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Folder Title: 11/17/1983 (case file 198217)
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WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT
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THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Thursday, November 17, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker/Meese)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(McFarlane)
9:45 am
Senior Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
Phone sall in Turdean
1120-11.26
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:08-1:10
Dane reugen Pause comen
1:30 pm
Meeting with President and Secretary
Oval Office
(5 min)
General of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (Whittlesey)
1:45 pm
Drop by Swearing in Ceremony for
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
Susan Phillips as Chairman, CFTC
(Herrington)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Cabinet Council on
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
Human Resources (Fuller)
3:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
4:00 pm
Personnel Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Herrington)
4:30 pm
Administrative Time
Oval
Office
(20 min)
1. Photo with Alzheimer's Disease
Association Representatives (Whittlesey)
2. Meeting with Heather Ross (Ryan)
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3. Loyal Meek - Phoenix Gazette (Speakes)
4 fred VON HAYEL as ( Em)
5:00 pm
Taping Session (Elliott/Goode)
Diplomatic
(15 min)
1. Governor's Reception in
Reception
connection with Army Navy Game
Room
2. Council of State Governments
3. Christmas Message for U.S.
Service Men and Women
REVISED
UNP 11/16/83
7:30 pm
CABINET COUNCIL ON HUMAN RESOURCES
November 17, 1983
PARTICIPANTS
The President
See. Block
The Vice President
Secretary Hecklen
Attorney General Smith
Secretary Baldrige
Secretary Bell
Secretary Pierce cer
Edwin Meese III
Jack Svahn, Assistant to the President for Policy Development
Deputy Secretary McNamar
(Representing Secretary Regan)
Deputy Secretary Thayer
(Representing Secretary Weinberger)
Deputy Secretary Lyng
(Representing Secretary Block)
Under Secretary Ford
(Representing Secretary Donovan)
Acting Deputy Secretary Burnley
(Representing Secretary Dole)
Acting Secretary Boggs
(Representing Secretary Hodel)
Deputy Director Wright
(Representing Director Stockman)
Deputy U. S. Trade Representative Lighthizer
(Representing Ambassador Brock)
William Niskanen
(Representing Chairman Feldstein)
Deputy Administrator Alvarez
Jim Jenkins, O+C
(Representing Administrator Walters)
Richard Darman, Assistant to the President and Deputy to the
Chief of Staff
mike
Craty FURL Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs
Burrody
David Gergen, Assistant to the President for Communications
John Hennington, Assistant to the President for Presidential
Communications
Personnel
Larry Speakes, Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy
Press Secretary
Lee Verstandig, Assistant to the President for
Intergovernmental Affairs
Paul Simmons, Executive Secretary
Donald Clarey, Associate Director, Office of Cabinet Affairs
For Presentation:
Bruce Chapman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of
the Office of Planning and Evaluation
Carl Anderson, OPD
Additional Attendees:
Jack Courtemanche, Deputy Assistant to the President for
Public Liaison
Kenneth Cribb, Assistant Counsellor to the President
Jim Cicconi, Special Assistant to the President and
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Nancy Risque, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative
Affairs
Roya Porter, I OPD
THE SCHEDULE OF
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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Thursday, November 17, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
9:00-9:25 9:00-
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker/Meese)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing 9:25 -9:52
Oval Office
(15 min)
(McFarlane) AE FARLANE, the Em, UP BULA
POINOSETER
9:45 am
Senior Staff Time 9:52
Oval Office
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(15 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:30 pm
Meeting with President and Secretary
Oval Office
(5 min)
General of the National Conference
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of Catholic Bishops (Whittlesey) 1131-1:411
(TAB A)
1:45 pm
Drop by Swearing in Ceremony for
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
Susan Phillips as Chairman, CFTC
1:47-1:59
(Herrington)
(TAB B) (draft remarks
attached)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Cabinet Council on 2:03 3:02 Gabinet Room
(60 min)
Human Resources (Fuller)
(TAB C)
3:00 pm
Personal Staff Time 3:02-4:02
Oval Office
(60 min)
4:00 pm
Personnel Time 4:02-4:20
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Herrington), DUVCOP, an
4:30 pm
Administrative Time 4:32-
Oval Office
(15 min)
1. Photo with Alzheimer's Disease
Association Representatives (Whittlesey)
2. Meeting with Heather Ross (Ryan)
(TAB D)
3. Loyal Meek, Editor of Phoenix
Gazette (Speakes)
5:00
*. FRED VON HAMEK
4.45 pm
Taping Session (Elliott/Goode)
-5:11
Diplomatic
(15 min)
