I will nominate Roberts Bishop Owen, of Washington, D.C., to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State.

There is established a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate these disputes.

It is inconceivable that the Congress would allow the Panama Canal to be closed even for a short time.

I call upon the Congress to pass without delay the rail deregulation proposal to break the strangulation of outmoded, unnecessary economic regulations.

This strike is having a severe, adverse economic effect on farmers throughout the Central United States.

Active, growing youngsters need good food to do well in school.

I urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 14, 1979, as National School Lunch Week.

I'm today appointing an emergency board, under the Railway Labor Act, to intervene in the labor dispute that has crippled the Rock Island Railroad since August 27.

This will involve both wide competition and a very careful selection for the executive development programs required by the Reform Act.

I will nominate Inez Smith Reid, of New York City, to be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency.

It is imperative that you impress upon the Chairperson and members of your Executive Resources Board the importance this Administration places upon executive selection and development.

The SES offers one of the most promising avenues for improving the management of the Federal government.