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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 74A) 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
APRIL 30, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:50 a.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:50
The President had breakfast.
7:30
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:35
7:40
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
7:45
8:00
The President met with:
Daivd A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence
Agency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)
White House Support Staff
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
8:00
8:30
The President met with his Counsellor, Robert T. Hartmann.
8:32
9:03
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
9:04
9:18
The President met with his Counsellor, John 0. Marsh, Jr.
The President met with:
9:22
10:00
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
9:25
10:00
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
10:05
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
10:05
10:25
The President met to discuss U.S.-Egyptian relations with a
delegation of Egyptian Paraliamentarians. For a list of
attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
10:25
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
10:35
11:05
Mr. Hartmann
10:35
11:05
Mr. Marsh
10:35
11:05
Mr. Rumsfeld
10:35
11:05
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
10:35
11:05
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
10:45
11:05
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
10:45
R
The President was telephoned by Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller.
11:08
The President went to the Roosevelt Room.
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 1 of 3 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
APRIL 30, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
11:08 a.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
11:08
11:50
The President met with the Executive Committee of the House
of Representatives Republican Study Committee. For a
list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
11:50?
The President returned to the Oval Office.
11:50
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
11:50
12:50
The President met with Republican Congressional leaders.
For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "c."
12:50
The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa-
nied by:
Vice President Rockefeller
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA)
The President met with:
12:50
12:55
Vice President Rockefeller
12:50
12:51
Mr. Greenspan
12:55
12:58
The President met with:
Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Lynn
2:02
The President returned to the Cabinet Room.
2:02
3:15
The President met to discuss the "Economic Revitalization
Plan for the City of Detroit." For a list of partici-
pants, see APPENDIX "D."
3:15
The President returned to the Oval Office.
3:15
3:42
The President met with:
Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit
Renaissance and Chairman of the Jewish Agency
for Israel and Chairman of the Fisher New Center
Company, Detroit, Michigan
Mr. Rumsfeld
3:47
3:49
The President met with artist John Ulbricht.
4:01
4:07
P
The President talked with former Senator Charles E. Potter
(R-Michigan), and Vice Chairman of the American Battle
Monuments Commission.
GPO: 1974 OL 555-863
Page 2 of 3 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
APRIL 30, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
4:13 p.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
4:13
4:25
P
The President talked with Mr. Lynn.
4:30
4:50
The President met with:
O.C. "Mike" Carmichael, Jr., Treasurer of the
Republican National Committee (RNC)
Mr. Rumsfeld
5:17
5:45
The President met with:
Charles S. Thomas, Honorary Chairman of the
Republican National Finance Committee and
former Secretary of the Navy
Mr. Hartmann
5:50
6:02
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
6:11
The President went to the Blue Room.
6:11
7:23
The President hosted a reception and meeting with the
Chowder and Marching and S.O.S. Club. For a list of
attendees, see APPENDIX "E."
7:23
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
8:15
The President and the First Lady had dinner.
9:33
9:58
P
The President talked with his son, Michael.
EJ/EJ 5/21/75
GPO: 1974 555-863
Page 3 of 3 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
confirmed by C. Farrar
NSC
EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
The Cabinet Room
April 30, 1975
EGYPTIAN DELEGATION:
Gamal Oteify, Deputy Speaker for the People's Assembly and head of
the delegation
Mrs. Gamal Oteify
Tahsin Bashir, Presidential Press Supervisor for President Sadat
Amr Musa, Egyptian Foreign Ministry Official
Ashraf Ghorbal, Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S.
Zakaria Loufty Gomaa, Chairman, Egyptian Foreign Relations Committee
Mustapha Kamel Murad, Chairman, Egyptian Economic Committee
Mrs. Mustapha Kamel Murad
Roushdi Said, Members, Egyptian Local Government and People's Organization
Committee
Ramzi Stino, Vice Chairman, Egyptian Industry and Power Committee
Mohamed Safwat Mohie e1-Din, Vice Chairman, Egyptian Foreign Relations
Committee
Ahmed al-Demerdash Touni, Member, Egyptian Foreign Relations Committee
Mansour Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Member, Egyptian Planning and Budget
Committee
Mrs. Mansour Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan
Muhieddin Abdul Salam A1-Shazli, Member, Egyptian Transport and Communications
Committee
Abdul Latif abdul Rahman el-Husseiny, Chairman, Egyptian Committee of Transport
Layla Taqla, Member, Egyptian Education and Scientific Research Committee
WHITE HOUSE STAFF:
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HOUSE REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE
by Nancy Kennedy
II
Roosevelt Room, April 30, 1975
--all present
The President
Representative Marjorie S. Holt (Md)
- Chairwoman
- Vice Chairman
Representative Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (Calif.)
