Cabinet Meeting, January 19, 1976

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As of May 1998, the Ford Library had not located any formal typed minutes for this cabinet meeting. The following document describing the discussions at that meeting has been substituted.

Talking Points, 1/19/76, Box 5, James E. Connor Files, Gerald R. Ford Library.

Meeting of the Cabinet to Preview the State of the Union Message
January 19, 1976 - 4:00 p.m.

Attendees:
The President
The Vice President

Secretary of the Treasury, William Simon
The Attorney General, Edward Levi
The Secretary of the Interior, Thomas Kleppe
The Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Butz
The Secretary of Commerce, Rogers Morton
The Secretary of HEW, F. David Matthews
The Secretary of HUD, Carla Hills
The Deputy Secretary of Defense, William Clements (Secretary Rumsfeld is preparing for his trip to NATO)
The Under Secretary of Labor, Robert Aders (for Secretary Dunlop)
The Deputy Secretary of Transportation, John Barnum (for Secretary Coleman)
The Counsel to the President, Philip Buchen
The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Frederick Dent
The Counsellor to the President, Robert O. Hartmann
The Director of OMB, James Lynn
The Counsellor to the President, Jack O. Marsh

James Cannon, Assistant to the President
Richard Cheney, Assistant to the President
James Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet
Alan Greenspan, Chairman CEA
Ronald Nessen, Press Secretary
L. William Seidman, Assistant to the President
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President
Frank Zarb, FEA

Note: Secretary Kissinger will be on his way to Moscow and Secretary Robert Ingersoll is out of town, so there will be no State Department Representative according to Secretary Kissinger's office.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

January 19, 1976

Meeting with the Cabinet 4:00 p.m. (15 minutes) The Cabinet Room

From: James E. Connor

I.  PURPOSE

To give the members of your Cabinet a preview of your State of the Union Message.

II.  BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, & PRESS PLAN

A. Background: This meeting has been arranged to give the cabinet members the opportunity to hear personally from you what you plan to emphasize in your SOTU Message this evening. Certain of the Cabinet members took advantage of your invitation yesterday to come to the Cabinet Room to read an advance copy of the message, but not all of them have seen the advanced text.

B. Participants: Attached at Tab A.

C. Press Plan: Announcement to the Press. David H. Kennerly Photo.

III. TALKING POINTS:

I appreciate your coming here this afternoon. As you know, the State of the Union Message is one of the most important speeches made by the President during the year, and I wanted to have the opportunity to discuss briefly with you what I plan to tell the Congress and the American people tonight.

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