1. Governor's Reception in
Reception
connection with Army Navy Game
Room
2. Council of State Governments
3. Christmas Message for U.S.
(TAB E)
Service Men and Women
UNP 11/16/83
4:00 pm
THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Thursday, November 17, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker/Meese)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(McFarlane)
9:45 am
Senior Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:30 pm
Meeting with President and Secretary
Oval Office
(5 min)
General of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (Whittlesey)
1:45 pm
Drop by Swearing in Ceremony for
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
Susan Phillips as Chairman, CFTC
(Herrington)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Cabinet Council on
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
Human Resources (Fuller)
3:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
4:00 pm
Personnel Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Herrington)
4:30 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(20 min)
1. Photo with Alzheimer's Disease
Association Representatives (Whittlesey)
2. Meeting with Heather Ross (Ryan)
3. Loyal Meek - Phoenix Gazette (Speakes)
5:00 pm
Taping Session (Elliott/Goode)
Diplomatic
(15 min)
1. Governor's Reception in
Reception
connection with Army Navy Game
Room
2. Council of State Governments
3. Christmas Message for U.S.
Service Men and Women
REVISED
UNP 11/16/83
7:30 pm
THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Thursday, November 17, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker/Meese)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(McFarlane)
9:45 am
Senior Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:30 pm
Meeting with President and Secretary
Oval Office
(5 min)
General of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (Whittlesey)
(TAB A)
1:45 pm
Drop by Swearing in Ceremony for
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
Susan Phillips as Chairman, CFTC
(Herrington)
(TAB B) (draft remarks
attached)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Cabinet Council on
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
Human Resources (Fuller)
(TAB C)
3:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
4:00 pm
Personnel Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Herrington)
4:30 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
1. Photo with Alzheimer's Disease
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Association Representatives (Whittlesey)
2. Meeting with Heather Ross (Ryan)
(TAB D)
3. Loyal Meek, Editor of Phoenix
Gazette (Speakes)
5:00
4:45 pm
Taping Session (Elliott/Goode)
Diplomatic
(15 min)
1. Governor's Reception in
Reception
connection with Army Navy Game
Room
2. Council of State Governments
3. Christmas Message for U.S.
(TAB E)
Service Men and Women
7nd Vould
UNP 11/16/83
4:00 pm
THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Thursday, November 17, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker/Meese)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(McFarlane)
9:45 am
Senior Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
10:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(2 hrs)
12:00 pm
Lunch with the Vice President
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:30 pm
Meeting with President and Secretary
Oval Office
(5 min)
General of the National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (Whittlesey)
(TAB A)
1:45 pm
Drop by Swearing in Ceremony for
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
Susan Phillips as Chairman, CFTC
(Herrington)
(TAB B) (draft remarks
attached)
2:00 pm
Meeting with Cabinet Council on
Cabinet Room
(60 min)
Human Resources (Fuller)
(TAB C)
3:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
4:00 pm
Personnel Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Herrington)
4:30 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
1. Photo with Alzheimer's Disease
Association Representatives (Whittlesey)
2. Meeting with Heather Ross (Ryan)
(TAB D)
3. Loyal Meek, Editor of Phoenix
Gazette (Speakes)
4:45 pm
Taping Session (Elliott/Goode)
Diplomatic
(15 min)
1. Governor's Reception in
Reception
connection with Army Navy Game
Room
2. Council of State Governments
3. Christmas Message for U.S.
(TAB E)
Service Men and Women
UNP 11/16/83
4:00 pm
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
NOVEMBER 15,1983
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
DATE:
November 17,1983
TIME:
1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Oval Office
I. PURPOSE:
To congratulate Bishop Malone on his election to the
Presidency of the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops and to discuss briefly with him issues of
common concern.
