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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 77) 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
AUGUST 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
7:48 a.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
7:48
The President had breakfast.
8:30
The President went to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
8:40
8:50
David A. Peterson, Chief, Central Intelligence
Agency/Office of Current Intelligence (CIA/OCI)
White House Support Staff
8:40
9:00?
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs
9:10
9:20
The President met with his Assistant, Donald H. Rumsfeld.
The President met with:
9:40
10:40
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
9:40
10:00
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
9:40
10:00
Mr. Rumsfeld
9:40
10:00
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
9:40
10:00
Robert K. Wolthius, Staff Assistant
10:45
11:20
The President met with Mr. Marsh.
The President met with:
12:10
1:35
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Vice President
12:20
1:35
James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the
Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic
Affairs
12:20
1:35
Mr. Rumsfeld
12:20
1:20
William H. Donaldson, Special Consultant to the Vice
President
1:20
1:35
John G. Veneman, Counsellor to the Vice President
The President met to discuss the current status of the U.S.-
U.S.S.R. maritime negotiations with:
2:05
3:20
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
2:05
3:20
Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce
2:05
3:20
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the
Economic Policy Board and Assistant for Economic
Affairs
2:05
3:20
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and
Budget
2:05
3:20
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA)
2:05
3:20
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
2:05
3:20
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
continued
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
AUGUST 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:05 p.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
continued
2:20
3:20
James A. Baker III, Under Secretary of Commerce
2:20
3:20
Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Maritime Affairs
do
2:20
3:20
Howard F. Casey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Maritime Affairs
3:33
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
3:33
5:10
The President participated in a meeting to discuss grain
sales to the U.S.S.R. and related U.S. maritime policy
with President of the American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George
Meany and other union leaders. For a list of attendees,
see APPENDIX "A."
Members of the press, in/out
5:10
The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa-
nied by:
Mr. Seidman
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
5:10
5:11
The President met with:
Mr. Seidman
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
5:15
5:40
The President met with:
Mr. Rumsfeld
Mr. Cheney
Douglas P. Bennett, Director of the Presidential
Personnel Office
5:50
6:38
The President met with seven departing White House Fellows:
Maj. John L. Borling, Executive Assistant to Special
Assistant for Human Resources Theodore C. Marrs
Leslie G. Denend, Executive Assistant, Council on
International Economic Policy (CIEP)
William F. Hamilton, Special Assistant to the Secre-
tary of Transportation
Elizabeth L. McCormick, Special Assistant to the
Director and Deputy Director of OMB
Ronald J. Naples, Special Assistant to the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Energy Administration (FEA)
Roger B. Porter, Special Assistant to Assistant for
Economic Affairs L. William Seidman
continued
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
AUGUST 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
5:50 p.m. TUESDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
continued
Susan B. Schiffer, Special Assistant to the Vice
President
6:30
The Presidential party went to the Rose Garden.
6:30
6:38
The President participated in a ceremony to award White
House Fellow Appointment Certificates to 1974-1975
White House Fellows. For a list of attendees, see
APPENDIX "B."
6:38
The President returned to the Oval Office.
6:38
7:15
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
6:46
6:47
P
The President talked with actor Marion M. Morrison "John
Wayne."
7:02
7:09
P
The President talked with Governor Robert D. Ray (R-Iowa).
7:26
The President went to the swimming pool.
7:42
The President returned to the Oval Office.
7:52
The President returned to the second floor Residence. He
was accompanied by his son, Steve.
8:10
The President had dinner with his son, Steve.
9:21
9:42
P
The President talked with the First Lady.
9:40
R
The President was telephoned by his son, Michael. The call
was not completed.
10:05
10:06
P
The President talked with his Physician, Rear Adm. William M.
Lukash.
11:00
11:07
R
The President talked with his son, Michael.
SY/EJ 8/29/75
GPO: 1974 OL 555-863
Page 3 of 3 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance confirmed by
Nell Yates and White
House Photographs
-all present
MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY AND LABOR LEADERS
August 26, 1975
The Cabinet Room
The President
George Meany, President of the American Federation of Labor-Congress
of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Joseph Lane Kirkland, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
Paul Hall, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America
Jesse M.Calhoun, President of the National Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association, AFL-CIO
Mel Balisic, Secretary-Treasurer of the National Maritime Union, AFL-CIO
Thomas W. Gleason, President of the International Longshoreman's
Association, AFL-CIO
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
and Assistant for Management and Budget
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Board
and Assistant for Economic Affairs
Paul W. MacAvoy, Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Warren S. Rustand
-all present.
PRESENTATION OF WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS CERTIFICATES
The Rose Garden
August 26, 1975
The President
1974-1975 White House Fellows
John L. Borling, Executive Assistant to Dr. Theodore C. Marrs, Special
Assistant to the President
Garrey E. Carruthers, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture
Kent W. Colton, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie G. Denend, Executive Assistant, Council on International Economic Policy
William F. Hamilton, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation
Adam W. Herbert, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare
Betty L. McCormick, Special Assistant to the Director and Deputy Director,
Office of Management and Budget
Lawrence E. Mock, Jr., Special Assistant to the Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency
Ronald J. Naples, Special Assistant to the Administrator, Federal Energy
Administration
Roger B. Porter, Special Assistant to L. William Seidman, Assistant to the
President
Ronald E. Ray, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce
Geri M. Riegger, Office of the Secretary of Defense
George S. Robinson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Susan B. Shiffer, Special Assistant to the Vice President
continued
APPENDIX "B" p. 2
8/26/75
Staff
Miles W. Kirkpatrick, Chairman of the President's Commission on White House
Fellowships
Bruce H. Hasenkamp, Director of the President's Commission on White House
Fellowships
Denise Liebowitz, Associate Director of the President's Commission on
White House Fellowships
Warren S. Rustand, Director of the White House Scheduling Office.