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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 82) 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
MAY 21, 1976
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
7:18 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
7:18
The President had breakfast.
7:47
The President went to the doctor's office.
7:52
The President went to the Oval Office.
8:00
8:20
The President met with:
George Bush, Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National
Security Affairs
The President met with:
8:30
9:00
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
8:40
9:27
Richard B. Cheney, Assistant
9:15
9:27
Douglas P. Bennett, Director of the Presidential
Personnel Office
9:35
9:42
The President met for a photo opportunity with:
Roger Frank, 21 year-old paraplegic from Portland,
Oregon
Leonard Frank, father
Sarah C. Massengale, Assistant Director of the
Domestic Council for Health, Social Security
and Public Assistance
9:51
The President went to the State Dining Room.
9:56
10:28
The President participated in an interview with media
representatives from Tennessee. For a list of
attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
10:36
The President returned to the Oval Office.
10:45?
P
The President telephoned Congressman John J. Duncan
(R-Tennessee). The call was not completed.
10:46
P
The President telephoned Wyeth Chandler, Mayor (Non-partisan-
Memphis, Tennessee). The call was not completed.
10:47
10:53
P
The President talked with Warren Webster, Republican County
Chairman for Knox County, Tennessee.
10:54
10:55
P
The President talked with Wanda Teague, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Knox County, Tennessee.
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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
MAY 21, 1976
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
11:00 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
The President met with:
11:00
11:25
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
11:00
11:35
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
11:00
11:25
Rogers C.B. Morton, Chairman of the President Ford
Committee (PFC)
11:00
12:15
Mr. Cheney
11:00
11:25
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
11:00
11:25
David R. Gergen, Special Counsel
11:36
12:15
Mr. Hartmann
11:36
12:15
Mr. Gergen
11:36
12:15
Robert C. Orben, Special Assistant
11:36
12:15
Milton A. Friedman, Special Assistant
11:36
12:15
Patrick H. Butler, Associate Editor
11:36
12:15
Douglas J. Smith, Staff Assistant
11:50
12:15
David W. Boorstin, Associate Editor
12:18
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
12:18
1:10
The President participated in a meeting to discuss U.S.
grain supplies with members of the Agricultural Policy
Committee. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
1:10
The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa-
nied by:
Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture
Charles W. Robinson, Deputy Secretary of State
Mr. Cheney
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the
Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic
Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA)
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
1:10
1:25
The President met with:
Secretary Butz
Deputy Secretary Robinson
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Seidman
Mr. Greenspan
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
1:50
2:00
The President met with Peter J. Secchia, President of
Universal Forest Products, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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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
MAY 21, 1976
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:00 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:00
2:05
The President met to discuss North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO) issues with:
Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Supreme Allied
Commander in Europe
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
The President participated in a ceremony to receive Diploma-
tic Credentials from:
2:05
2:15
Alberto Crespo Gutierrez, Ambassador-designate of
the Republic of Bolivia to the U.S.
2:16
2:22
Jaromir Johanes, Ambassador-designate of the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to the U.S.
2:22
2:40
Yahya al-Mutawakkil, Ambassador-designate of the
Yemen Arab Republic to the U.S.
For a list of State Department Officials attending the
ceremony, see APPENDIX "c."
2:03
R
The President was telephoned by Mayor Chandler. The call
was not completed.
2:42
3:35
The President met with:
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Mr. Cheney
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the
Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic
Affairs
The President met with:
3:35
4:06
Mr. Hartmann
3:35
4:06
Mr. Cheney
3:35
4:06
Mr. Smith
3:35
4:06
Mr. Butler
3:35
4:06
Mr. Orben
3:50
4:06
Mr. Gergen
4:06
The President went to the Rose Garden.
4:06
4:09
The President participated in a swearing-in ceremony for
members of the Federal Election Commission. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "D."
Members of the press
4:06
4:07
The President addressed guests attending the ceremony.
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Page
3
5
of
Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 21, 1976
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
4:09 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
4:09
The President returned to the Oval Office.
4:09
4:50
The President continued his meeting with:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Smith
Mr. Butler
Mr. Orben
Mr. Gergen
4:53
4:56
P
The President talked with Mayor Chandler.
5:01
P
The President telephoned Jack Will, Chairman of the Jefferson
County (Louisville) Kentucky PFC. The call was not
completed.
5:03
5:08
R
The President talked with the First Lady.
5:10
5:15
P
The President talked with Dennis Langley, Coordinator of the
PFC Telephone Bank Center in Jefferson County (Louisville)
Kentucky.
5:21
P
The President telephoned Doris Petercheff, PFC Coordinator
for the 5th Congressional District of Kentucky. The call
was not completed.
?
P
The President telephoned Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the
Jewish Agency for Israel, Chairman of the Fisher New
Center Company, Detroit, Michigan, and Vice Chairman
of the Finance Committee of the PFC. The call was not
completed.
?
P
The President telephoned Rita Shire, PFC Campaign Chairman
for the 7th Congressional District of Kentucky. The call
was not completed.
5:30
The President went to the barber shop.
6:10
The President returned to the Oval Office.
6:22
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
6:22
6:30
The President met with audio coordinator for the PFC Mark
Rosenker. The purpose of the meeting was to tape audio
messages for the Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Idaho,
Oregon, and Nevada primaries.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAY 21, 1976
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:30 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:30
The President returned to the Oval Office.
7:13
7:14
P
The President talked with his Physician, Rear Adm. William M.
Lukash.
7:21
7:23
P
The President talked with Mrs. Glenn "Bo" Schembechler, wife
of the head football coach at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
7:30
The President returned to the doctor's office.
7:35
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
7:52
P
The President telephoned his son, Jack. The call was not
completed.
7:58
The President had dinner with:
Susan Ford
Mrs. Thomas G. (Janet) Ford, the President's
sister-in-law
Mrs. Wendall (Harriet) Thorne, former neighbor of
the Fords in Alexandria, Virginia
Barbara Manfuso, friend of Susan Ford
8:35
The Presidential party went to the South Grounds of the
White House.
8:35
8:53
The Presidential party viewed Susan Ford's new automobile.
8:53
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
9:57
The President went to the swimming pool.
9:59
R
The President was telephoned by the First Lady. The call
was not completed.
10:18
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
10:21
10:26
R
The President talked with the First Lady.
10:31
10:41
R
The President talked with his son, Michael.
SY/EJ 6/15/76
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Page 5 of 5 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
INTERVIEW WITH TENNESSEE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
indicates confirmed by EPS.
The State Dining Room
Other attendees not confirmed.
May 21, 1976
Mr. Michael Amborsini
News Director
WKVQ Radio
Mr. Morris Cunningham
Knoxville, Tennessee
Washington correspondent
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
Mr. Sherman Austin
News Director
Mr. David H. Daughtry
WLOK Radio
Tennessee Radio Network
Memphis, Tennessee
Mr. George Baber
News Director
Ms. Susan L. Davidson
WLAC Radio
News reporter
Nashville, Tennessee
WNGE-TV
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. William Barry
News Director
Mr. Peter Dykes
WAMB and WZEZ Radio
President, Publisher, and Editor
Nashville, Tennessee
Kingsport Daily News-Tabloid
Kingsport, Tennessee
Mr. Chris Botsaris
V.P. and Director of News
Mr. Dwayne Eastvold
WTVF-TV
General Manager
Nashville, Tennessee
WTVK-TV
Knoxville, Tennessee
Mr. James Buckner, Jr.
