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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 55, folder \"1976/01/14 - Domestic Council Staff\nMeeting\" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 55 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nSTAFF MEETING\nWednesday, January 14, 1976\n5:30 p.m.\nSituation Room\nTod- -\nCan I mention\nyour change?\nyes\nFORD & LIBRARY 071839\nNar Hullun\npm J mongres\nAGENDA\nStaff Meeting\nJanuary 14, 1976\n1. A. State of the Union, 9\n.m. Monday\nB. Budget, 10 a.m. Wednesday\nC. Ryan: Issues Book. Summaries with quotes\nquickly of SOTU and Budget.\n2. A. Cavanaugh: Deputy Assistant to the President.\nB. Art Fletcher: Deputy Assistant\n(1) Assistant Secretary, Labor Management\nConsultant, Salesman, Teacher\n(2) To sell President's program and the President.\n(3) Cavanaugh to arrange for each of you to meet\nand brief Art next week.\nC. Art Quern: To take over Program and Policy areas.\nD. Steve McConahey: Intergovernmental\nE. Judy Hope: Associate Director for Transportation\n,\nTOR Aullin -\nF. Warren Hendriks: To White House Staff to assist\nJerry Jones and Bill Nicholson in arranging\nCabinet appearances in behalf of the President\nand his programs.\nG. Judy Johnston: To take over much of what Warren\nhas been doing.\nH. Spencer Johnson: Associate Director for Health,\nSocial Security and Public Assistance.\nArt to give brief background on Spencer.\n3. Daily News article (attached).\nFORD is LIBRARY QERALD\nWEDNESDAY,\nFord Mapping\nHealth-Control\nShift to States\nD NATIONS BUILDING\nOSED TO VISITORS\nBy JUDITH RANDAL\nWashington, Jan. 13 (News Bureau)-Under\nTO-DAY\na proposal that President Ford is expccted to\nannounce in his State of the Union message next\nMonday, medicaid and about a dozen other federally\nfunded health programs would be turned over\n4.6.45ST\nentirely to the states, it was learned today.\nThe plan, which has not yet been worked out to the\nlast detail, would give the states about $10 billion in federal\nblock grants in the next fiscal year to spend as the states\nsee fit for almost all health programs that provide direct\nservices to people.\nThese include medicaid, com-\nDoes President Ford's proposal\nmunity mental health programs,\nto shift federal programs to the\nchild immunization, family plan-\nstate represent a plan for na\nning, emergency care and pro-\ntional action or is it aimed all,\nSecurity was increased and visitors were\ngrams that deal with venereal\ncutting Ronald Reagan down to\ndisease.\nsize? See Capitol Stuff, Page 4.\nIn time, the states could expect\nto get more than the $10 billion\nthat is proposed for the next fis-\nquire no approval from the\ncal year, which begins Oct. 1, and\nfederal government, however.\nEgyptian Amba\nonly in the field of drug abuse,\nIn particular, according to\nexcluding alcoholism, would the\nthese sources, Ford must have\nfederal government retain even a\nmodicum of control over how the\nsomething with which to counter\nReagan's advocacy of a $90 bil-\nmoney was spent.\nlion cut in the federal budget\nIsrael's Boycot\nThe block-grant proposal is\nthrough the elimination of social\nseen by most informed sources\nprograms at tht federal level.\nas evidence of President Ford's\nThe block-grant pronosal has\nBy RUSS BRA\nbeen designed by the Office of\nStaff Correspondents of TI\nManagement end Budget meet\nUnited Nations, Jan. 13 Egyptian Amb\nProposed\nthis need.\nthe second day of the United Nations Security\nApproval Termed Unlikely\nwith a denunciation of what he called Israel's \"\nChanges\n\"It doesn't matter if Congress\nWith the UN closed to the\nwill ever approve theplan, and\npublic because of bombs found\nganization's spokesman\nundoubtedly it won't,\" one veter-\nnear the UN building and in\nKhaddoumi, was acco\nWashington, Jan. 18 (News\nan official of the Department of\nfront of the Iragi mission,\ntreatment of a meml\nBureau)-Here is a provision-\nHealth, Education and Welfare\nMeguid warned that Israeli's\nal list of the health programs\nsaid. \"Whether it's feasible or\nboycott of the debate would\nagain today, being seat\nthat would be turned over en-\nnot doesn't bother the adminis-\ndrive the Jewish state further\nSecurity Council table,\ntirely to the states if Congress\ntration a bit. They just want to\ninto isolation. He also declared\nUN member nations, tl\nenacted President Ford' pro-\nhave something down on paper\nthat Israeli's \"display of con-\nArab Emirates and Qa\nposals:\nto counter Reagan, and this is\ntempt\" for the Security Council\nMedicaid\nit.