser Dinner; Chairman of the President Ford Committee of
Connecticut; and President and Chief Operating Officer of Xerox
Corporation
Marlene Bakewell, Finance Director of the Connecticut Republican State
Central Committee
APPENDIX "G" p. 2
10/14/75
Mrs. Richard P. (Lillian) Ludlam, Secretary of the Connecticut Republican
State Central Committee
Kendirck F. "Rick" Bellows, Jr., Treasurer of the Connecticut Republican
State Central Committee and Vice President of Connecticut Bank and
Trust Company
Rev. John W. Shaw, past r of the United Church of Christ, Stratford,
Connecticut
Gerald F. Stevens, State Representative (R-Connecticut); Minority Leader
Lewis B. Rome, State Senator (R-Connecticut); Senate Minority Leader
Beatrice Kowalski, President of the Connecticut Federation of Republican
Women's Clubs
Paul Martin Tymniak, Chairman of the Connecticut Federation of Young
Republicans
Shirley Scott, Republican candidate for Mayor, Hartford, Connecticut
George Aretakis, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State
Nationalities Council
John D. Lodge, former Governor and former Congressman (R-Connecticut)
also, former Ambassador from the U.S. to Argentina
Robert H. Steele, former Congressman (R-Connecticut)
(For a seating diagram of the head table, see the file copy of the
President's Daily Diary.)
PASSENGER MANIFEST
APPENDIX "Ht
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
AIR FORCE ONE
27000
MISSIN 1330
Bradley Int'l, Hartford, CT to Andrews AFB, Washington DC
14 Oct 75
Dep: 10:23pm
Arr: 11:11pm
+48
322 SM
1.
THE PRESIDENT
2.
Representative Stewart B. McKinney (R-Connecticut)
3.
Mr. Fredrick Biebel, Chairman of the Connecticut Republican State Central
4.
Mr. Donald Rumsfeld , Assistant
Committee
5.
Mr. William Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
6.
Mr. John Calkins , Executive Assistant to Counsellor Robert T. Hartmann
7.
Mr. Terrence O'Donnell, Aide
8.
Mr. Byron Cavaney, Director of the Presidential Advance Office
9.
Mr. Robert Orben, Associate Counsel
10.
Mr. Larry Eastland, Consultant (Advance Office)
11.
Mr. Ricardo Thomas, Photographer
12.
Admiral William Lukash, Physician
13.
Colonel Leonard Riley, Commanding Officer, White House Communications Agency
14.
Captain Charles Mead, Air Force Aide
15.
Sgt Patricia Jones, stenographer
16.
MSG Herbert Oldenburg, baggage handler
17.
MSC Arturo Bautista, valet
18.
Mr. E. Luzania
19.
Mr. T. McIntyre
20.
Mr. B. Coates
USSS
21.
Mr. J. Ball
22.
Mr. D. Clark
23.
Mr. C. Larsen
24.
Mr. M. Mikalson
25.
Mr. L. Parker
26.
Mr. G. Stimis
27.
Mr. Frank Cormier
AP
28.
Mr. Richard Growald
UPI
29.
Mr. Charles Harrity
AP Photo
30.
Mr. John Full
UPI Photo
31.
Mr. Gabriel Romero
ABC Camera
32.
Mr. Carl Larsen
ABC Camera
33.
Mr. John Bauer
ABC Radio
34.
Mr. Tom Joyce
Newsweek
35.
Mr. Richard Bradie
Westinghouse
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY