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.

May 15

The President was represented at the memorial services in Rome for former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., head of the delegation; Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico; Representative Frank Annunzio of Illinois; and Richard N. Gardner, U.S. Ambassador to Italy.

May 14

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

May 15

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;

—Nelson H. Cruikshank, Counsellor to the President on Aging;

—Secretary of Labor F. Ray Marshall;

—Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale;

—Armand Hammer, chairman of the board of Occidental Petroleum Corp.;

—Democratic National Chairman John C. White. The President attended a portion of the meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Council in the 'Roosevelt Room at the White House.

May 16

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—the bipartisan congressional leadership;

—Postmaster General William F. Bolger;

—Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Adm. Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence, Hamilton Jordan, Assistant to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski.

The President attended a 1980 Federal Budget overview session in the Cabinet Room at the White House.

The President has designated S. David Freeman as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. Freeman has been a member of the Board of Directors since last August.

May 17

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Secretary Andrus, Gov. William G. Milliken of Michigan, chairman of the National Governors' Association, and Western State Governors who are members of the association's sub. committee on water management, to discuss water policy;

—Texas Attorney General John Hill, Democratic nominee for the gubernatorial election.

May 18

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Resident Commissioner Baltasar Corrada and Coy. Carlos Romero Barcelo of Puerto Rico;

—President Kenneth D. Kaunda of Zambia;

—Ambassador Berndt von Staden of the Federal Republic of Germany and Gotthilf Fischer, head of the Fischer Choir from West Germany;

—Dr. Mario E. Ramirez, the American Academy of Family Practice's "Family Doctor of the Year."

The White House announced that Jerry Rafshoon will be joining the White House staff as Assistant to the President for Communications.

May 19

The President met at the White House with:

—Vice President Mondale, Secretary Vance, and Mr. Jordan;

—David L. Aaron, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs;

—Mr. Moore;

—Senators Russell B. Long of Louisiana, Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia, and Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, and Secretary Califano;

—a group of Democratic State chairmen;

—Administrator of Veterans Affairs Max Cleland and representatives of national veterans organizations;

—Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi;

—a group of editors and news directors (transcript will be printed next week).