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Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 82) at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

THE THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD

PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 12:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY -PHONE TIME "~ "-t) ACTIVITY c: ~ 1----.,...-----1 II II In Out c.. ~

For a record of the President's activities before midnight, see the daily diary for May 18, 1976.

12:00 1:18 The President met with: Richard B. Cheney, Assistant Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary Terrence O'Donnell, Aide Maj. Robert E. Barrett, Army Aide David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer

12 :10 12:13 R The President talked with Robert Pascal, Co-Chairman of the Maryland state President Ford Committee (PFC).

12:25 12:28 P The President talked with Rogers C.B. Morton, Chairman of the PFC.

12:29 12:32 P The President talked with Peter J. Secchia, President of Universal Forest Products, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

12:32 P The President telephoned Governor William G. Milliken (R-Michigan) and Honorary Chairman of the Michigan state PFC. The call was not completed.

12:42 12:46 P The President talked with Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan) and Honorary Chairman of the Michigan state PFC.

1:03? 1:06? P The President talked with Director of the Presidential Advance Office, Byron M. Cavaney, Jr.

1:04? 1:06? P The President talked with Mrs. John (Ranny) Riecker, Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan.

1:06 1:08 P The President talked with Chairman of the Michigan Republican state Committee William F. McLaughlin.

7:35 The President had breakfast.

7:43 7:49 R The President talked with Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.

8:00 8:02 R The President talked with ¥~~e~Bresident Ne1son.A. Rockefeller.

0 8:22 The President went to the doctor's office.

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19~ 1976 WASHINGTON; D.C. TIME DAY 8:28 a.m. WEDNESDAY r--­PHONE TIME 1! ." ~ *u ACTIVITY 0:: ~ I--I-n--'--=O-ut--1 l JJ:

8:28 The President went to the .

The President met with: 8:28 8:55 Mr. Cheney 8:35 8:55 John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor 8:35 9:10 Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs 8:35 8:55 Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs 8:35 8:55 James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget

9:07 9 :11 R The President talked with Congressman John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona).

9:15 The President went to the Cabinet Room.

9:15 9:35 The President participated in a meeting to discuss the administrations position on pending antitrust legisla­ tion. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A."

9 :35 The President went to the State Dining Room.

9:35 9:45 The President greeted approximately 300 members of the White House staff including senior and operational staff. The purpose of the meeting was to thank the staff for their support during the Presidential primaries.

9:45 The President returned to the Cabinet Room.

9:45 10:25 The President continued his meeting to discuss pending antitrust legislation. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX !lA."

10:03 R The President was telephoned by Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R-Tennessee). The call was not completed.

10:25 The President returned to the Oval Office.

10:25 11:05 The President met with: Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor Mr. Marsh Mr. Cheney Mr. Friedersdorf Mr. Morton continued GPO. 1974 0l-55S-863 THE WHITE HOUSE THE DAILY DIARY OF PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD

PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 10:25 a.m. WEDNESDAY r--­PHONE TIME '8 ::; ACTIVITY r------r-~--~ £ ~ In Out g ~

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Lt. Gen. Scowcroft Mr. Nessen', John G. Carlson, Deputy Press Secretary

11:05 The President went to the Rose Garden.

11:05 11:10 The President greeted six Vietnam Veterans and their families who had been selected by "No Greater Love" to receive national recognition for their contribution in their communities, as civilians, since their return from Vietnam. "No Greater Love" is a volunteer organization which sponsors programs of friendship and care for children of the prisoners of war, missing in action, killed in action, and hospitalized veterans, and for older Americans. For a list of attendees; see APPENDIX "B." Members of the press

11 :10 The President returned to the Oval Office.

11 :10 12:20 The President met with: Mr. Cheney Mr. Morton Stuart Spencer, Deputy Chairman for Political Organization, PFC Royston C. Hughes, Deputy Chairman for Administra­ tion, PFC

12:20 12:35 The President met with Lt. Gen. Scowcroft.

1:01 1:06 R The President talked with Senator Baker.

The President met with: 1:33 2:05 Mr. Marsh 1:33 2:05 Mr. Cheney 1:40 2:05 Mr. Lynn 1:40 2:05 Paul H. O'Neill, Deputy Director of the OMB 1:40 2:05 Donald G. Ogilvie, Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, OMB 1:40 2:05 Lt. Gen. Scowcroft 1:40 2:05 Mr. Friedersdorf V

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo.• Day. Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 2:05 p.m. WEDNESDAY -PHONE ACTIVITY

2:05 2:50 The President met with: Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel; currently Senior Adviser, Labor Party Steering Forum of Israel Simcha Dinitz, Ambassador of Israel to the U.S. Lt. Gen. Scowcroft Members of the press, in/out

2:50 The President and Mrs. Meir went to the South Grounds of the White House.

