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The original documents are located in Box 7, folder "Congressional - Legislation Signing
Ceremonies" of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 7 of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 14, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
BILL BAROODY, JR
SUBJECT:
EDUCATION BILL SIGNING
Attached is a first cut of invitees to
the signing ceremony on the Elementary
and Secondary Education Bill (H.F.. 69)
Bill Timmons may have some modifications
to suggest -- OMB is satisfied with the
list as it stands.
I have checked both with Bill Timmons
and Paul O'Neill of OMB and they agree
that it would be a very good idea to do
the signing ceremony at HEW next Tuesday.
If that concept is agreed to, we can
probably add additional names from within
HEW and other areas.
Attachment
INVITEES TO THE SIGNING CEREMONY
FOR H.R. 69
Members of the Senate
Staff
Hon. Harrison A. Williams
conferee
Nik Edes
(committee staff)
Lisa Walker
(committee staff)
Hon. Claiborne Pell
conferee
Stephen Wexler
(committee staff)
Richard Smith
(committee staff)
Jean Frohlicher (committee staff)
Hon. Jennings Randolph
conferee
George Lawless
(committee staff)
Patrica Forsythe
Hon. Edward M. Kennedy
conferee
Mark Schneider
Tom Sussman.
Hon. Walter F. Mondale
conferee
Sidney J. Johnson (committee staff)
Bert Carp
Ellen Hoffman
(committee staff)
Hon. Thomas F. Eagleton
conferee
James J. Murphy
(committee staff)
Marcia McCord
(committee staff)
Hon. Alan Cranston
conferee
Gary Aldridge
Jonathan R. Steinberg (committee staff)
Hon. William D. Hathaway
conferee
Angus King
Hon. Peter H. Dominick
conferee
John Adair
Hon. Jacob K. Javits
conferee
Roy H. Millenson (committee staff)
Hon. Richard S. Schweiker
conferee
John E. Hunnicutt
Renee Bergmann
Hon. J. Glenn Beall
conferee
Joseph L. Carter
Hon. Robert T. Stafford
conferee
Victor W. Maerki
Michael A. Francis
Hon. James L. Buckley
John Kwapisz
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Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
Colby King
Page 2
Members of the House
Staff
Hon. Carl D. Perkins
conferee
John F. Jennings (committee staff)
Edie Gaskins
(committee staff)
William H. Cable (committee staff)
William F. Gaul (committee staff)
Hartwell D. Reed, Jr. (committee staff)
Hon. John Brademas
conferee
Jack Duncan
(committee staff)
William E. Sudow
Hon. James G. O'Hara
Jim Harrison
(committee staff)
Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins
conferee
Bill Higgs
Hon. William D. Ford
conferee
Tom-Jolly
(committee staff)
Hon. Patsy T. Mink
conferee
Jean Fujimoto
Hon. Lloyd Meeds
conferee
Trudy Wright
Hon. Albert H. Quie
conferee
Christopher T. Cross
(committee staff)
Robert Andringa
(committee staff)
Charles W. Radcliffe
(committee staff)
Martin L. LaVor
(committee staff)
Kim Allinger
(secretary)
Hon. John M. Achbrook
conferee
Mary Brown
Hon. Alphonzo Bell
conferee
Janet Kuhn
Hon. John R. Dellenback
Roger Williams
Hon. Marvin L. Esch
Nathaniel M. Semple
Hon. William A. Steiger
conferee
Charles Hurley
Hon. Edwin B. Rorsythe
conferee
George Mannina, Jr.
Hon. Shirley Chisholm
conferee
Patsy Fleming
Shirley Downs
Hon. William Lehman
conferee
Katherine J. Schroeher
Hon. Jack F. Kemp
Mary Rose Edwards
LIBRAST GERALD R. FORD
Page 3
Other House and Senate Staffers
House Legislative Counsel
Kathy Montague
Senate Legislative Counsel
Blair Crownover
Ann Price
Sec., Majority side, Senate C.
