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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 78) 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
SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
12:15 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
12:15
Following a State Dinner in honor of the President of the
a.m.
Republic of Colombia Alfonso Lopez Michelson and Mrs.
Lopez, the President and the First Lady escorted Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lopez to the North Portico.
The President and the First Lady bade farewell to President
and Mrs. Lopez.
12:20?
The President and the First Lady returned to the first floor
Residence.
1:10
The President and the First Lady went to the second floor
Residence.
7:05
The President had breakfast.
7:40
The President went to the Oval Office.
7:45
7:55
The President met with his Deputy Assistant for National
Security Affairs, Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft.
8:05
8:20?
The President met with:
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
The President met to discuss the House Select Committee on
Intelligence with:
8:20
10:08
Congressman John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona)
8:20
10:08
Congressman Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma)
8:20
10:08
Congressman Robert McClory (R-Illinois)
8:20
10:08
Congressman Otis G. Pike (D-New York)
8:20
10:08
William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency (CIA)
8:20
10:08
Philip W. Buchen, Counsel
8:20
10:08
Mr. Marsh
8:20
10:10
Mr. Rumsfeld
8:20
10:10
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
10:20
The President went to the State Dining Room.
10:20
10:30
The President greeted approximately 125 members of the
National Association of Elementary School Principals.
For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."
Members of the press
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Page 1 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
10:30 a.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
10:30
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
10:30
10:48
Mr. Rumsfeld
10:35
10:48
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
10:35
10:48
Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative
Affairs
10:35
10:48
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
10:35
10:48
Russell A. Rourke, Executive Assistant to Mr. Marsh
10:35
10:48
John T. Calkins, Executive Assistant to Counsellor
Robert T. Hartmann
The President met with:
10:50
11:00
Mr. Friedersdorf
10:58
12:13
Secretary Kissinger
11:00
12:13
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
11:33
12:13
President Lopez
11:33
12:13
Felipe Lopez Caballero, son and private Secretary
for President Lopez
12:13
The President escorted President Lopez to his motorcade on
the South Grounds of the White House. They were accompa-
nied by:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
The President bade farewell to President Lopez.
12:16
The President returned to the Oval Office. He was accompa-
nied by:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
12:16
12:24
The President met with:
Secretary Kissinger
Lt. Gen. Scowcroft
12:24
12:31
The President met for a photo opportunity with members of his
Counsel's staff. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
"B."
12:33
1:05
The President met with Mr. Rumsfeld.
1:48
1:51
R
The President talked with the First Lady.
GPO: 1974 ou 555-863
Page 2 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
2:05 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
2:05
2:35
The President met with:
Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. (R-California)
Mr. Cheney
2:37
The President went to the Cabinet Room.
2:37
3:40
The President participated in an economic and energy meeting
to discuss alternatives for the extension of 1975 tax
deductions and to review the status of oil decontrol.
For a list of participants, see APPENDIX "C."
Members of the press, in/out
3:40
The President returned to the Oval Office.
3:52
The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
3:52
3:55
The President motored from the South Grounds to the Depart-
ment of Justice, Pennsylvania Avenue.
3:55
The President was greeted by:
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Deputy Attorney General
3:55
4:16
The President participated in a conference of the Career
Criminal Program of the Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration.
Members of the press
The President went to the head table in the Great Hall.
He was accompanied by:
Attorney General Levi
Mr. Tyler
For a. list of head table guests, see APPENDIX "D."
4:06
The President was introduced by Attorney General Levi.
4:06
4:12
The President addressed approximately 150 persons attending
the conference.
4:16
The President, accompanied by Attorney General Levi, returned
to his motorcade.
4:16
4:19
The President motored from the Department of Justice to the
South Grounds of the White House.
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Page 3 of 4 Page(s).
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD
PLACE DAY BEGAN
DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1975
WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIME
DAY
4:20 p.m. FRIDAY
PHONE
TIME
P=Placed
R=Rec'd
ACTIVITY
In
Out
4:20
The President returned to the Oval Office.
The President met with:
4:30
5:15
Mr. Rumsfeld
4:45
5:05
Mr. Cheney
5:15
5:20
The President met with his Personal Assistant Mildred V.
Leonard.
5:20
5:40
The President met with:
Mr. Cheney
Robert A. Goldwin, Special Consultant
5:21
P
The President telephoned Congressman James C. Cleveland
(R-New Hampshire). The call was not completed.
5:23
R
The President was telephoned by Dean C. Phillips, President
of PRT, Incorporated, Reno, Nevada. The call was not
completed.
6:05
6:08
P
The President talked with Lloyd Warring, retired resident of
Rockport, Massachusetts.
