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.

October 19

The President returned to the White House from Camp David, Md.

October 20

The President has declared an emergency for the State of New Jersey as a result of a water shortage.

October 23

The President met at the White House with:

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

—representatives of the Service Employees International Union;

—representatives of the New York Board of Rabbis;

—George Boyer, an employee at Cavanaugh's Restaurant in Philadelphia, Pa.;

—Rev. Joseph Lowery, national president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The President announced the recess appointments of two individuals. They are:

ALEX P. MERCURE, of Albuquerque, N. Mex., to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development;

JOHN TRUESDALE, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for a term expiring August 27, 1985.

October 24

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, Deputy Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, Jack H. Watson, Jr., Assistant of the President, Dr. Brzezinski, and Lloyd N. Cutler, Counsel to the President;

—Larry Holmes, world heavyweight boxing champion.

The President left the White House for a trip to New Jersey, Michigan, and Ohio. Releases and announcements issued after the cutoff date of this issue begin on page 2455.