The President bade farewell to Mrs. Meir.

2:51 2:59 The President participated in a question and answer session with members of the press.

3:05 The President returned to the Oval Office.

3:05 3:30 The President met with: Mr. Hartmann Mr. Cheney Jack Ford Robert C. Orben, Special Assistant David R. Gergen, Special Counsel Don Penny Schneider, Consultant Douglas J. Smith, Staff Assistant

3:30 4:35 The President met with Vice President Rockefeller.

4:40 5:25 The President met with: Mr. Marsh Mr. Hartmann Mr. Gergen Mr. Orben Jack Ford Mr. Smith

The President met with: 5:35 5:50 Mr. Marsh 5:35 6 :10 Mr. Cheney

5:35 5:38 P The President talked with Congressman Paul Findley (R-I11inois).

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE Mc\¥ 19, 1976 L WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 6:10 p.m. WEDNESDAY -PHONE TIME ACTIVITY 1;;: ~0:: I------,;----:----i II II In Out 0.. 0::

6:10 6:30 The President met with: Pete Wilson, Mayor (R-San Diego, California) Michael Raoul-Duval, Special Counsel

6:32 6: 37 P The President talked with Walter J. Hickel, former Governor (R-Alaska).

6:38 P The President telephoned Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Chairman of the Fisher New Center Company, Detroit, Michigan and Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee, PFC. The call was not completed.

6:51 The President returned to the doctor's office.

6:56 The President returned to the second floor Residence.

7:15 The President had dinner with: '-.....­ The First Lady Mrs. Thomas G. (Janet) Ford, the President's sister-in-law Mrs. Wendall (Harriet) Thorne, former neighbor of the Ford's in Alexand£ia, Virginia

7:47 The President wetlurlledrhe bhe'South Grounds of the White House.

7:48 7:50 The President motored from the South Grounds to the Madison Hotel, 15th and M Streets.

7:52 8:04 The President attended a dinner in honor of the Academic Advisory Board and academic members of the American Enterprise Institute CAEI) for and Research and Advisory Councils. For a list of AEI academic honorees, see APPENDIX "C." Members of the press

7:52 The President was greeted by: Herman J. Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the AEI for Public Policy and Research and Vice Chairman of Mobil Oil Corporation William J. Baroody, Sr., President of the AEI for Public Policy and Research and Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day. Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19. 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 7:52 p.m. WEDNESDAY -PHONE TIME ] ACTIVITY r---In----.---o-ut--~l

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Paul W. McCracken, Edmund Ezra Day University Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan and Chairman of the AE~ for Public Policy and Research Marshall Coyne, owner of the Madison Hotel

7:54 The President went to the holding room. He was escorted by: Mr. Schmidt Mr. Baroody Mr. McCracken

7:57 The Presidential party went to the announcement area.

7:58 The Presidential party went to the head table in the Dolley Madison Room. For a list of head table guests, see APPENDIX liD." ~ 7:58 The President was introduced by Mr. Schmidt.

7:58 8:02 The President addressed guests attending the dinner.

8:04 The President returned to his . He was escorted by: Mr. Schmidt Mr. Baroody Mr. McCracken

8:05 8:08 The President motored from the Madison Hotel to the South Grounds of the White House.

8:09 The President returned to the second floor Residence.

8: 32 The President and the First Lady went to the South Grounds of the White House.

8:33 8:35 The President and the First Lady motored from the South Grounds to Blair House, 1651 .

The President and the First Lady went inside Blair House.

8:35 The President and the First Lady were greeted by: Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of the French Republic Mrs. Valery Giscard d'Estaing

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 8:39 p.m. WEDNESDAY PHONE I--­ TIME § ~ ACTIVITY I----....------l ~ II In Out Q. '"

8:39 The President and the First Lady, accompanied by President and Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing went to their motorcade.

8:39 9:09 The President and President Giscard d'Estaing motored from Blair House to Mt. Vernon Mansion, Mt. Vernon, Virginia.