II. BACKGROUND:
On November 15, 1983, Bishop Malone was elected to the
Presidency of the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops for a 3 year term. He had previously served as
Vice President. He replaces Archbishop John R. Roach.
Bishop Malone will be responsible for leading the
organization of Catholic bishops as they address
the issues of the role of women and the subject of
social justice and capitalism over the next several
years.
The American Catholic Bishops are actively supporting
the Administration on tuition tax credits.
III. PARTICIPANTS:
James W. Malone, President of the National
Catholic Conference of Bishops and Monsignor
Daniel F. Hoye, General Secretary of the U.S.
Catholic Conference of Bishops.
IV. PRESS PLAN:
White House Photographer
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
President greets Bishop Malone and Monsignor Hoye and
congratulates the Bishop on his election. Brief
discussion of issues of common concern follows.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS
I want to thank you and all the Bishops
for the tremendous effort you have
exerted in support of the tuition tax
credit bill. Much more pressure than
Congress anticipated has been exerted on
this issue which is so vital to private
education in this country.
Let me say that tuition tax credits is
an idea whose time has come. This
legislation is one of my very highest
priorities. I believe that parents have
the right and duty to have their
children educated in accordance with
their own values. The tuition tax
credit bill which the Senate took up
Wednesday will greatly assist parents to
exercise this right by giving more
equitable Federal treatment to private
as well as public elementary and secondary
schools.
The federal government already gives
direct and indirect aid to
state-supported local schools amounting
to $593 per student per year.
My bill for tuition tax credits, with
credits eventually rising to $300 per
year, will make Federal policy fair and
will recognize the immense contribution
made to American education by private
schools and the parents who support
them. It will provide badly needed
relief from the "double taxation" those
parents now pay.
It has been a long fight to get this
bill this far. I will keep fighting
until both Houses vote on this bill,
pass it, and send it to my desk for
signature.
I look forward to working with you and
with the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops in exploring the ways that we
can protect the sanctity of human life.
The fight is now over the protection of
handicapped new borns. We have various
regulations under consideration at HHS
to help enforce this protection. Also,
the Justice Department is filing to get
the records on Baby Jane Doe in Long
Island. The Vatican statement last week
urging treatment for this spina bifida
infant was a very positive step and is
greatly appreciated. I hope you feel
free to coordinate with Surgeon General
Koop on this issue.
I know how concerned you as religious
leaders are over the issue of peace and
disarmament. I want to assure you that
I will do everything within my power to
secure a just and lasting peace that
will place at the absolute minimum, if
not eliminate, the risk of the horror of
nuclear war.
No one knows better than you that the
American people are yearning for a
spiritual revival and included within
this is the revival of the American
family.
We are exploring various ways
in which to strengthen the family
through protection of it from
pornography, particularly the noxious
evil of child pornography, possible
changes in the tax structure to benefit
the family and other measures. I hope
you feel free to work closely with us on
these matters which will benefit from
the contribution you have to make.
We would like to keep you as well
informed as we can of this
Administration's policies and we also
would like to hear from you while these
policies are in their formative stage.
I have asked Faith Whittlesey and Bob
Reilly to insure that the channels of
communication are open at all times.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1983
SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR SUSAN PHILLIPS
DATE: November 17, 1983
LOCATION: Roosevelt Room
TIME: 1:45 P.M. (10 minutes)
FROM: John Herrington jsH
I.
PURPOSE
Susan Phillips swearing-in as Chairman of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission.
II. BACKGROUND
Susan Phillips is the first woman to be appointed Chairman
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She has served
as Acting Chairman during the previous several months and
was appointed as a Commissioner in 1981 by President
Reagan. She is also the first woman commissioner to serve.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Secretary Block
Susan Phillips
IV. PRESS PLAN
Full Coverage
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Opening remarks by Secretary Block
Swearing-in by Secretary Block
Remarks by President Reagan (attached)
Remarks by Susan Phillips
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1983
MEETING WITH THE CABINET COUNCIL ON HUMAN RESOURCES
DATE:
November 17, 1983
LOCATION:
Cabinet Room
TIME:
2:00pm (60 minutes)
FROM:
Craig L. Fuller
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I.
