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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 78A) 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 16, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 6:55 a.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME P=Placed R=Rec'd ACTIVITY In Out 6:55 The President had breakfast. 7:33 The President went to the Oval Office. The President met with: 8:05 8:40 Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor 8:38 9:30 John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor 8:38 9:30 Richard B. Cheney, Assistant The President met with: 9:35 10:20 Mr. Marsh 9:35 10:10 Mr. Hartmann 9:35 10:10 Mr. Cheney 9:35 10:20 Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs 9:35 10:20 Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs 9:35 10:10 William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary CONGRESSIONAL HOUR 11:02 11:18 The President met with: Congressman George H. Mahon (D-Texas) Mr. Friedersdorf Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant The purpose of the meeting was to present the President with a memorandum manifesting the views of oil and gas producers from the Mfdland-Odessa, Texas area and recommending a Presidential veto of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. 11:19 11:29 The President met with: Senator J: Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-Maryland) Mr. Friedersdorf William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs The purpose of the meeting was to discuss budget appropriations for the litimore Harbor Dredging Project. 11:30 11:35 The President met with: Congressman James F. Hastings (R-New York) Richard R. Carpenter, President of the Gowanda Shrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York Dan John McGilvray, Potentate's Aide of the Gowanda Shrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York continued 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 DECEMBER 16, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 11:30 a.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME P=Placed R=Rec'd ACTIVITY In Out continued Ralph N. Schaack, Member of the Gowanda Shrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York Mr. Friedersdorf Mr. Wolthius The purpose of the meeting was to present the President with a commemorative membership in the Gowanda Shrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York, the nation's oldest shrine club. 11:35 11:40 The President met with: Senator Robert T. Stafford (R-Vermont) Hilton E. Gale, Grand Master of the Vermont Masons Cecil Brown, Grand Secretary of the Vermont Masons Ernest Mc Donald, Deputy Grand Master of the Vermont Masons Mr. Kendall The purpose of the meeting was to present the President with an award from the Vermont Masons. 11:40 12:05 The President met with: Senator James A. McClure (R-Idaho) Mr. Friedersdorf Mr. Kendall The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Senator McClure's trip to the Middle East, October 22 - December 1, 1975. 12:06 The President went to the Cabinet Room. 12:06 12:11 The President met with: Mrs. William D. (Martha) Ford, wife of Congressman (D-Michigan) Alban Ford, son and student at Linton Hall Military School, Bristow, Virginia Classmates of Alban Ford and faculty of Linton Hall Military School, Bristow, Virginia Mr. Friedersdorf For a list of participants, see APPENDIX "A." 12:11 The President returned to the Oval Office. 12:15 12:17 P The President talked with Mike Wallace, television commentator for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News. 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 DECEMBER 16, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 12:20 p.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME P=Placed R=Rec'd ACTIVITY In Out The President met with: 12:20 1:15 Mildred V. Leonard, Personal Assistant 12:40 1:15 Harvey Rosenthal, tailor, Rosenthal and Company Washington, D.C. 12:40 1:15 Richard E. Kaiser, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Presidential Protection Division (PPD), United States Secret Service (USSS) 12:40 1:15 Elizabeth Quinn, technician, Technical Services Division, USSS The President met with: 1:15 1:25 Mr. Cheney 1:15 1:20 James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget The President met to discuss the 1977 Budget of the U.S. with: 2:00 ? Mr. Cheney 2:05 3:24? Mr. Lynn 2:05 3:24? James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council 2:05 3:24? Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the OMB 2:05 3:24? Dale R. McOmber, Assistant Director for Budget Review, OMB 3:24 3:35 The President met with: Gaylord A. Freeman, Jr., Honorary Chairman of the Board of the First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois and State Finance Chairman for the President Ford Committee of Illinois Donald J. Yellon, Executive Vice President of the First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Richard G. Ogilvie, former Governor (R-Illinois) Mr. Cheney The President met with: 3:40 4:30 Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President 3:40 4:15 James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs 3:40 4:15 John G. Venneman, Counsellor to the Vice President 3:40 4:15 Arthur R. Quern, Associate Director of the Domestic Council, Health, Socail Security, and Public Assistance 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 DECEMBER 16, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 3:56 p.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME P=Placed R=Rec'd ACTIVITY In Out 3:56 R The President was telephoned by Homer Ferguson, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Military Appeals. The call was not completed. 4:09 4:10 P The President talked with Mr. Lynn. 4:40 5:00 The President met with: Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) Mr. Marsh Mr. Friedersdorf Mr. Kendall Patrick E. O'Donnell, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs 5:05 5:15 The President met with: Mr. Marsh Mr. Cheney Mr. Zarb Mr. Friedersdorf 5:07 5:13 R The President talked with Senator John G. Tower (R-Texas). The President met with: 5:40 6:42 Mr. Cheney 5:40 6:10 Robert A. Mosbacher, National Finance Chairman for the President Ford Committee 6:42 The President went to the barber shop. 7:17 The President returned to the Oval Office. 7:20 The President returned to the second floor Residence. 7:20? 8:00? The President met with Milton Hoffman, President of Wilton Caterers, Incorporated, Spring Valley, New York. 8:10 The President and the First Lady had dinner. 8:10 R The President was telephoned by Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon. The call was not completed. 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 DECEMBER 16, 1975 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 8:39 p.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME P=Placed R=Rec'd ACTIVITY In Out 8:39 8:46 P The President talked with Mayor Richard G. Lugar, (R-Indianapolis, Indiana). The call was amplified to approximately 2,500 guests attending a Dick Lugar appreciation night dinner. 9:07 9:12 R The President talked with Secretary Simon. 9:57 The President went to the swimming pool. 10:24 The President returned to the second floor Residence. 10:40 10:41 P The President talked with his Army Aide, Maj. Robert E. Barrett. 10:45 10:57 P The President talked with Leon C. Parma, Group Executive for Teledyne Ryan Aeronauctical Company, Incorperated, San Diego, California and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the President Ford Committee of California. 12/31/75 Page 5 of 5 Page(s). APPENDIX "A" Attendance confirmed by Nancy Kennedy. All present. MEETING WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF LINTON HALL MILITARY ACADEMY The Cabinet Room December 16, 1975 The President Mrs. William D. (Martha) Ford, wife of Congressman Ford (D-Michigan) Alban Ford, son and student at Linton Hall Military Academy, Bristow, Virginia Classmates of Alban Ford Scott Bean Derrell Graham William Porter Derrick Sewer Anthony Chow Gregory Cook Anthony DiGiovanni Michael Foster Henry Fuchs Shaw Hash Desiderio Hebron Stephen Holbrook EricHoward Lawrence Johnson Peter Kulik Ramon Marshall William Opdyke Shaw Truschel Michael Urich Faculty of Linton Hall Military Academy, Bristow,, Virginia Sister Theresa Anderson William Farquhar Sister Mary Patricia Herrity Sister Agnes O'Mara Miss Pauline Reeping, friend of Mrs. Ford Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs

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    "ocrText": "Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 78A) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nDECEMBER 16, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n6:55 a.m. TUESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n6:55\nThe President had breakfast.\n7:33\nThe President went to the Oval Office.\nThe President met with:\n8:05\n8:40\nRobert T. Hartmann, Counsellor\n8:38\n9:30\nJohn 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor\n8:38\n9:30\nRichard B. Cheney, Assistant\nThe President met with:\n9:35\n10:20\nMr. Marsh\n9:35\n10:10\nMr. Hartmann\n9:35\n10:10\nMr. Cheney\n9:35\n10:20\nLt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National\nSecurity Affairs\n9:35\n10:20\nMax L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative\nAffairs\n9:35\n10:10\nWilliam I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary\nCONGRESSIONAL HOUR\n11:02\n11:18\nThe President met with:\nCongressman George H. Mahon (D-Texas)\nMr. Friedersdorf\nRobert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant\nThe purpose of the meeting was to present the President\nwith a memorandum manifesting the views of oil and gas\nproducers from the Mfdland-Odessa, Texas area and\nrecommending a Presidential veto of the Energy Policy\nand Conservation Act of 1975.\n11:19\n11:29\nThe President met with:\nSenator J: Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-Maryland)\nMr. Friedersdorf\nWilliam T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative\nAffairs\nThe purpose of the meeting was to discuss budget\nappropriations for the litimore Harbor Dredging\nProject.\n11:30\n11:35\nThe President met with:\nCongressman James F. Hastings (R-New York)\nRichard R. Carpenter, President of the Gowanda\nShrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York\nDan John McGilvray, Potentate's Aide of the Gowanda\nShrine Club #1 of Gowanda, New York\ncontinued\nPage 1 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nDECEMBER 16, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n11:30 a.m. TUESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\ncontinued\nRalph N. Schaack, Member of the Gowanda Shrine Club\n#1 of Gowanda, New York\nMr. Friedersdorf\nMr. Wolthius\nThe purpose of the meeting was to present the President\nwith a commemorative membership in the Gowanda Shrine\nClub #1 of Gowanda, New York, the nation's oldest shrine\nclub.\n11:35\n11:40\nThe President met with:\nSenator Robert T. Stafford (R-Vermont)\nHilton E. Gale, Grand Master of the Vermont Masons\nCecil Brown, Grand Secretary of the Vermont Masons\nErnest Mc Donald, Deputy Grand Master of the Vermont\nMasons\nMr. Kendall\nThe purpose of the meeting was to present the President\nwith an award from the Vermont Masons.\n11:40\n12:05\nThe President met with:\nSenator James A. McClure (R-Idaho)\nMr. Friedersdorf\nMr. Kendall\nThe purpose of the meeting was to discuss Senator\nMcClure's trip to the Middle East, October 22 -\nDecember 1, 1975.\n12:06\nThe President went to the Cabinet Room.\n12:06\n12:11\nThe President met with:\nMrs. William D. (Martha) Ford, wife of Congressman\n(D-Michigan)\nAlban Ford, son and student at Linton Hall Military\nSchool, Bristow, Virginia\nClassmates of Alban Ford and faculty of Linton Hall\nMilitary School, Bristow, Virginia\nMr. Friedersdorf\nFor a list of participants, see APPENDIX \"A.\"\n12:11\nThe President returned to the Oval Office.\n12:15\n12:17\nP\nThe President talked with Mike Wallace, television\ncommentator for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)\nNews.\nPage 2 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nDECEMBER 16, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n12:20 p.m. TUESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\nThe President met with:\n12:20\n1:15\nMildred V. Leonard, Personal Assistant\n12:40\n1:15\nHarvey Rosenthal, tailor, Rosenthal and Company\nWashington, D.C.\n12:40\n1:15\nRichard E. Kaiser, Deputy Special Agent in Charge,\nPresidential Protection Division (PPD), United\nStates Secret Service (USSS)\n12:40\n1:15\nElizabeth Quinn, technician, Technical Services\nDivision, USSS\nThe President met with:\n1:15\n1:25\nMr. Cheney\n1:15\n1:20\nJames T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management\nand Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and\nBudget\nThe President met to discuss the 1977 Budget of the U.S.\nwith:\n2:00\n?\nMr. Cheney\n2:05\n3:24?\nMr. Lynn\n2:05\n3:24?\nJames H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic\nCouncil\n2:05\n3:24?\nPaul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the OMB\n2:05\n3:24?