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.

I hope this will be a springboard to bring you back later on as a Member of Congress; as an Ambassador to a foreign country; as a U.S. Senator; perhaps as Governor; perhaps as President; perhaps as Secretary of State.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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…

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

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

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

I have asked Clark M. Clifford to undertake a special mission to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus as my personal emissary.

The work of the Board will help to ensure that only qualified individuals are nominated by the President to serve as American ambassadors abroad.

I ... do hereby proclaim and declare that a natural gas emergency exists within the meaning of Section 3 of said Act.