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The original documents are located in Box 63, folder "Transition, 1974 - Presidential
Meetings (1)" of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 63 of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
PUBLIC POLICY CENTERS
WILLIAM J. BAROODY, SR.
:
American Enterprise Institute
GLEN C. CAMPBELL
-- Hoover Institute on War,
Revolution, and Peace
KERMIT GORDON
-- Brookings Institute
JONATHAN MOORE
-- Kennedy Institute of Government
at Harvard
MALCOLM MOOSE
-- Head of Center of Study for
Democratic Institutions
JOHN MYER
-- President, National Bureau of
Economic Research
FORD
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TO:
PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
BILL CASSELMAN
DATE:
9/9/74
For your information, I worked with this
man in the 1968 transition -- for 3 months.
He is a career servant.. best I can recall
about him was that he seemed to do a
competent job.
An excellent paper pusher.
USDA
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
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Memorandum
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20250
TO
: William E. Casselman II
DATE: August 8, 1974
Legal Counsel to the Vice President
FROM : Chief, Paperwork Planning & Systems Branch
Administrative Services Division
SUBJECT: Temporary Assignment to Transition Office
In early 1969 I was temporarily assigned to the Transition Office
working with George Bell (now deceased) in a supervisory capacity
of clerical employees. At that time I was an employee of the
General Services Administration.
I found that period to be a most challenging time in my Federal
Government career - being a part of history. I came away from my
3 month temporary assignment with Letters of Appreciation approved
by Larry Dunn, Harry Flemming, and George Bell.
I am still a regular Federal employee who is now offering my time
on a temporary basis to again assist in a Transition Office if
necessary. I have recently had a "complete background investigation"
by the Civil Service Commission and am cleared for access to Top
Secret material and found eligible to occupy a critical-sensitive
position.
If you think I have something to offer (based on a general Supervisory
Paperwork Management background) please contact me on 447-5650.
Land
David H. Leavitt
.
1020
STATE
FORM AMS-400 (4-3-72)
What follows is a proposal that would, at little or no
cost, provide a highly substantive and highly visible series
of new initiatives for the Ford Administration All three
of the initiatives can be accomplished at little or no extra
cost to the budget.
In sum, the suggestion is for the appointment of the
youngest Counselor to the President ever who would have
responsibility for pursuing one or all of the following areas:
-- A program of real political and governmental
involvement of young people, initiated by a
national conference of youth organization
presidents.
- - - A plan to implement career education throughout
American public schools, easily one of the most
far reaching actions in terms of positively
affecting individual Americans.
-- A proposal for the reorientation of such agencies
as ACTION to fulfill the promise of "Voluntary
Action" -- provide the means for literally
hundreds of thousands of Americans of all ages
to commit part of their time to building up
America.
Again, the expertise and necessary Party, Congressional
and Administration support for these initiatives has been
carefully assessed and the response has been most positive.
The impact of such a high appointment of a "youth" would
give these initiatives the kind of visibility and internal
clout required to get the job done.
All of these initiatives could easily be tied into the
Bicentennial to enhance both.
Obviously, the proposal could be easily modified, but
the reaction of those in the Administration, on the Hill and
in the Party has been SO positive that I strongly recommend
the most serious consideration be given to some form of
implementation.
KENNETH M. King SMITH
FORD LIBRARY
Previously
forwarded to the
Vice President
July 30, 1974
MEMORANDUM
TO:
The Vice President
FROM:
Ken Smith
RE:
A Proposal for Action: Youth Involvement
in Government and the Political Process
In the previous memorandum a plan for implementing a
program of real youth involvement in politics and
government was outlined. Essentially, it called for:
1. The assembling, at the invitation of the
Vice President, the presidents of all the
youth organizations (ages 14-17) of over
50,000 members as an advisory group to the
Domestic Council as it surveys the future
for the Bicentennial. This to be done in
late November, 1974.
2. This group, through the existing White House
Youth Office, would prepare and implement
a plan for the first national conference
ever of all the state presidents of all those
youth organizations. This to happen by the
summer of 1975.
3. The conference would chart a course for
genuine involvement by young people in the
nation's political and governmental institutions.
These proposals, as agreed to by the
Administration, would take effect during the
Bicentennial (1976).
4. Suggested ideas for the conference consideration
included: a) lowering the age of majority,
b) the appointment of concerned young people
to all the open precinct chairman positions in
both parties, c) lowering the age, by
Constitutional Amendment, for Senate and
Congressional candidates.
FORD LIBRARY . SERVICE
MEMO TO: The Vice President
July 30, 1974
Page 2
5. The Vice President, both in his role as
Chairman of the Domestic Council and key
Party leader, would take the lead in supporting
the conference and carrying out the most
worthwhile programs. A part-time consultant
would be retained to ride shotgun on the
project through the existing Youth Office
(under Anne Armstrong).