\nDale R. McOmber, Assistant Director for Budget\nReview, OMB\n3:24\n3:35\nThe President met with:\nGaylord A. Freeman, Jr., Honorary Chairman of the\nBoard of the First National Bank of Chicago,\nChicago, Illinois and State Finance Chairman\nfor the President Ford Committee of Illinois\nDonald J. Yellon, Executive Vice President of the\nFirst National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois\nRichard G. Ogilvie, former Governor (R-Illinois)\nMr. Cheney\nThe President met with:\n3:40\n4:30\nNelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President\n3:40\n4:15\nJames M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the\nDomestic Council and Assistant for Domestic\nAffairs\n3:40\n4:15\nJohn G. Venneman, Counsellor to the Vice President\n3:40\n4:15\nArthur R. Quern, Associate Director of the Domestic\nCouncil, Health, Socail Security, and Public\nAssistance\nPage 3 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nDECEMBER 16, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n3:56 p.m. TUESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n3:56\nR\nThe President was telephoned by Homer Ferguson, Senior Judge,\nU.S. Court of Military Appeals. The call was not\ncompleted.\n4:09\n4:10\nP\nThe President talked with Mr. Lynn.\n4:40\n5:00\nThe President met with:\nRogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce\nFrank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy\nAdministration (FEA)\nMr. Marsh\nMr. Friedersdorf\nMr. Kendall\nPatrick E. O'Donnell, Special Assistant for\nLegislative Affairs\n5:05\n5:15\nThe President met with:\nMr. Marsh\nMr. Cheney\nMr. Zarb\nMr. Friedersdorf\n5:07\n5:13\nR\nThe President talked with Senator John G. Tower (R-Texas).\nThe President met with:\n5:40\n6:42\nMr. Cheney\n5:40\n6:10\nRobert A. Mosbacher, National Finance Chairman\nfor the President Ford Committee\n6:42\nThe President went to the barber shop.\n7:17\nThe President returned to the Oval Office.\n7:20\nThe President returned to the second floor Residence.\n7:20?\n8:00?\nThe President met with Milton Hoffman, President of Wilton\nCaterers, Incorporated, Spring Valley, New York.\n8:10\nThe President and the First Lady had dinner.\n8:10\nR\nThe President was telephoned by Secretary of the Treasury\nWilliam E. Simon. The call was not completed.\nPage 4 of 5 Page(s).\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTHE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD\nPLACE DAY BEGAN\nDATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nDECEMBER 16, 1975\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\nTIME\nDAY\n8:39 p.m. TUESDAY\nPHONE\nTIME\nP=Placed\nR=Rec'd\nACTIVITY\nIn\nOut\n8:39\n8:46\nP\nThe President talked with Mayor Richard G. Lugar,\n(R-Indianapolis, Indiana). The call was amplified\nto approximately 2,500 guests attending a Dick Lugar\nappreciation night dinner.\n9:07\n9:12\nR\nThe President talked with Secretary Simon.\n9:57\nThe President went to the swimming pool.\n10:24\nThe President returned to the second floor Residence.\n10:40\n10:41\nP\nThe President talked with his Army Aide, Maj. Robert E.\nBarrett.\n10:45\n10:57\nP\nThe President talked with Leon C. Parma, Group Executive for\nTeledyne Ryan Aeronauctical Company, Incorperated, San\nDiego, California and Chairman of the Steering Committee\nof the President Ford Committee of California.\n12/31/75\nPage 5 of 5 Page(s).\nAPPENDIX \"A\"\nAttendance confirmed by\nNancy Kennedy. All present.\nMEETING WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF LINTON HALL MILITARY ACADEMY\nThe Cabinet Room\nDecember 16, 1975\nThe President\nMrs. William D. (Martha) Ford, wife of Congressman Ford (D-Michigan)\nAlban Ford, son and student at Linton Hall Military Academy, Bristow,\nVirginia\nClassmates of Alban Ford\nScott Bean\nDerrell Graham\nWilliam Porter\nDerrick Sewer\nAnthony Chow\nGregory Cook\nAnthony DiGiovanni\nMichael Foster\nHenry Fuchs\nShaw Hash\nDesiderio Hebron\nStephen Holbrook\nEricHoward\nLawrence Johnson\nPeter Kulik\nRamon Marshall\nWilliam Opdyke\nShaw Truschel\nMichael Urich\nFaculty of Linton Hall Military Academy, Bristow,, Virginia\nSister Theresa Anderson\nWilliam Farquhar\nSister Mary Patricia Herrity\nSister Agnes O'Mara\nMiss Pauline Reeping, friend of Mrs. Ford\nMax L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs"
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