- Vice Chairman
Representative Tom Hagedorn (Minn)
- Vice Chairman
Representative Steven D. Symms (Idaho)
- Vice Chairman
Representative John H. Rousselot (Calif)
- Treasurer
Representative William L. Armstrong (Colo)
-
Representative Robert E. Bauman (Md.)
RepresentativeRobin L. Beard (Tenn.)
Representative Clair W. Burgener (Calif)
Representative Del Clawson (Calif)
Representative Samuel L. Devine (Ohio)
Representative William L. Dickinson (Ala)
Representative William F. Goodling (Pa.)
Representative Charles E. Grassley (Iowa)
Representative Jack F. Kemp (NY)
Representative Floyd Spence (SC)
Representative David C. Treen (La.)
Mr. Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
Mr. John O. Marsh, Counsellor
Mr. Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Mr. William Seidman, Exec. Director of the Economic Policy Board & Asst. for
Mr. James Cannon III, Exec. Director of the Domestic
Economic Affairs
Mr. Vern Loen, Spec. Asst. for Legislative Affs.
Council & Asst. for
Mr. Charles Leppert, Jr. , Spec. Asst. for Leg. Affs.
Domestic Affs
Mr. Douglas Bennett, Spec. Assistant for Legislative Affairs.
Mr. Paul O'Neill, Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Mr. James Cavanaugh, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. William Walker, Director of the Presidential Personnel Office and
Deputy Special Trade Representafive-designate
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance confirmed by
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING
Nancy Kennedy -all
The Cabinet Room
present
April 30, 1975
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Cong. Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois)
Cong. Herman T. Schneebeli (R-Pennsylvania)
Cong. John B. Anderson (R-Illinois)
Cong. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio)
Cong. Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan)
Cong. Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R-New York)
Cong. Samuel L. Devine (R-Ohio)
Cong. Jack Edwards (R-Alabama)
Cong. Louis Frey, Jr. (R-Florida)
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President
Cong. James H. Quillen (R-Tennessee)
Cong. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Michigan)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
Sen. Robert T. Stafford (R-Vermont)
Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce
Sen. John Tower (R-Texas)
Sen. Paul J. Fannin (R-Arizona)
Sen. Carl T. Curtis (R-Nebraska)
Sen. Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania)
WHITE HOUSE STAFF:
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA)
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)
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Vernon C. Loen, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs
William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Douglas P. Bennett, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
APPENDIX "D"
"ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT"
The Cabinet Room
Attendance confirmed
April 30, 1975
by Tod Hullin
PARTICIPANTS:
indicates present
THOSE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE
Max Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance and Chmn. of
the Jewish Agency for Israel and Chmn. of the Fisher New Center Co., Detroit, Mich
Henry Ford, III, Co-Chairman, Detroit Renaissance,
Chairman of the Board, Ford Motor Company
Ray W. MacDonald, Director, Detroit Renaissance
Chairman of Burroughs Corporation
Thomas A. Murphy, Director, Detroit Renaissance,
Chairman of the Board, General Motors Corporation
Lynn A. Townsend, Director, Detroit Renaissance,
Chairman of the Board, Chrysler Corporation
Honorable Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit
Honorable William Milliken, Governor of Michigan
Leonard Woodcock, President, United Auto Workers
Gladys Woodward, President, Del Ray United Action Council
Richard Corstonberg, Chairman of New Detroit Corporation
Carl Levin, President, Common Council, City of Detroit
Senator Robert Griffin (R-Michigan)
Senator Philip Hart (D-Michigan)
Congressman Charles Diggs (D-Michigan)
ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL AROUND TABLE
William Coleman, Secretary of Transportation
Edward Levi, The Attorney General
Carla Hills, Secretary of HUD
James T. Lynn, Director of OMB
James Cannon, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs
Executive Director, Domestic Council
William Seidman, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs
APPENDIX "D" -2
4/30/75
THOSE NOT SITTING AT TABLE
Robert McCabe, President, Detroit Renaissance
Joseph L. Hudson, Director, Detroit Renaissance
Chairman of the Board, J. L. Hudson Company
** William G. Meese, Director, Detroit Renaissance
President, Detroit Edison Company
Robert E. Dewar, Director, Detroit Renaissance
Chairman of the Board, S. S. Kresge Company
William Beckham, Jr., Deputy Mayor
William Ciluffo, Executive Assistant to the Mayor
John Dempsey, Commissioner of Social Services, State of Michigan
Bobby Holmes, President, Michigan Teamsters Joint Council # 43
Tom Turner, President, Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council
Rev. Roy Allen, First President, Baptist Pastors Council
Father Clement Kern, Pastor, Holy Trinity Church
Lawrence Doss, President, New Detroit Corporation
Donald Young, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Dwight Havens, President, Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Hood, President Pro Tempore, Common Council, Detroit
ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL NOT AT TABLE
Paul O'Neill, Deputy Director, OMB
William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
James Falk, Associate Director
Max Friedersdorf, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affa
Tod Hullin, Associate Director, Domestic Council
William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs
**
Attendance not confirmed.