WSM-TV
Mr. Fay Esters
Nashville, Tennessee
Assistant News Director
WSM Radio
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. David Colvett
News Director
Mr. R. Jack Fishman
WDXI Radio
President, Publisher, and Edito:
Jackson, Tennessee
Morristown Citizen Tribune
Morristown, Tennessee
Mr. Aristides Dounis
WKPT-TV
Mr. Thomas T. Franklin
Kingsport, Tennessee
The Lexington Progress
Lexington, Tennessee
APPENDIX "A" P. 2
5/21/76
Mr. Robert L. Lewis, Jr.
Mr. James Furlong
News Director
WBIR-TV
WJHL-TV
Knoxville, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee
Mr. William Freehoff, II
News Director
Mr. William Kirk Loggins
WKPT TV and Radio
Nashville Tennessean
Kingsport, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Karolyn Henry
News Director
Mr. Ralph L. Millett, Jr.
WJAK Radio
Editor
Jackson, Tennessee
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Knoxville, Tennessee
Ms. Marilyn Hickey
News Director
Mr. John Molley
WFLI Radio
Managing Editor
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kingsport News
Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee
Mr. Thomas A. Hill
Publisher
Mr. Robert Morgan
Oak Ridger
Virginia-Tennessean
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Herald Courier
Bristol, Tennessee
Mr. Alexander Susong Jones
Managing Editor
Mr. Donald Moss
Athens Post-Athenian
WREC-TV
Newport Plain Talk
Memphis, Tennessee
Etowah Enterprise
Athens, Tennessee
Mr. John Arnold Jones
Mr. Ulysses Stephen Nelson
Managing Editor
WCYB-TV
Johnson City Press-Chronicle
Bristol, Virginia
Johnson City, Tennessee
Mr. David Floyd Olmsted
Mr. James Kozsuch
WJHL-TV
WJHL-TV
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee
Mr. Francis Peter
WKPT-TV
Kingsport, Tennessee
APPENDIX "A" p. 3
5/21/76
Mr. John F. Pesh
WSM-TV
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Charles Pinckney
WKPT-TV
Mr. Mr. Larry K. Smith
Kingsport, Tennessee
The LaFollette Press
LaFollette, Tennessee
Mr. Tom Poe
News Director
WBIR-TV
Knoxville, Tennessee
Mr. Frank Vanderlinden
Washington Correspondent
Nashville Banner
Mr. Wendall Potter
Nashville, Tennessee
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Memphis, Tennessee
Mr. Harold L. Wanzer
News Director
WATE-TV
Mr. John Powell
Knoxville, Tennessee
News Director
WREC-TV
Memphis, Tennessee
Mr. H.V. Wells, Jr.
Clinton Courier-News
Clinton, Tennessee
Mr. Randall B. Prewitt
News Director
WTVK-TV
Knoxville, Tennessee
√Mr. James W.R. White
Southern Standard
Mr. Walter T. Pulliam
McMinnville, Tennèssee
Editor
Today's News
Harriman, Tennessee
Mr. W. Bryant Williams
Publisher and Editor
Mr. Doug Roach
Paris Post-Intelligencer
News Director
Paris, Tennessee
WIXC Radio
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Mr. Horace Calvin Young, Jr.
WENO Radio
Mr. Jerry Edward Shake
Nashville, Tennessee
WNGE-TV
Nashville, Tennessee
APPENDIX "A" p. 4
5/21/76
Mr. Cliff Evans
Washington correspondent
RKO
Washington, DC
Ms. Kathryn Prichard
RKO
Washington, DC
Mr. Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington, DC
Mr. Joseph Tomko, Jr.
WATE-TV
Washington, DC
Mr. Joseph Tomko, III
RKO
Washington, DC
TESH, John Frank
Staff
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Margita E. White, Assistant Press Secretary
Robert A. Mead, Television Adviser
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Paul Leach. All present.
