Congratulations are due the new commissioner, but really the country can congratulate itself on the good fortune of Mrs. Bunting's example of good citizenship in taking this very important office.

He has served without regard to partisanship, keeping the interest of his country foremost at all times.

Mr. Ambassador, we hate to see you leave, but we understand your reasons and we are thankful for the good job you have done.

I hope that wives and mothers of every land will find in this appointment a reaffirmation of that American determination.

We are somewhat later than we planned, but that is a matter we couldn't avoid.

The Ambassador, for personal reasons, has tendered me his resignation, and I have accepted it, but his country in times of crisis will always look to him for leadership and for guidance.

But before she is any of those things, she is distinguished among us as a wife, as a mother, as a woman concerned about the world that we leave to our children.

You have had many titles, Mrs. Bunting--'Doctor,' 'President,' certainly not the least of which is 'Mother,' but it is a very high and a very satisfying privilege to me to greet you now by your newest title and salute you as Commissioner…

He has served with great distinction in that post and has earned the gratitude of the people not only of Viet-Nam, but the people of the United States.

I want to personally express my thanks to the Ambassador for the excellent cooperation that he has given two Presidents, and for the quality of his performance on a most difficult assignment.

Such a concept is obsolete, and we should discard it.

I believe we can say objectively that no woman has shared in a responsibility to all of humankind so great or so grave as Mrs. Bunting is assuming today.

Our support, the steadfast support of nations like Sweden, has made this possible.

No aspect of power more impresses men than its exercise with restraint.

We will continue to seek such cooperation.

For peace to last, all must have a stake in its benefits.

I will spare neither my office nor myself in the quest for peace.

I stand totally committed to the integrity of justice and the enforcement of the law.