6:15
P
The President telephoned Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas).
The call was not completed.
6:16
6:28
P
The President talked with Mr. Phillips.
6:34
6:37
P
The President talked with Mrs. Chiang-Kai-shek, widow of the
President of the Republic of China.
7:02
The President went to the swimming pool.
7:30
The President returned to the second floor Residence.
8:11
8:17
P
The President talked with Congressman Cleveland.
8:20
The President and the First Lady had dinner.
SY/EJ 10/22/75
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Page 4 of 4 Page(s).
APPENDIX "A"
Attendance not confirmed.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
The State Dining Room
September 26, 1975
Ted Gary, President of the National Association of Elementary School
Principals (NAESP)
Mrs. Bertha Maguire, President-elect of the National Association of
Elementary School Principals
Members of the Board of Directors of the NAESP
Robert D. Anderson, Manhattan, Kansas
Paul Collins, Amherst, New Hampshire
Bill M. Hambrick, Casper Wyoming
Mrs. Corrine F. Jeffries, McLean, Virginia
Jerry Johnson, Madison, Wisconsin
J. Larry Mong, Warren, Pennsylvania
Richard J. Morton, Englewood, Colorado
Winston E. Turner, Washington, D.C.
State Representatives of the NAESP
Jasper L. Faulkner, Birmingham, Alabama
Emily Kemak, Fairbanks, Alaska
James O. Cordes, Phoenix, Arizona
Jimmie T. Daniel, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Ruben Ingram, Seal Beach, California
Bill Funk, Littleton, Colorado
Kenneth Bilodeau, Bristol, Connecticut
Carl A. Wilson, Wilmington, Delaware
continued
APPENDIX "A" P. 2
9/26/75
State Representatives of the NAESP (continued)
Lawrence C. Hill, Washington, D.C.
J. Thomas Grant, Winter Haven, Florida
Harold H. P. Look, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dee Rawson, Shelley, Idaho
Norman E. Duncan, Park Ridge, Illinois
Patricia Fouty, Terre Haute, Indiana
Marlin Berg, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Bil Ison, Hays, Kansas
Dorothy A. Friend, Lexington, Kentucky
James Garbo, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Winston Lewis, Tenants Harbor, Maine
Edna May Merson, Baltimore, Maryland
Donald C. Nesmith, South Harwich, Massachusetts
Richard J. Rinck, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Herbert C. Karsten, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lena Harmon, New Albany, Mississippi
H. C. Christiansen, Billings, Montana
Ralph Thorpe, Lincoln, Nebraska
Leore Cobbley, Las Vegas, Nevada
Herbert F. Oliver, Gorham, New Hampshire
Donald W. Rath, Westerfield, New Jersey
Roy H. Hale, Tucumcari, New Mexico
Warren Hochberg, Stony Brook, New York
Georgia G. Thayer, High Point, North Carolina
continued
APPENDIX "A" P. 3
9/26/75
State Representatives of the NAESP (continued)
Marian H. Johnson, Williston, North Dakota
Henry Stovall, Dayton, Ohio
Milton H. Denman, Edmond, Oklahoma
Peter W. Petros, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Iree T. Graham, Loris, South Carolina
David Songstad, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Gilmon W. Jenkins, Nashville, Tennessee
Shirley Hale, Houston, Texas
W. Russell Olson, Bountiful, Utah
Shirley H. Hathaway, Brattleboro, Vermont
Calvin C. Owens, Hampton, Virginia
Glenn L. Clark, Spokane, Washington
Edward Stephens, Washington, West Virginia
David N. Radermacher, Richfield, Wisconsin
Everett D. McKay, Laramie, Wyoming
Louis H. Bursey, New Brunswick, Canada
State Presidents of the NAESP
Robert C. Brabham, Andalusia, Alabama
Joseph W. Evans, Anchorage, Alaska
Fred M. Buck, Willcox, Arizona
Joe D. Parris, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Robert C. Coney, Castro Valley, California
James C. Hixson, Arvada, Colorado
continued
APPENDIX "A" p. 4
9/26/75
Robert Howard Bernstein, Westport, Connecticut
James L. Wilson, New Castle, Delaware
Elise C. Mitchell, Forrestville, Maryland
John L. Gardner, Miami, Florida
Aulbert Kinsaul, Swainsboro, Georgia
Eugene J. Gibbons, Gooding, Idaho
Morris Craber, Salix, Iowa
Don Worley, Humboldt, Kansas
Robert C. Shea, Gardiner, Maine
Robert E. Anastasi, Rockville, Maryland
Charles Cromar, Royal Oak, Michigan
Wernar D. Tismer, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Elton Greer, Jackson, Mississippi
Willis R. Heupel, Great Falls, Montana