WILL IT WORK?
If all that is ever done is simply to assemble those
youth leaders and have them involved in the Bicentennial
activities, then something worthwhile has been done. All
the previous actions of the Party and the Administration to
involve young people will be highlighted and a desperately
needed freshness added to the Administration.
But think of the impact if the youth leadership
called upon the two parties to allow concerned young people
fill the open precinct positions -- and our party responds!
It is at the precinct level that the real power lies:
delegate selection, county and state chairmam election,
candidate consideration and approvel. Fundamental involve-
ment for young people, planned, promoted and activated by
the GOP!
Such an agreement by the Party would take some firm
national leadership -- yours, the Chairman's and key House
and Senate members, to assure state and local action. That
support currently exists, I have found, if you are prepared
to direct it.
Consider too, the sight of our Party leaders leading
the fight to gain approval of a Constitutional Amendment to
allow young people to run for national office. The
Administration that brought the 18 year old wote would be
fighting to give the people the right to decide who, no
matter what age, among the franchised voters, will represent
them. Again, the support for that action -- rallied by your
leadership -- is also there.
Tremendous impact -- and all coming just prior to an
election year when reform and integrity will be the watchword.
The effect of the "Watergate Administration" openly
promoting such basic reforms will be all the more dramatic.
FORD
MEMO TO: The Vice President
July 30, 1974
Page 3
HOW TO DO IT
The time to move is now. Things are not going to get
any better in the near future and if all is not to be lost
constructive actions looking to the future must be under-
saken now. They psychological effect on our battered
supporters of seeing some long range planning going into
effect and programs to point to with pride would be an
important side benefit. It's been a long time since some
fresh initiatives have been taken.
You must decide. The President, clearly, will not be
in a position to direct such efforts for sometime to come.
You are the ranking Party and Administration figure with
operational, maneuvering potential. If anyone can call such
a play, and have it stick, it must be you. If you decide to
get started, the next action is to get the part-time
consultant hired to get things going. I would, of course,
be delighted to fill that role but there are many good
people who could do the job. The important thing is to get
it going.
The beauty of it is that no other staff or costs would
be involved -- one of the best and most effective offices in
the Administration is the Youth Office and they would be
both excited and very capable about getting this underway.
It is time for some positive actions, for a minimum
cost the results from this type of program would be, at the
very least, a strongly positive and visible one. Beyond that
lies the potential for truly revitalizing our Party and the
political process. Indeed the potential elements of our
long cherished goal of majority status are there -- without
broad support among young people that status by definition,
will remain unobtainable. This gives us a real shot at the
electoral jackpot.
-
FORD
August 12, 1974
MEMORANDUM
TO:
The President
FROM: Ken Smith
KMB
RE:
A Proposal for the Implementation of Career Education
American public education is widely believed to be
falling slowly apart. It is, I believe, an accurate
judgement. Unresponsive, incredibly bureaucratic and inert
while across the nation the Scholastic Aptitude Test results
fall lower and lower each year, the dropout rate holds steady
and growing numbers of pupils defect to private schools. Of
those who do graduate, fully 40% have no marketable skill or
any prospects of higher education. Of those who do go on to
higher education, 40% drop out with a skill and 35% of those
who do get their degree are prepared for jobs which do not
exist or have (like teachers) 25 competing for each available
job. At the same time, any additional educational funds are
spent on buses, gasoline and tires.
The Queen Mary of Education is dead on course for the
docks with no one on the bridge evincing great concern.
Meanwhile, in perhaps two dozen local school districts,
new educational programs are meeting with great success in
stimulating student interest, training students so that
everyone who graduates from high school will have a marketable
skill and expanding the horizons of students at each level
(K-12) of the opportunities available in the world of work.
Career education (a skill, a job, motivation to a
worthwhile career), properly applied, is a basic answer to
the pervasive illness infecting public education -- but the
will to take the medicine, to effect basic change, just cannot
overcome the ancient inertia. The Queen Mary just won't
respond to the new currents. Unless someone on the bridge
takes control and forces her into the new course, the ship
will be literally plowing into the docks in a relatively
short time.
YORD
STATES
MEMO TO: The President
August 12, 1974
Page 2
Much like the "new politics", career education is
essentially a return to basics. How we ever got so far away
from the basics of education -- skill training, vocational
and social development directed at qualifying for a job and a
productive career -- is for the historians to determine. All
that can be said for sure is that we are nearly 180° away.
It is to the great credit of the Nixon Administration
that the concept of career ed has been extensively modeled
and tested. The models have been remarkably successful. One
of the ignored tragedies of Watergate is that precisely when
the political and societal realities were in concert for
implementing the career concept throughout public education,
the will of the Administration to pursue it was lost or diverted.
I propose, through your active involvement, to press
forward the implementation of career education.