9:10 11:03 The Presidential party participated in a ceremony to receive a Sound and Light program tiThe Father of Liberty" depicting the life of George Washington from the French Republic to the U.S. in celebration of our Bicentennial. Members of the press

9:10 The Presidential party was greeted by: Governor Mills E. Goodwin, Jr. (R-Virgiliia) Mrs. Thomas T. Cooke, Regent of the Mt. Vernon Ladies Association Henry E. Catto, Jr., Chief of Protocol Charles C. Wall, Resident Director of Mt. Vernon

9 :11 The President and President Giscard d'Estaing, escorted by Mrs. Cooke, went to the speakers platform.

The President and President Giscard d'Estaing exchanged remarks.

9 :17 The President was presented with the certificate of the Sound and Light show by President Giscard d'Estaing.

9:22 9:27 The President addressed guests attending the ceremony.

The President presented the. certificate to Mrs. Cooke.

9:29 The President and President Giscard d'Estaing, escorted by Mrs. Cooke and Ambassador Catto, went to their seats.

9:30 10:17 The President and President Giscard d'Estaing attended the Sound and Light Show.

The President, the Fi~st Lady, President and Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing went inside Mt. Vernon Mansion. They were escorted by: Mrs. Cooke Ambassador Catto

10:20 The President and President Giscard d'Estaing signed Mt. Vernon's guest book.

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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE MAY 19, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 10:21 p.m. WEDNESDAY IPHONE TIME ~ ~ ACTIVITY ~--In--~---O-ut--~ l ~

10:21 10:40 The President, the First Lady, President and Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing received guests attending the presentation and Sound and Light Show.

The Presidential party went to the Piazza and tent area on the lawn.

10:45 11:00 The Presidential party attended a reception.

11:00 The President and the First Lady returned to their motor­ cade. They were escorted by: President and Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing Mrs. Cooke Ambassador Catto

The President and the First Lady bade farewell to: President and Mrs. Giscard d'Estaing Mrs. Cooke Ambassador Catto

11:03 11:29 The president and the First Lady motored from Mt. Vernon Mansion to the South Grounds of the White House.

11:31 The President and the First Lady returned to the second floor Residence.

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GPO. 1974 OL 555 863 APPENDIX "A" All Present. Attendance confirmed by Edward Schmults. MEETING TO DISCUSS ANTITRUST LEGISLATION The Cabinet Room May 19, 1976

PARTICIPANTS:

The President

Edward H. Levi, Attorney General

Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Nebraska)

Thomas E. Kauper, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice

James T. Lynn, Director of the Office of Management and Budget COMB) and Assistant for Management and Budget

James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs

WHITE HOUSE STAFF:

Philip W. Buchen, Counsel

Edward C. Schmults, Deputy Counsel

John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor

Max L. Friedersdorf, Assistant for Legislative Affairs

William T. Kendall, Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs

Kenneth A. Lazarus, Associate Counsel APPENDIX "B" Attendance confirmed by yelma H. Shelton MEETING WITH FINALISTS OF THE EDITORS' CHOICE vrindicates present. "NO GREATER LOVE" PROGRAM The Rose Garden May 19, 1976

PARTICIPANTS: vThe President

\I James Robert Brunotte, cowboy from Creston, California v'Mrs. James Robert (Evelyn) Brunotte

~Chad Colley, real estate salesman from Barling, Arkansas V Mrs • Chad (Betty) Colley

~James C. Donahue, Assistant Veterans' Employment Representative for the City of from Buffalo, New York vMrs. James C. (Sandra) Donahue v'Mathew J. Johnston, operates family farm "Bard Arrow Ranch", Wheatland, New York ~rs. Mathew J. (Lorraine) Johnston ¥Eldon Johnston, father VMrs. Eldgn (Josephine) Johnston, mother VMr. andVMrs. Gilbert Beck, godpar~nts

~Joseph F.C. Nawrozki, general assignment reporter and rewrite man for the Baltimore News American, Baltimore, Maryland vlJMrs. Joseph F.C. (Adrienne) Nawrozki v/Henri I. Parker, Jr., student at Federal City College, Washington, D.C. and a statistical assistant and investigator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Department of the D.C. office of Human Rights

Rocky Bleier, football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers (not a finalist) Mrs. Rocky (Aleta Giacobine) Bleier

"NO GREATER LOVE" ORGANIZATION:

VCarmella LaSpada, Chairman of the Board, "No Greater Love" Organization VMelissa Daniel, Assistant to Ms. LaSpada

OTHERS: v/Robert J. Dreher, Publisher, Platte County Record Times, Wheatland, New York ylManny Gamallo, Southwest Times Record, Ft. Smith, Arkansas v/;oseph W. Koral, WEEN-TV, Buffalo, New York t/'David Tripp, photographer from the Air Force detailed to IINo Greater Love" Organization

continued •••• APPENDIX liB" -2 5/19/76

WHITE HOUSE STAFF:

~Theodore C. Marrs, Special Assistant for Human Resources

~enneth M. Quinn, Staff Member, National Security Council (NSC) APPENDIX "c" Attendance not confirmed.