PURPOSE
To meet with the Cabinet Council on Human Resources to
receive a briefing on the demographic aspects of how social
programs and other factors affect families in the Nation.
II. BACKGROUND
Fairness for families has been an organizing theme for this
Administration. Eighty-eight percent of Americans live in
families, with half that number having children under 18.
This briefing is timely as Thanksgiving week is designated
as National Family Week.
The briefing will address the following points. First, an
explanation of the demographics of what is affecting fam-
ilies. Second, how various social programs, ostensibly
designed for the poor, made matters worse. Third, the
effect tax and spending policies have had on non-poor
families. Finally, a discussion of legislative and adminis-
trative proposals designed to meet your goal of defending
the American home.
III. PARTICIPANTS
A list will be attached to the agenda.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
None
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
You will take your seat in the Cabinet Room and the Cabinet
Council will receive this briefing from Bruce Chapman,
Deputy Assistant to the President for Planning and
Evaluation. This briefing will be accompanied by slides.
After the briefing, the topics outlined will be discussed.
Attachment: Synopsis of the briefing
FAIRNESS FOR FAMILIES
(Synopsis)
Family stability is the cornerstone of this country. As
President Reagan said recently, "Rebuilding America begins with
restoring family strength and preserving family values." Both
have been eroded by government meddling and shortsightedness.
Both must now be reinforced.
Eighty-eight percent of Americans live in families. Fifty
percent of these families are engaged in the important task of
rearing children. Many of them are having a hard time doing it.
And at the root of their problems are the liberal by-words "spend"
and "tax."
Single-parent families have mushroomed from nine percent in
1960 to 22 percent of all families with children in 1982. Divorce
still terminates one out of every two marriages. Just during the
decade of the '70s, out-of-wedlock births rose from six percent to
10 percent among Whites and from 38 percent to 55 percent for
Blacks. That rise, undoubtedly was due, at least in part, to the
financial and leisure appeal of welfare.
In fact, in field after field, by rewarding poverty until it
became competitive with work and a two-parent family, the welfare
state undermined family cohesion and institutionalized poverty.
Lower income Blacks were particularly hard hit. Unable to compete
with government giveaways, Black males at the lower end of the
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economic scale began dropping out of the labor force in near-record
numbers, and at a time when middle and upper income Blacks had
higher participation rates than comparable Whites.
The Great Society and the welfare mentality it produced not
only failed to end dependency, they promoted it. And in the process,
they deprived children of an optimal home environment and contributed
to a whole array of social problems. Too often the results of
poverty, divorce and out-of-wedlock births are reflected in higher
rates of crime, drug and alcohol addiction, suicide, child abuse
and even child prostitution and murder. Even liberal sociologists
admit to that.
Moreover, when government wasn't offering handouts as father
substitutes, it was taxing productive, working families for the
privilege of having children. Hardest hit in this case are families
in which only one parent is a breadwinner.
The dependency exemption, for example, which was $600 in 1948,
is now $1,000. Had it been indexed for income growth, it would
have equalled $4,400 in 1981 and would reach $5,600 in 1984. The
ZBA or zero tax bracket is also insensitive to family size. Small
wonder, then, that today a majority of women who have children under
age six, whether married or divorced, are working outside the home.
Small wonder that their labor force participation rate almost
equals that of all adult women, 53 percent. Meeting the challenge
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of a career may be one motivating force in this, but making ends
meet is certainly another.
In fact, between 1948, when the government valued childrearing,
and 1984, if present laws and trends continue, the tax burdens of
single persons and married couples without children will rise at a
rate of just under five percent of income. But unless changes are
made, increases in the tax burden of households with children will
range from 8.3 to 10.1 percent.
In the rural past, children were hands to work as well as
mouths to feed. Having children was a form of social security and
medicare, both of which the government now assures. Today, however,
the family that rears a number of children is not investing in its
own future, it's investing in society's future.
Generally speaking, parents invest $100,000 in each child from
birth to college graduation. Society, on the other hand, as a
result of 12 years of "free" education and dependent exemptions,
invests approximately $28,500. In return, the family, aside from
the love and sense of continuity a child provides, receives virtually
nothing. Meanwhile, society receives, among other things, an
estimated $350,000 in taxes.
