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.

August 21

The President returned to the White House after a stay at Camp David, Md.

August 22

The President met at the White House with:

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

--senior White House staff members;

--Vice President Walter F. Mondale;

--Dietrich Stobbe, governing mayor of West Berlin;

--Jesse Hill, Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co., and Herman J. Russell, president of H. J. Russell & Co., both of Atlanta, Ga.;

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

The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister Leo Tindemans of Belgium to meet with him September 8.

The President declared an emergency for the State of Montana because of the impact of a drought.

August 23

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Vice President Mondale, Adm. Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence, and Dr. Brzezinski;

--Mrs. Carter, for lunch;

--Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland and several officials of the Department;

--Senator and Mrs. Robert C. Byrd, of West Virginia, for dinner.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaty, given for civic leaders from Kentucky and Mississippi in the State Dining Room.

August 24

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--W. Jack Davis, president, and other representatives of Rotary International;

--Vice President Mondale and Ambassador Robert S. Strauss, Special Representative for Trade Negotiations;

--Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers;

--Vice President Mondale, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, and a group of people who had advised the President on economic matters during the campaign;

--Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska;

--Senator Spark M. Matsunaga of Hawaii.

August 25

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Ambassador Gerard C. Smith, Special Representative for Non-proliferation Matters and U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency;

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

--Secretary of Defense Harold Brown;

--Cleve Ryan, who is retiring as lighting technician for the White House press corps, and members of his family.

The President has declared an emergency for the State of West Virginia because of the impact of severe storms, landslides, and flooding. The President's action will permit the use of Federal funds in the provision of temporary housing for those families who lost their homes as a result of the severe storms, landslides, and flooding.

The President has declared an emergency for the State of West Virginia because of the impact of a drought.

August 26

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen of Texas;

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

--Vice President Mondale and Senator Walter Huddleston of Kentucky;

--Representative Dawson Mathis of Georgia.