[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 4 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Pages 126-128]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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 Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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January 23

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico concerning Mexico's progress in 
implementing its economic stabilization package and the legislation in 
the U.S. Congress concerning a loan guarantee package for Mexico.

January 24

    The President announced his intention to appoint Miguel Angel Corzo 
to be a member of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Paul Cole, Terrance 
L. Craney, Yvette Herrera, and Esteban Soriano to the National Skills 
Standard Board.

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January 25

    In the morning, the President traveled to Kutztown, PA. Following 
his arrival, he went to Kutztown State University where he met with 
students, teachers, and area business people and residents in the 
Keystone Gymnasium.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals to be members of the Panel of Arbitrators and/or 
Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment 
Disputes:
    --Antonio J. Colorado, conciliator;
    --Frederick Frank, conciliator;
    --O. Jerome Green, conciliator;
    --D. Holly Hammonds, conciliator;
    --David Michael Ifshin, arbitrator;
    --Carolyn B. Lamm, arbitrator;
    --Lawrence B. Low, arbitrator;
    --Robert B. Owen, arbitrator.
    The President appointed Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel to head the 
Presidential delegation to the commemoration marking the 50th 
anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration 
and death camp to take place on January 26-27 in Krakow, Poland.
    The White House announced that the President has invited Chancellor 
Helmut Kohl to make an official visit on February 9.
    The White House announced the President will meet with President 
Issaias Afeworke of Eritrea on February 1 at the White House.

January 26

    The President announced his intention to nominate Kirsten S. Moy as 
the administrator of the Community Development Financial Institutions 
Fund.
    The White House announced the President has made the following 
appointments to the White House Staff:
    --Kathryn O'Leary (Kitty) Higgins, currently Chief of Staff at the 
      Department of Labor, will be the new Cabinet Secretary, with the 
      title of Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs;
    --Bob J. Nash, currently Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
      Economic and Community Development, has been named Assistant to 
      the President and Director of Presidential Personnel;
    --Rahm Emanuel, currently Assistant to the President and Deputy 
      Director of Communications, has been appointed to the new position 
      of Director of Special Projects;
    --John B. Emerson, currently a Deputy Assistant to the President, 
      has been named Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy 
      Director of Intergovernmental Affairs;
    --Stephen B. Silverman, currently a Special Assistant to the 
      President and acting Cabinet Secretary, will resume his role as 
      Deputy Cabinet Secretary, with the title Deputy Assistant to the 
      President for Cabinet Affairs.

January 27

    In the late afternoon, the President met with the U.S. Conference of 
Mayors in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.
    The White House announced that the President has directed a team of 
U.S. disaster experts to travel to Japan on January 30 to tour areas 
affected by the recent earthquake.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Frank J. Biondi, 
Jr., to be a member of the President's Export Council.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Stephanie Gonzales 
to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Clayton Lukow as 
Chair and Federal Representative of the Big Blue River Compact 
Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
members of the Advisory Committee for the 1995 White House Conference on 
Aging:
    --James E. Birren;
    --David K. Brown;
    --Robert Butler;
    --Karyl Eckles;
    --Charles J. Fahey;
    --Evelynn C. Gioiella;
    --Lou Glasse;
    --Ed Haas;
    --Henry Jay Hannigan;
    --James Santiago Hena;
    --Carmela Lacayo;
    --John E. Lyle;

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    --Martha A. McSteen;
    --Mary Mulvey;
    --Ron Pollack;
    --Steve Protulis;
    --Eugene Rinaldi;
    --Teresa Scannelli;
    --E. Percil Stanford;
    --Jeannette C. Takamura;
    --Eric G. Tangalos;
    --Don Watanabe.