Maybe that's why the birth rate in this country has been below
the 2.1 replacement level for a dozen years. Maybe that's why the
Baby Boom generation, media hype to the contrary, has produced a
Baby Bust. Plainly, the only children whose births the liberal
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policies of the Great Society encouraged were those born out of
wedlock and into welfare. Yet society has an enormous stake in the
willingness of parents to raise the next generation and raise it
well. Where else will this nation find the necessary manpower for
business, for industry, for the military? Where else will it find
taxpayers to meet the next century's social security and medicare
bills?
President Reagan has made a good beginning in calling attention
to the importance of the family and the current plight of the
family. Moreover, his Administration has made a good beginning in
addressing the needs of the family. By reducing inflation and
direct taxation, by enforcing court-ordered child support, by
increasing tax credits for child care and by attacking drug addiction
and crime, it has begun the task of shoring up the family for all
families. It must continue to expand its efforts, because the
well-being of families is the key social issue in the United States.
The Baby Boom generation that has been, and will continue to be, the
driving force in American demographic change is getting older.
Seventy-four million strong, most are now in the center of their
household forming and parenting years. The decisions they make now
will profoundly influence the size and the quality of the next
generation of Americans. The decisions they make now will, in
fact, determine this nation's future.
Elements for a Family Program
o Taxation: Raise the income tax dependency exemption and the
earned income tax credit.
o Housing: clause). First-time home purchase tax credit (with a sunset
o Welfare Reform: Increase enforcement of child support;
workfare (as already proposed).
o Adoption: Require adoption to be considered as an option in
government-financed counselling centers.
o Alternatives to early motherhood for teenage girls in poor
neighborhoods: schooling, counselling (to postpone premature
sex), adoption, work experience.
o Education: Tuition tax credits; education savings accounts.
O Job Division, where possible, to convert more federal jobs into
part-time jobs, for the benefit of mothers who need to work but
want to spend as much time as possible with their children.
O Employment: Lower minimum wage for youth.
o Handicapped: Encouragement of family care where desirable.
o
Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse Prevention: Comprehensive Crime
Control Bill
O Child Abuse Prevention: Families Initiative of HHS (also
relevant to other issues)
o Runaways: A national missing children's tracking center.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEETING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND
RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION
DATE:
November 16, 1983
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME:
4:30 p.m.
FROM:
Faith R. Whittlesey
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I.
PURPOSE
To illustrate President Reagan's support of the efforts
of the National Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Association and the proclamation declaring November as
"National Alzheimer's Disease Month".
II. BACKGROUND
Alzheimer's Disease is a neurological disease afflicting
one and a half million Americans and is presently the
fourth leading cause of death among adults. The public's
awareness of the disease and funding for research has
greatly accelerated recently, due to the publicity of
Rita Hayworth's affliction with the disease.
The President recently sent a message to a fundraising
event and tribute for Rita Hayworth. In September, he
signed a proclamation declaring November as "National
Alzheimer's Disease Month".
III. PARTICIPANTS
Yasmin Aga Khan, Rita Hayworth's daughter; Jerome Stone,
President; Rhonie Berlinger, John Mitchell and Janice DeTemple,
Vice Presidents; Lonnie Wollin, Esq., Secretary/Treasurer;
and Ruth Buchanan, Member of the Board; and Congressman
Bill Lowery (R-California), Dr. George Glenner, Board Member.
IV.
MEDIA PLAN
White House Photographers.
V.
REQUIRED REMARKS
Brief (Talking points attached).
VI. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
4:30 - 4:32
Guests enter Oval Office and are
greeted by President Reagan.
4:32 - 4:34
Photos are made and remarks exchanged.
4:34 - 4:35
Guests depart Oval Office.
Attachments: Talking Points
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 17, 1983
TALKING POINTS FOR THE MEETING WITH
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION
-- Welcome to the White House.
-- We realize Alzheimer's Disease is financially,
emotionally, and socially devasting to the victim
and their families.
-- Though no cure or treatment has been discovered,
public awareness and research funding have greatly
been accelerated in the past 3 years. There is
hope for a cure and early diagnosis of this devasting
disease which is striking so many young and middle-age
adult Americans.
