THE DECEMBER 20, 1979 t WASHINGTON, D.C. Tm4E D A Y 5:30 a.m. WEDNESDAYI

I 5:30 The President received a wake up call from the White House signal board operator. 6:07 The President went to the Oval Office. The President returned to the second floor Residence. The President went to the doctor's office. 7:47 i The President returned to the Oval Office. I I The President met with: 8:00 j 8:02 Gates, Staff Member, National Security Council 8:00 1 8:lO , Assistant for National Security Affairs 8:02 The President was telephoned by Robert S. Strauss, Campaign Chairman, Carter Mondale Presidential Committee, Inc. The i I call was not completed. I 8:25 : 8:26 The President talked with Mr. Strauss. ! I 9:42 1 The President was telephoned by Representative Don Bonker (D-Washington). The call was not completed. I 9:45 ' The President went to the Cabinet Room. I 9:45 I 10: 00 i The President met with Representative Stephen J. Solarz (D-New I York) and a group of his constituents who were supporting the f 1 i President for re-election. For a list of attendees, see :. / 1 1 APPENDIX "A." I Members of the press, in/out I i 1o:oo 1 I' The President returned to the Oval Office. I I The President met with: 1o:oo f 10:35 Hamilton Jordan, Chief of Staff 1o:oo ; 10:20 Alonzo L. McDonald, Jr., White House Staff Director 1o:oo j 10:20 Ray Jenkins, Special Assistant, Press Office 1o:oo 1 10:20 Frank B. Moore, Assistant for Congressional Liaison 1O:OO 1 10:20 Richard Moe, Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice I President 1o:oo ! lOs20 Lloyd N. Cutler, Counsel lo:oo i 10:20 William H. Cable, Deputy Assistant for Congressional 1I ! Liaison lo:32 ' R The President was telephoned by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1 I (D-New York). Staff Assistant Nellie L. Yates took the call. ' I 10:35 i 10:40 The President met with: t! i G. William Miller, Secretary of the Treasury i Charles W. Duncan, Jr., Secretary of Energy I Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant for Domestic Affairs and THE DAlL’f NARY OF PfESiOENT

THE WHITE HOUSE . 79 I ] WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY lo:35 a.m. THURSDAY! i TIME I I continued i Mr. Moore Mr. Cabie Danny C. Tate, Deputy Assistant for Congressional Liaiso Gene E. Godley, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs !I P The President talked with Senator Moynihan.

P The President telephoned Representative Sam Gibbons (D-Florida). The call was not completed.

P The President tsfked with Representative Martin J. Russo 1 I (D-Illinois). ! ! R The President talked with Representative Gibbons. I i The President met with Mr. Jordan. \ I The President went to the office of his Appointments Secretary, 1 Phillip J. Wise, Jr. 1 I: I 1 12:02 12:03 The President greeted Chris Brown, Deputy Campaign Chairman, I Northeast, Carter Mondale Presidential Committee, Inc. I i1 1 12:03 1 I The President went to the Cabinet Room. 12:03 1:25 I The President participated in a luncheon interview with: ? David Kruidenier, Publisher of the Des Moines Register I 1 and Tribune, Des Moines, t James Gannon, Executive Editor, Des Moines Register i and Tribune Michael G. Gartner, Editor, Des Moines Register and Tribune Gilbert Cranberg, Editorial Page Editor, Des Moines Register and Tribune James V. Risser, Washington Bureau Chief, Des Moines ! Register and Tribune i James Flansburg, political writer, Des Moines Register I and Tribune Joseph L. "Jody" Powell, Press Secretary iI- 1:25 1 I The President returned to the Oval Office. I I 1:30 I P I; The President telephoned Walter E. Fauntroy, Delegate 1 I I (D-Washington, D.C.). The call was not completed. 1 I ! i 1:30 ! lt31 The President met with Mr. Powell. I Tide WHlTE HOUSE THE DAIL‘i DfARY OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER T

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2:05 1 2:07 R The President talked with Mr. Strauss.

The President met with: : 2:20 2:25 Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-) 2:20 2:22 Sanford Kinzer, Legislative Assistant to Senator Leahy 2:20 2:22 Kenneth Pierce, Legislative Assistant to Seantor Leahy The Purpose of the meeting was to thank Senator Leahy for his assistance on the development of rural policy and I I to acknowledge his support on SALT II. 1 2:25 1 The President and Senator Leahy went to Room 450 of the 1 Old Executive Office Building (OEOB).

2:25 3:16? The President made an announcement of the Administration's : Small Community and Rural Development Policy. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "B l " ,, I Members of the press I 3:16? 1 I I I The President went to the Indian Treaty Room. 3:16 j 3:03 The President greeted additional guests attending his announcement on Small Community and Rural Development Policy. 3:03 The President went to the State Floor Residence. I 3:03 3:47 The President participated in a briefing for political 1 activists from Illinois. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C." I , 3:47 1 The President returned to the Oval Office. i ! I 3:4? / 4:08 The President participated in a farewell photo opportunity ! I II 1 with Lucy Wilson Benson, departing Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology.

