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WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT
X MEDIA
WORKSHEET
H . INTERNAL
Subject Codes:
Name of Document:
BRIEFING PAPERS FOR
PR007.01
PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULED
APPOINTMENTS FOR
MAR 1381
1)
Subject: Meetine with Spencer W. Kimball,
president 187 the Church of Jesus
RM 033.07
Christ (Marmbno) of Latter day saints
PP 012.03
2) Luncheon
with staff
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for Wriffing prior to meeting
PR016
york Daily Kaws
3) Meeting with the Cabinett
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discuss: :
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A 1981 Farm Bill
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B) Congressional Veto
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Referral Note:
UNPUBLISHED
THE WHITE HOUSE
March 12, 1981
WASHINGTON
3:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Friday, March 13, 1981
FRANK JOHNSTON, WASH. DOST PHONE, SHOT PICTURE
9:02 - OWN
PRGS. T Ed MEESE.
8:45 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker, Meese, Deaver)
9:20
-- EMPB MKD Bin CLARK
9
am
National Sécurity Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
9:36 (Richard V. Allen) U.P, MURPHY, Em, MKD, SB, Bill COARK
9:30 am
Meeting with James Baker, Ed Meese,
Oval Office
(15 min)
Michael Deaver, Max Friedersdorf and
James Brady
10:00 am
Meeting with Spencer W. Kimball, President
Oval Office
(15 min)
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints
(Elizabeth Dole)
Press Photo Pool
(TAB A)
10:21 10
DEPART
10:15 am Staff Time 10:22 Em/tB - 10:37 DEPART
Oval Office
(90 min)
11:45 am Working Lunch 12:46-OURL
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
(David Gergen)
(TAB B)
No Press Coverage
(Briefing material
12:55
PRESS
alas
Room
-
ATLANTA
distributed separately)
AD ANNOUNCED
1:00 pm
Cabinet Meeting
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
(Craig Fuller)
1:07-2:20
(TAB C)
25 RESIDENCE
Approx.
The President departs South Lawn for
South Lawn
3:30 pm
AAFB for trip to New York City
SEN. LAYAGET
(Briefing book provided
separately)
3.47 AIR Foree ONE WHERES up
UNPUBLISHED
THE WHITE HOUSE
March 12, 1981
WASHINGTON
3:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE
Friday, March 13, 1981
8:45 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker, Meese, Deaver)
9:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Richard V. Allen)
9:30 am
Meeting with James Baker, Ed Meese,
caue.
Oval Office
(15 min)
Michael Deaver, Max Friedersdorf and
James Brady
10:00 am Meeting with Spencer W. Kimball, President
Oval Office
(15 min)
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints
(Elizabeth Dole)
Press Photo Pool
(TAB A)
10:15 am
Staff Time Briefing book
Oval Office
(90 min)
11:45 am
Working Lunch
(16 people)
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
(David Gergen)
(TAB B)
No Press Coverage
(Briefing material
distributed separately)
1:00 pm
Cabinet Meeting
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
(Craig Fuller)
(TAB C)
Approx.
The President departs South Lawn for
South Lawn
3:30 pm
AAFB for trip to New York City
(TAB D)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1981
MEETING WITH SPENCER W. KIMBALL
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1981
THE OVAL OFFICE
10:00 A.M. (15 MINUTES)
and
FROM: ELIZABETH H. DOLE
I. PURPOSE
Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), will present you with
genealogical records on your family.
II. BACKGROUND
A. The genealogical records will include information on
your paternal line in the U.S. back to the 1850's and
information on your maternal line. (DeBretts Peerage in
England is covering your paternal line before the 1850's.)
B. The Church places great emphasis on families and
genealogical research and encourages people not only to
seek information about their ancestors but also to
write their own personal and family journals and histories.
