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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue,
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Congressional
Relations Office
ROBERT
K. WOLTHUIS
Special
Assistant to the President:
Files,
1974-77
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
Material concerning his work on legislation, congressional liaison,
issues, and office administration while serving as the deputy director of the
White House Congressional Relations Office. The most significant documentation concerns a
variety of national security and foreign policy issues, including the
Vietnamese War and investigations of the intelligence community, although some
material on domestic issues appears.
Included are minutes of some congressional leadership meetings with the
President, 9/75‑6/76.
QUANTITY
2.0 linear feet
(ca. 4,000 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford
(accession number 77-62)
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 Ford has
donated to the
Prepared by Dennis A. Daellenbach, January 1985
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
Robert
K. Wolthuis
1955‑58 Missionary, Church
of Jesus Christ of the Latter‑Day Saints, serving in the
1959 A.S. degree,
Weber State College,
1960 B.A. degree,
1962 M.A. degree,
1963 National Park
Service,
1964‑72 Research
Assistant, Legislative Assistant, and Administrative Assistant to Sen. Wallace
F. Bennett, Republican from
1968 Ph.D. degree
in International Relations,
1972 Republican
candidate for Congress,
1972‑73 Field Representative
for Sen. Wallace F. Bennett
1973‑74 Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (Senate)
1975‑76 Deputy to the
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
1976‑77 Special Assistant
to the President
1977‑ Deputy Staff Director,
Republican Policy
INTRODUCTION
The Robert Wolthuis
files span the period November 1974 to January 1977. They document Wolthuis'
work in the White House Congressional Relations Office.
Wolthuis, a former
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs and administrative
assistant to Sen. Wallace Bennett of
The files' most
significant documentation, including memoranda, correspondence, minutes and
reports, relates to national security and foreign policy issues. Material on the
Other materials
in the files cover a variety of domestic issues, routine administrative
functions of the Congressional Relations Office, and Wolthuis'
personal activities. In addition to the
domestic topics covered in the legislative leadership meetings, there are
scattered documents on bill signing ceremonies, military base realignments, and
presidential letters of endorsement for candidates in the 1976 election. Office administrative items include a series
of logs on bills received at the White House (November 1974‑October 1976)
and congressional clearances for White House appointments (1975). The "Letters" folders contain Wolthuis' correspondence with members of Congress, and
political, religious, and educational leaders in his home state of
Related
Materials (January 1985):
The files of Wolthuis' colleagues in the Congressional Relations Office
contain related material, especially covering the routine administrative
functions of the office such as logs of bills received at the White House. Several categories in the White House Central
Files relate to Wolthuis' activities and the
substantive issues on which he was involved.
Examples include FG 31‑1 (Legislative Leadership Meetings), CO 1‑7
(
Series
Descriptions
1‑5 General Subject File,
1974-77. (2.0 linear feet)
Memoranda to and
from White House staff and agency officials; correspondence with members of Congress,
agency officials, the general public, and personal friends; minutes of the
President's meetings with congressional leaders; logs for personnel clearances
and bills received at the White House; briefing papers, schedules, and reports. The materials primarily concern national
security and foreign policy issues relating to intelligence investigations,
Vietnam, and the Middle East; and routine administrative activities of the
Congressional Relations Office. There
are also scattered materials on domestic issues, including the 1976 campaign
and legislation related to energy, tax cuts, and military base realignments.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject, and chronologically thereunder.
Container List
1 General
Subject File
Action Memo Log
Arab Boycott
Base
Realignments: Kincheloe Air Force Base
Base
Realignments:
Bill Signing
Recommendations from Members of Congress
Bills Received
at the White House (1)‑(7)
Budget for
Fiscal Year 1977
Campaign ‑
1976
Central
Intelligence Agency
2 General Subject File
Congressional
Briefings ‑ Defense Issues
Congressional
Leadership Meetings
Congressional
Relations
Congressional
Requests ‑ General
Congressional
Travel
Defense Issues:
General
Diego Garcia: Presidential
Determination
Energy: List of
Presidential Meetings with Members of Congress
Federal Election
Commission
Fisheries
Legislation: 200 Mile Limit
Foreign Policy:
General
Fundraising
Letter for Senate ‑ House Campaign Fund
Intelligence
Investigations:
Intelligence
Investigations: Church Committee (1)‑(2)
Intelligence
Investigations: Pike Committee
Legislative
Calendar for 1976
Legislative
Conference at
Legislative
Report for 1975
3 General Subject File
Letters File (1)‑(5)
Memo File (1)‑(7)
4 General Subject File
Memo File (8)‑(13)
Military
Construction Authorization Act
Personnel
Clearances Log
Presidential Endorsement
of Congressional Candidates, 10/76
Rockefeller
Commission
: Draft
Executive Orders Implementing Recommendations
: Memo to the
President (1)‑(2)
Schedules:
Presidential Campaign Trips
Schedules: Mrs.
Ford's Campaign Trips
5 General Subject File
Staff Meeting
with the President,
Transfer of
SCORE and ACE to the Small Business Administration
Turkish Arms
Embargo
