Diary Entry - 09/22/1981
Key Facts
The President and the First Lady attend the annual Ambassadors' ball for Multiple Sclerosis.
President Reagan signs a Petition for a California Referendum on Reapportionment to combat Gerrymandering in California.
In Turkey, forty soldiers die when a Turkish air force jet crashes near the Greek border during a NATO exercise.
Signed as 1st on the Calif. petitions to put reapportionment on the ballot. The D’s there really Gerrymandered the state—worse than anything that’s ever been attempted in Calif. Met with Ralph Abernathy. He has a foundation to tie job training into pvt. companies. Upstairs after lunch to work on T.V. speech for Thurs. nite. We really have a battle—going to try & get additional cuts in the budget. Then some receptions—3 in a row. Eagles at the W.H.—Art fund affair at Phillips Gallery & back to the Hilton (1st time since) for the Multiple Sclerosis dinner.
