WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 1999
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• Publication Date: April 25, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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Weekly Compilation of
PRESIDENTIAL
DOCUMENTS
Monday, April 25, 1 1966
Volume 2 ? Number i 6.
Pages 543-562
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Announcing the latest addition to the series of . .
Public Papers of the Presidents
of the United States
HARRY S. TRUMAN, 1951
This is the 19th volume in the "Public Papers" series to be released.
It contains public messages and statements, news conferences, and other
selected papers that were released by the White House during the
year 1951.
Among the 307 items in the book are : the President's annual message
to Congress on the State of the Union; special message to the Congress
recommending a "pay as we go" tax program; radio and television
reports to the American people on Korea and U.S. policy in the Far
East and on the need for extending inflation controls; the address and
remarks in San Francisco at the opening of the Conference on the
Japanese Peace Treaty; and the proclamation terminating the state
of war with Germany.
The 747-page clothbound book, fully indexed, is priced at $6.25.
All volumes in the "Public Papers" series are sold by the Superin-
tendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
20402. Distribution for official use is governed by the provisions of
sections 32.15-32.19 of Title 1 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
Presidential Documents
Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register,
National Archives and Records Service, General Services Adminis-
tration (mail address National Archives and Records Service,
Washington, D.C. 20408), the Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents contains statements, messages and other Presidential
materials released by the White House up to 5:00 p.m. Friday of
each week.
The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published
pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Register Act
(49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 8B), under regulations
prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Reg-
ister, approved by the President (30 F.R. 9573; 1 CFR Part 32).
Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Documents,
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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will be furnished
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tendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington,
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There are no restrictions on the republication of material
appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
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ward placing this important atomic energy operation in
the private sector of our economy. It is a splendid ex-
ample of Government-industry cooperation to bring the
benefits of the peaceful atom to our country. It is an-
other instance where the U.S. Government is following
the sound policy of turning over to private industry a
service for which industry has shown a competence
and willingness to perform.
Emergency Food Aid Program for
India
Statement by the President Upon Signing Joint
Resolution Supporting United States Participation.
April 19,1966
I have approved H.J. Res. 997, "To support United
States participation in relieving victims of hunger in
India and to enhance India's capacity to meet the nutri-
tional needs of its people."
Through this joint resolution the Congress has acted
with dispatch, statesmanship, and humanity.
It supports and endorses my recent offer to enlarge our
food shipments to the people of India to help them avoid
the suffering that would otherwise result from the worst
drought in a century.
India simply cannot sustain its 500 million people
from its drought-striken resources until the next major
harvest in November.
When others were in need and we could help, our
people have always responded with responsibility and
compassion.
However distant other lands may be, in the end our
people understand that we are a part of a human family.
I am confident that the prompt reaction of the Con-
gress will encourage the governments of other nations to
help bridge the gap left in India by this great natural
disaster.
Some nations, among them Canada, have already re-
sponded on a substantial scale. Others, with limited
resources of their own, have, nevertheless, reached out
generously to help.
We hope that all nations will pause now and ask
themselves: what more can we do?
At stake is the salvation of countless families and, in
particular, millions of children : a great nation's future
citizens.
None of us can rest easy until we know in our hearts
that we have done everything that is possible to protect
them from malnutrition, hunger, and even from
starvation itself.
I am confident from my talks with Prime Minister
Gandhi that the Indian Government will use the time
gained by our assistance-and that of others-to mount
a determined and effective policy to raise India's own
agricultural production. In the end, only by its own
efforts can the people of India be fed.
Our assistance has already looked beyond the present
drought to enlarging the next harvest. We granted some-
time ago a $50 million loan for chemical fertilizers and
are helping Indian agriculture in many other ways. The
assistance of many governments, international organiza-
tions, and private industry will all be required in this
essential longrun effort.
In other times, famine in one nation was regarded as a
fact to be passively accepted.
Now, however imperfect our organization, we must
learn to behave like a world community; for modern
communications have brought nations closer than our
own States were, not so long ago.
The joint resolution I approve today recognizes and
contributes to this vision of where we are and where we
must go.
NOTE: As enacted, H.J. Res. 997 is Public Law 89-406.