Peatrice Raskin
Office Manager, Minority
side, Senate C.
Department Representatives
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Frank C. Carlucci, Under Secretary
William Morrill, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Stepher. Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Legislation
Charles M. Cooke, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Education)
Virginia Y. Trotter, Assistant Secretary for Education
Terrel H. Bell, Commissioner of Education
John R. Ottina, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Charles B. Saunders Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education (Acting)
Darrel Grinstead, Legislative Attorney for the Legislation Division
in the Office of General Counsel
Albert L. Alford, Assistant Commissioner for Legislation
Allan Ginsburg, Director Elementary and Secondary Education for Planning
Organizational Representatives
is
Council of Chief State School Officers
GERALD
FORD
Byron W. Hansford
Ray Peterson
Don Torres
National Education Association
Richard Carrigan
James Green
Stanley McFarland
Terry Herndon (Exec Sec)
Education Conmission of the States
Pat Fleming
Page 4
Orcanizational Pepresentatives (continued)
Council of Great City Schools
Sam Husk
State of California Office (in Washington) Donald White
New York State Dept. of Education
Marion Kazanjian
P. Alistair MacKinnon
National School Board Association
August Steinhilber
American Federation of Teachers
Karl Nagel
Greg Humphrey
Dave Selden
National Legislative Conference
Richard Merritt
American Association of School Admin.
Paul Salmon
James Kirkpatrick
Impacted Area Superintendents
Lance Eldreth
David Fish
PTA
Grace Basinger
State of Maryland Office
Ray Hamilton
American Vocational Association
Lowell Burkett
CEC
Fred Winetrub
Catholic Conference
Ed D'Alessio
Frank Monaghan
James Robinson
AFL/CIO
Ken Young
UAW
Richard D. Worden
is
NAACP
Clarence Mitchell
GERALD
Amer Lib.
Eileen Cook
NAVA
Kenton Pattie
New Jersey State Dept. of Education
Marilyn Berry
American Personnel & Guidance Assoc.
Joesph Donahue
Michigan State Dept. of Education
Frank Hartman
LA RAZA
Manny Fiero
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Special Fress Pepresentatives
Education Daily
Virginia Robinson
Education USA
Marleen Bloom
Chronicle of Higher Education
Cheryl Fields
Congressional Quarterly
Martha Gottron
Higher Education National Affairs
Frank Skinner
Office of Management and Budget Representatives
Paul H. O'Neill, Associate Director for Human and Community Affairs
C. William Fisher, Deputy Associate Director Human Resources Division
Naomi R. Sweeney, Chief of Labor Welfare Personnel Branch
Allen D. Jackson, Chief Education Branch
John J. Lively, Budget Examiner
Ralph N. Malvick, Legislative Analyst
White House Staff Representatives
William Timmons
Tom C. Korologos
Max L. Friedersdorf
Vernon C. Loen
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
James H. Cavanaugh
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Thursday 8/22/74
9:10 Tod Hullin's office called to invite you to a
signing ceremony at 2 o'clock this afternoon
in the East Room -- Housing and Community
Development. Act of 1974.
Will you plan to attend? no
Neta had taken a call earlier from Matt Andrea (formerly
of Grand Rapids) called; said you know his father.
Matt is working for Mayor Washington on a neighborhood
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preservation program for the District which the Mayor
is going to announce adoption of tomorrow.
He would like very much to be present for the signing
ceremony this afternoon.
We can call Dewey Clower
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if you want to get him invited
Do you want me to check on it?
Only 35 plots for mayors
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 26, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:
ROY ASH
PHIL BUCHEN
KEN COLE
GENERAL HAIG
JERRY TER HORST
BILL TIMMONS
FRANK ZARB
FROM:
DAVE GERGEN
SUBJECT:
Signing Statement for Public Works Bill
OMB has requested that if the President signs the Public Works Bill,
he issue a statement regarding the deferral issue.
Since the last day for Presidential action is Wednesday, we would
appreciate your comments no later than 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Many thanks.
