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Congressional Relations Office

PATRICK E. O'DONNELL and JOSEPH S. JENCKES

Special Assistants for Legislative Affairs (Senate):

Files, (1969) 1974‑76

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The collection documents White House contacts with senators and their staffs regarding pending legislation, personnel appointments and routine requests and courtesies. A few foreign and many domestic policy issues are represented, for example energy bills and the Freedom of Information Act. The majority of files spans 1974‑75, with some earlier material such as summary records of senatorial support on key votes, 1969‑75.

QUANTITY

6.8 linear feet (ca. 13,600 pages)

DONOR

Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 77‑57, 77‑61, 77‑107)

ACCESS

Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT

Gerald R. Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Barbara J. White, July 1986

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Patrick E. O'Donnell

1937 Born, New York, New York

1959 B.A., Georgetown University, Washington, DC

1962 LL.B., American University, Washington, DC

1963‑69 Assistant Corporate Counsel, District of Columbia Government

1969‑71 Legal Assistant to Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

1971‑73 Staff Assistant to President, White House

Mar.-July 1973 Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

Aug. 1973-Feb. 1976 Special Assistant to President for Legislative Affairs (Senate), White House

1976‑78 Representative for Legislative Affairs, General Electric Corporation, Washington, DC

1978- Assistant Manager, Federal Government Relations, JC Penney

1978- Partner, O'Connor & Hannan law firm, Washington, DC

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Joseph S. Jenckes, V

1935 Born, Phoenix, Arizona

1961 J.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1961‑62 Assistant Attorney General, State of Arizona

1962‑64 Private law practice, Langerman and Begam

1964‑65, 1967‑68 Professional actor, New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA

1965‑66 Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County, AZ

1969 Attorney, Arizona State Compensation Fund, Phoenix, AZ

1969‑73 Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief, Criminal Division, District of Arizona

May 1973-Jan. 1976 Administrative Assistant, U.S. Senator Paul Fannin, Arizona

Feb. 1976-Jan. 1977 Special Assistant to President for Legislative Affairs (Senate), White House

1977- Staff, Abbott Laboratories, Washington, DC

INTRODUCTION

Patrick E. O'Donnell joined the Congressional Relations Office in August 1973, during the Nixon administration. He held the position of special assistant for legislative affairs (Senate) until resigning in February 1976, and Joseph S. Jenckes succeeded him. Both men served directly under the deputy assistant for legislative affairs (Senate), Tom C. Korologos through 1974 and then William T. Kendall.

O'Donnell and Jenckes assisted with the routine aspects of liaison between the White House and the United States Senate. They tracked pending legislation and lobbied for administration positions, compiled vote summaries, handled personnel requests, and prepared schedule proposals and briefing papers for senatorial-presidential meetings. They also handled routine congressional requests for assistance with special messages, patronage and invitations.

The files document these activities. Material appears on a few foreign and many domestic policy issues, especially the president's energy program. Most of this collection consists of O'Donnell's files from 1974‑75, which Jenckes took over in February 1976. The series of O'Donnell chronological materials contains documents from his prior positions in the White House and Department of Justice, beginning in December 1971.

Related Materials (July 1986):

All files of the Congressional Relations Office are open; especially noteworthy are the materials of Vernon Loen and Charles Leppert who handled liaison with the House. The Congressional Relations Office reported to presidential counsellor John Marsh, and his files are also open. The files of individual White House staff will contain information on legislation in their respective policy areas. The most directly pertinent White House Central Files categories are Legislation (LE) and Federal Government-Congress (FG 30 to FG 39).

Series Descriptions

1‑15 Subject File, (1969) 1974‑76. (5.8 linear feet)

Memoranda to the president, to and from White House staff and agency officials; correspondence with senators and staff, and the public; schedule proposals and briefing papers primarily for presidential-senatorial meetings; vote tabulations; background material; resumes; printed material. The files concern legislation, appropriations, appointments, issues, senatorial requests, and grant notifications. Prominent subjects include several energy issues, Freedom of Information Act, uranium enrichment, Clean Air Act, Olympic Sports Commission, and the two-hundred mile limit on fishing. Voting records, 1969‑75, describe support for the president on key issues.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

15‑18 O'Donnell Chronological File, 1971‑75. (1.0 linear feet)

Two sequences of material: official files, March 1973 - December 1974, include copies of generally routine outgoing correspondence and memoranda. Weekly legislative summary reports from government departments for late 1973, collected by O'Donnell, are included. Personal files, December 1971 - January 1975, include correspondence and memoranda on personal and routine matters.

Arranged chronologically.

Container List

Box 1 Subject File

Amateur Athletic Act

Antitrust Improvements Act

Appropriations ‑ Supplemental

Arab Boycott

Banks ‑ Municipal Bonds

Berman, Ronald

Cargo Preference

Ceremonies (1)‑(3)

Clawson Memoranda

Clean Air Act Amendments (1)‑(4)

Collis, Peter B.

