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.

April 12

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

April 14

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

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

—Hedley W. Donovan, Senior Adviser to the President.

The President participated in a briefing by administration officials on administration programs and policies given for community and civic leaders from Missouri in the East Room at the White House.

The President transmitted to the Congress the formal request for budget revisions to implement the budget reductions announced on March 31.

The White House announced that the President has selected Governor Averell Harriman and Ambassador Andrew Young as cochairmen of the delegation to represent the United States at the Zimbabwe independence ceremonies in Salisbury, April 17 and 18. The delegation will depart midday Tuesday, April 15. Also in the delegation will be:

Delegates

CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN SOLARZ of New York;

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM GRAY of Pennsylvania;

MAYOR MAYNARD JACKSON of Atlanta, Ga.;

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS RICHARD MOOSE.

Members of the Official Party

DOROTHY HEIGHT, National Council of Negro Women, New York, N.Y.;

WAYNE FREDERICKS, Ford Motor Go., New York, N.Y.;

ALBERT PRICE, Texas State senator, Beaumont, Tex.;

GOLER BUTCHER, Assistant Administrator for Africa, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.;

FRANK DROZAK, AFL-CIO, acting president, Seafarers International Union, New York, N.Y.;

JERRY FUNK, National Security Council staff member, Washington, D.C.

April 15

The President met at the White House with Dr. Brzezinski.

Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of the Federal Republic of Germany telephoned the President to discuss the situations in Iran and Afghanistan.

The White House released the President and Mrs. Carter's net worth statement as of December 31, 1979, and 1979 joint income tax return.

April 16

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—the Democratic congressional leadership;

—Charles L. Schultze, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers;

—representatives of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to discuss proposed fair housing legislation.

The President declared a major disaster for the State of Arkansas as a result of severe storms and tornadoes on April 7, which caused extensive property damage.

The White House announced that former Secretary of State Dean Rusk will serve as the President's special representative in greeting President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Republic of the Philippines on his arrival April 19 in Honolulu to address the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

April 17

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Todd Gibbs, of Scottsville, Ky., the National Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child.

In the afternoon, the President hosted a reception for the National Conference of Black Mayors on the State Floor of the White House.

The President announced that he has accorded Herbert J. Hansell the personal rank of Ambassador during his tenure as Senior Adviser to the United States Representative to the West Bank and Gaza Strip autonomy negotiations. Hansell has held this position since earlier this year and was previously Legal Adviser of the Department of State.

April 18

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Lloyd N. Cutler, Counsel to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Representative Tom Harkin of Iowa;

—Mr. Moore.