Diary Entry - 06/22/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan meets with President Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez of the Republic of Costa Rica.
President Reagan announces the Educational Opportunity and Equity Act of 1982 being submitted to Congress.
The US. Department of Justice charges eighteen Japanese with conspiring to steal industrial secrets from IBM.
A day without a break. Congressional leadership—maybe that paid off because the House passed the conference budget bill 211 to 208 this afternoon. Meeting with Pres. Monge of Costa Rica. He’s a labor, socialist believer but staunchly anti-communist. We got along fine. He can help us get support in Cong. for the Caribbean Initiative. Meeting—private & parochial school heads re the tuition tax bill we’ve sent to Congress. Meeting Sens. Lugar & Garn re bill to subsidize home mortgages. They are both good friends & supporters but I’m afraid I have to veto their bill. Met 125 candidates for Cong. & had photo with each. I hope they make it. I wonder what it would be like to have a Repub. House & Senate? Yesterday Hinckley was found innocent by reason of insanity. Quite an uproar has been created.
