Jimmy Carter

I further determine that actual or foreseeable reductions in United States tariffs and nontariff barriers to trade resulting from multilateral negotiations are satisfactorily reciprocated by the Socialist Republic of Romania.

I believe that all of these considerations make it in the national interest to extend the general waiver authority.

I intend that reports covering the years of this Administration will reflect significant progress in that regard.

Failure to extend the waiver authority would remove the major incentive to encourage Romania to be more forthcoming on emigration.

True democracy is built on the principles of equality and justice for all.

Support for the arts and humanities flows through many different kinds of channels, leaving room for art and scholarship to develop naturally.

I accept for the Nation this East Building of the National Gallery of Art.

The National Gallery symbolizes our belief in the freedom and the genius of the human mind which is manifested in art.

This building is a gift of Paul Mellon, of his late sister, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, and of the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

The White House Fellowship program was established in 1964 to provide outstanding Americans with firsthand experience in the process of governing the Nation.

This building stands as a metaphor for what, at its best, the relationship between government and the arts can be.

It combines a reverence for the past with an eagerness for the future.

We have no official art in this country, and I pray that we never will.

This beautiful building is an important addition to that unique repository of knowledge and culture, the Smithsonian Institution.

The dedication of this Gallery to a living past and to a greater and more richly living future is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on.

Disputes which exist in the area must be settled through peaceful procedures.

President Carter praised the positive role that Portugal has played in its relations with several African states.

I will nominate William H. Gleysteen, Jr., of Jenkintown, Pa., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Korea.

Our confidence in Italy's ability to overcome present difficulties is strong.

The vital importance of maintaining peace in the Eastern Mediterranean is essential.

Both Presidents expressed their hope for greater progress toward social justice and majority rule.

The Alliance is obviously one of unity.

We are determined to make a major effort to prevent any action which would disturb peace in the area.

I feel much better about what NATO is, what it can be.

Portugal can count on continued United States understanding and support.