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Digitized from Box 19 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 10, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
On November 28, 1975, I signed into law S. 2195, a
bill creating the National Center for Productivity and
Quality of Working Life. As I have stressed many times,
continued productivity growth is vital to improving the
standard of living of all Americans, and to maintaining
our competitive position in the international economy. By
providing a unique forum for cooperative labor, management
and Government efforts, the National Center for Productivity
and Quality of Working Life holds great promise for stimulating
America's productivity.
Today, I am happy to announce that Vice President
Rockefeller has agreed to serve as Chairman of the Board
of the new Center. The Vice President deserves much
credit for the tremendous energy he has devoted in the
past as Chairman of the former National Commission on
Productivity and Work Quality. Because of the importance
I personally attach to this Center, I am delighted that
the Vice President will continue his leadership as Chairman
of the Board. Under his direction, I expect major contributions
from this new Center in the months ahead.
The National Center for Productivity and Quality of
Working Life will assume a greatly enlarged role in stimu-
lating productivity in both the private and public sectors
of the economy. In addition to encouraging the joint
efforts of labor, management and Government to improve pro-
ductivity and quality of working life, it will have the
responsibility for reviewing government regulations and
policies on productivity.
The creation of this new Center is a fine example of
bipartisan cooperation between the Congress and this
Administration. I thank the many Members of Congress who
worked on this legislation as well as the many others who
have made major contributions to the creation of the Center.
A Policy Statement concerning productivity growth
in this country prepared by the members of the National
Commission on Productivity and Work Quality is being
released today. This important Statement provides sug-
gestions on establishing priorities for our Nation in
dealing with the problems and opportunities for improved
productivity. I am grateful to those members of the
Commission who labored so diligently to develop it. As
we all know, this will not be a simple task but our
success can bolster the strength of our economy and
improve the well-being of current and future generations.
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