Ronald Reagan

Appointment of 14 Members of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education

I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint J. Upshur Moorhead as Special Assistant to the President.

Our hearts go out to his family in their bereavement.

The great, senseless cruelty and tragedy of it is simply to create terror by making people generally feel unsafe.

Probably the only defense you have against terrorist attacks is really infiltration to try and find out in advance what their plans are.

I would say that there is. We've been having the greatest cooperation with Italy so far.

The wanton act of his murderers reinforces our determination to stamp out international terrorism.

There is established the President's Commission on Housing.

We recognize the right of the Puerto Rican people to self-determination.

I pledged to support statehood for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, should the people of that island choose it in a free and democratic election.

The following individuals will compose a White House policy team.

Together-and that's the only way, together-we can make it happen.

Today I reaffirm that support, still confident in my belief that statehood would benefit both the people of Puerto Rico and their fellow American citizens in the 50 States.

The status of Puerto Rico is an issue to be settled by the peoples of Puerto Rico and the United States.

I believe the right thing to do on this issue is to enact legislation which will prohibit tax exemptions for organizations that discriminate on the basis of race.

I am unalterably opposed to racial discrimination in any form.

Government is only as good as the people who make it work one day at a time.

By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 402(e) of Title 37, United States Code, and in order to define 'field duty' and 'sea duty' as they affect basic allowances for subsistence, it is hereby…

I'm pleased to announce my intention to appoint Pamela J. Turner to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.

I think that as we get down toward the spring and going into the summer, we're going to see the economy begin to come back.

I think it's the only way to get us back to where we can provide the jobs for the people.

The unemployment figures? Well, I think it's tragic.

This is a result of, particularly, two industries that have been hard hit—in large part due to the high interest rates—the automobile industry and the housing industry.

We thoroughly discussed the extent of Soviet involvement in the repression being waged against the Polish people and the need for forceful Western measures to induce both the Polish and Soviet authorities to lift martial law.

I am pleased to announce my intention to appoint Harold J. Buoy to the National Productivity Advisory Committee.