Scanned from the President's Daily Diary Collection (Box 84) 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 OCTOBER 12 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 7:15 a.m. TUESDAY
TIME ] ~ ACTIVITY I----~----I II II In Out Q.. '"
7:15 The President had breakfast.
7:44 The President went to the Oval Office.
7:54 The President went to the barber shop.
8:15 R The President was telephoned by Congressman Joe D. Waggonner (D-Louisiana). The call was not completed.
8:29 The President returned to the Oval Office.
8:30 9:00 The President met with: George Bush, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs
9:00 9:10 R The President talked with Congressman Waggonner.
The President met with: 9:05 9:15 John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor 9:05 9:30 Richard B. Cheney, Assistant
9:12 9:18 P The President talked with Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon.
9:39 P The President telephoned Senator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina). The call was not completed.
9:43 9:48 The President met with Mr. Cheney.
9:53 The President went to the Cabinet Room.
9:53 10:40 The President participated in a meeting with American leaders of East European ancestry. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX itA. It Members of the press
10:40 The President returned to the Oval Office.
10:43 10:50 The President met with his Press Secretary, Ronald H. Nessen.
10:46 10:49 R The President talked with Senator Thurmond.
11:11 11:12 R The President talked with the First Lady.
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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER 12, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 11:22 a.m. TUESDAY PHONE '-- TIME ~ ~ ACTIVITY £ ~ ~---.------I II II 10 Out 0.. '"
11:22 The President went to the South Grounds of the White House.
11:24 11:30 The President flew by helicopter from the South Grounds to Andrews AFB, Maryland. For a list of passengers, see APPENDIX "B."
'.-:; 11:36 12:08 The President flew by the "Spirit of '76" from Andrews AFB to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York. For a list of passengers, see APPENDIX "C."
12:08 The President was greeted by: Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-New York) Senator James L. Buckley (Conservative-New York) Louis J. Lefkowitz, state Attorney General (R-New York) Philip H. Weinberg, Campaign Coordinator for the New York state President Ford Committee (PFC) John Calandra, Republican County Chairman for Bronx County, New York Joseph Margiotta, Republican County Chairman for Nassau County, New York Jack Muratori, Republican County Chairman for Queens County, New York
12:19 The President went to his motorcade. He was accompanied by: Senator Javits Senator Buckley Richard M. Rosenbaum, Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee and member of the PFC Campaign Steering Committee
12:19 12:43 The Presidential party motored from the John F. Kennedy Inter national Airport to Yeshiva of F1atbush High School, 1605 Avenue J, Brooklyn, New York.
12:43 The President was greeted by: George Klein, President of Barton's Candy Corpora tion, Brooklyn, New York Mrs. Yaffa E1iach, Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies Fred Goldschmidt, President of Yeshiva of F1atbush
12:43 12:53 The President, escorted by Mrs. E1iach, participated in a tour of the Center for Holocaust Studies.
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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER 12, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 12:53 p.m. TUESDAY PHONE ' TIME i! "'" ACTIVITY g ~ 1----.------1 ~ II In Out 0..:':
12:53 The President went to the offstage announcement area.
12:54 The President went to the platform outside the Center for Holocaust Studies. For a list of platform guests, see APPENDIX "D."
The President was introduced by Senator Javits.
12:55 1:09 The President addressed the crowd gathered for his visit.
1:15 The President went to the meeting room.
1:15 2:00 The President met with New York Jewish leaders. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "E."
1:16 The President was introduced by Mr. Klein.
1:20 1:25 The President addressed approximately 150 Jewish leaders attending the meeting.
1:25 2:00 The President participated in a question and answer session.
2:03 The President went to the sukkah, a symbolic structure of the annual autumn harvest festival celebrated by the Jews.
2:08 The President returned to his motorcade.
2:10 2:26 The President motored from Yeshiva of Flatbush High School to Borough Park. He was accompanied by: Senator Javits Senator Buckley Mr. Rosenbaum
2:30 2:35 The President addressed the crowd gathered for his visit.
2:36 2:44 The President motored from Borough Park to Bay Ridge. He was accompanied by: Senator Javits Senator Buckley Mr. Rosenbaum
, 2 :45? 2:50? The President addressed the crowd gathered for his visit.