Called
with in 8/abjections"
GEAL FORD
(OMB/Coyne)DG
August 26, 1974
SUGGESTED SIGNING STATEMENT: PUBLIC WORKS BILL
I am today signing H.R. 15155, a public works appropriations
bill for fiscal year 1975 providing funds for water and power develop-
ment, the Atomic Energy Commission, and related agencies and
commissions.
This bill raises for the first time the question of how well
the executive and legislative branches can cooperate in carrying out
the new Impoundment Act of 1974. Under that Act, a President who
signs an appropriations bill but wishes to avoid spending all of the
funds may either seek a recission of the appropriations or seek
a deferral. In either case, the President's action requires the
concurrence of the Congress.
The bill I am signing today is troublesome because it would
increase 1975 outlays by $80 million above the budget and would
commit us to major outlay increases in future years. I am strongly
opposed to those increases because they would intensify our number
one problem -- inflation.
Nonetheless, I also recognize that this bill is the product
of
much hard work and deliberation and contains funds for many worthy
projects. A veto would commit us to the time-consuming process
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of reformulating public works expenditures at a time when our
resources should be focused on more pressing matters.
After discussions with Congressional leaders, I have therefore
decided to sign this bill with the hope and expectation that under the
Impoundment Act, the Congress will work in cooperation with the
Executive branch to defer for one full year the expenditure of that
amount of appropriated funds which would contribute excessively to
inflationary governmental spending.
I am totally committed to close cooperation between the Congress
and the executive, and I know that this spirit will continue to prevail
as we work together to halt the inflationary spiral.
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FORD
Annually
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 15, 1974
PHIL --
I briefly reviewed the two attachments
this morning and found no bases for objecting
to either one of them. This conclusion was
communicated to the writers of the memos.
KEN
for For filing
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 15, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PHIL BUCHEN
DEAN BURCH
DONALD RUMSFELD
FROM:
PAUL THEIS
SUBJECT:
CAMPAIGN REFORM - SIGNING STATEMENT
AND REMARKS
May we have your comments on the attached signing statement
and remarks by noon today.
Thank you.
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(Coyne)
October 13, 1974
SIGNING STATEMENT: FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT
AMENDMENTS OF 1974 - OCTOBER 15, 1974
Today I am signing into law the Federal Campaign Act
Amendments of 1974.
By removing the influence of big money and special interests
from our Federal electoral process, this bill will stand as a land-
mark of campaign reform legislation.
In brief, the bill provides for reforms in five areas:
-- - - It limits the amounts that can be contributed to any
candidate in any Federal election, and it limits the amounts that
those candidates. can expend in their campaigns.
-- It provides for matching funds for Presidential primaries
and public financing for Presidential nominating conventions and
Presidential elections through use of the $1 voluntary tax checkoff.
-- - - It tightens the rules on any use of cash, it limits the
amount of speaking honorariums, and it outlaws
campaign
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dirty tricks.
-- It requires strict campaign financial reporting and disclosure.
-- It establishes a bipartisan six-member Federal election
Commission to see that the provisions of the act are followed.
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I fully support the aim of this legislation, and I am pleased
that the money used for Federal financing will come from the
$1 dollar checkoff, thus allowing each taxpayer to make his own
decision as to whether he wants his money spent this way. I maintain
my strong hope that the voluntary contribution will not become
mandatory and that it will not in the future be extended to
Congressional races. And although I do have reservations about
the First Amendment implications inherent in the limits on individual
contributions and candidate expenditures, I am sure that such
issues can be resolved in the courts.
I am pleased with the bipartisan spirit that has led to this
legislation. Both the Republican National Committee and the
Democratic National Committee have expressed their pleasure
with this bill, noting that it allows them to compete fairly.
The times demand this legislation.
There are certain periods in our Nation's history when it
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becomes necessary to face up to certain unpleasant truths.
We have passed through one of those periods. The unpleasant
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truth is that big money influence has come to play a corrupting role
in our electoral process. This bill will right that wrong.