The Requirements
The staff for researching the necessary legisltiave action
is not only available in the White House and the Office of
Education but are in fact waiting for direction.
All that is really needed is top level commitment -- you --
and some determination to do the job instilled throughout the
bureaucracy.
Our research shows that the major problems in a national
implementation are that the Office of Education can't agree on
a definition of "career ed" or "work"! The real testing and
evaluation has been done and a general concensus reached among
educators and students that career education works and can be
one of the most effective educational approaches yet attempted.
Conclusion
The problems, of course, would be many. Opponents would
rise to the fight at once and forces of bureaucratic inertia
aligned with philosophical opponents would be a tough
combination. I have, however, no doubt that the job could be
done. An idea whose time has come is the best political army
FORE
ever fielded -- and the American people are so fed up with
their educational system they are more than ready to try
STATE
something new.
MEMO TO: The President
August 12, 1974
Page 3
Even if we fail at first, a sense of purpose and top
level determination would do everyone involved a world of good.
Furthermore, the groundwork for making the change will be laid
for us to build on over the next two years. I have already
reviewed with a dozen members of Congress on both sides of the
aisle the potential of reworking the legislative thrust of
education to a career education orientation and they were, to
a man, excited about it.
The beauty of it is that the studies all show a minimal,
if any, additional cost to rearrange their structure for career
education. Those same studies show a sharp upturn in student
attendance and interest and teacher satisfaction.
It is also worth noting the old political axiom that
the strongest political impact is that action which personally
affects the greatest number of people. A positive fundamental
change in public education would have the most far-reaching
impact of any domestic program yet attempted by the Administration.
If you are interested, I will follow up with a timetable
and some specifics on a suggested plan of how to proceed.
PREPARE PLAN
NO
KMS
? R. FORD LIBRARY
August 12, 1974
MEMORANDUM
TO:
The President
FROM: Ken Smith
RE:
Voluntary Action
All of the great things have been said about voluntary
action. Many strategies -- and literally mountains of
rhetoric - - have been expended on the subject. Yet the fact
remains that millions of Americans who would get involved
if only sked (and then told how) have never been recruited.
Simply stated, a variety of vehicles (much broader than
VISTA or Peace Corps) must be built to channel those energies
to the best advantage of the country.
In its essential forms, broad categories of involvement
(National Youth Volunteer Corps; Senior Service Corps;
Americans In Action; etc.) would lend themselves to attracting
the greatest interest from the areas of greatest potential
number of volunteers in the population.
These groups would then be put to work on a national
scale on national priorities, perhaps reflecting the goals of
the Bicentennial, such as:
1. Cleaning up the inner cities.
2. Remedial educational and social development work
for inner city residents, particularly young
people.
3. Clearing of rivers, lakes, streams, ocean
beaches, as well as tree planting and other
conservation efforts.
-
FORD
4. Physical assistance, entertainment and related
LIWESIT
activities for the elderly confined to nursing
homes.
5. Similar efforts for orphanages, institutions for
the neglected and delinquent.
6. Similar efforts in institutions for the mentally
retarded and handicapped.
MEMO TO: The President
August 12, 1974
Page 2
The list of things that need to be done is nearly
endless -- but so are the numbers of Americans who would go
to work on them if asked and shown how.
The national staff is already available to direct these
energies (in ACTION and elsewhere). What is needed is to have
new directions given and the necessary legislative action
taken to authorize the redirection of these resources.
In its most succinct form, the proposal is for the
President to ask Americans to get involved in helping America - -
and then providing the methods and the means for them to go to
work.
The reawakening of national spirit, and unity, could be
beyond anyone's hopes if such a program were instituted.
of
FORD
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ALIA 1. FORD LIBRARY
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM TO MR. BUCHEN
FROM: Gwen Anderson
Per your request for political party people who should be seen by
the President, my view is that perhaps in the next couple of weeks
he would not want to appear too partisan. I have listed a few
thoughts for your consideration. Most of the following visits could
be accomplished by joint meetings.
One person who could give an overall party assessment he perhaps
has not seen for some time is Ray Bliss of Ohio, former National
Chairman of the RNC, and presently Vice Chairman of the Republican
National Executive Committee for the Midwest Region.
Joint meeting with campaign chairmen: Representative Bob Michel,
Bill Brock, and Governor Dunn -- along with Campaign Executive
Directors for the Senate, Buehl Berentson; Jack Calkins and Ed
Terrill of the Congressional Campaign Committee; Jim Galbraith,
Republican Governors' Association; Bob Odell, Executive Director,
RNFC, and Eddie Mahe, Political Division, RNC, and Chairman
George Bush.
George Bush should call a meeting of the Republican National
Committee Executive Board, if not the entire Republican National
Committee, so the President can personally give them a pep talk.
