Digest of Other White House Announcements Week Ending Friday,
February 25, 1977

The following listing includes the President’s daily schedule and other items of general interest as announced by the White House Press Office during the period covered by this issue. Events and announcements printed elsewhere in the issue are not included.

February 19

The President met at the White House with:
—Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
—a group of university presidents to discuss how Federal regulations affecting educational institutions could be improved.

The President sent a message of personal condolence to the wife of British Foreign Secretary Anthony Crosland, who died today in Oxford, England.

February 21

The President met at the White House with:
—Dr. Brzezinski;
—senior White House staff members;
—the Cabinet;
—Vice President Walter F. Mondale. The President has appointed Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus as a representative of the United States to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and as a member of the Delaware River Basin Commission.

February 22

The President met at the White House with:
—Dr. Brzezinski;
—the bipartisan congressional leadership;
—members of the Committee on Selection of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
—Vice President Mondale and representatives of the executive committee of the National Association of State Attorneys General;
—Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada;
—Bert Lance, Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The President declared drought emergencies in 72 Mississippi counties and 21 Louisiana parishes. The declarations make Federal livestock feed assistance available to farmers in the drought affected areas.

February 23

The President met at the White House with:
—Dr. Brzezinski;
—the National Security Council;
—Representative and Mrs. Jonathan B. Bingham of New York;
—Vice President Mondale, Senate Minority Leader Howard H. Baker, Jr., and House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes;
—Representative James R. Jones of Oklahoma and evangelist Oral Roberts;
—Counselor Vasile Pungan, personal emissary of Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, Secretary Vance, and Dr. Brzezinski.

February 24

The President met at the White House with:
—Dr. Brzezinski;
—officials of the United States Chamber of Commerce;

—Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps;
—Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall;
—Representative John B. Breckinridge of Kentucky.

February 25

The President met at the White House with:
—Dr. Brzezinski;
—Mr. Lance;
—Frank G. Carlucci, United States Ambassador to Portugal;
—Wilbur Jenkins, who is retiring as Administrative Officer of the White House;
—representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The White House announced that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel has accepted the President’s invitation to make a working visit to Washington on March 7 and 8.

The President donated a pint of blood during the annual visit of the Red Gross Bloodmobile to the White House.

The President designated James R. Schlesinger as a member and Chairman of the Energy Resources Council.

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