Common Situs Picketing

Box 2 Subject File

Congressional Relations Memoranda, 197404‑197606 (1)‑(14)

Box 3 Subject File

Congressional Relations Memoranda, 197607‑197612 (1)‑(3)

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Consumer Protection Agency

Continuing Resolution

Copyright

Correspondence ‑ Jenckes Non‑Congressional (1)‑(2)

Correspondence ‑ O'Donnell Pending (1)‑(2)

Crime

Dairy Bill

Deepwater Ports

Defense Briefings

Diego Garcia

Economic Summit (1)‑(2)

Box 4 Subject File

Economic Summit (3)‑(5)

Elections ‑ 1974

Emergency Housing Act

Energy ‑ Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act

Energy ‑ Energy Independence Act

Energy ‑ Energy Research and Development Administration

Energy ‑ Gasoline Rationing

Energy ‑ Legislative Interdepartmental Group

Energy ‑ Licensing of Exports of Crude Oil

Energy ‑ Lists of Targets, Votes and Attendees

Energy ‑ Natural Gas

Energy ‑ Nuclear Power

Energy ‑ Oil Depletion Allowance

Energy ‑ Oil Import Fees

Energy ‑ President's Energy Program

Energy ‑ Synthetic Fuels Loan Guarantee Program

Export Administration Act

Box 5 Subject File

Export‑Import Bank

Fair Trade Laws

Farm Bill

Federal Election Campaign Act

Fertilizer

Flanigan, Peter M.

Floor Schedules ‑ Senate and House

Food Aid

Food Stamp Reform

Foreign Aid

Foreign Assistance Authorization Bill

Freedom of Information (1)‑(7)

Box 6 Subject File

Garrett, Thad

Geothermal Loan Guaranty Bill

Grant Notifications (1)‑(4)

Harmon Trophy Awards (1)‑(2)

Hatch Act

Health Plan Legislation

Inaugural Medal

Intelligence ‑ Agent Richard S. Welch

Intelligence ‑ Senate Select Committee

International Development Association

Interns

Japanese‑American Relations

Johnson, James E.

Judgeship Bill

Kennedy Center

Legal Services (1)

Box 7 Subject File

Legal Services (2)‑(3)

Legislation ‑ Status of Administration Sponsored

Mariana Islands

Mayaguez

Military Procurement Authorization

Navajo ‑ Hopi Bill

New Hampshire Senatorial Contest

New York City Plan

Nixon ‑ Papers

Nixon ‑ Transition Appropriations

No‑Fault Automobile Insurance

Nomination Notifications

Office of Economic Opportunity

Olympic Sports Committee (1)‑(3)

Organized Crime

Panama Canal

Paris Air Show

Patronage ‑ Letters (1)‑(2)

Box 8 Subject File

Patronage ‑ Memoranda (1)‑(3)

Pay Deferral

Pension Bills

Personnel ‑ General (1)‑(3)

Personnel ‑ Resumes (1)‑(3)

Personnel Interchange, President's Commission on

Predatory Animals

President Ford Committee

Presidential Meetings, 197404‑197408

Box 9 Subject File

Presidential Meetings, 197408‑197507

Box 10 Subject File

Presidential Meetings, 197507‑197610

Presidential Memoranda

Presidential Recommended Telephone Calls (1)‑(2)

Privacy Act

Regulatory Reform

Rockefeller, Nelson

Science and Technology

Scott, Hugh ‑ Clearance Forms (1)‑(2)

Box 11 Subject File

Scott, Hugh ‑ Clearance Forms (3)‑(4)

Scott, Hugh ‑ General

Securities Reform Act

Sinai Agreement

South Pacific Commission (1)‑(2)

Sowell, Thomas

Spanish Speaking People, Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for

Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

Box 12 Subject File

Speeches (1)‑(11)

Strip Mining

Sugar

Supplies and Shortages, National Commission on

Box 13 Subject File

Tax Reduction Act

The Group

Title IX ‑ Education Amendments: Athletic Programs

Trade Bill

Turkey

Two Hundred Mile Fishing Legislation ‑ Briefing Book (1)‑(2)

Two Hundred Mile Fishing Legislation ‑ General

Uranium Enrichment (1)‑(6)

Box 14 Subject File

Veterans

Vietnam

Voting Record Tabulations ‑ General

Voting Record Tabulations ‑ Key Votes (1)‑(7)

Voting Rights

Walker, William N.

Washington Forum

Watergate ‑ Report on CIA Activities

White House Employment Authorization

White House Memoranda (1)

Box 15 Subject File

White House Memoranda (2)‑(4)

Yeo, Edwin H.

Zarb, Frank

O'Donnell Chronological File

1973/03‑1973/10/16

Box 16 O'Donnell Chronological File

1973/10/17‑1974/03/12

Box 17 O'Donnell Chronological File

1974/03/13‑1974/12/31

O'Donnell Personal File, 1971/12‑1974/04

Box 18 O'Donnell Chronological File

O'Donnell Personal File, 1974/05‑1975/01