Diary Entry - 05/31/1985
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with Prime Minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milka Planinc.
President Reagan travels to Camp David for the weekend.
41 tornadoes hit the Northeast U.S., killing 88 people.
A little office time & a short visit with Madame Prime Minister Milka Planinc of Yugoslavia. Even though their system is Communist there is a trend toward modifying & making it less rigid. She’s a sound, common sense person.
A short visit with former Sen. Howard Baker. He’s going to Japan & will be meeting with P.M. Nakasone. I gave him a letter to Yasu and we agreed he should tell the P.M. the protectionist fever is rising in our Cong.
Then it was off by helicopter to Malvern Pa. to make a tax speech at “Great Valley Comp. Center” (their silicon valley). Between 3 & 5000 were expected—12,000 showed up. It was a good day. I lunched with heads of several new businesses that are off & running. One in particular caught my attention, a young couple—Rachel & Jeffrey (she’s expecting in 5 months). Ten years ago she was a college grad. with aspirations to be a classical pianist. Then she was hit with tendonitis. Finally a family member urged her to sell brownies which she makes with her own recipe, to neighborhood grocers to at least get some spending money. The whole thing was a temporary stop gap. They now have a $2 mil. a year business & 40 employees & her brownies are a gourmet specialty.
Then it was Marine 1 to Camp David. Nancy & Ted Graber drove up & arrived about 3 min’s. after I did.