C. President Kimball, who will be 86 on March 28, traveled
15,000 miles in the South Pacific February 9 to 23 and has
been traveling since February 28. March 14 he will attend
the funeral of his sister Alice Kimball Nelson, mother of 12,
in Arizona. He is the only surviving child of his parents.
D. Further background on the Church is attached.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Spencer W. Kimball
D. Arthur Haycock, Secretary to President Kimball
Gordon B. Hinckley, Council of the Twelve
W. Don Ladd, Regional Representative of the Twelve
Richard S. Beal, Deputy Assistant to the President
IV. PRESS PLAN: Photo opportunity.
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
A. Photo of you and Spencer W. Kimball and genealogical records.
B. Group photo.
C. Discussion.
Attachment: Further Background
FURTHER BACKGROUND
Welfare services and preparedness programs:
The personal and family preparedness standards stress: (1) Literacy
and education, (2) career development, (3) financial and resource
management, (4) home production and storage, (5) physical health,
and (6) social-emotional and spiritual strength.
Needy members are encouraged to seek assistance from family and
Church, rather than the government, and to work, as they are able,
for assistance received.
Members are encouraged to plant gardens and also to store one year's
supply of food, other necessities, and if possible fuel, as they
are able, depending on local circumstances and laws.
The Church was organized April 1830 through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
President Kimball is the prophet today, the successor to Joseph Smith.
Current membership: 4,700,000 members worldwide (3,265,000 in
the U.S.) and 12,591 congregations in 81 countries.
Scriptures of the Church include: The Bible, the Book of Mormon,
the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
Missionary program:
30,000 missionaries serve in 188 missions worldwide 24 months.
Missionaries are supported by themselves or their families.
Health code:
Members strive to live by good principles of nutrition, exercise,
and physical fitness, including abstinence from coffee, tea,
alcoholic drinks, tobacco, and harmful drugs.
Family emphasis:
Members hold family home evening each week.
Couples are married in temples for time and eternity.
Nineteen temples are in operation, nine announced or under construction.
The Washington D.C. Temple is the largest.
Women's organization:
The women's organization, the Relief Society, was organized 139
years ago by Joseph Smith on March 17, 1842. It has 1,500,000
members (1,054,500 in the U.S.) and may be the largest women's
organization in the world.
Children's and youth programs:
The children's Primary has 650,000 members, and there are extensive
programs for teenagers and Scouts.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1981
LUNCHEON MEETING ON NEW YORK
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
CABINET ROOM
11:45 a.m.
FROM: DAVE GERGEN Do
I. PURPOSE
Briefing for meeting with New York Daily News, March 14
II. BACKGROUND
Briefing materials to be sent separately
III. PARTICIPANTS
Richard Allen
Martin Anderson
James Baker
Joanne Bistany
Jim Brady
Joe Canzeri
Dick Darman
Michael Deaver
Bob Douglas (New York visitor)
Craig Fuller
Ed Harper
Edwin Meese
Dave Stockman
Lyn Nofziger
Rich Williamson
IV. PRESS PLAN
No coverage.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1981
MEETING WITH THE CABINET
DATE:
March 13, 1981
LOCATION:
Cabinet Room
TIME:
1:00 PM (60 minutes)
FROM:
Craig L. Fuller
as
I.
PURPOSE
Scheduled meeting of the full Cabinet.
II.
BACKGROUND
The agenda consists of two major items requiring policy
guidance and Presidential decisions. Four additional
items are on the agenda as information items.
Policy items:
1. 1981 Farm Bill (CM 26) (Note: "CM" numbers are
assigned to all Cabinet Matters)
This matter was discussed previously in a full
Cabinet meeting. Several points of view were
expressed concerning the various elements of the
Farm Bill. The Department of Agriculture was
instructed to provide a point-by-point analysis
of the measure and bring the matter back to the
full Cabinet.
The Department of Agriculture, working with OMB,
determined that a two-part presentation was required.
