to cooperate fully with you and provide such information and assistance as you may require in implementing the purposes and objectives of this letter and the functions of the advisory committee. Reports of progress should be submitted to me from time to time as circumstances may dictate.

Nothing herein derogates from the existing authority of any department or agency.

Sincerely,

Hon. LAWSON B. KNOTT, Jr.,

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Administrator, General Services Administration,

Washington, D.C., 20405.

Memorandum of February 16, 1966

[REQUEST FOR REPORT ON MISSION SAFETY-70]

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 16, 1966.

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies A year ago today I wrote you of my desire to improve the Federal Government's employee safety programs.

At that time I issued a Safety Policy for the Federal Service and initiated Mission SAFETY-70 to achieve a 30 percent reduction in each agency's work injuries and costs by 1970.

Your reports to me last spring set forth your plans to meet our long-range objective to reduce the waste in manpower and materials arising from accidents.

I should now like to receive by May 1, 1966, from the head of each executive department and agency a summary report of developments in 1965.

This Mission SAFETY-70 report should include:

(a) actions taken;

(b) specific accomplishments;

(c) areas of weakness which still need strengthening;
(d) agency plans for 1966.

I appreciate that steps have been taken in the past year to strengthen the government's safety programs but much more must be undertaken to emphasize our continuing concern and to assure effective implementation.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

President's Statement of February 16, 1966
INTERIM REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR ON
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE SAFETY PROGRAMS

One year ago today I called upon this Administration's Department and Agency heads to reduce the number and cost of injuries to Federal employees 30 percent by 1970.

Since then more than 50 agencies have surveyed their safety problems and developed plans for resolving them.

The first year of Mission SAFETY-70 brought widespread and increased attention to safeguarding those who serve their country in the civilian service of the United States. This is as it should be-there must be constant and vigilant concern for the welfare of the men and women who serve their Nation in the Federal service.

But there can be no let up. I have today requested the heads of all agencies to continue and intensify their efforts and to send to me, by May 1, a summary report of their safety actions and their plans. Secretary of Labor Wirtz has given me an interim report of some 1965 highlights:

We have reduced from 5 to over 20 percent the injury frequency rates in a number of larger Federal agencies including the GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, AGRICULTURE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, JUSTICE, INTERIOR, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, AND D.C. GOVERNMENT. These improvements took place in the 9 months immediately following the launching of Mission SAFETY-70.

We have reduced disabling injuries in thirteen of the 19 largest agencies and preliminary figures indicate a 2.4 percent reduction in the overall Federal injury rate.

In the ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION we reduced its already low frequency by 30 percent and its private contractors reported a 22 percent reduction last year.

SHARPE ARMY DEPOT near San Francisco, a growing supply link to our fighting forces in Vietnam, reduced its injury frequency over 50 percent in the last 6 months of 1965. As its 3,000 civilian employees entered their February work schedules, they had completed 158 days without a disabling injury.

THE AIR FORCE reports a 19 percent reduction in motor vehicle fatalities last year, reaching its best accident prevention record since 1950.

Three DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY units reduced their injury frequency from 20 to over 30 percent. When injuries rose following round-the-clock production of new coins, the U.S. MINT re-evaluated and upgraded its safety program.

These examples demonstrate that waste in manpower and resources can be reduced and must be attacked relentlessly. Agency efforts separately, and jointly with the Federal Safety Council, have given strength and meaning to Mission SAFETY-70.

I congratulate and commend all agencies on their achievements during the first year of Mission SAFETY-70, but, as we enter the second year of this long-range program to cut the number and costs of accidents, our course is clear.

We must see that our Federal programs bear fruit and stimulate greater safety efforts throughout our Nation and in every community.

On this, the first anniversary of Mission SAFETY-70, I again call upon Federal administrators and employees to provide the necessary leadership and that full measure of support so essential to success. THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 16, 1966.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Notice of August 16, 1966

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF ARTICLES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TRADE AGREEMENT CONCESSIONS

In conformity with section 221 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 76 Stat. 874, 19 U.S.C. 1841 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), and as President of the United States, I hereby direct publication in the FEDERAL Register of this notice of articles to be considered for trade agreement concessions under title II of the Act. This notice supplements the Notice of October 21, 1963, regarding proposed trade agreement negotiations and articles to be considered for negotiation (48 CFR Part 180, 28 F.R. 11251), as supplemented by the notice of February 18, 1965, regarding tropical agricultural and forestry commodities to be considered for trade agreement concessions (48 CFŘ Part 182, 30 F.R. 2301).

I. Lists of Articles To Be Considered for Trade Agreement Concessions.

The Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965 (P.L. 89241, 79 Stat. 933) and other legislation amending the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS), enacted subsequent to publication of the Notice of October 21, 1963, have affected the rates of duty applicable to a number of articles set out in such Notice, and have also affected the President's authority under the Act to proclaim changes in the rates of duty applicable to such articles. The relevant legislation is as follows:

P.L. 88-331 (78 Stat. 226) (regarding certain wools for polishing felts).
P.L. 88-337 (78 Stat. 232) (regarding soluble and instant coffee).

P.L. 88-482 (78 Stat. 594) (regarding, inter alia, certain wild animals).
P.L. 89-204 (79 Stat. 839) (regarding certain forms of nickel).

P.L. 89-241 (79 Stat. 933) (Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965).

P.L. 89-388 (80 Stat. 109) (regarding, inter alia, copra, palm nuts, palmnut kernels, and oils crushed therefrom).

P.L. 89-405 (80 Stat. 130) (regarding certain woven fabrics).
P.L. 89-431 (80 Stat. 168) (regarding certain corkboard insulation).
P.L. 89-433 (80 Stat. 169) (regarding certain natural graphite).

(A) All articles the applicable rates of duty for which have been affected by the above legislation will be considered for modification or

continuance of the existing duty to the extent permitted by sections 201(b) and 254 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1821, 1884), continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, continuance or modification of any other import restriction applicable thereto, or imposition of any additional import restriction, pursuant to authority vested in me by section 201 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1821).

To assist interested persons, the United States Tariff Commission, at the request of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, has identified certain articles, set out in the following list, for which the rates of duty were, or may have been, changed by the above legislation. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of the articles whose rates of duty have been affected by the above legislation and which will therefore be considered for trade agreement concessions under this subparagraph.