Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following listing includes the President's daily schedule and other items of general interest as announced by the White House Press Office during the period covered by this issue. Events and announcements printed elsewhere in the issue are not included.

September 12

The President met at the White House with:

--Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;

--senior White House staff members;

--the Cabinet;

--Vice President Walter F. Mondale; Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Thomas Kelly, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, to discuss the administration's human rights policies;

--members of the Interagency Council on Minority Business Enterprise, who were meeting in the Cabinet Room.

The White House announced that the President has recommended to the board of directors of the National Alliance of Businessmen that it consider the election of G. William Miller, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Textron, Inc., and Chairman of the President's Committee on HIRE, to the post of chairman of the Alliance.

The White House announced that Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has accepted the President's invitation to make a state visit to the United States, beginning in Washington on October 11.

September 13

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--the Democratic leadership of the Senate;

--Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Party leader;

--Vice President Mondale, Dr. Brzezinski, and Robert R. Bowie, Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence;

--Bert Lance, Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

--a group of national presidents of labor and postal management groups;

--Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina;

--Senator and Mrs. Russell B. Long of Louisiana, for dinner.

September 14

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, honorary vice president, Coleman Burke, president, and Dr. Laton Holmgren, general secretary, of the American Bible Society;

--Senators Wendell R. Anderson of Minnesota and Dale Bumpers of Arkansas and Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus;

--Mrs. Carter, for lunch;

--Kenneth M. Curtis, chairman, Paul D. Sullivan, executive director, and Joel McCleary, treasurer, Democratic National Committee;

--Mr. Lance, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Deputy Director, Harrison Wellford, Executive Associate Director for Reorganization and Management, and F. Tread Davis, Jr., Deputy Associate Director for Reorganization, Office of Management and Budget, to discuss Government reorganization.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties given for Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen of Texas and a group of editors from Texas and South Carolina in the Cabinet Room.

The White House announced that Prime Minister Datuk Hussein bin Onn of Malaysia will be visiting the United States from September 23 to October 5. During his official stay in Washington, the Prime Minister will meet with the President on September 27.

The President declared a major disaster for the State of Missouri as a result of severe storms and flooding beginning about September 11, which caused extensive public and property damage.

September 15

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--a group of 12 Republican Senators;

--Mrs. Carter, Honorary Chairperson, and Dr. Thomas E. Bryant, Chairman, President's Commission on Mental Health, who presented the President with the preliminary report of the Commission;

--chief executives of the major recording studios represented in the Recording Industry Association of America, who were meeting in the Roosevelt Room.

September 16

The President met at the White House with:

--Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, and Dr. Brzezinski;

--Prime Minister Raymond Barre of France;

--a group of editors, publishers, and broadcasters;

--members of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties, given for members of the U.S. Jaycees in the State Dining Room.

The President left the White House for a weekend visit at Camp David, Md.