Mr. President, I can tell you without fear of being wrong that more than a million Panamanians wept this evening during the ceremonies.

Many of you seated at this table have made known for years your own strong feelings about the Panama Canal Treaty of 1903.

I will nominate Carolyn R. Payton, of Washington, D.C., to be Associate Director of ACTION.

This opens a new chapter in our relations with all nations of this hemisphere.

I believe that we'll always look back upon this event as the first step toward even greater progress and greater friendship.

This has not always been apparent to our neighbors, but I think the American people feel this deep within them.

I hope that the spirit of mutual respect and friendship which had guided the United States and Panama through the canal treaty negotiations will serve as an example to the other countries of the hemisphere.

We had a discussion about the question of human rights and the fact that it has been a problem.

the treaty will establish a new era of closer cooperation and friendship between the United States and Panama.

I told him that I might learn how to conduct a better campaign if I could see how the elections were conducted in Paraguay.

I will nominate Frank J. Devine, of Washington, D.C., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to El Salvador.

I intend to transmit that decision to the Congress in the very near future.

I intend to submit my decision to the Congress in the near future.

A decision on an Alaska natural gas transportation system is dependent upon a full and complete assessment of all options.

The reduced speed limit has been the biggest single factor in this 17-percent drop in highway fatalities.

I do hereby designate the week of September 18 through 24, 1977, as National Lupus Week.

Let it be clearly understood that by exceeding the speed limit, we are wasting fuel and, in too many instances, lives as well.

We have saved gasoline by driving slower.