Several days ago I announced the appointment of Mr. Elmer Staats to be Comptroller General.

I have met this morning with Mr. Eugene Black, the great American who has done so much in company with Asian leaders to make the Asian Development Bank a reality.

I always want to do that.

I think very generally that organized labor is going to follow a course that is in the national interest.

I am naming three men as Assistant Attorneys General in the Department of Justice today.

I am today announcing my intention to appoint Mr. William W. Sherrill to the Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

This grievous and unnecessary waste of human and economic resources, plus the profound physical and psychological damage suffered by members of farm families, causes me to view the rural accident problem as a matter of national concern.

For this reason, I urge all farm families to help achieve our goal of safer rural communities by eliminating those hazards and unsafe practices that cause or contribute to accidents.

There is one area of farm life, however, which still needs much improvement.

Accidents continue to cost the lives of thousands of men, women, and children on our farms, and disable nearly 750,000 more each year.

It is our first assurance of help in time of disaster.

I strongly urge support of the Red Cross Campaign in 1966 by all civilian employees of the Federal Government and members of the Armed Forces.

Red Cross staffs are on duty around the clock to assist our servicemen and their families in Vietnam and here at home.

It has gained our confidence and support through years of devoted service to our Armed Forces personnel and to the victims of thousands of disasters.

It will be held in March 1966, except in those communities where the Red Cross raises its funds in partnership with United Way and combined campaigns.

At the same time, Red Cross has repeatedly mobilized its resources to help families stricken by major disasters in every part of our nation.

As President of the United States and Honorary Chairman of the American National Red Cross I strongly urge support of the Red Cross Campaign in 1966 by all civilian employees of the Federal Government and members of the Armed Forces.

The American Red Cross has earned the respect, affection and gratitude of the American people.