Meeting with John McDonald, Iowa, National Chairman of State
Chairmen Association, along with Regional Chairman, Clark
Reed (Southern States), Carla Coray (Western States), John
McDonald is Chairman of Mid-western States, and a vacancy exists
for North Eastern Chairman.
Fore
-2-
Meeting with Dean Burch who has a knowledge of the political side
of the White House as it exists. His judgments would be beneficial.
Has obvious connections with the Hill, Cabinet, and agencies.
cc: Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Seidman
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM TO SCHEDULING
FROM: Gwen Anderson P
Mr. Holmes Tuttle has requested a 30-minute appointment with the
President.
He is a number one business finance man from California closely
associated with Governor Reagan. He is a Ford-Mercury dealer in
Los Angeles, a Director of TWA, and has other such interests.
He also wishes to bring with him a Mr. William French Smith
who is Governor Reagan's attorney. He may also wish to bring
Dr. Bill Banowsky, Republican National Committeeman and President
of Pepperdine University. Mr. Tuttle says that the President knows
what he wants to talk with him about, which obviously appears to be
promoting Governor Reagan for the office of Vice President.
Mr. Tuttle mentioned Justine Dart as being a friend of Mr. Ford's
but that he is in the hospital having a hip operation; and, therefore,
cannot keep his alleged appointment with the President.
Mr. Tuttle can be reached at his office (213/939-4971) or his
home (213/934-6651).
cc: Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Seidman
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FORD
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Continuity VS. Ford Tmprint
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a) Republican loodership
(at least monthly) - CompDovis
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c) Sp One or me two leaders at two = time
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for breakfast (could by Republican
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5. County officials
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Roy Wilking, NAACP; Clarance Mitchell,
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16 Energy NY expansion leaders (Sowhill)
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17 Political
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM TO MR. BUCHEN
FROM: Gwen Anderson
Per your request for political party people who should be seen by
the President, my view is that perhaps in the next couple of weeks
he would not want to appear too partisan. I have listed a few
thoughts for your consideration. Most of the following visits could
be accomplished by joint meetings.
One person who could give an overall party assessment he perhaps
has not seen for some time is Ray Bliss of Ohio, former National
Chairman of the RNC, and presently Vice Chairman of the Republican
National Executive Committee for the Midwest Region.
Joint meeting with campaign chairmen: Representative Bob Michel,
Bill Brock, and Governor Dunn -- along with Campaign Executive
Directors for the Senate, Buehl Berentson; Jack Calkins and Ed
Terrill of the Congressional Campaign Committee; Jim Galbraith,
Republican Governors' Association; Bob Odell, Executive Director,
RNFC, and Eddie Mahe, Political Division, RNC, and Chairman
George Bush.
George Bush should call a meeting of the Republican National
Committee Executive Board, if not the entire Republican National
Committee, so the President can personally give them a pep talk.
Meeting with John McDonald, Iowa, National Chairman of State
Chairmen Association, along with Regional Chairman, Clark
Reed (Southern States), Carla Coray (Western States), John
McDonald is Chairman of Mid-western States, and a vacancy exists
for North Eastern Chairman.
Fore
ween
-2-
Meeting with Dean Burch who has a knowledge of the political side
of the White House as it exists. His judgments would be beneficial.
Has obvious connections with the Hill, Cabinet, and agencies.
cc: Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Seidman
FORD in LIPHARY
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM TO SCHEDULING
FROM: Gwen Anderson
P
Mr. Holmes Tuttle has requested a 30-minute appointment with the
President.
He is a number one business finance man from California closely
associated with Governor Reagan. He is a Ford-Mercury dealer in
Los Angeles, a Director of TWA, and has other such interests.
He also wishes to bring with him a Mr. William French Smith
who is Governor Reagan's attorney. He may also wish to bring
Dr. Bill Banowsky, Republican National Committeeman and President
of Pepperdine University. Mr. Tuttle says that the President knows
what he wants to talk with him about, which obviously appears to be
promoting Governor Reagan for the office of Vice President.
Mr. Tuttle mentioned Justine Dart as being a friend of Mr. Ford's
but that he is in the hospital having a hip operation; and, therefore,
cannot keep his alleged appointment with the President.
Mr. Tuttle can be reached at his office (213/939-4971) or his
home (213/934-6651).
cc: Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Seidman
1.
FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
WILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.
SUBJECT: ECONOMIC CONFERENCES
The seriousness of our economic problems and the
deep-seated concern which exists both here and abroad
suggests the desirability of moving quickly to communi-
cate with key elements of the private sector through a
series of economic meetings and conferences. These
meetings would have three purposes: (1) To define
your policies and convey your attitudes and sense of
urgency with respect to our economic problems; (2)
To request support for those policies, principally in
the form of responsible private price and wage behavior;
and (3) To seek new ideas and to launch several new
initiatives to combat inflation and to meet some newly
emerging problems.
