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 31

The President met at the White House with:

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

—a group of past district governors of the Georgia Lions International.

The President spoke with Harold R. Denton, who is in Pennsylvania, concerning the situation at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility. Mr. Denton is Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

April 2

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

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

—the Cabinet;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale;

—Senator John H. Glenn, Jr., of Ohio. The President spoke with Mr. Denton concerning the situation at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility.

The President has received the 1979 Federal Strategy for Drug Abuse and Drug Traffic Prevention, prepared by the Strategy Council on Drug Abuse, and also has designated Lee I. Dogoloff, Associate Director of the Domestic Policy Staff, as Executive Director of the Council.

April 3

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—the Democratic congressional leadership;

—members of the National Association of State Attorneys General;

—James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

President Anwar al-Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menahem Begin of Israel called the President to report to him on the Prime Minister's trip to Egypt. The two leaders discussed with the President the status of their talks and the next steps in the continuing peace process. Both leaders thanked the President again for his efforts to bring about a lasting peace in the Middle East.

The President spoke with Mr. Denton concerning the situation at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility.

April 4

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Mondale, Mr. Moore, Danny C. Tate, Deputy Assistant for Congressional Liaison (House), William H. 'Cable, Deputy Assistant for Congressional Liaison (Senate), and Robert G. Beckel, Special Assistant for Congressional Liaison (House); Vice President Mondale, Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence, Hamilton Jordan, Assistant to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Rev. Jesse Jackson, national president of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity).

In a ceremony in the Cabinet Room, the President received the final report of the National Commission on Neighborhoods.

April 5

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church;

—members of the Supreme Lodge of the Order of AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association);

—the Cherry Blossom princesses for 1979.

In the evening, the President attended a reception for volunteers from the 1976 campaign headquarters in Georgia.

April 6

The President met at the White House with:

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

—Mr. Moore;

—Richard N. Gardner, U.S. Ambassador to Italy;

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

The White House announced that the President completed his annual physical examination on April 5. Rear Adm. William M. Lukash, USN, Physician to the President, reported that the President has achieved a high level of physical conditioning and is in excellent health.

The President declared an emergency for the State of Iowa because of the impact of severe storms and tornadoes on March 29 and 30. The President's action will permit the donation of Government owned mobile homes to the State to provide temporary housing for those families who lost their homes as a result of the severe storms and tornadoes.

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