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 1648 period covered by this issue. Events and announcements printed elsewhere in the issue are not included. September 18

The President returned to the White House after a weekend stay at Camp David, Md. September 19

The President met at the White House with:

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

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

--Secretary of Energy James R. Schlesinger and Senators Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico and Henry L. Bellmon of Oklahoma, to discuss energy legislation; the Cabinet:

--Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall, Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps, and a group of administration officials to discuss mandatory retirement policy;

--Vice President Walter F. Mondale.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties, given for a group of State legislators from Southern States in the State Dining Room.

The White House announced that Dr. Brzezinski will travel to Paris, London, and Bonn on September 2.5-28, to review international developments with his French, British, and West German counterparts.

September 20

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--the Democratic congressional leadership;

--Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams and several Members of Congress to discuss the SST Concorde;

--Attorney General Griffin B. Bell, Robert J. Lipshutz, Counsel to the President, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, and John M. Hatmon. Assistant Attorney General:

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

--Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and Dr. Brzezinski. The President declared a major disaster for the State of Kansas as a result of severe storms and flooding beginning about September 11, which caused extensive public and private property damage.

September 21

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--a group of 12 Republican Senators; Secretary Adams and several Members of Congress to discuss the SST Concorde;

--Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties, given for State officials and business and political leaders from North Carolina and Tennessee in the State Dining Room.

September 22

The President met at the White House with:

--Dr. Brzezinski;

--Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia;

--Attorney General Bell;

--Secretary Blumenthal;

--Stanley E. Schneider, international president of Kiwanis International.

September 23

The President met at the White House with:

--Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary Brown, Paul C. Warnke, Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and Dr. Brzezinski;

--A. A. Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;

--Mrs. Carter, for lunch;

--Meno Vardas Gilford, of Tulsa, Okla., the sickle cell anemia poster child:

--Vice President Mondale, Secretary Kreps, Secretary Blumenthal, Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sidney L. Harman, Under Secretary, and Jerry J. Jasinowski, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Commerce, and a group of business leaders;

--members of the Inaugural Committee for a reception in the State Dining Room.

The President attended a briefing on the Panama Canal treaties, given for State leaders from New Hampshire and Indiana in the State Dining Room.

The White House announced that the President will visit Venezuela, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Iran, France, Poland, and Belgium on November 22 - December 2.

The White House announced that at the invitation of the United States Government, Edvard Kardelj, Member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, will Day an official visit to Washington, I).C., from September 28 to October 5, and will meet with the President.

The White House announced that the President and Prime Minister Robert Muldoon of New Zealand have agreed that in view of the President's trip abroad in late November, the Prime Minister's official visit to Washington, originally scheduled for November 22 and 23, will now take place on November 9 and 10.