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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 75) 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
MAY 7, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
6:52 a.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
6:52
The President had breakfast.
7:38
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:40
8:00
The President met with:
David 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 John T. Calkins, Executive Assistant
to Counsellor Robert T. Hartmann.
8:35
8:57
The President met with:
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
9:00
9:20
The President met with his Counsellor, John O. Marsh, Jr.
9:20
9:40
The President met with:
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Calkins
Mr. Rumsfeld
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
9:50
10:40
The President met with:
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
11:06
12:08
The President met with:
Wallace E. Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Frank Corner, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Great
Britain
H.H. Francis, Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs
for New Zealand
Lloyd White, Ambassador from New Zealand to the U.S.
Armistead L. Selden, Jr., Ambassador from the U.S.
to New Zealand
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Philip C. Habib, Assistant Secretary of State for
East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Members of the press, in/out
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
MAY 7, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
12:10 p.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
12:10
12:14
The President met with:
Albert D. Swanson, correspondent with United Press
International
David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer
12:19
12:24
P
The President talked with Senator Carl T. Curtis
(R-Nebraska).
12:45
1:05
The President met with his Personal Assistant, Mildred V.
Leonard.
1:15
1:30
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
2:00
2:33
The President met with Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA) Alan Greenspan.
2:36
3:30
The President met with:
Edward G. Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia
Alan P. Renouf, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for
Australia
Lionel F. Bowen, Special Minister of State for New
Zealand
Patrick Shaw, Ambassador from Australia to the U.S.
Secretary Kissinger
Mr. Habib
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Members of the press, in/out
2:40
R
The President was telephoned by Senator Robert P. Griffin
(R-Michigan). The call was not completed.
3:47
3:50
R
The President talked with Senator Griffin.
3:50
3:52
P
The President talked with Congressman Garner E. Shriver
(R-Kansas).
4:10
5:10
The President met with:
Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of Great Britain
James Callaghan, Member of Parliament and Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for
Great Britain
Peter Ramsbotham, Ambassador from Great Britain to
the U.S.
John Hunt, Secretary of the Cabinet of Great Britain
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
Members of the press, in/out
GPO: 1974 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
MAY 7, 1975
TIME
DAY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
5:15 p.m. WEDNESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
5:15
5:27
The President met with William W. Scranton, Chairman of the
Board of Northeastern National Bank of Pennsylvania,
Dalton, Pennsylvania.
5:28
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
5:28
5:50
The President met to discuss key public policy issues with
members of the Board of Trustees of the American
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
5:50
The President returned to the Oval Office.
6:00
6:22
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
6:22
The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
6:22
6:29
The President and his daughter, Susan, motored from the
South Grounds to Pier I of the Washington Navy Yard.
6:29
The President and his daughter, Susan, boarded the Sequoia.
Members of the press
6:28
10:10
The President hosted a dinner and Cabinet meeting on board
the Sequoia while cruising on the Potomac river. For a
list of passengers, see APPENDIX "B."
6:37
The Sequoia departed Pier I.
7:15
8:10
The President participated in a Cabinet meeting. For a list
of attendees, see APPENDIX "B."
10:10
The Sequoia returned to Pier I.
10:12
10:21
The President and his daughter, Susan, motored from Pier I
of the Washington Navy Yard to the South Grounds of the
White House.
10:24
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
10:24
?
The President met with:
The First Lady
William S. Bloomer, the First Lady's brother
Mrs. William S. Bloomer
William W. Irwin, the First Lady's cousin
Mrs. William W. Irwin
SY/EJ 6/9/75
GPO : 1974 555-863
Page 3 of 3 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by John
Vickerman -all present
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Cabinet Room, May 7, 1975
Mr. J. F. Burditt
Mr. Jack Steele Parker
Chairman of the Board
Vice Chairman of the Board
ACF Industries, Inc.
General Electric Company
Mr. Richard J. Farrell
Mr. Edmund W. Pugh, Jr.
Vice President Law and Public Affairs
Vice President
Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
Avon Products, Inc.
Mr. Charles T. Fisher III
Mr. Herman J. Schmidt
President
Vice Chairman of the Board
National Bank of Detroit
Mobil Oil Corporation
Mr. Dean Fite
Mr. Richard D. Wood
Vice President, Group Executive
Chairman
The Procter & Gamble Company
Eli Lilly and Company
Mr. Lewis E. Lehrman
President
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Rite Aid Corporation
Mr. Henry T. Bodman
Mr. Raymond S. Livingstone
Chairman of the Board (Ret.)
Visiting Professor
National Bank of Detroit
Florida Atlantic University
Mr. Carl N. Jacobs
Mr. William G. McClintock
Chairman (Ret.)
Senior Vice President
Hardware Mutuals
National Bank of Detroit
Mr. Robert W. Murphy
Mr. Richard Madden
Schiff, Hardin and Waite
President
Potlatch Corporation
Mr. Paul to Hiller
Chairman
Pacific Lighting Corporation
Mr. James E. O'Brien
Director and Vice-President
Standard Oil Company of California
APPENDIX "A" p. 2
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
5/7/75
Dr. W. Glenn Campbell
(AEI Program Adviser)
Director
Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution and Peace
Stanford University
Fowler
(Member, AEI Program Priorities
Committee)
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Mr. Bryce Harlow
(Chairman, AEI Program Priorities
Committee)
Mr. Melvin R. Laird
(Chairman, AEI National Energy
Project)
Dr. Paul W. McCracken
(Chairman, AEI Advisory Board)
Senior Staff
Mr. William J. Baroody
President
Mr. Joseph G. Butts
Director of Legislative Analysis
Dr. William Fellner
Resident Scholar
Dr. Thomas F. Johnson
Director of Research
Mr. Gary Jones
Assistant to the President
for Administration
Dr. Edward J. Mitchell
Director of National Energy Project
Dr. Robert J. Pranger
Director of Foreign and
Defense Policy Studies
APPENDIX "A" p.3
5/7/75
William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant for Public Liaison
John C. Vickerman, Director for Business and Trade Associations,
White House Office of Public Liaison
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Terrence O'Donnell
all present
CABINET MEETING/DINNER ON BOARD THE SEQUOIA
May 7, 1975
CABINET MEETING PARTICIPANTS
The President
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
Carla A. Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ** departed 8:00p.m.
William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation
Stephen S. Gardner, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
John K. Tabor, Under Secretary of Commerce
D. Kent Frizzell, Solicitor, Department of the Interior
Stephen Kurzman, Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
Frederick B. Dent, Special Representatives for Trade Negotiations
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget and
Assistant for Management and Budget
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant ** departed 8:00 p.m.
John A. Scali, U.S. Representative to the United Nations
William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant for Public Liaison
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and
Assistant for Domestic Affairs
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
James E. Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Roderick M. Hills, Counse1** departed 8:00 p.m.
William I. Greener, Deputy Press Secretary
Mary Louise Smith, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
Passengers who did not participate in Cabinet Meeting
Rear Adm. William Lukash, Physician
Susan Ford
David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer
Terrence O'Donnell, Aide