2:46 3:36 The President motored from Bay Ridge to the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1275 York Avenue. He was accompanied by: Senator Javits continued
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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER 12, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 2:46 p.m. TUESDAY -PHONE TIME 1l ~ ACTIVITY f----1n-----,--O-U-I--t l
continued
Senator Buckley Mr. Rosenbaum
3:36 The President was greeted by: Lewis Thomas, President of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Benno C. Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
? The President went to the eighth floor.
? ? The Pres-ident met with: Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minnesota) Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey Senator Javits Senator Buckley Congressman Benjamin A. Gitman (R-New York) Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary
3:50 The President returned to his motorcade.
3:50 3:57 The President motored from the Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Center to the New York Hilton Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas. He was accompanied by: Senator Javits Senator Buckley Mr. Rosenbaum
3:57 The President was greeted by General Manager of the New York Hilton Hotel Jorgen Hansen.
4:00 The President went to his suite.
5:06 The President went to the Beekman Room.
5:10 6:20 The President met with approximately 40 New York media executives. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX
6:20 The President returned to his suite.
6:25 6:40 The President met with his Consultant, Don Penny Schneider.
7:00 7:15 The President met with Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller.
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PLACE DAY BEGAN DATE (Mo., Day, Yr.) THE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER 12, 1976 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 7:20 p.m. TUESDAY PHONE TIME ---- ACTIVITY
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7:20 The President and Vice President Rockefeller went to the Me~cury Ballroom.
7:20 7:50 The President and Vice President Rockefeller attended a VIP Reception for guests attending the New York Republican Salute the President Dinner.
7:20 The President was greeted by Gustave L. Levy, Chairman of the New York Republican Salute the President dinner.
7:20 7:50 The President greeted approximately 350 guests attending the the reception.
7:52 The President and Vice president Rockefeller went to the holding room.
8:04 The President and Vice President Rockefeller went to the offstage announcement area.
8:05 10:30 The President and Vice President Rocekfe11er attended the New York Republicans Salute the President dinner.
8:05 The president and Vice president Rockefeller went to the head table in the Grand Ballroom. For a list of head table guests, see APPENDIX "G."
The Presidential party had dinner.
9:40 The President was introduced by Vice President Rockefeller.
9:45 10:11 The president addressed approximately 800 guests attending the dinner.
10:35 The President returned to his suite.
10:36 10:50 The president met with Mr. Cheney.
10:52 11:10 P The President talked with the First Lady.
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Attendance confirmed by Myron B. Kuropas. All present.
MEETING WITH AMERICAN LEADERS OF EAST EUROPEAN ANCESTRY
The Cabinet Room October 12, 1976
The President
Hratch Abrahamian, President of the Armenian National Committee
Zoltan Beky, President of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America
C.C. Bobelis, President of the Lithuanian American Council
Mrs. Anna Faltus, Liaison Officer, Czechoslovak National Council of America
Stanley A. Gecys, President of the Lithuanian American Community of the USA
Daniel Kij, President of the Polish Union of America
Vitaut Kipel, Byelorussian American Association
Adolfs Lejins, President of the American Latvian Association
Aloysius A. Maewski, President of the Polish National Alliance of the USA
Nick Medvid, President of the Los Angeles (California) Chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee
Gunars Meierovics, Chairman of the Joint Baltic American Committee
George Meyer, Member of the Executive Board of the Congress of Russian Americans
Col. Julian Niemczyk, Executive Director of the National Republican Heritage Groups (Nationalities) Council
Joseph L. Osajda, President of the Polish Roman Catholic Union
Laszlo Pasztor, Chairman of the Board of the American Hungarian Federation
Ilmar Pleer, President of the Estonian National Council
George Ramonas, Director of the Ethnic Desk, President Ford Committee (PFC)
Joseph Saban, President of the Croatian Catholic Union of the USA continued APPENDIX "A" p. 2 10/12/76
Uros SeHer, President of the Serbian National Connnittee
Robert T. Hartmann, Counsellor
John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Assistant for National Security Affairs
William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant fOr Public Liaison
James H. Cavanaugh, Deputy Assistant for Domestic Affairs
A. Dennis Clift, Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
Myron B. Kuropas, Special Assistant for Ethnic Affairs APPENDIX liB"
HELICOPTER PASSENGER MANIFEST
October 12, 1976
FROM: SOUTH GROUNDS, THE WHITE HOUSE
TO: ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND
The President Terrence O'Donnell, Aide Byron M. Cavaney, Jr., Special Assistant Richard B. Cheney, Assistant James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, Physician David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer Capt. Charles Mead, Air Force Aide APPENDIX II· c"
PASSENGER MANIFEST
AIR FORCE ONE 2700 MISSION 1197 Andrews AFB, Maryland to New York City, New York 12 October 12, 1976 Dep: 11:37am Arr: 12:09pm +32 230SM
The President Richard B. Cheney, Assistant Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary Byron M. Cavaney, Jr., Special Assistant Terrence O'Donnell, Aide Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, Physician Capt. Charles Mead, Air Force Aide David H. Kennerly, Personal Photographer Richard M. Rosenbaum, Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee Juddah Sommer, Scheduler, President Ford Committee (PFC) Robert Baker, Executive Director of the New York state PFC David H. Lissy, Special Assistant for Domestic Affairs James M. Cannon III, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs Milton A. Friedman, Special Assistant Barbara Rippie, Seeretary to Mr. Cheney Lynn A. Suddeth, Secretary,:Editoria1 Office MSG Herbert Oldenburg, baggage handler MSCS Arturo Bautista, Valet SGT Patricia Jones, stenographer R. Keiser R. Steiner C. Bulloch D. Schneider H. Ludwig USSS E. Luzania P. Miller G. McDavid R. Rasor Don R"'o~t:-T""'l""e~r~g"",-l AP Richard Growa1d, UPI Harvey Georges, AP Photo Darryl Heikes, UPI Photo Terry DeWitt, ABC Film Crew Charles Warner, ABC Film Crew Joseph Serensits, ABC Film Crew Robert Gruenberg, Chicago Daily News James Doyle, Newsweek Jon Bascom, Mutual APPENDIX "D"
YESHIVA OF FLATBUSR HIGR SCHOOL
Brooklyn, Naw York Octobar 12, 1976
Platform Guasts
A list of platform guests was not available for inclusion in the President's diary. APPENDIX "E"
Attendance confirmed by office of David Lissy. All present. List may not be complete.
MEETING WITH NEW YORK JEWISH LEADERS
Yeshiva of Flatbush Brooklyn, New York October 12, 1976
The President
Irwin Ackerman
Judge Gerald Alder
David Ashe
Jerome Agular
Robert Baker
Harry Bearman
Carl Berkowitz
Rabbi Louis Bernstein
Rabbi Oswald Besser
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Alan Bodner
Rabbi Herbert Bomzer
Hershel Chitrik
Rabbi Samuel Cohen
Rabbi Simcha Cohen
Dr. Martin Danzig
Sender Deutsch
Rabbi Joseph Drillman
continued ... APPENDIX "E" p. 2 10/12/76
Rabbi Isaac Eichenstein
Rabbi David Eliach
Dr. Yaffa Eliach
Mrs. Edith Evert
Rabbi Shloma Reuven Feinstein
Rabbi David Feldman
Rabbi Leon Fink
Rabbi Avraham Fishelis
Mr. Hertz Frankel
Rabbi Stuart Gertman
David Gold
Rabbi Jacob Goldberg
Rabbi Bernard Goldenberg
Fred Goldshinidt
Mrs. Fred Goldshmidt
Dr. Abraham Goodman
Mrs. Abraham Goodman
Roy Goodman
Rabbi Joseph Grunblat
Judge Noah Goldstein
Mrs. Jean Herschaft
Rabbi David H. Hill
Mrs. Lenore Hill
Rabbi Gunter Hirschberg
Marvin Hochberg
continued •.. APPENDIX liE" p. 3 10/12/76
