Jimmy Carter

People in poverty want to work, and most of them do.

I am today asking Congress to totally scrap our existing welfare system and to replace it with a Program for Better Jobs and Income.

The welfare system is worse than I expected.

I am asking the Congress to abolish our existing welfare system, and replace it with a job-oriented program for those able to work.

The primary impetus of this whole bill is to make sure that it's always profitable for a family to take a job.

Public service is our highest calling.

JAMES R. SCHLESINGER, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Energy (new position).

ROBERTA S. KARMEL, of New York, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1981, vice A. A. Sommer, Jr.

It will require us to act with speed and with prudence and, at the same time, to act out of a spirit of confidence and hope and, occasionally, charity.

FRANK JONES, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Director of the Community Services Administration (new position).

JOSEPH D. DUFFEY, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities for a term of 4 years, vice Ronald S. Betman, term expired.

CARL W. GARDNER, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of 4 years, vice Harry Connolly.

FREDERICK HOWARD WEISBERG, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 15 years, vice Charles W. Halleck, term expired.

EDWARD D. SCHAEFFER, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the term of 4 years, vice Charles S. Guy.

EDWARD MARKS, of California, a Foreign Service officer of Class three, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

CHARLES M. ADKINS, JR., of West Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia for the term of 4 years, vice Irvin W. Humphreys.

Submitted August 2, 1977

JAMES I. HARTIGAN, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of 4 years, vice John A. Bitknes, Jr., resigned.

JUAN G. BLAS, of Guam, to be United States Marshal for the District of Guam for the term of 4 years, vice John T. San Aguetin.

Profitability in the steel industry remains weak.

I think it's important that these new proposals be pursued through the Congress, authorized by law, and implemented in the most enlightened and effective way.

CARLISLE EDWARD PRATT, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for a term of 15 years, vice Orman W. Ketcham, retired.

HARRY H. MACLAUGHLIN, Of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, vice Earl R. Larson, retired.

Submitted August 4, 1977

DONALD D. FORSHT, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida for the term of 4 years (reappointment).