-- Thank you for all of your individual efforts to make
a dream and miracle possible one day in the future
for the many afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease.
-- May God bless you.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1983
MEETING WITH HEATHER ROSS
DATE: November 17, 1983
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 4:30 p.m. (5 min., Administrative Time)
FROM: Frederick J. Ryan, Jr.
I.
PURPOSE
To meet with Heather Ross and her family.
II.
BACKGROUND
Late last year, Congressman Del Latta delivered a letter to you from
nine-year-old Heather Ross. In her letter, Heather asked how you run
the country, and said she thought you were doing a good job. Heather
also said she thought this is the best country in the world, and wanted
to know what she could do to make it better. In your letter back to
her, you suggested that when she came to Washington to visit her aunt,
you would like to have the opportunity to meet her.
Heather and her family currently live in Hamler, Ohio, where her father
is Superintendent of the local school district. She is in the fourth
grade, and likes to sew and play the violin.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Heather Ross, age 9
Congressman Delbert Latta (R-OH)
Dr. Daniel Ross (father)
Kristine Ross (mother)
Sally Ross (aunt)
Nathan Ross, age 6
Joseph Ross, age 4
John Ross, age 1
IV. PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer only
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
4:30 p.m. --- Heather Ross, her family, and Congressman Latta enter
the Oval Office and are introduced to you.
4:35 p.m. -- The Ross Family and Congressman Latta depart from the
Oval Office.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PHOTOGRAPH WITH LOYAL MEEK
DATE: Thursday, November 17, 1983
PLACE: Oval Office
TIME: 4:30 pm (5 minutes)
FROM: Larry Speakes
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I.
PURPOSE
To be photographed with Loyal Meek, Editor of The
Phoenix Gazette.
II.
BACKGROUND
Loyal Meek is a long-time supporter of the President --
both personally and editorially in the Phoenix Gazette.
He has headed that paper for 10 years, and will retire
in a few months. He has had his picture taken with five
Presidents, and says he likes President Reagan the best of
any of them.
The Phoenix Gazette is one of the few PM papers in the nation
that is growing in circulation.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Loyal Meek
Larry Speakes
IV.
PRESS PLAN
White House photographer only
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Introduction and pleasantries and photograph
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
November 16, 1983
TO:
FRED RYAN
FROM:
CRAIG L. FULLER
REQUEST:
Meeting with Professor Friedrich A. von Hayek
PURPOSE:
Photo opportunity
BACKGROUND:
At 85, Professor Friedrich A. von Hayek is the
Dean of free market economists in the world. In
1974, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economics. Professor von Hayek is the author of
numerous books, including his very famous works
The Constitution of Liberty and The Road to
Serfdom. Professor von Hayek is a Distinguished
Visiting Scholar at the Heritage Foundation and,
like the President, is an Honorary Fellow at the
Hoover Institute at Standford University.
Professor von Hayek resides in Freiburg, West
Germany and has been a professor at the University
of Freiburg since 1962. He also taught for many
years at the University of Chicago, where he had a
great influence on Milton Friedman and George
Stigler (the most recent Nobel Prize winner in
Economics).
DATE:
November 17 or 22
DURATION: 5 Minutes
LOCATION:
Oval Office
PARTICIPANTS:
Professor von Hayek; Edward Feulner, President of
the Heritage Foundation; and Craig Fuller.
OUTLINE OF
Ed Meese will introduce Professor von Hayek.
EVENT:
Photographs will be taken.
REMARKS:
None
MEDIA:
None
PROJECT
Craig Fuller
OFFICER:
(Rohrabacher/BE)
November 16, 1983
3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL TAPING: GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION IN CONNECTION
WITH ARMY/NAVY
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1983
Greetings to all of you and thank you for letting me be part
of this tribute to "Mr. America," Bob Hope. As you've seen, Bob
has done more for his country than can ever be repaid. Over the
years he traipsed to every corner of the world to deliver a
message from the American people to our military personnel. That
message --- and Bob delivered it so well - was: Thank you and we
love you.
Bob, tonight the American people join with the cadets and
midshipmen in expressing to you those same sentiments. Thank you
and we love you.