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I must confess that in the early stages, I had many grave
reservations about this bill. But because of the extensive work
done by my colleagues in both Houses of Congress, in consultation
with the executive, I am pleased to sign it today.
# # #
and
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(Coyne)
October 14, 1974
REMARKS ON SIGNING THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN ACT AMENDMENTS
OF 1974, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 15, 1974
As all of my good friends from Congress here today know,
a tremendous amount of work went into the drafting of this legislation.
I had a number of very strong reservations about this bill,
just as many of you did.
But we got together in the spirit of cooperation and compromise
that is SO essential if Government is to work, and we came up
with a bill that I think we all can be proud of.
I still have some reservations.
But I think the times absolutely demand this legislation,
and I know that the American people are not willing to wait any
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longer.
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We have learned many hard lessons during the past few
years.
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Perhaps the most important of these lessons is that special
interest money has come to play too central a role in our electoral
process.
The time has come to cut that influence out of the system.
This bill, I believe, will do just that.
As you all know, I continue to have doubts about the
use of the taxpayers' money for Federal electoral financing. But
as long as we make sure that the dollar checkoff remains voluntary,
I can live with it. I do very strongly hope, however, that a few
years down the road we don't decide to try to extend this to
Congressional races.
But those reservations aside, I am proud to have worked
with you all on shaping this bill.
We have weathered a genuine political crisis together. It
has been a hard time for all of us. But when Americans decide to
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face up to a crisis, they do so in a spirit of determination and
cooperation.
This bill is the answer and the solution to one such crisis.
Our method for hammering out this bill was the approach
that has always characterized Americans in such situations.
It was a bipartisan approach.
Whenever something must be done for the good of the Nation
as a whole, we have traditionally put aside political and ideological
differences and pitched in as one united people to get the job done
For your help, for your cooperation, and for your bipartisan
spirit, I thank you.
FORD
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
10/18/74
Warren Hendriks left this
for you to look over the
President's statement.
Since you were involved in
a meeting and wouldn't be
able to go over -- he said it
was for your information.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SIGNING CEREMONY
S. 3979, EMERGENCY HOME PURCHASE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1974
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974
10:30 a.m. (15 minutes)
The Cabinet Room
From: Ken Cole
I.
PURPOSE
To sign S. 3979, Emergency Home Purchase Assistance
Act of 1974.
II.
BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, PRESS PLAN
A. Background: You identified this bill as one of your
priority economic measures in your joint address to Congress
on October 8. This legislation, sponsored by Senators
Cranston (D-Cal) and Brooke (R-Mass), was unanimously
approved by the Senate on October 10 and passed the House
by voice vote on October 15.
This bill authorizes the Government National Mortgage
Association in the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to make commitments at predetermined interest
rates to purchase mortgages, both on new and existing homes,
which are not Federal Housing Administration insured or
Veterans Administration guaranteed -- the so-called
"conventional" mortgages which comprise about 80% of all
mortgages. The advantage of the plan is that with the GNMA
commitment, the homebuyer, builder and lender have an assured
source of financing at a known, favorable interest rate.
The cost to the Government is limited to the loss which GNMA
realizes if its selling price for a mortgage is less than
its original purchase price.
Aggregate amount of commitments and mortgages which GNMA
could hold at any time, i.e. have purchased and not resold,
could not exceed $7.75 billion. The initial program will
provide $3 billion of mortgage commitments which will finance
approximately 100,000 new homes. The program would provide
for a maximum mortgage amount of $42,000.
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Like most emergency measures, this bill has some minuses.
Unfortunately, it does not cover conventional mortgages
for apartment or condominium projects. Additionally, the
bill establishes a rigid, illogical interest ceiling formula
that fails to relate interest income to actual borrowing
costs and to cover adequately administrative costs.
Mortgage purchases commence next Tuesday under the new
program in a way that, to the extent possible, minimizes
these problems. As we move ahead with the program, it may
be desirable to request the Congress to amend the law in
certain respects.
