Jimmy Carter

If given this authority, I will move aggressively but also carefully, work closely with Congress, and make changes that will be of benefit to all of us in administering the affairs of the people of this country.

I have submitted to the Congress a message--which is available to the people of our Nation to examine--calling for authorization for myself, as President, to reorganize the executive branch of Government.

Renewing this Executive reorganization authority will help rebuild the public's confidence in government, redeem commitments made to the electorate, and prove to the people who have given us their trust that we are ready to make a fresh…

The reorganization authority which I am proposing is essentially the same authority which has been available to every President since Harry Truman.

I hereby transmit to the Congress proposed legislation which will restore the President's power to submit reorganization plans to the Congress.

Therefore, I urge prompt action by Congress to approve this legislation so that we may begin this important work.

One of the major goals of my Administration will be to reorganize and streamline the Executive Branch to insure the effective management of government programs.

I hope you won't let this be just a transient episode in your life but an opportunity for you to tie yourself to the Government of the best Nation on Earth.

I fully expect that the result will be real and substantial improvement in the way the Federal Government works for our citizens.

I hope this will be a springboard to bring you back later on as a Member of Congress; as an Ambassador to a foreign country; as a U.S. Senator; perhaps as Governor; perhaps as President; perhaps as Secretary of State.

This is a commitment that I made in hundreds of speeches around the country during the 2-year campaign.

You were chosen in the same way; in a strictly competitive selection process to serve in a very important post for just a short period of time.

On the President's economic recovery proposals to the Congress

RICHARD B. PARKER, of Kansas, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Lebanon.

PAUL C. WARNKE, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, vice Fred Charles Ikle, resigned.

CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR., of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Martin H. Hoffmann, resigned.

You have got a great country. And you are part of it.

This will never again be done in the next 4 years.

JOHN F. O'LEARY, of New Mexico, to be Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, vice Frank G. Zarb, resigned.

I have asked Clark M. Clifford to undertake a special mission to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus as my personal emissary.

The work of the Board will help to ensure that only qualified individuals are nominated by the President to serve as American ambassadors abroad.

I ... do hereby proclaim and declare that a natural gas emergency exists within the meaning of Section 3 of said Act.

Our program only promises what can realistically be done.

Whenever the Secretary of the Treasury enters into an agreement pursuant to Sections 5516, 5517, or 5520 of Title 5 of the United States Code, with the District of Columbia, a State, or a city, as the case may be, with regard to the…

The bulk of the reduction in personal income taxes will go to low and middle income taxpayers.