I would suggest five meetings over the next two months.
For these and all other conferences that may be approved,
the policy office involved, in these cases Ken Rush's,
will take the lead for substantive structuring of the
meetings. My suggestions are as follows:
(1) A two and a half hour White House meeting with
labor-management leaders. Your participation could
be limited to one hour. (Schedule Proposal attached)
Purpose: To spell out your policies and ask for
support in promoting responsible wage and price
behavior in the private sector. In addition,
you would ask for the participants' ideas on
other actions which might be taken to combat
inflation.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
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(2) A half-day White House conference on new
approaches to promoting economic growth without
inflation. Your role could be confined to a
few brief remarks at the opening, with your key
economic advisors present throughout. Partici-
pants would include prominent academic and
business economists as well as financial writers.
Purpose: To develop new ideas and initiatives
to meet the current situation, but also to ask
for the participants' thoughts on likely economic
developments and appropriate policy responses over
the next several years.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(3) A half-day White House conference on America and
the international economy. Here again your partici-
pation could be confined to a brief opening statement,
with your key economic advisors remaining throughout.
Participants could include leaders of multinational
corporations, international bankers and labor leaders,
farm organization representatives and academic leaders.
Purpose: To discuss Administration policies and
to solicit support and ideas on a wide range of
international economic problems -- the monetary
system, trade negotiations, relations between the
advanced industrial nations and the resource-rich
developing countries and the problems of world
food availability.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(4) A one-day conference in the field, probably in
New York, on capital formation and the future of
the American economy. We would ask several private
organizations to sponsor such a conference and
consult with us on the agenda and format.
Administration officials would participate through-
out, while you could send a message if your
schedule precludes active participation.
Participants would be affiliated with the sponsoring
organizations.
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Purpose: To focus public attention on a problem
of growing importance and critical significance
to the economy -- how American business will find
the capital required to meet the country's enormous
investment needs. Business leaders are writing me
on this with increasing frequency and some alarm.
It is an excellent area for you to take an impor-
tant initiative. This topic could also raise
to a somewhat higher level of public consciousness
the need to re-examine the trade-offs between
cleaning up the environment and using our capital
resources for productive purposes in order to
combat inflation.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(5) A half-day conference on productivity. Again,
we could ask appropriate organizations to sponsor
such a conference. Again, you could attend for
a major address or send a message which might
include the announcement of several actions you
were taking within the government to stimulate
increases in productivity. Jackson Grayson has
suggested a number of ideas which might be useful
here. Aside from Administration officials,
participants would include members of sponsoring
organizations.
Purpose: To seek new ideas on how to increase
productivity in the private economy, to increase
public understanding of the concept, and to mobilize
business and labor support behind the effort. This
is probably one of the most fundamental things
we could do to combat inflation now and in the future.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
RECOMMENDATION: That you authorize me to proceed with
planning for this entire program.
AGREE
DISAGREE
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
DATE: August 9, 1974
FROM: Bill Baroody, Jr.
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VIA: David N. Parker
MEETING:
Between the President and key labor
and management leaders.
DATE:
Wednesday, August 14, 1974 at
10:00am
PURPOSE:
To discuss ways in which labor and
management can work together with the
Administration in helping to solve
current economic problems and to give
the President an opportunity to ask
for their cooperation.
FORMAT:
Location: The Cabinet Room
Participants: Top leaders from labor
and management. As a core, ten of the
16-18 participants would be the previous
members of the Labor-Management Advisory
Committee which had-been set-up-during
wage/price controls.
Length of Participation: One hour minimum.
Preferred option would be for the President
to stay for the entire 2 1/2 hour meeting.
SPEECH MATERIAL:
Specific talking points to be furnished
at a later date. Generally, the President
should encourage suggestions, recommenda-
tions and assistance in dealing with the
current economic situation, emphasizing
restraint, the need for increased pro-
ductivity and other goals to help retard
the inflation rate.
PRESS COVERAGE:
Photo opportunity only at the beginning
of the meeting.
RECOMMEND:
William J. Baroody, Jr.
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William J. Baroody, Jr.
Jeffrey P. Eves
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PARTICIPATION:
None. Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND:
This would be our third Wednesday
Meeting as previously discussed and
pursuant to my memorandum to then
Vice President Ford dated June 18,
1974.
Participating in the meeting after
the President would be several
economic advisors such as Messrs.
Rush, Stein, Greenspan, Burns
and Secretary Simon.
It would be my recommendation
that the President kick off the
meeting at 10:00am for about an
hour. The meeting would continue
through lunch.
It would further be my recommendation
that the President announce his
intention to hold this meeting during
his address to the Joint Session of
Congress Monday night.
