Diary Entry - 10/05/1983
Key Facts
President Reagan addresses personnel and Administration appointees at the Department of Labor.
Lech Walesa, the founder of Poland's outlawed trade union Solidarity, is named the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize.
GOP ldrshp. to start the day. They have a slightly different set of priorities than I do on what they should be trying to pass before recess but we agree on some of the most important items. Later Okla. patrolman D.C. Russell & his wife came by. He was on motorcycle duty when we were in Okla. City. A crowd of demonstrators created an accident in which he lost his leg. I called him in the hospital & was pleased to see him up & out even though on crutches. We had a ceremony (Rose Garden) about finally getting the Caribbean initiative passed. Went before the Associated Press Board of Directors & did Q&A. Then over to Dept. of Labor to speak to a large auditorium full of employees re the Job Partnership Training Act which went into effect Mon. Ray Donovan has done a great job & has created an esprit de corps that is inspiring to see. Rest of day at desk in the Study.