B. Participants: See list at Tab A.
C. Press Plan: Open photo coverage with writing pool.
Secretary Lynn will brief the White House press corps
following the signing ceremony.
III. TALKING POINTS - Attached at Tab B.
IV.
Proposed statement for release to the press is attached
at Tab C.
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S. 3979, EMERGENCY HOME PURCHASE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1974
LIST OF ATTENDEES
HUD
James T. Lynn, Secretary
James Mitchell, Under Secretary
Dan Kearney, President, Government National Mortgage Association
Sol Mosher, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
John Bell, Assistant General Counsel
Rudy Penner, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Sheldon Lubar, Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and
Mortgage Credit and Federal Housing Commissioner
William Greener, Assistant to the Secretary for Public Affairs
Richard McGraw, Executive Assistant to the Secretary
George Robinson, White House Fellow
Garth Marston, Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Lester Condon, Executive Vice President, Federal National Mortgage
Association
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Lewis Cenker, President, National Association of Home Builders
Robert Georgine, President, AFL-CIO Building and Construction
Trades Department
Jack Lyons, President, Iron Workers Union of America
Tom Murphy, President, Bricklayers Union of America
Joseph B. Doherty, President, National Association of Realtors
Kenneth L. Berchby, President, National Association of Construction
Savings Banks
Walter B. Williams, President, Mortgage Bankers Association of America
George Preston, President, U. S. League of Savings Associations
Calvin Colvin, Forest Products Association
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Members of the Senate and House Leadership and members
of the Senate and House Banking Committees were invited.
Those able to accept are listed below:
Honorable Leslie Arends
Honorable Bill Barrett
Honorable Tom Gettys
Honorable Margaret Heckler
Honorable Fortney Stark
Honorable Lawrence Williams
WHITE HOUSE STAFF
Ken Cole
Bill Timmons
Tod Hullin
Paul O'Neill
Bill Seidman
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TALKING POINTS FOR REMARKS
AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR S. 3979
THE EMERGENCY HOME PURCHASE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1974
I am pleased that on an "emergency call" all of you were able to come
for the signing of this important, emergency legislation.
As you will recall, at both the Pre-Summit conference on housing and
construction and at the Summit conference, there was substantial
unanimity among participants that the extension of the Ginnie Mae
Tandem Program to conventional home mortgages could provide
substantial, emergency help so critically needed now in our
housing industry.
As you know, I included that proposal in my address to the Congress
on October 8 and hoped for passage of legislation before the recess.
That Congress acted so promptly -- indeed within a single week
from the time of my address - - will afford substantial benefits as
early as next Tuesday not only to the housing industry and those
who work in it but also to homebuying families across the Nation.
Much credit is due a number of Members of Congress for this speedy
action. In addition to the efforts of Chairman Sparkman and
Senator Tower on the Senate side, I would like to pay special tribute
to Senators Brooke and Cranston for pushing so hard. On the House
side, special thanks are due Chairmen Patman and Barrett and
ranking members Bill Widnall of New Jersey and Garry Brown of
Michigan.
As with any emergency legislation, there are some minuses to this
bill. I would have liked to have seen conventional mortgages for
apartment and condominium projects covered. And I am concerned
that the interest rate limitation may prove difficult to administer,
yield insufficient income for administrative costs and produce
illogical results. Accordingly, we shall administer the program
in a way that minimizes these problems to the extent possible.
But on balance, it's a good bill and a critically needed bill
at this time. I have directed Jim Lynn to start up the program
at the opening of business next Tuesday, which will be exactly two
weeks from the date of my address.
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Embargoed for Release Until
October
, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
It is with great pleasure today that I am signing into law S. 3979,
the "Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974".
In my remarks to the Joint Session of the Congress on October 8, I
urged the Congress to enact, before recess, additional legislation
to make most home mortgages eligible for purchase by an agency of
the Federal Government. I also remarked that I remembered how
much Congress can get done when it wants to.
