Jimmy Carter

Information is the essence of education and the lifeblood of democracy.

I feel a special pride and nostalgia each year as I issue this message designating October as 'Country Music Month.'

I want to recognize these individuals for their concern and their work in over 95,000 schools across the country.

There has never been any hesitation to share your concerns with me.

Progress is still there to be made.

I want to salute Country music as the purest echo of rural America at work to help build the progress and well-being of our land.

We must provide additional help for them.

I will nominate two persons for reappointment as members of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

It's what I've wanted from the very beginning.

I do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 12 as National School Lunch Week.

I am transmitting herewith the Twelfth Annual Report to the Congress of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity.

Any time a President or any other leader gets together with the Congressional Black Caucus, it's a special occasion.

We must have enforcement powers for the Fair Housing Act.

Nutrition is vital in insuring that they reach their full potential-physically, emotionally and intellectually.

The future of our country lies in our children.

This legislation is the culmination of a joint effort by the Congress and the administration.

The bill I am signing today strengthens the Secretary of Agriculture's role in this endeavor.

I know how important rural America is to our country.

We hope that the resumed talks will be conducted on a serious, sustained and productive basis and will lead to a just and lasting settlement of all outstanding issues.

This is indeed a rural program of comprehensive development, initiated and controlled and forged at the grassroots level.

Today I am pleased to sign the Rural Development Policy Act of 1980, which places into law many of the reforms that were developed by this rural policy.

Finally, the bill's authorization of the WEB project represents a major step both for rural development and for water resources policy in South Dakota.

This bill will improve the Federal Government's capacity to meet the needs of our small towns and country areas.

It is a plan for generating a real and productive partnership among Federal, State, and local governments and the private sector.

I welcome the resumption of the Cyprus intercommunal talks.