FOR PUBLIC POLICY & RESEARCH

HONOREES:

Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, American Enterprise Institute Academic Advisory Board and Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Edmund Ezra Day University Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan

Phillip E. Areeda, Professor of Law, and former Consultant to the President

*Robert H. Bork, Professor of Law, Yale University

Yale Brozen, Professor of ,

Phillip Cagan, Professor of Economics,

Colin D. Campbell, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

Harold O. Carter, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California/Davis

Ronald H. Coase, Professor of Economics, Law School, University of Chicago

Harold Demsetz, Professor of Economics, University of California/Los Angeles

Wietze Eizenga, Professor of Economics, Leiden University/The Netherlands

Richard Erb, Resident , American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, Washington, D.C.

Marten Estey, Professor of Industry, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania

William J. Fellner, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, Washington, D.C. and Sterling Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Yale Univers\ty

Milton Friedman, Paul Snowden Russell Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Gottfried Haberler, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, Washington, D.C. and Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade (Emeritus), Harvard University

C. Lowell Harriss, Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Clark C. Havighurst, Professor of Law, Duke University

continued ••• APPENDIX "c" -2 5/19 /76

Donald C. Hellmann, Professor of , University of Washington

Hendrik S. Houthakker, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Charles S. Hyneman, Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) Indiana University

D. Gale Johnson, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Edmund W. Kitch, Professor of Law, University of Chicago

Philip A. Klein, Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

Lawrence J. Korb, Professor of Management, Naval War College

Marvin H. Kosters, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, Washington, D.C.

Irving Kristol, Henry Luce Professor of Urban Values, New York Universtiy

Louis Lasagna, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rochester

George Lenczowski, Professor of Political Science, University of California/ Berkley

Harold M. Levinson, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

Seymour Martin Lipset, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow The ,

Charles E. McLure, Jr., Cline Professor of Economics and Finance, Rice University

*James C. Miller, III, Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University

Edward J. Mitchell, Professor of Business Economics, University of Michigan

Geofffey H. Moore, Vice President, Research National Bureau of Economic Research

Thomas Gale Moore, Director of Domestic Studies, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University

J. Carter Murphy, Professor of Economics, Southern Methodist University

Robert A. Nisbet, Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University

G. Warren Nutter, Paul Goodloe McIntire Professor of Economics, University of Virginia APPENDIX "c" -3 5/19/76

Attiat F. Ott, Professor of Economics, Clark University

Irvine H. Page, Editor, Modern Medicine, Cleveland,Clinc

Howard R. Penniman, Professor of Government, Georgetown University

Richard A. Posner, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

James A. Robinson, President, University of West Florida

George Shultz, Professor of Management and Public Policy, Stanford University

Thomas Sowell, Professor of Economics, University of California/Los Angeles

Herbert Stein, A. Willis Robertson Professor of Economics, University of Virginia

Carl H. Stem, Professor of Economics, Texas Tech University

Stephen J. Tonsor, Professor of , University of Michigan

George M. von Furstenberg, Resident Economist, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, Washington, D.C.

Marina von N. Whitman, Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh

William M. Wardell, Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Medicine, University of Rochester

Paul Weaver, Associate Editor, Fortune Magazine

John C. Weicher, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University

Murray L. Weidenbaum, Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, Washington University/St. Louis

Aaron Wildavsky, Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California/Berkeley

James ~. Wilson, Professor of Government, Harvard University

Ralph K. Winter, Jr., Professor of Law, Yale University

*On leave for government service - Solicitor General, Department of Justice. APPENDIX "D" Attendance confirmed by Frances McGavin from AEI All present. AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH DINNER - MADISON HOTEL, DOLLEY MADISON ROOM May 19, 1976

HEAD TABLE GUESTS:

The President

William J. Baroody, Sr., President of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research, and Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

*Robert H. Bork, Professor of Law, Yale University

George H. Dixon, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Congo Marvin L. Esch (R-Michigan)

Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research Academic Advisory Board and Coordinator of Academic Affairs, Edmund Ezra Day University Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan

F. David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)

Micha1e H. Moskow, Under Secretary of Labor

Herman J. Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy and Research and Vice Chairman of Mobil Oil Corporation

*On leave for govt. service. - Solicitor General, Department of Justice