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INVITEES FOR "WEDNESDAY MEETING" AUGUST 14, 1974
1. I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
2. Frank Fitzsimmons
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
3. Paul Hall
Seafarers' International Union of
North America
4. George Meany
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
5. Leonard Woodcock
International Union of United Automobile,
Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America
Elected Prosident
6. Sa 1 Horowitz
Associated General Contractors
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7. Arthur Wood
Sears Roebuck and Company
8. R. Heath Larry
U.S. Steel
9. Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
10. C. Jackson Grayson,
Southern Methodist University
Jr.
11. Sandie Trowbridge
The Conference Board
12. David Packard or
The Business Council & Hewlett Packard Corp.
John Harper
The Business Round Table and Alcoa
Aluminum Company
13. Raleigh Warner
Mobile Oil Company and American
or
Petroleum Institute
John Swearingen
Standard Oil of Indiana
14. William Mitchell or
Safeway
Clarence Adamy
National Association of Food Chains
15.
American Medical Association
16.
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association
17.
The American Bankers Association
August 10, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM: WILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.
In my memorandum to you of August 9th on economic
conferences, I suggested that the second White House
meeting in the series proposed should bring together
academic and business economists as well as some
financial writers.
Let me elaborate on how such a meeting could be used
to neutralize opposition that exists to the so-called
"steady as you go" economic policy.
I would suggest that participants in such a meeting
include a number of prominent economists identified
with the Democratic Party, possibly Paul Samuelson,
Otto Eckstein, Walter Heller, Kermet Gordon, and
Charles Schultze, among others. We would also, of
course, want to include economists identified with
Republicans, i.e., Steve Saulnier, Murray Wiedenbaum,
Paul McCracken, Milton Friedman and Henry Houthaker.
At the conclusion of the White House meeting, I would
suggest that you ask the entire group of economists,
which would number from 12 to 15, to act as an ad hoc
advisory committee to you with specific instructions
to produce a report within, say, a month. This report
should take a look at the current economic situation
and current policies being followed and how they
might appropriately be altered.
The key to this effort would be a specific requirement
which you lay on the group to include in their report
the basic analysis and recommendations on which they
all agree. Beyond this unanimous statement, you would,
of course, welcome individual views as well.
I think such a report would make very clear that
there is very wide agreement among economists of
all persuasions that the policies now being followed -
while perhaps not ideal -- are basically correct and
that there is little room to tighten or loosen monetary
or fiscal policy without running some very grave risks.
This report, and particularly the group's statement
of broad agreement, would help to neutralize the
statements of those who -- largely for political
reasons --- criticize the current policies, but in
actuality have nothing new or different to offer
themselves.
If you are seriously considering holding an economic
"summit" meeting as some in Congress have recommended,
it could be called at the end of the series of issue
oriented meetings outlined in my August 9th memorandum
and after receipt of the above ad hoc advisory committee's
report, say sometime in October.
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Early Options
for Ford Imprint
Personal Touches:
1. Trip to Grand Rapids (Labor Day, Veterans Day?)
2. What he does with his friends golf
3. Visit with top civil servants (careers, pay, etc.)
4. Regional listening sessions
(instead of campaigning)
(2-3 impactical days in one place; TV talk show for several communities;
minimum rallies; few speeches)
5. Swimming pool/golf
6. Visit with young people (perhaps selected by the President's
children or at their schools
7. Meeting his new neighbors in the District of Columbia
8. George Meany's birthday party, Friday, August 16
9. Meet with old Vice Presidential staff
10. August 28 luncheon with Mansfield and Murphy Committee
(should be prepared to have something to say, but the main
purpose is to indicate willingness to go meet the Congress.
11. Swear in a few early appointees, e.g., Greenspan, Carlson,
etc. (indicates awareness of importance of sub-Cabinet)
Walks
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for Ford Imprint
Issues:
Bob Deft
1. Amnesty
2.
Economic policy "summit"
3.
Waiver of blanket executive privilege -- early or with
reorganization
4. Cuba
5. Privacy
6.
Cable -- launch major debate
7. Sharing his education on the economy and/or energy
8.
Bicentennial (?)
9. Meet with education leaders on signing Education Bill
10. New imprint on consumer problems on the occasion of signing
the Consumer Protection Bill
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 9, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
WILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.
SUBJECT: ECONOMIC CONFERENCES
The seriousness of our economic problems and the
deep-seated concern which exists both here and abroad
suggests the desirability of moving quickly to communi-
cate with key elements of the private sector through a
series of economic meetings and conferences. These
meetings would have three purposes: (1) To define
your policies and convey your attitudes and sense of
urgency with respect to our economic problems; (2)
To request support for those policies, principally in
the form of responsible private price and wage behavior;
and (3) To seek new ideas and to launch several new
initiatives to combat inflation and to meet some newly
emerging problems.
I would suggest five meetings over the next two months.
