Jimmy Carter

The transfer of all the functions of the Office of Telecommunications Policy and of its Director is hereby effective.

I am signing into law today S. 1671, which designates the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in the State of Montana.

All provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 are hereby effective.

This commitment began on the day I took office and it will continue throughout my Presidency.

The Federal contribution to the new partnership is a long-term commitment.

The Secretary of Commerce shall develop and set forth telecommunications policies pertaining to the Nation's economic and technological advancement.

I want to affirm that friendship, to cement that alliance, and to give form and substance to that partnership.

Even with substantial increases and improvements in existing programs, gaps still remain.

We will continue our efforts to assure, through careful management and review, that such committees are terminated when they no longer are necessary.

New committees are established only when they are essential to meet the responsibilities of the Government.

The moderate tariff increase over a three-year period that I will proclaim will have a much smaller price effect than the 30 percentage point added duty over a five-year period recommended by the USITC.

But I believe that a New Partnership—bringing together in a common effort all who have a stake in the future of our communities—can bring us closer to our long-term goals.

My objective in issuing the order to strengthen the Committee is to assure that available Federal resources are coordinated and targeted in a manner that is responsive to the most important needs of Defense impacted communities.

Only through unprecedented consultation and cooperation has this urban policy been evolved.

I urge the Governor to continue to act with due care if he further suspends any air pollution regulations under the authority provided by the extension of this determination.

The abolition of the Office of Telecommunications Policy is hereby effective.

I have determined that import relief is in the national economic interest.

The deterioration of urban life in the United States is one of the most complex and deeply rooted problems of our age.

Federal government procurement should strengthen the economic base of our Nation's cities and communities.

This new partnership offers no quick nor easy solutions.

With Friday's vote, we have achieved that goal.

The contract which was approved on Friday upholds the important principle of industrywide bargaining between the coal operators and the UMW.

Miners will now be returning to work early next week, and full coal production will resume shortly.

From the outset, we have known that the only satisfactory conclusion to this strike would be a collectively bargained agreement, acceptable to both sides.

Friday's agreement, coupled with the work of this Commission, will enable the coal industry to take its rightful place as one of the foundations of our long-term energy strategy.