I can't think of a better setting to deliver this message
than at a gathering of the supporters of the Army/Navy
Foundation. As in the past, we continue to depend on the brave
men and women in our armed forces to protect our country and
preserve the peace.
Bob, perhaps more than any other American, symbolizes the
gratitude of our citizens, to those in uniform. We've got a crop
of fine young people serving today, in all branches of the
military. And by honoring Bob we also honor them.
Calvin Coolidge once said that a nation that forgets its
defenders will itself be forgotten. Well, we won't forget them
and Bob, we won't forget you and all you've done over the years.
Nancy sends her best wishes. God bless you.
(Dolan/BE)
November 16, 1983
4:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL TAPING: MESSAGE FOR COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1983
Good morning. As an alumnus of the Council of State
Governments, I am delighted to join you in celebrating the golden
anniversary of your organization.
I wish I could be with you personally because I know I could
see many old friends -- both from my time in State government,
and since I've been here in the White House. And I'm glad that
my Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs, Lee Verstandig, will
be at your meeting to talk with you about Federal-State
relations.
But it was as Governor of California that I learned first
hand of the good work of the Council. Your mission has been
steady and firm: to strengthen the operations of the States
individually, and the role of State government in the American
Federal system.
Indeed, CSG remains unique in addressing the needs of all
three branches of State government -- executive, legislative, and
judicial. It was the first vehicle to allow these branches to
communicate with those in their sister States. It is now
providing the leadership for a sharing among the Federal and
State governments of ways to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in
our jointly-funded programs. CSG is also noted as an
organization which recognizes the regional diversity of America,
enabling it to address the differing social and economic concerns
of our great Nation. And, let me hasten to add that, in
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California, we were honored to be the host State for your Western
conference in San Francisco.
And now the Council of State Governments is 50. With a
solid record of achievement, that's quite an historic
accomplishment. It's also a good time to reflect on the proper
constitutional role of the States in our Federal system, to renew
the principles of federalism, and to continue striving to make
American government work again.
That's why I'm delighted that the theme of your meeting is
"A Celebration of State Government: Its Contributions and
Challenges." Surely, we have much to celebrate. We have a
Federal system of government which stands as the oldest republic
on Earth. Our State governments are closer to the people than a
centralized government in Washington. They are more responsive
to human needs. And preserving this indispensable contribution,
which keeps the Union strong, is your awesome challenge for
America's third century. I have no doubt that you are up to it,
and I retain my unyielding determination to restore powers and
authority to your units of government.
With your help, this Nation has embarked on a great national
debate on federalism, and together we must fulfill our commitment
to the American people to make our Federal system work.
So, happy 50th anniversary CSG. Congratulations to outgoing
chairman, Representative Moynihan and outgoing president,
Governor Matheson. Best wishes to incoming chairman,
Representative Hausauer [how-sour] and incoming president,
Governor Thompson.
Have a great meeting
and another great 50 years.
(Elliott)
November 16, 1983
4:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL TAPING: VIDEO CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FOR U.S.
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN STATIONED ABROAD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1983
On behalf of Americans everywhere, I wish you a happy
holiday season and the best of new years.
In our hometowns, this is a time for exchanging warm
greetings and expressions of love and hope. But the best gift is
one we all share, and it's made possible by you who wear our
country's uniform: That's the gift of freedom.
I went to Korea in November. And while there, I visited our
troops in the DMZ and attended an open-air worship service with
them, less than a mile from one of the most brutal regimes on
earth. Their chaplain told us, freedom is never free. It can
never be purchased in one installment. We can only struggle to
preserve it, pass it on to the next generation and hope they,
too, will do the same for their children. And the chaplain
reminded us of the verse from scripture:
Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a
friend. American servicemen and women around the world have
taken that risk, willingly, on our behalf. Every blessing of
freedom we enjoy, we owe to you.
Many of you will spend this holiday season far from your
loved ones and friends. But if you are far from home, please
know you are in our thoughts and close to our hearts. I pray
that 1984 will bring new hope and opportunity for peace
throughout the world, and that this holiday season finds you
safe, well, and rightfully proud of the great job you're doing.
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Merry Christmas, God bless you wherever you are, and God
bless America.