Indeed, this law should help in our battle against inflation by encouraging American farmers to produce at full capacity.

But these target prices are significantly below present market prices and thus will not inhibit our efforts to stabilize food prices for consumers.

The bill I am signing today continues the system of Government participation in farm production but does so in a way which will ensure administrative flexibility and thus encourage larger supplies of farm goods.

While I am willing to go along with the restoration of food stamp eligibility, the particular device used in this bill for achieving that end is highly undesirable and must be corrected.

On balance, the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 provides that the farmer will receive most of his income in the marketplace, a goal underscored in my radio address last February.

Though it falls short of the high standards I have set for reforming farm legislation and eventually moving the Government out of agriculture, it does provide a constructive framework for encouraging the expansion of farm production.

I am asking the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the new system in the best interests of both the farmer and the consumer and to report to me regularly on its effectiveness.

Working together through the Combined Federal Campaign we can provide that support and help our neighbors and friends who have special needs.

For those in need, the voluntary agencies are a beacon of hope, and oftentimes the only source which can provide the needed assistance.

Through the Combined Federal Campaign, Federal personnel are offered a unique opportunity to help persons in our community, in our Nation, and in overseas lands by one gift once a year, a pledge made particularly easy by the availability of voluntary payroll deductions.

I know that we will have your full support in this endeavor, and I hope you will commend the campaign with its payroll deduction feature to Federal employees and military personnel in your organization.

RICHARD NIXON The White House, August 6, 1973

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5317 of title 5 of the United States Code, as amended, Executive Order No. 11708, dated March 23, 1973, as amended, is further amended as follows

My recommendations on restructuring financial institutions represent a coordinated approach to this challenge, and I urge that they be considered as a package.

The Council on Environmental Quality is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority under subsection (c) (2) of section 311 of the act.

The American people would respond to such aggression with appropriate action.

The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the following.

We will continue to provide all possible support permitted under the law.