Cost Reduction in the Federal
government
he President's Memorandum to Heads of Departments
and Agencies on the Pamphlet "Cost Reduction
Notes." April 20, 1966
If Federal agencies were still operating at their 1964
level of efficiency, my 1966 and 1967 budgets would have
to be $3 billion higher. These savings mean that we are
getting more value for our tax dollars. It means the
American people are $3 billion better off.
This makes clear why I consider cost reduction so
important. It explains why I want every Government
employee to think hard about opportunities for cost re-
duction, and why I want the best ideas publicized for all
to use. A good idea from one agency should not stop
there, but must be made known throughout the
Government.
Some time ago I asked the Bu get Director to develop
a system of exchanging "r~nlormation about cost reduction
among Federal agencies. He has prepared the pamphlet
which is attached-the first issue of a series of "Cost
Reduction Notes." t
"Cost Reduction Notes" describes imaginative actions
which have produced savings in one agency and which
carry promise of applicability throughout the Govern-
ment. The ideas vary widely, but they were chosen as
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ones likely to be useful to agencies with differing responsi- -for the Department of justice, $200,000
bilities. By bringing the ideas together in a pamphlet -for the Department of the Interior, $3,600,000
which will be circulated throughout the Federal Govern- -for the Post Office Department, $25,000,000
ment, we are seeking to multiply the savings already
achieved.
I want "Cost Reduction Notes" to be read widely in
every agency, both in Washington and in the field. I
want each, idea to be considered carefully. I hope that
many of them can be put to use.
NoTE: The pamphlet "Cost Reduction Notes," No. 1, April 1966
7 (Government Printing Office, 10 pp.) was made available with
the release.
Disaster Relief Funds for American
Samoa
Announcement of Allocation of Funds for Restorative
Projects. April 20, 1966
The President today approved a supplemental alloca-
tion of $1,235,750 of Federal disaster funds to American
Samoa for work on restorative projects following a
typhoon and extreme tidal conditions. The President,
at the request of Governor H. Rex Lee, declared a major
disaster and approved an initial allocation of funds this
past February 10th. Total allocations are now
$1,735,750.
Federal funds made available under the authority of
the Federal Disaster Act, Public Law 81-875, are being
used to provide emergency housing for disaster victims
and to repair or replace essential public facilities damaged
by the severe storm.
The President's Office of Emergency Planning, with a
Regional Office in Santa Rosa, Calif., is coordinating
Federal agency relief and rehabilitation efforts in
American Samoa.
Reallocation of Appropriations
Announcement of Transmittal of Request to the
Congress. Apri120,1966
President Johnson transmitted today for the considera-
tion of the Congress a proposed transfer between existing
appropriations of the Department of Justice and the De-
partment of the Interior, and a proposed increase in the
amount appropriated from current postal revenues for
the Post Office Department for fiscal year 1966.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The number of Federal criminal and civil trials in
1966 will be substantially greater than was estimated,
and increasing use is being made of witnesses in trials in
which indigent defendants are being represented by
counsel appointed under the provisions of the Criminal
Justice Act of 1964. The amount of $200,000 will pro-
vide for the increased cost of witnesses who appear on
behalf of the Government in cases to which the United
States is a party. This increase will be derived by trans-
fer from the appropriations for "Salaries and expenses,
general legal activities," fiscal year 1966.
Due to favorable conditions, including the weather,
construction of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project
has proceeded at a faster rate than had been anticipated,
with the result that presently available funds will be ex-
hausted by mid-May. In order to avoid a temporary
and uneconomic interruption in work, it is proposed to
permit the transfer of $3,600,000 to the Upper Colorado
River Basin Fund from other appropriations available to
the Department of the Interior.
The proposed supplemental in the amount of $25,000,-
000 is needed to employ additional personnel to handle a
mail volume which is increasing at a rate substantially
greater than estimated in the 1966 budget.
None of the foregoing proposals involve an increase in
new obligational authority, and therefore will not increase
the total for the fiscal year 1966 as shown in the 1967
budget.
Substitution of Private for Public
Credit
The President's Letter to the President of the Senate and
the Speaker, Transmitting the Participation
Sales Act o f 1966. April 20,1966
Dear Mr. President: (Dear Mr. Speaker:)
I have the honor to transmit "The Participation Sales
Act of 1966." This important legislation is designed to
forward our objective of substituting private for public
credit.
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