I am most pleased that exactly one week after my remarks, the Congress
responded with passage of the Emergency Home Purchase Act of 1974.
This bill authorizes the Government National Mortgage Association in
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make commitments
at predetermined interest rates to purchase mortgages, both on new
and existing homes, which are not Federal Housing Administration
insured or Veterans Administration guaranteed - - the so-called
"conventional" mortgages which comprise about 80% of all mortgages.
The advantage of the plan is that with the GNMA commitment, the
homebuyer, builder and lender have an assured source of financing
at a known, favorable interest rate. The cost to the Government
is limited to the loss which GNMA realizes if its selling price for
a mortgage is less than its original purchase price.
Like most emergency measures, this bill has some minuses.
Notwithstanding the increasing proportion of American families that
choose each year to live in apartments or condominiums, the bill
unfortunately does not cover conventional mortgages for apartment
or condominium projects. Moreover, I had hoped that this help for
the housing industry could be delivered with a minimum inflationary
impact, and I know that the Congress intended the program to be
self-supporting. However, the bill establishes a rigid, illogical
interest ceiling formula that fails to relate interest income to
actual borrowing costs and to cover adequately administrative FORD
costs.
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I have directed the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
commence mortgage purchases next Tuesday under the new program
in a way that to the extent possible minimizes these problems.
As we move ahead with the program, I may find it desirable to
request the Congress to amend the law in certain respects.
As I have stated, housing in the United States is suffering the
longest and most severe recession since the end of World War II.
Although the help provided by this legislation is badly needed,
this program will not by itself immediately turn around housing
starts in the short run nor restore housing starts to normal levels
in the long run. That will require giving critically needed
attention to the structure and operation of our mortgage credit
markets. I pledge to work with the Congress in giving such
attention and in developing needed legislation.
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December 31, 1974
To:
Mr. Baroody
From: Eva Daughtrey
When Mr. Buchen read
the attached phone message,
he suggested you would be
the proper one to handle this.
I have so advised
Mr. Guenther's office.
Thanks.
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Tuesday 12/31/74
12:05 Ken Guenther called from Trade Negotiations.
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Said there would be a signing ceremony on the Trade Bill
in the East Room of the White House at 2 p.m. on
Friday, January 3. He discussed participants with
Warren Rustand, who thought you might like to invite the
labor participants to the ceremony. Mentioned he
had a list of names (which I asked him to send over)
Time is short and they want 200 people in the room --
they're inviting by organizations. If the key person can't
attend, they can send someone. They are calling the
various organizations -= industry, agriculture, Congre ssional,
labor and the rest and asking them to send a confirming cable
to Warren Rustand.
(Attached is the list)
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Priority
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON
12-31
Ms. Daughtrey--
Attached is the Labor list, as
discussed. If you want our assistance
in any way in contacting these people,
please let us know.
Note that the confirmation cable
should be sent to Mr. Warren Rustrand,
the White House. There will be
approximately 200 invitees.
K Curnther
Ken Guenther
Asst. Special Trade Rep.
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Invitation List for Labor-Trade Bill Signing Ceremony
East Room, White House, 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 3
(Confirmation cable should be sent to Mr. Warren Rustand)
If principal cannot attend, substitution is permitted.
George Meany, President, AFL-CIO plus 2 other AFL-CIO officials
Leonard Woodcock, President, Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Frank Fitzsimmons, President, International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America
Arnold Miller, President, United Mine Workers of America
I.W. Abel, President, United Steelworkers of America
Glen Watts, President, Communications
Murray H. Finley, President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America
James T. Housewright, President, Retail Clerks International
Association
Paul Jennings, President, International Union of Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, or
Charles H. Pillard, President, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers
Floyd E. Smith, President, International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Mr. Stuhlberg, President International Ladies Garment Workers
Mr. Grospiron, President Oil and Chemical Workers
Mr. Thomas W. Gleason, International Longshoremen's Association
Mr. Joseph P. Tonelli, Paperworkers International Union
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