Their first presentation, at this Cabinet meeting,
concerns the specific policy issues contained within
the Farm Bill. Their second presentation will concern
the specific legislation which will be drafted once
policy guidance is received.
2
The objective for this Cabinet meeting is to provide
policy guidance to Secretary Block on the issues he
has outlined in his memorandum under consideration.
Final decisions by the President can and should
occur once the detailed legislative policy is
developed and fully staffed.
The material submitted by the Department of Agriculture
is lengthy. It was distributed to all Cabinet members
for their review and evaluation. Outlined below are
the essential elements of their presentation.
Overview:
The 1981 Farm Bill authorizes the major
programs undertaken by the Department
of Agriculture.
Without a new Farm Bill the provisions
of "permanent" legislation would apply,
resulting in higher budget outlays, higher
food costs and greater inflationary pressures.
The Department of Agriculture's proposal
emphasizes recoverable outlays and discretionary
authority for program management.
Key Policy Issues :
The dairy program is currently the most costly
commodity program. To bring expenditures under
control, the dairy price support program must
be reduced (over one-half of the $1.8 billion
spent in FY 81 for price support was spent on
dairy products).
The elimination of direct payments and production
controls for wheat, feed grains and cotton is
being recommended. The remaining question is
whether we want to retain stand-by authority for
some of these programs in case an excess supply
problem occurs. Agriculture maintains that in
the past, such production controls have helped
minimize budget controls.
3
The Department of Agriculture indicates that it
is unlikely that Congress will enact a bill that
does not address commodity loan levels for the
1982 crops; hence, the Administration must agree
upon appropriate levels that can be defended
before the Congress. Agriculture suggests that
the loan levels be set below market-clearing
levels and that they be set, specifically, at the
discretion of the Secretary. Interest rates on
the loans would reflect the government's cost of
borrowing to insure full cost recovery, according
to Agriculture. Some will argue for greater
reliance on commercial credit markets to minimize
price supports.
Specific recommendations are made regarding:
rice:
abolish acreage allotments; reduce
prices, disaster payments and set-
asides; continue loans
peanuts:
abolish acreage allotments, reduce
poundage marketing quota 10 percent
annually; Secretary would set loan
rates (this is a small program but
controversial recommendation).
wool:
revert to basic authority which is
75% of parity
It is suggested that farmer-owned grain and
wheat reserves continue to be authorized, but
under a simplified operation. The debate on
this matter may rest with the form of incentive
used with this program.
The tobacco program does not expire along with
the other programs discussed. Agriculture advises
that the Administration must determine whether it
wants to change tobacco acreage allotments, marketing
quotas and price supports that date back to the 1930's.
The Department of Agriculture has provided assistance
for agricultural exports in two forms: direct loans
(since the 1970's) and loan guarantees (since 1980)
The issue is whether one or both programs should
continue.
4
2. Congressional Veto (CM 28) -- The Attorney General
The Attorney General prepared a paper recommending
that the President oppose the Congressional Veto
on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and is
an encroachment by the Congress on the exercise of
Presidential authority.
All comments received from Departments concurred
except Secretary Bell at Education who questioned
our timing in light of our major legislative efforts
underway on the Hill. David Stockman, who has been
on record (from his Congressional days) as a supporter
of the measure, phoned in a "no comment."
Information Items:
3. Review of legislative testimony -- Ed Meese
4. Status of Regional Personnel -- Ed Harper/Pen James
5. Advisories on Critical Issues -- Ed Meese
6. Departmental Public Affairs Activity -- Ed Meese
III. PARTICIPANTS (list will be attached to agenda)
IV.
PRESS PLAN
No press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The President should call the meeting to order. Indicate
that two weeks ago the Department of Agriculture was asked
to provide the Cabinet with an analysis of the Farm Bill
and they have managed to fill the binders with "Part I: a
Discussion of Major Issues." Call on Jack Block to discuss
the farm bill. The remainder of the meeting goes according
to the agenda.