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.

March 24

The President met at the White House with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

The President declared an emergency for the State of Florida because of the impact of severe storms and flooding in the counties of Escambia and Santa Rosa, beginning on March 3. The President's action will permit implementation of the Individual and Family Grant program for eligible flood victims along with Federal assistance in repairing uninsured damage

to University Hospital in Escambia County.

March 26

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

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

March 27

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Secretary of Energy James R. Schlesinger, Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Mr. Moore; —Mr. Moore;

—Secretary Schlesinger and a group of Members of Congress, to discuss nuclear energy;

—Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil of Egypt;

—Mr. Mcintyre.

March 28

The President met at the White House with:

—the Joint Chiefs of Staff;

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore, Danny C. Tate, Deputy Assistant for Congressional Liaison (Senate), and William H. Cable, Deputy Assistant for Congressional Liaison (House);

—Frank C. Carlucci, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Hamilton Jordan, Assistant to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mrs. Carter and Sarah Weddington, Special Assistant to the President, for lunch;

—a group of Members of Congress, to discuss solar energy.

In connection with the American Cancer Society's April Crusade, the President met in the Oval Office with representatives of the society and invited guests, and presented the society's Cancer Courage Award to Tracy Andrus, daughter of Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Cecil D. Andrus, who also attended the ceremony.

March 29

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Mondale, Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, Alfred E. Kahn, Advisor to the President on Inflation and Chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, Barry P. Bosworth, Director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, Mr. Schultze, Mr. Eizenstar, and Mr. Mcintyre;

—Mr. Moore;

—Secretary Blumenthal, Mr. Schultze, Mr. Kahn, Mr. Bosworth, Anne Wexler, Assistant to the President, and a group of business leaders, to discuss the anti-inflation program;

—Secretary Schlesinger and the Democratic congressional leadership, to discuss energy.

March 30

The President met at the White House with:

—Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Mr. Schultze;

—members of the American Press Institute (transcript will be printed next week).

In a ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Francis Bugotu of the Solomon Islands, Roberto Arce Alvarez of Bolivia, Timothy Thahane of Lesotho, Alfonso Arias-Schreiber of Peru, and 'Inoke Faletau of Tonga.