Cabinet Meeting, June 25, 1975
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1974 Meeting
Minutes
1975 Meeting
Minutes
1976 Meeting
Minutes
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About once every three weeks, President Gerald
R. Ford met with his Cabinet to gather information and discuss administration
policies. Assembled were the ranking members of the executive branch.
As many as 30 officials could be present, including Vice President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, the 10 department Secretaries, the Attorney
General, other officials of Cabinet rank, agency directors, and senior
White House aides.
For more than an hour, the participants
discussed issues of high national priority that cut across
departmental boundaries, such as foreign policy, the economy
and relations with Congress.
This online exhibit contains text and images
of meeting minutes, biographical information on members of the
Cabinet, and some background on Gerald Ford's use of the Cabinet.
For most meetings during the first 14 months of the administration,
the Secretary to the Cabinet (originally Warren Rustand and then
James Connor) took notes and later created formal typed minutes.
For meetings in the later months of the administration, Connor
did not produce any minutes, although his files contain handwritten
notes for some meetings. When formal minutes were not available
for use in this exhibit, other documents, such as press briefings
and memoranda of conversations, have been substituted to provide
some substantial information on the discussions.
The Library has extensive additional information
on the Cabinet and Cabinet meetings for those who wish to research
the topic in depth. |
