Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following listing includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the White House Press Office and not included elsewhere in this issue.

December 8

The President met at the White House with:

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

—Frank B. Moore, Assistant to the President for Congressional Liaison.

December 10

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—members of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger to receive the Commission's preliminary report;

—Vice President Waiter F. Mondale.

December 11

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—the Democratic congressional leadership;

—Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark, N.J.;

—Mr. Moore;

—Kenneth T. Blaylock, president of the American Federation of Government Employees;

—Representative Harold E. Ford of Tennessee.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception in the evening for Members of Congress and their guests on the State Floor of the White House.

December 12

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence;

—Vice President Mondale, Paul A. Volcker, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, James T. McIntyre, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Alfred E. Kahn, Advisor to the President on Inflation.

The White House announced that the President has designated Max M. Kampelman as Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution. Kampelman was appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Center last month. He is a Washington, D.C., attorney.

December 13

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti;

—Mr. Moore;

—members of the Price Advisory Committee;

—former President Gerald R. Ford;

—representatives of women's organizations.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception in the afternoon for members of the Residence staff and their families on the State Floor of the White House.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception in the evening for members of the White House press corps on the State Floor of the White House.

The President transmitted to the Congress the 1978 annual reports of the Great Lakes Basin Commission, Missouri River Basin Commission, New England River Basins Commission, Ohio River Basin Commission, Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, and Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission.

December 14

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Mondale, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, Hedley W. Donovan, Senior Adviser to the President, Hamilton Jordan, Assistant to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Thomas R. Ehrlich, Director of the International Development Cooperation Agency;

—6-year-old Betsy Burch, of Stone Mountain, Ga., the 1980 March of Dimes Poster Child;

—Mrs. Carter, for lunch;

—members of the United States-Japan Economic Relations Group;

—Mr. McIntyre, and other administration officials to review the fiscal year 1981 budget;

—Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception in the evening for members of the White House staff on the State Floor of the White House.

The President transmitted to the Congress the fiscal year 1978 annual report of ACTION.

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