MEETING WITH THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY COMMITTEE
The Cabinet Room
May 21, 1976
The President
Members of the Agricultural Policy Committee
Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the
Agricultural Policy Committee
Charles W. Robinson, Deputy Secretary of State (for Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissinger)
Gerald L. Parsky, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Trade,
Energy, and Financial Resources Policy Coordination (For
Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon)
Richard G. Darman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Policy (for
Secretary of Commerce Eliot L. Richardson)
Frederick B. Dent, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs
Virginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs
James L. Mitchell II, Associate Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Natural Resources, Energy and Science
(for Director of the OMB James T. Lynn)
Other
Richard E. Bell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International
Affairs and Commodity Programs
Donald A. Paarlberg, Director of Agricultural Economics, Department
of Agriculture
continued
APPENDIX "B" p. 2
5/21/76
Paul W. MacAvoy, Member of the CEA
James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs
Paul C. Leach, Associate Director of the Domestic Council for
Agriculture, Economic Development, and Commerce
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance confirmed by Janie
Guibault. All present.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMATIC CREDENTIALS
The Oval Office
May 21, 1976
Hampton Davis, Assistant Chief of Protocol for Special Protocol Services
(introduced the Ambassadors to the President)
Alberto Crespo Gutierrez, Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Bolivia
to the U.S.
Richard Gookin, State Department escort officer
William D. Rogers, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter American Affairs
Jaromir Johanes, Ambassador-designate of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
to the U.S.
Benny W. Whitehead, Jr., State Department escort officer
Richard D. Vine, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
Yahya al-Mutawakkil, Ambassador-designate of the Yemen Arab Republic to the U.S.
Marylou Sheils, State Department escort officer
Sidney Sober, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs
White House Staff
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs
APPENDIX "D"
indicates confirmed by EPS.
Other attendees not confirmed.
SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
The Rose Garden
May 21, 1976
The President
William Brennan, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Commissioners-designate of the Federal Election Commission
Joan D. Aikens
Thomas Everett Harris
Neil Staebler
William Springer
Vernon Wallace Thompson
Robert Owens Tiernan
Staff Members
Judith W. Browning FEC Staff
Carolyn E. Cohen, Secretary to Commissioner Harris
Marjorie W. Emmons, Secretary to the FEC
Marilyn Early, Secretary to Commissioner Thompson
Helen B. Gable, FEC Staff
Edmund L. Henshaw, FEC Staff
Chris Kelly, Secretary to Commissioner Tiernan
Susan King, staff of Commissioner Harris
Herbert M. Koster, FEC Staff
William Loughrey, FEC Staff
Lawrence MCCoy, FEC Staff
Robert E. Moss, General Counsel, Office of the Clerk of the House of Represen-
tatives
Gordon Andrew, FEC Staff
David E. Osterhout, FEC Staff
Douglas J. Patton, FEC Staff
Harriet L. Robnett, FEC Staff
Carolyn A. Reed, FEC Staff
Daniel W. Reese, FEC Staff
Judith Ann Smith, FEC Staff
continued
APPENDIX "D" P. 2
5/21/76
Staff Members (continued)
Emily L. Spencer, Staff of Commissioner Aiken
Joyce E. Thomann, Staff of Commissioner Aiken
Sandra K. Trout, FEG Staff
Michael David Vaughn, FEC Staff
Betty Sue Woo, FEC Staff
Susan E. Tifft, FEC Staff
Peter F. Roman, FEC Staff
Kent Cooper, FEC Staff
James Schoener, Minority Counsel, Senate Rules Committee
Robert Visser, General Counsel, President Ford Committee
T. Timothy Ryan, Assistant General Counsel, President Ford Committee
Thomas Cooper, Minority Counsel, House Administration Committee
Other
Burnette B. Staebler, wife of Commissioner Staebler
Elsie Springer, wife of Commissioner Springer
Ann McKnight
D.C. McKnight
Rita Wasserman
Richard T. Burress, Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute,
Stanford University
Paul McKnight
Orlando Potter
John Murphy
Paul Forleza
Jan Baran