We want to have an opportunity for strengthening the free enterprise system in our country to make sure that competition exists in a fair and equitable way.
Jimmy Carter
The Public Record
Jimmy Earl Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of Governor of Georgia from January 12, 1971, to July 1, 1975. During his presidency, Carter focused on human rights, energy conservation, and the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. His administration also faced significant challenges, including the Iran Hostage Crisis and economic difficulties marked by inflation and unemployment.
I will nominate William V. Shannon to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ireland.
We have the power to shape our own destiny, and it is up to us to use that power wisely.
There is a concern and an awareness of the question of human rights, the basic dignity of human beings, the hope for peace and freedom.
WILLIAM A. KIMBROUGH, JR., of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama for the term of 4 years, vice Charles S. White-Spunner, Jr., resigning.
WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR., of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of 4 years, vice R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., resigning.
The President's transmittal to Senate and House committee chairmen of the second semiannual Interior Department report on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
DONALD L. TUCKER, of Florida, to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 1979, vice G. Joseph Minetti.
HENRY M. MICHAUX, JR., of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice N. Carlton Tilley, resigned.
WILLIAM J. VANDEN HEUVEL, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
RICHARD STEPHEN PAGE, of Washington, to be Urban Mass Transportation Administrator, vice Robert E. Patricelli, resigned.
Russell G. Clark, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, vice William H. Becker, retired.
I want to welcome all of you here to participate in what I think is both an historical occasion and also a memorable occasion.
GEORGE R. GROSSE, of Florida, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Florida for the term of 4 years, vice Mitchell A. Newberger.
MILTON A. WOLF, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Austria.
ROBERT H. MUNDHEIM, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Richard R. Albrecht, resigned.
They will be kind of a conscience for me, for the other public officials in Washington, and for our Nation.
...if anyone can bring order out of chaos and have a consistent and effective policy in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, it is Eleanor Holmes Norton.
We have seen progress made in the South and throughout the Nation on the race question, and I'm very proud of it.
WILLIAM L. HARPER, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of 4 years, vice John W. Stokes, Jr., resigning.
GEORGE M. ANDERSON, of North Carolina, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the term of 4: years, vice Thomas P. McNamara, resigned.
JAMES P. BUCHELE, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas for the term of 4 years, vice E. Edward Johnson, resigning.





