John Wayne was bigger than life.

I must say in all candor that no child of poverty, no elderly American, no middle-class family has yet benefited from a rigid and unswerving commitment to this principle of all or nothing.

This major new initiative will improve health care for millions of Americans and protect all our people against the overwhelming financial burdens of serious illness.

My plan will provide prenatal, delivery, and infant care to all pregnant women and newborn children up to the age of 1 year.

Rosalynn and I extend our deepest sympathies to his family.

The National Health Plan will rid this Nation of the fear of financial ruin from catastrophic illness.

Today I'm proposing to the Congress a National Health Plan.

Now is the time to move forward again.

I have determined that the extension of the import relief provided for in items 923.20 through 923.26, inclusive, of the TSUS is in the national interest.

No longer will working families live in fear of catastrophic medical expenses.

The National Health Plan guarantees adequate hospital coverage for the elderly and for the disabled.

No American should live in fear that a serious illness or accident will mean bankruptcy or a lifetime of debt.

I express great interest in Egypt's priority efforts to expand its economic and social development.

I will nominate Philip A. Loomis, Jr., for reappointment as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

I stress the administration's determination to help resolve the difficult issues that must be addressed to achieve a comprehensive peace.

I will nominate John R. Evans, of Murray, Utah, for reappointment as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

RUTH T. PROKOP, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board for the remainder of the term expiring March 1, 1981, which was sent to the Senate on January 18, 1979.

C. WESTON HOUCK, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice a new position created by P.L. 95-486, approved October 20, 1978.