For these and all other conferences that may be approved,
the policy office involved, in these cases Ken Rush's,
will take the lead for substantive structuring of the
meetings. My suggestions are as follows:
(1) A two and a half hour White House meeting with
labor-management leaders. Your participation could
be limited to one hour. (Schedule Proposal attached)
Purpose: To spell out your policies and ask for
support in 'promoting responsible wage and price
behavior in the private sector. In addition,
you would ask for the participants' ideas on
other actions which might be taken to combat
inflation.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
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(2) A half-day White House conference on new
approaches to promoting economic growth without
inflation. Your role could be confined to a
few brief remarks at the opening, with your key
economic advisors present throughout. Partici-
pants would include prominent academic and
business economists as well as financial writers.
Purpose: To develop new ideas and initiatives
to meet the current situation, but also to ask
for the participants' thoughts on likely economic
developments and appropriate policy responses over
the next several years.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(3) A half-day White House conference on America and
the international economy. Here again your partici-
pation could be confined to a brief opening statement,
with your key economic advisors remaining throughout.
Participants could include leaders of multinational
corporations, international bankers and labor leaders,
farm organization representatives and academic leaders.
Purpose: To discuss Administration policies and
to solicit support and ideas on a wide range of
international economic problems -- the monetary
system, trade negotiations, relations between the
advanced industrial nations and the resource-rich
developing countries and the problems of world
food availability.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(4) A one-day conference in the field, probably in
New York, on capital formation and the future of
the American economy. We would ask several private
organizations to sponsor such a conference and
consult with us on the agenda and format.
Administration officials would participate through-
out, while you could send a message if your
schedule precludes active participation.
Participants would be affiliated with the sponsoring
organizations.
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Purpose: To focus public attention on a problem
of growing importance and critical significance
to the economy -- how American business will find
the capital required to meet the country's enormous
investment needs. Business leaders are writing me
on this with increasing frequency and some alarm.
It is an excellent area for you to take an impor-
tant initiative. This topic could also raise
to a somewhat higher level of public consciousness
the need to re-examine the trade-offs between
cleaning up the environment and using our capital
resources for productive purposes in order to
combat inflation.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
(5) A half-day conference on productivity. Again,
we could ask appropriate organizations to sponsor
such a conference. Again, you could attend for
a major address or send a message which might
include the announcement of several actions you
were taking within the government to stimulate
increases in productivity. Jackson Grayson has
suggested a number of ideas which might be useful
here. Aside from Administration officials,
participants would include members of sponsoring
organizations.
Purpose: To seek new ideas on how to increase
productivity in the private economy, to increase
public understanding of the concept, and to mobilize
business and labor support behind the effort. This
is probably one of the most fundamental things
we could do to combat inflation now and in the future.
APPROVED FOR PLANNING
DISAPPROVED
RECOMMENDATION: That you authorize me to proceed with
planning for this entire program.
AGREE
DISAGREE
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
DATE: August 9, 1974
FROM: Bill Baroody, Jr
B
VIA: David N. Parker
MEETING:
Between the President and key labor
and management leaders.
DATE:
Wednesday, August 14, 1974 at
10:00am
PURPOSE:
To discuss ways in which labor and
management can work together with the
Administration in helping to solve
current economic problems and to give
the President an opportunity to ask
for their cooperation.
FORMAT:
Location: The Cabinet Room
Participants: Top leaders from labor
and management. As a core, ten of the
16-18 participants would be the previous
members of the Labor-Management Advisory
Committee which had-been set-up-during
wage/price controls.
Length of Participation: One hour minimum.
Preferred option would be for the President
to stay for the entire 2 1/2 hour meeting.
SPEECH MATERIAL:
Specific talking points to be furnished
at a later date. Generally, the President
should encourage suggestions, recommenda-
tions and assistance in dealing with the
current economic situation, emphasizing
restraint, the need for increased pro-
ductivity and other goals to help retard
the inflation rate.
PRESS COVERAGE:
Photo opportunity only at the beginning
of the meeting.
RECOMMEND:
William J. Baroody, Jr.
STAFF:
William J. Baroody, Jr.
Jeffrey P. Eves
PREVIOUS
PARTICIPATION:
None. Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND:
This would be our third Wednesday
Meeting as previously discussed and
pursuant to my memorandum to then
Vice President Ford dated June 18,
1974.
Participating in the meeting after
the President would be several
economic advisors such as Messrs.
Rush, Stein, Greenspan, Burns
and Secretary Simon.
It would be my recommendation
that the President kick off the
meeting at 10: 00am for about an
hour. The meeting would continue
through lunch.
It would further be my recommendation
that the President announce his
intention to hold this meeting during
his address to the Joint Session of
Congress Monday night.