Richard D. Eisenhauer, Hickman, Nebraska
Stuart Reid, Las Vegas, Nevada
Edward F. O'Connor, Durham, New Jersey
Rudolph A. Salazar, Gallup, New Mexico
Joseph J. Ray, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Douglas D. Hultbert, Minot, North Dakota
Ann Doddridge, Olmstead Falls, Ohio
Boyd Gibson, Medford, Oregon
Milton J. Bobo, Honea Path, South Carolina
S.G. Fix, Pierre, South Dakota
Donald W. Goff, Cleveland, Tennessee
Alvis A. Bentley, Amarillo, Texas
continued
APPENDIX "A" p. 5
9/26/75
Benjamin B. Gallion, Ruther Glen, Virginia
Elaine M. Banks, Pasco, Washington
Winona Hall, Vienna West Virginia
Merrill Thompson, Superior, Wisconsin
Ronald Goodine, New Brunswick, Canada
State Presidents-elect of the NAESP
Louis S. Vines, Birmingham, Alabama
Sheldon 0. Clark, Phoenix, Arizona
Robert A. Morton, Granby, Colorado
Lloyd G. Cochran, LaFayette, Georgia
Robert A. Harrell, Pasadena, Maryland
Marilyn M. Radovsky, Norwood, Massachusetts
Elaine Doehring, Saginaw, Michigan
Doyle D. Farmer, Saint Louis, Missouri
James G. Merritt, Fremont, Nebraska
Neil C. Twitchell, Henderson, Nevada
Thomas J. Stephenson, Milford, Pennsylvania
Albert D. Erb, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
Anna B. Darden, Clarksville, Tennessee
C. Brent McBride, Tooale, Utah
Josephine H. Snead, Fork Union, Virginia
Thomas F. Bettis, Kent, Washington
Clark R. Hull, Rawlins, Wyoming
William Mays, Jr., Ann Arbor, Michigan
contineued
APPENDIX "A" p. 6
9/26/75
NAESP Staff
William L. Pharis, Falls Church, Virginia
Laurel M. Pennock, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Janet Smoot, Silver Spring, Maryland
Donald R. Coleman, Fort Wayne, Indiana
A list of staff attending the reception was not available for inclusion
in the President's Daily Diary.
APPENDIX "B"
Attendance confirmed by
Jane Thomas -all present
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH COUNSEL'S STAFF
The Oval Office
September 26, 1975
The President
Philip B. Buchen, Counsel
Roderick M. Hills, Counsel
James A. Wilderotter, Associate Counsel
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Associate Counsel
Dudley H. Chapman, Associate Counsel
Barbara G. Kilberg, Consultant
Jane M. Dannenhauer, Staff Assistant
Barry N. Roth, Assistant Counsel
Jay T. French, Staff Assistant
Eva A. Daughtrey, Secretary to Mr. Buchen
Shirley A. Key, Secretary to Mr. Buchen
Jane E. Thomas, Secretary to Mr. Hills
Dawn L. Moorcones, Secretary to Mr. Buchen
Luraner M. Little, Secretary to Mrs. Kilberg
Nancy S. Smilki, Secretary to Mr. Chapman
Claire T. Connors, Security Specialist
Lillian H. Greene , Secretary to Mrs. Dannenhauer
Margaret O'Neill, Secretary to Mr. Wilderotter
continued
APPENDIX "B" p. 2
9/26/75
Howard P. Goldfield, Clerk
Mark Decker, Clerk
Timothy S. Hardy, Staff Assistant
R. Mason Cargill, Staff Assistant
APPENDIX "C"
Attendance confirmed by
Terri Ochal.
indicates present
ECONOMIC/ENERGY MEETING
The Cabinet Room
September 26, 1975
The President
William E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
L. William Seidman, Executive Director of the Economic Policy
Board and Assistant for Economic Affairs
James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
and Assistant for Management and Budget
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
John T. Dunlop, Secretary of Labor
Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of Commerce
Frank G. Zarb, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration
Arthur F. Burns, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Assistant
John 0. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Richard L. Dunham, Deputy Director of the Domestic Council
Richard B. Cheney, Deputy Assistant
Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
Roger B. Porter, Executive Secretary for the Economic Policy Board
APPENDIX "D"
Attendance confirmed by photos.
All present.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CAREER CRIMINAL PROGRAM CONFERENCE
The Department of Justice
Great Hall
September 26, 1975
Head Table Guests
Charles R. Work, Deputy Administrator for Administration, Law
Enforcement Assistance Administration
Richard W. Velde, Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration
Edward H. Levi, Attorney General
The President
Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Deputy Attorney General