March 14, 1978
The President is "pleased and encouraged" by the announcement of a tentative agreement. "The welfare of our country requires a dependable supply of coal. A negotiated national contract is the best way to assure that supply."
Jimmy Carter, Labor Disputes in the Coal Industry White House Statement on the Tentative Agreement. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244839