2
INVITEES FOR "WEDNESDAY MEETING" AUGUST 14, 1974
1. I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
2. Frank Fitzsimmons
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
3. Paul Hall
Seafarers' International Union of
North America
4. George Meany
American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations
5. Leonard Woodcock
International Union of United Automobile,
Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America
Elected Prosident
6. Saul Horowitz
Associated General Contractors
h
7. Arthur Wood
Sears Roebuck and Company
8. R. Heath Larry
U.S. Steel
9. Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
10. C. Jackson Grayson,
Southern Methodist University
Jr.
11. Sandie Trowbridge
The Conference Board
12. David Packard or
The Business Council & Hewlett Packard Corp.
John Harper
The Business Round Table and Alcoa
Aluminum Company
13. Raleigh Warner
Mobile Oil Company and American
or
Petroleum Institute
John Swearingen
Standard Oil of Indiana
14. William Mitchell or
Safeway
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National Association of Food Chains
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15.
American Medical Association
16.
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association
17.
The American Bankers Association
August 10, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM: WILLIAM J. BAROODY, JR.
In my memorandum to you of August 9th on economic
conferences, I suggested that the second White House
meeting in the series proposed should bring together
academic and business economists as well as some
financial writers.
Let me elaborate on how such a meeting could be used
to neutralize opposition that exists to the so-called
"steady as you go" economic policy.
I would suggest that participants in such a meeting
include a number of prominent economists identified
with the Democratic Party, possibly Paul Samuelson,
Otto Eckstein, Walter Heller, Kermet Gordon, and
Charles Schultze, among others. We would also, of
course, want to include economists identified with
Republicans, i.e., Steve Saulnier, Murray Wiedenbaum,
Paul McCracken, Milton Friedman and Henry Houthaker.
At the conclusion of the White House meeting, I would
suggest that you ask the entire group of economists,
which would number from 12 to 15, to act as an ad hoc
advisory committee to you with specific instructions
to produce a report within, say, a month. This report
should take a look at the current economic situation
and current policies being followed and how they
might appropriately be altered.
The key to this effort would be a specific requirement
which you lay on the group to include in their report
the basic analysis and recommendations on which they
all agree. Beyond this unanimous statement, you would,
of course, welcome individual views as well.
STATE
I think such a report would make very clear that
there is very wide agreement among economists of
all persuasions that the policies now being followed ---
while perhaps not ideal -- are basically correct and
that there is little room to tighten or loosen monetary
or fiscal policy without running some very grave risks.
This report, and particularly the group's statement
of broad agreement, would help to neutralize the
statements of those who - largely for political
reasons -- criticize the current policies, but in
actuality have nothing new or different to offer
themselves.
If you are seriously considering holding an economic
"summit" meeting as some in Congress have recommended,
it could be called at the end of the series of issue
oriented meetings outlined in my August 9th memorandum
and after receipt of the above ad hoc advisory committee's
report, say sometime in October.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 11, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
BILL BAROODY, JR
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SUBJECT:
Presidential Meetings
Attached per your request is the first major cut of
names representing selected individuals in various
major sectors of American society. The names have
been broken down into 21 different categories.
These individuals would be well suited to meet with
the President and would be able to intelligently
discuss the status of the situation in their areas
of expertise in useful, objective, and constructive
manner.
These names have been drawn with some care and by and
large will represent the cross-section of opinion
within the various sectors.
In some cases because of the time factor involved in
putting the list together, refinements, additions
and/or deletions will recommend themselves as we
massage the list in the next day or two.
In addition, there are some categories not represented,
e.g., the communications area (TV, radio and print),
transportation, legal profession, etc.
We will analyize the list and make those refinements in
the next day or so if you desire.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS
THE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
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MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
MAJ. GEN. FLOYD EDSALL
-- Adjutant General Association
THEODORE SORENSON
-- President, Reserve Officers
Association
MAJ. GEN. HENRY MCMILLAN
- President, National Guard
Association
COMMANDER
-- Association of U.S. Armies
COMMANDER
-- Navy League
COMMANDER
--- Air Force Association
JAMES ROCHE
-- Chairman, Committee for
Employer Support of the
Guard and Reserve
PRESIDENTS
-- Various Enlisted Men's
Organizations and Non-Commissioned
Officers Associations
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PARAPLEGIACS ASSOCIATION
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION
POLIO FOUNDATION
DEAFNESS ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
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YOUTH GROUPS
BOY SCOUTS
JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CIVIL AIR PATROL
SEA SCOUTS
YOUTH ADVISORY NET
YMCA
YWCA
GIRL SCOUTS
CAMPFIRE GIRLS
BOYS TOWN
BIG BROTHERS
DEPARTMENT
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
COMMANDERS OR PRESIDENTS
-- Of the twelve Congressionally
Chartered Veterans Organizations
COMMANDERS OR PRESIDENTS
- Of the Congressionally
Recognized Veterans Organ-
izations
PRESIDENTS
-- From the Contemporary and
Non-Federally Recognized
Veterans Organizations