Jimmy Carter

I urge the utility industry to continue to take all actions necessary to store spent fuel in a manner that will protect the public and ensure efficient and safe operation of power reactors.

The committee was created by Executive order to assist in monitoring and encouraging the placement of subcontracts by the private sector with eligible small businesses, particularly with small minority businesses.

I am directing the Secretary of Energy to provide financial and technical assistance to States and other jurisdictions to facilitate the full participation of State and local government in review and licensing proceedings.

It is essential that all aspects of the waste management program be conducted with the fullest possible disclosure to and participation by the public and the technical community.

I believe that the establishment of an Interagency Employee Benefit Council, as recommended by the evaluation, will address the problems of the long-term administration of the program.

I am transmitting an evaluation of the extent to which this Reorganization Plan has alleviated the problems associated with the present administrative structure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

I am pleased with the success of the Reorganization Plan in simplifying and improving the unnecessarily complex administrative requirements of ERISA.

There is no distinction possible, on the basis of ability or performance, that would allow me to exclude women from an obligation to register.

I will take steps to enable the Selective Service System to carry out registration in the most economical and efficient way.

My decision to register women is a recognition of the reality that both women and men are working members of our society.

Renewing registration for the draft now will save us critical time in the event of mobilization.

HENRY S. DOGIN, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics (new position).

I will nominate Henry S. Dogin to be Director of the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics.

The Chancellor made clear that the Soviet Union should take its troops out of Afghanistan without delay.

Military readiness may be the best guarantee that military force need never be used.

MARVIN WEISSMAN, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Bolivia.

Equal obligations deserve equal rights.

Registration for the draft is needed to increase our preparedness and is a further demonstration of our resolve as a nation.

The United States is committed to peace—a peace that allows every nation to live in an atmosphere free of coercion or intimidation.

HOMER F. BROOME, JR., of California, to be Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (new position).

Without God, they're almost impossible.

I am determined to strengthen, not weaken, the longstanding and valued bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and many Muslim nations.

Every day, I pray for the Ayatollah Khomeini.

I can assure you that this just anger will not be twisted into a false resentment against Islam or its faithful.

We are grateful also to Australia because of their courageous stand as an ally of ours in condemning the invasion that threatens the peace in Southwest Asia and the Persian Gulf region.