Diary Entry - 12/18/1982
Key Facts
President Reagan participates in a briefing for his upcoming interview with independent Radio network correspondents.
The President and First Lady host a Christmas reception for about 3,100 members of the US Secret Service, Uniformed Division, the Military and their families.
Radio broadcast & a round table live interview by representatives of 8 independent radio networks. It went well and I had a chance to get in some licks about the Dem. so called “jobs” programs—also re the charge that we discriminate against minorities. 3:30 the military visit to the White House. It was frustrating—the crowd was so thick in every room & the hall that we could only stand on the stairway & yell Merry Xmas. 6:00 P.M.—the Secret Service reception—took pictures with all of them & their wives or girlfriends. Ron & Doria arrived—will stay through Sunday. Doria is doing a review of some performance at Kennedy Center. Howard Baker with Bob Dole & Paul L. called (phone) to tell me they would keep the Sen. in session all night & take up the “gas tax” bill in effort to break the filibuster by Helms, Humphrey & Nichols if I said O.K.—I said it.