\"\nwould further erode Israeli's\nseated to one side b\nLead-based-paint control\nNonetheless, the proposal is in\nsupport in the world community.\nPresident Salim Ahmed\nRat-control\nthe mainstream of the thinking\nBut he sounded a note of mod-\nTanzania.\nVenereal disease control\nthat characterised the Nixon\neration by noting that \"major\nA Palestinian St\nAlcoholism treatment and\nadministration and has also\nIsraeli politicians are criticizing\nThe PLO was seate\ncontrol\ncharacterized Ford's.\nIsraeli's going into isolation.\ncouncil yesterday with\nImmunization\nBasic to this thinking is the\nHe recalled at statement by former\nprivileges of a UN me\nMaternal and child health\nbelief that the flow of health\nIsraeli Foreign Minister Abba\ncept the right to vote. I\nservices\ndollars from Washington has\nEban that 1975 has proved that\ncotted the debate, refus\nFamily planning and birth\ngrown so large that, as one\ntime was not on Israeli's side\ndown with members of\ncontrol services\nNixon appointee who iis still in\nand that 1976 would be even\nri lalgroup. The Unit\nNeighborhood health centers\nworse for Israel.\nwas the only council n\nCommunity mental health\n(Continued on page 76, col. 1)\nThe Palestine Liberation Or-\noppose PLO participati\ncenters\nMigrant-health services\nEmergency services\nTreatment and rehabilitation\nof those with mental and phys-\nical birth defects\nMore Tinkering in Angola Se\nComprehensive health facili-\nties planning\nSupport for routine public\nAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan. 13 (AP)-Wider American and Soviet invo\nhealth services\nin war-torn Angola was predicted by African diplomats today following the 0\n-Judith Randal\ntion of African Unity's failure to agree on a peace plan for the divided cour\nIn Washington, meanwhile, the\ndetermination to beat Ronald\nWhite House said that President\nmilitary airport of Toto, about\nIn reporting Ford's\nReagan for the Republican presi-\nFord will ask Congress next\n100 miles northwest of Luanda,\nseek Congressional app\ncapturing arms and 12 planes\nAngolan aid, White Ho\ndential nomination, rather than\nweek to lift a ban on American\nwith Zaire markings.\nSecretary Ron Nessen\nas a workable strategy for\nassistance to two pro-Western\nPresident still feels\nhealth care.\nThe Organization of African\nguerrilla groups in the West\nUnity ended its emergency ses-\nsolution is a series of\nOfficials of the Department f\nAfrican nation which gained\nsion here deeply split over\npreviously set.\nHealth, Education and Welfare\nindependence from Portugal last\nwhether to recognize the Popular\n\"These are ceasefire,\nwho were interviewed were\nNovember.\nMovement as the legitimate\nsomewhat sketchy as to exactly\nall foreign intervention,\nOfficials of those two groups,\nAngolan government or to com-\nhow the plan would work. But\ndrawal of all foreign f\nthey emphasized that states\nthe National Front and the Na-\nmit itself to a three-sided coali-\na government of nation\nwould not be able immediately to\ntional Union, and of the Soviet.\ntion as requested by the two\nin Angola,\" Nessén said\nbacked Popular Movement vowed\npro-Western groups.\ndrop federally funded programs\nHe added that Ford\nalready in place. Any elimination\nto continue their civil war at the\nFord's Feeling\ntinue to work through d\nof such programs, they said,\nconclusion of the three-day sum-\nDiplomats conceded that the\nchannels to give a\nwould occur only after a transi-\nmit of African leaders here.\nfailure was a humiliation for the\namount of assistance\ntion period of several years.\nIn a dispatch from the Ango-\ngroup, the first time in 12 years\ntries whose share tho\n:+\nhas\ntn\nfind\nel\nand\nhe\nwill\nseek\ncong"
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