Jimmy Carter actually said...

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 ...

CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR., of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Martin H. Hoffmann, resigned.

RICHARD B. PARKER, of Kansas, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United State...

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