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.

December 14

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

December 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;

—Alonzo L. McDonald, Jr., Assistant to the President, James T. Mcintyre, Jr., Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and William J. McGill, Chairman of the President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties;

—Mayor Steven Pawlings of Utica, N.Y;

—Mr. Mcintyre.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a dinner for members of the Cabinet and senior White House staff on the State Floor of the White House.

December 16

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore;

—Sam Brown, Director of ACTION; —the President's Advisory Committee on Women.

In separate telephone calls, the President spoke first with House Majority. Leader John Brademas and House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes, and then with Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and Senate Minority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr., on the occasion of the adjournment of the 96th Congress.

December 17

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—the Vincent Peperno family, who had been invited to the White House during a townhall meeting at the Pittston Area Senior High School in Yatesville, Pa., on October 15;

—Frank Press, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

—Mr. Moore;

—John W. Gardner, former chairman of Common Cause.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas reception in the afternoon for Residence staff on the State Floor of the White House.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted a Christmas party in the evening for White House correspondents on the State Floor of the White House.

December 18

The President met at the White House with:

—Dr. Brzezinski;

—Richard F. Celeste, Director of the Peace Corps;

—Mr. Moore;

—administration officials to review the fiscal year 1982 budget.

The President and Mrs. Carter hosted the Congressional Christmas Ball on the State Floor of the White House.

December 19

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 to the President, and Dr. Brzezinski;

—Mr. Moore.

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