APPENDIX "D"-p. 3
4/30/75
Alois Sandner, Press Secretary to the Governor of Michigan
William Nugent, Governor's staff, Michigan
Robert Pisor, Mayor's stafff, Detroit, Michigan
James DeFrancis, Special Assistant to Sen. Robert Griffin (R-Michigan)
APPENDIX "E"
Attendance confirmed
by EPS
indicates present
MEETING WITH THE CHOWDER AND MARCHING SOCIETY AND THE S.O.S. CLUB
The Blue Room
April 30, 1975
The President
Senate
Bill Brock (R-Tennessee)
James A. McClure (R-Idaho)
Robert T. Stafford (R-Vermont)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., (R-Connecticut)
House
John B. Anderson (R-Illinois)
Bill Archer (R-Texas)
William L. Armstrong (R-Colorado)
Robin L. Beard (R-Tennessee)
Clarence J. Brown (R-Ohio)
James T. Broyhill (R-North Carolina)
Clair W. Burgener (R-California)
Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan)
Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi)
Barber B. Conable, Jr., (R-New York)
Lawernce Coughlin (R-Pennsylvania)
Samuel L. Devine (R-Ohio)
Pierre S. duBont (R-Delaware)
Jack Edwards (R-Alabama)
John N. Erlenborn (R-Illinois)
Bill Frenzel (R-Minnesota)
Louis Frey, Jr. (R-Florida)
Willis D. Gradison, Jr. (R-Ohio)
Tom Hagedorn (R-Minnesota)
James F. Hastings (R-New York)
Jack F. Kemp (R-New York)
Tom Kindness (R-Ohio)
Trent Lott (R-Mississippi)
John Y. McCollister (R-Nebraska)
James G. Martin (R-North Carolina)
Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois)
William Henson Moore III (R-Louisiana)
Albert H. Quie (R-Minnesota)
Tom Railsback (R-Illinois)
Ralph J. Regula (R-Ohio)
John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona)
Ronald H. Sarasin (R-Connecticut)
Richard T. Schulze (R-Pennsylvania)
Bud Shuster (R-Pennsylvania)
William A. Steiger (R-Wisconsin)
David C. Treen (R-Louisiana)
Charles E. Wiggins (R-California)
Bob Wilson (R-California)
APPENDIX "E" p.2
4/30/75
Other
John Byrnes, former Congressman (R-Wisconsin)
Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army and former Congressman (R-Georgia)
Glen Davis, former Congressman (R-Wisconsin)
John R. Dellenback, Associate Director of ACTION for International
Operations and former Congressman (R-Oregon)
Craig Hosmer, former Congressman (R-California
Bill Keating
Clark MacGregor, Vice President of United Aircraft Corporation and former
Congressman (R-Minnesota)
Bill Minshall, former Congressman (R-Ohio)
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce and former Congressman (R-Maryland)
Lou Wyman, former Congressman (R-New Hampshire)
Melvin R. Laird, Senior Counsellor for National and International Affairs,
Reader's Digest Magazine, Washington, D. C. and former Secretary of Defense
William E. Cramer, former Congressman (R-Florida) and currently General Counsel
for the Republican National Committee
Charles E. Potter, Vice Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission
and former Congressman and Senator (R-Michigan)
1
William Ayers, former Congressman (R-Ohio)
Staff
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affiars
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor