Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary/1969/November/13

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) ⁠ November 13, 1969
⁠THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIME⁠DAY 8:18 am⁠THURSDAY
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		⁠Activity	⁠
In	Out	Lo	LD
8:18	8:20			The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
8:21	8:25			The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
8:26	8:29			The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
8:32	9:26			The President had breakfast in the first floor Family Dining Room with Senator Michael J. Mansfield.
9:26				The President went to his office.
9:55				The President went to the barber shop.
10:08	11:45			The President attended a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the Rural Affairs Council. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A". At the conclusion of the meeting, the President signed Executive Order 11493 establishing the Council for Rural Affairs. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "A".
				The President went to his office and met with:
11:45	11:47			James Pearson, Senator
11:45	11:50			H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
				The President met with:
11:51	12:20			Manlio Brosio, Secretary General of NATO
11:51	12:20			Robert Ellsworth, Ambassador to NATO
11:51	12:25			Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant
12:13		R		The President received a call from Senator Henry Jackson. The call was not completed.
12:33	12:40			The President motored from the White House to the South side of the East end of the Capitol building. He was accompanied by: John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor H. R. Haldeman, Assistant William E. Timmons, Deputy Assistant Kenneth E. BeLieu, Deputy Assistant Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary Dwight L. Chapin, Special Assistant

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) ⁠ November 13, 1969
⁠THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIME⁠DAY 12:40 pm⁠THURSDAY
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		⁠Activity	⁠
In	Out	Lo	LD
12:40				The President was greeted by Zeake W. Johnson, Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. The President and his Counsellor, Bryce N. Harlow, were escorted to the office of Congressman John W. McCormack.
12:50				The President was escorted to the House Chamber by: Zeake W. Johnson, Sergeant at Arms Carl Albert, Congressman Gerald Ford, Congressman
				The President was escorted from the dias into the House Chamber by: William M. Miller, Doorkeeper Carl Albert, Congressman Gerald Ford, Congressman
12:53				The President spoke to the members of the House for approximately twelve minutes.
				The President was escorted to the Chamber door by: William M. Miller, Doorkeeper Carl Albert, Congressman Gerald Ford, Congressman
				The President was escorted from the Chamber door to the Senate side of the Capitol building by: Zeake W. Johnson, Sergeant at Arms Carl Albert, Congressman Gerald Ford, Congressman
				The President was met on the Senate side and escorted to the office of Senator Michael Mansfield by: Michael Mansfield, Senator Francis Valeo, Secretary of the Senate
				The President was a luncheon guest of Senator Mansfield in the latter's office. For a list of those present see, APPENDIX "B".

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) ⁠ November 13, 1969
⁠THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIME⁠DAY 12:53 pm⁠THURSDAY
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		⁠Activity	⁠
In	Out	Lo	LD
Cont.				The President was escorted to the Senate chamber by: Michael Mansfield, Senator Richard Russell, Senator Hugh Scott, Senator Bryce Harlow, Counsellor Kenneth E. BeLieu, Deputy Assistant
2:37				The President spoke to members of the Senate.
2:54	2:58			The Presidential party motored from the Capitol building to the White House.
2:59				The President went to his office.
				The President met with:
3:03	3:41			H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
3:11	3:35			Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, CEA
3:12	3:35			Peter M. Flanigan, Assistant
3:37	3:41			John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant
3:41	5:12			The President attended a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy and the Cabinet Committee on Construction. For a list of attendees, see APPENDIX "C".
5:12				The President went to his office.
5:15	5:21			The President met with: Mr. and Mrs. Frederic G. Renner, friends Rose Mary Woods, Personal Secretary
5:24	6:08			The President met with Senator John J. Williams.
				The President met with:
6:09	6:40			John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant
6:00	6:40			H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
6:20	6:40			Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor
6:35	6:45			Henry A. Kissinger, Assistant
6:46				The President went to the Residence.
6:55	6:58	P		The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) ⁠ November 13, 1969
⁠THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIME⁠DAY 7:05 pm⁠THURSDAY
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		⁠Activity	⁠
In	Out	Lo	LD
7:05				The President had dinner with: The First Lady Patricia Nixon During their dinner the First Family watched the television broadcast of Vice President Agnew's speech in Des Moines, Iowa.
7:34		P		The President telephoned his Assistant, Henry A. Kissinger. The call was not completed.
7:36	7:37	P		The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
7:40		P		The President telephoned Congressman Gerald Ford. The call was not completed.
7:41	7:57	R		The President talked with his Assistant, Henry A. Kissinger.
7:57	8:00	P		The President talked with his daughter, Julie Eisenhower.
8:01	8:10	R		The President talked with Congressman Gerald Ford.
8:11		P		The President talked with Congressman John W. McCormack.
8:22	8:28	P		The President talked long distance with Commander Charles Conrad in Florida.
8:30	8:31	P		The President talked with his Special Assistant, Patrick J. Buchanan.
8:31	8:41	P		The President talked with Congressman James C. Wright.
8:42	8:45	P		The President talked with Congressman Leslie C. Arends.
8:49		P		The President telephoned his Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The call was not completed.
8:50		P		The President telephoned long distance to Jack Butler in Ford Worth, Texas. The call was not completed.
8:59	9:02	P		The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
9:03	9:05	R		The President talked with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler.

