remarks announcing the establishment of the President's Commission on the Coal Industry

Our commitment is to continue, in spite of constant discouragement, in spite of political costs, to move toward a resolution of the issue.

West Virginia alone could supply all the energy needs of our entire country for more than a generation.

Both Presidents welcomed this chance to renew their friendship.

An act to establish a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution and to establish a trust fund to provide a stipend for such…

I'm deeply concerned about your State and deeply hopeful that this meeting today will lead to that bright future in the distance.

Every year we delay in establishing a national energy policy perhaps brings us I year closer to disaster.

Submitted May 26, 1978

I want to make sure at the White House that we have a large group of people come together to say, this is what we can do to strengthen the coal industry in the years ahead.

He doesn't believe in government handouts for those who are able to work, but he believes in giving people the opportunity to work if they are able.

An act to name the lake located behind Lower Monumental Lock and Dam, Washington, 'Lake Herbert G. West'.

You've got different people that retain their identity and their heritage and their pride, but still fit in together to create the strength of our country.

I don't know anyone in the world that I am more convinced wants peace than Anwar Sadat.

There is hereby established the President's Commission on the Coal Industry.

He's a man of absolute integrity.

Government is designed to serve those who need help most.

Withdrawn May 25, 1978

I'm also committed to fair and firm enforcement of a new Federal strip mine law.