Jimmy Carter

Emmett W. Fairfax, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri for the term of 4 years, vice John T. Pierpont.

In addition to assuring equitable prices for water, the Department will enforce acreage limitations to assure broad distribution of benefits.

I want to express my thanks to both Houses of Congress for acting on this extension bill expeditiously.

I am pleased to sign H.R. 4390, a bill which marks a major step toward correcting deficiencies in past practices of the Bureau of Reclamation.

This bill provides a 1-year extension of appropriation authority for the Nation's basic system for furthering employment and training opportunities for the unemployed and economically disadvantaged.

It is apparent that we as a nation must ensure that our water resource policies reflect the urgent necessity for wise planning, water conservation, environmental protection, and equity for all water users.

This bill establishes the statutory framework for analyzing the problem and coming to a solution.

I will nominate William J. vanden Heuvel, of New York, N.Y., to be Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

I have signed into law, H.R. 2992, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1977.

I requested a simple extension for 1 year, fiscal year 1978, so that my administration could quickly provide needed temporary employment and training programs under my economic stimulus program.

You are lucky to be able to come to Washington.

The best day of my life was the day they turned the lights on in our house back in 1936 or 1937.

I have determined, after considering that advice, that the exclusion of alloy tool steel provided for in item 923.25, TSUS, from such quantitative restrictions is in the national interest.

I have complete, sure feeling that the democratic systems in the world can prevail because our governmental structure is based on human freedom.

I will nominate Robert H. Mundheim, of Philadelphia, Pa., to be General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury.

With the coming of electricity came a liberation of people from the drudgery of farm work.

We've still got a good country, we've got a good Government, it can be better, and that you and I together are trying to make it better.

You represent, this afternoon, a very important part of my own life.

Our agreement with Taipei, however, is a useful, effective, and acceptable way of giving one of our basic domestic industries a reasonable temporary period in which to adjust.

I do not want 'year-end buying' to undermine or offset any efforts to reduce costs and eliminate waste.

I therefore reaffirm my strong commitment to legislation currently before Congress to guarantee that proposals to offer low-fare service in domestic markets receive prompt and favorable attention by the CAB.

Prudence must be exercised at all times in purchasing goods and services.

These Orderly Marketing Agreements are not the ideal long-term solutions to our trade problems.

I count on your full cooperation and personal attention in maximizing the economies that can be achieved through rational control of year-end buying.

I appreciate, in particular, your determination and willingness to re-examine existing programs and practices and to apply new procedures and concepts to achieve more efficient management and operation of Federal programs.