Malcolm Hoen1ein
Mrs. Malcolm Hoen1ein
Milton Hoffman
Irving Husin
Ira Hirschmann
Rabbi Louis Isbee
Gershon Jacobson, Algeimer Journal
Rabbi Burton Jaffe
Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-New York)
Rabbi Abraham Kelman
Dr. Murray Kick
Rabbi Gilbert K1apperman
George Klein
Mrs. George Klein
Mrs. Sophie Kohn
Rabbi Sho1em Kowalsky
Rabbi Benjamin Kreitman
Leonard Krim
Ceil Kushner
Rabbi Leopold Lefkowitz
Louis Lefkowitz
David H. Lissy
Rabbi Marvin Luban
Dr. Bernard Lander
Benjamin Meed
continued ••• APPENDIX "E" p.4 10/12/76
Rabbi Judah Nadich
Rabbi Ezechiel Pikus
Howard Rhine
Rabbi Steve Riskin
Frederick Rose
Herman Rosenbaum
Richard Rosenbaum
Harvey Rosenfeld
Joseph Rubin
Ms. Nancy Rubinger
Rabbi Harold Saperstein
Rabbi Hersch1 Schacter
Se10mon T. Scharf
Dr. Alvin Schoff
Rabbi Arthur Schneier
Rabbi Geda1ia Schor
Paul Schu1der
David Schwartz
Rabbi Solomon Sharfman
Professor David Sidorsky
Rabbi Boruch Silverstein
Rabbi David Singer
Professor Israel Singer
Sol Singer
Rabbi Eugene Smi10vic
Peter Strauss Rabbi Frank Sturm continued ••• APPENDIX liE" p. 5 10/12/76
Dr. Moshk Tendler
Rabbi Saul Tep1itz
Herbert Tenz1er
David Weisbrod
Rabbi Fred Wolf
Steven Wo1nek
Rabbi Benjamin Wykansky
Gordon Zacks
Rabbi Sheidon Zimmerman APPENDIX "F"
Attendance not confirmed.
MEETING WITH NEW YORK MEDIA EXECUTIVES
Beekman Room New York Hilton Hotel New York, New York October 12, 1976
The President
William F. Kerby, Chairman of the Board, The Wall Street Journal
Warren H. Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Wall Street Journal
Lester Tanzer, Managing Editor of U.S. News and World Report magazine
Ralph P. Davidson, Publisher of TIME magazine
Jason McManus, Assistant Managing Editor of TIME magazine
Peter Derow, President of Newsweek magazine
Edward Kosner, Editor-in-Chief; of New.sweek lllagazine
William Attwood, Publisher of Newsday
David Abram Laventho1, Executiye Vice President and Editor of Newsday
John B. Oakes, Editor of the Editorial Page of The New York Times
Seymour Topping, Deputy Managing Editor of The New York Times
Dorothy Schiff, Publisher and Editor-in~Chief of the New York Post
James A. Wechsler, Editora1 Page Editor of the New York Post
W.H. James, President and Publisher of the New York Daily News
Michael J. O'Neill, Vice President and Editor of the New York Daily News
John Hughes, Editor and Manager of The Christian Science Monitor
Earl Foell, Managing Editor of The Christian Science Monitor
Leonard Go1denson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) continued • • • APPENDIX. !IF" p. 2 10/12/76 William E. Sheehan, Jr., President of ABC News
John A. Schneider, President of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Broadcast Group
William J. Small, Senior Vice President of CBS News
Herbert S. Schlosser, President of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Richard C. Wald, President of NBC News
Henry Z. Urban, President and Publisher of the Buffalo Evening News
C. Edward Little, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mutual Broadcasting System
Bob Stahly Moore, Director of News for the Mutual Broadcasting System
Allen H. Neuharth, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Gannett Company, Inc.
John C. Quinn, Senior Vice President for News, The Gannett Company, Inc.
Donald H. McGannon, President of Westinghouse Braodcasting
Douglas Turner, Executive Editor of the Buffalo Courier-Express, Inc.
Herbert G. Klein, Vice President of Metromedia
Clemins M. Weber" Executiye Vice l'resident of; Metrollledia
Frank Bennack, Jr., Vice President and General Manger for News, Hearst Publishing Company
Richard E. Deems, President, Hearst Magazines, Hearst Publishing Company
Gilbert A. Robinson Gilbert A. Robinson, Inc.
Lois Lippman, Assistant to Mr. Robinson
Joyce Shannon,
Staff
Richard B. Cheney, Assistant Ronald H. Nessen, Press Secretary Juddah Sommer, Scheduler, President Ford Committee (PFC) •
APPENDIX "Gil
NEW YORK SALUTE THE PRESIDENT DINNER Mercury Ballroom New York Hilton Hotel New York, New York October 12, 1976
A list of head table guests attending the dinner was not available for inclusion in the President's diary.