4:08 I 4:15 . The President met with Mr. Powell. I 4:15? The President went to the White House family theatre. I 4:35 The President participated in a meeting to discuss the Administration's programs for increasing use of coal as an energy source with selected Members of Congress. For a I list of attendees, see APPENDIX "D." I 4:29 f R The President was telephoned by Senator Edmund S. Muskie If (D-Maine). The call was not completed. / 4:35 I 1 The President returned to the Oval Office. .I 1 1 1 4~46 4:53 P The President talked with Senator Muskie. f 1f: i ? I1 THE WHITEHOClSE 1. THE OAWf DtARY OF PRESibENT JIMMY CARTER ccacA'c1oN DATE MO.. Day, Yr.r THE WHITE HOUSE DECEMBER 20, 1979 WASHINGTON, D.C. TmfE CAY -~ 4:% p.m.THURSDAY PHONE

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j 4:54 4:s The President talked with Winfield C. "Winn" Moses, Jr., Mayor-elect, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

4:54 1 I The President was telephoned by Special Representative for I Trade Negotiations Reubin O'D. Askew. The call was not completed.

4:56 I 5:Ol The President talked with Mr. Strauss.

5:15 5:20 The President met with: I Secretary Miller i Mr. Eizenstat Mr. Moore Mr. Powell Mr. Tate ! Mr. Cable I 5:34 ' 5:36 P The President talked with Ambassador Askew. I I 5:37 1 5:46 R The President talked with Senator Birch Bayh (D-Indiana). I 6:00 i The President returned to the second floor Residence. I 6:55 The President had dinner with his daughter, Amy Carter. 1 7:41 i 7:44 P The President talked with Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Sharon) Pauly, Dubuque, Iowa.

7:45 j P The President telephoned Delegate Fauntroy. The call iI was not completed. f

7:52 11 P The President telephoned Martin Luther King, Sr., civil rights leader, Atlanta, Georgia. The call was not completed. I I P The President telephoned Ralph Scharnau, Professor of History, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, The call was not completed. I I 7:58 i 8:00 P The President talked with David , Associate Professor i ! of Political Science, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa. i

I 8:04 1 8:06 P / The President talked with Raymond E. Walton, General Manager, 1 ! I Goodwin Brothers, Indianola, Iowa. I 8:08 i 8:lO P 1 The President talked with Leo Jackson, Mayor, New London, l Connecticut. I 8:14 1 8:15 P The President talked with Leonard Flander, attorney, Winterset, ( Iowa. 1 i THE OAltL’f DtARY OF PRESIBEN?’ JIMMY CARTER I

THE WHITE HOUSE DECEMBER 20, 1979 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME DAY 8:23 p.m. THURSDAY -1 PHONE TIME ACTfVI7Y

8:23 8:25 I The President talked with Robert C. Arnould, Sr., Davenport, Iowa, I 8:27 8:33 R The President talked with Mr. Scharnau. f 8:36 1 8:39 P The President talked with Norbert Beckey, Muscatine, Iowa.

8:44 8:47 The President talked with John J. "Jack" Wolfe, Jr., attorney, I Clinton, Iowa.

8t52 8:54 P The President talked with Mrs. Robert (Virginia) Minnehan, ! I Churdan, Iowa. 8:55 The President talked with Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) James T. McIntyre, Jr.

9:Ol Ii 9:04 P The President talked with Walter Griffin, Fayette, Iowa.

9:07 I 9:lO P 1 The President talked with Mr. and Mrs. Merle (Mabel) Reed, I Boone, Iowa. Mr. Reed is a member of the Iowa State Council I of Senior Citizens Organizations 9:13 I 9:14 P The President talked with Mrs. Harold (Florine) Eich, Carroll, I Iowa. I I , i ; 9:32 1 9:34 R The President talked with Mr. King.

1 9:35 j P The President telephoned Mrs. Paul (Rose) Hall, wife of the 1 I President of the Seafarere International Union of North i America, American Federation of Labor - Congress of I ti Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The call was not complete 1: I 9:45 ’ 9:46 R . The President talked with Mrs. Hall. I I I I I I I I E The President telephoned Anthony R. Gaeta, Borough President, 1 i I 9:529:59 I1 I Staten Island, New York. The call was not completed. I 1 ; IO:04 P The President talked with Mrs. Drusilla Myers, Chairman, i I I Washington County Democratic Party, Jonesport, Maine. ! 1 I / 10:07 / 10:14 P The President talked with Delegate Fauntroy. I/ I / 10:33 ! 10:37 P The President talked with Mr. and Mrs. Jerome (Shari) Fitzgerald. I i Mr. Fitzgerald is a former Iowa State Representative, Fort t Dodge, Iowa. !I i I ll:O2 i ,liI:O4 R The President talked with Mr. Moore. I I I 11:05 f P : The President telephoned Mr. Jordan. The call was not completed. Ii 1 11:54 1 P I I The President gave a message to the White House signal board I 1 i t t THE DAILY DfARY OF PRESIDEM’ JliMMY CARTE??

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