Place Day Began					Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) ⁠ November 13, 1969
⁠THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C.					TIME⁠DAY 9:06 pm⁠THURSDAY
Time		Phone P=Placed R=Received		⁠Activity	⁠
In	Out	Lo	LD
9:06		P		The President talked with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler.
9:14				The President went to the bowling alley.
11:07				The President went to the Residence.

APPENDIX "A"

Attendees at the meeting of the Council for Rural Affairs, November 13, 1969.

Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President

Robert H. Finch, Secretary of HEW

Clifford M. Hardin, Secretary of Agriculture

Maurice H. Stans, Secretary of Commerce

George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor

George W. Romney, Secretary of HUD

Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior

Donald Rumsfeld, Director of OEO

Robert P. Mao, Director of BOB

Paul W. McCracken, Chairman of CEA

John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant

H. R. Haldeman, Assistant

Herbert G. Klein, Director of Communications

D. Patrick Moynihan, Counsellor

John C. Whitaker, Secretary of the Cabinet

Lee W. Huebner, Staff Assistant

Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary

In addition to the above individuals, the following were present for the signing ceremony of Executive Order 11493.

Carl Curtis, Senator

Gordon Allott, Senator

Roman Hruska, Senator

Karl Mundt, Senator

James Pearson, Senator

Milton Young, Senator

Leslie G. Arends, Congressman

Odin Langen, Congressman

Rogers C. B. Morton, Congressman

Henry Schadeberg, Congressman

William E. Calbraith, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture

E. Frederick Behrens, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture

Thomas K. Cowden, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

Donald Paarlberg, Director of Agricultural Economics

Samuel C. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of HUD

John Quarles, Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Interior

John Veneman, Under Secretary of HEW

Al Edwards, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

Steven Schenes

James Hawkins

APPENDIX "B"

Guests at luncheon in the Office of Senator Michael Mansfield, November 13, 1969

George D. Aiken, Senator

Gordon Allott, Senator

Robert Griffin, Senator

Harold Hughes, Senator

Edward M. Kennedy, Senator

Michael Mansfield, Senator

Richard B. Russell, Senator

Margaret C. Smith, Senator

Ralph Smith, Senator

Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor

Kenneth E. BeLieu, Deputy Assistant

The following Senators joined the group after the luncheon.

J. William Fulbright, Senator

Hugh Scott, Senator

APPENDIX "C"

Attendees at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy and the Cabinet Committee on Construction, November 13, 1969.

Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President

David M. Kennedy, Sec of the Treasury

Winton M. Blount, Postmaster General

Clifford M. Hardin, Sec of Agriculture

Maurice H. Stans, Sec of Commerce

George P. Shultz, Sec of Labor

George W. Romney, Sec of HEW

John A. Volpe, Sec of Transportation

Arthur F. Burns, Counsellor

Robert P. Mayo, Dir of the BOB

Paul W. McCracken, Chmn of the CEA

Nathaniel Samuels, Dep Under Sec of State

Robert Kunzig, Adm of GSA

Paul A. Volcker, Under Sec of the Treasury

Hendrik S. Houthakker, member of the CEA

Herbert Stein, member of the CEA

John D. Ehrlichman, Asst

Peter M. Flanigan, Asst

William L. Safire, Spec Asst

Fred Bergsten, NSC staff member

Bert Cox, CEA staff member

Sidney Jones, CEA staff member

D. Patrick Moynihan. Counsellor

Fred Deming