I fully expect that the result will be real and substantial improvement in the way the Federal Government works for our citizens.

Renewing this Executive reorganization authority will help rebuild the public's confidence in government, redeem commitments made to the electorate, and prove to the people who have given us their trust that we are ready to make a fresh…

If given this authority, I will move aggressively but also carefully, work closely with Congress, and make changes that will be of benefit to all of us in administering the affairs of the people of this country.

RICHARD B. PARKER, of Kansas, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Lebanon.

PAUL C. WARNKE, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, vice Fred Charles Ikle, resigned.

This will never again be done in the next 4 years.

I have submitted to the Congress a message--which is available to the people of our Nation to examine--calling for authorization for myself, as President, to reorganize the executive branch of Government.

You were chosen in the same way; in a strictly competitive selection process to serve in a very important post for just a short period of time.

I hope you won't let this be just a transient episode in your life but an opportunity for you to tie yourself to the Government of the best Nation on Earth.

The reorganization authority which I am proposing is essentially the same authority which has been available to every President since Harry Truman.

This is a commitment that I made in hundreds of speeches around the country during the 2-year campaign.

JOHN F. O'LEARY, of New Mexico, to be Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, vice Frank G. Zarb, resigned.

Therefore, I urge prompt action by Congress to approve this legislation so that we may begin this important work.

I hereby transmit to the Congress proposed legislation which will restore the President's power to submit reorganization plans to the Congress.

One of the major goals of my Administration will be to reorganize and streamline the Executive Branch to insure the effective management of government programs.

You have got a great country. And you are part of it.

CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR., of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Martin H. Hoffmann, resigned.

on the President's economic recovery proposals to the Congress