Report of the Railroad Retirement Board for Fiscal Year 1988 in a message to Congress. September 29 – President Bush announces the nomination of William Clark, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India. September 29 – President Bush announces the continuation of the tenure of John C. Martin as Inspector General for the Environmental Protection Agency. September 29 – President Bush appoints John Charles Gartland to membership on the National Commission for Employment Policy. September 29 – President Bush announces the nomination of Dennis M. Devaney for membership on the National Labor Relations Board. October October 2 – President Bush announces the nomination of Keith Leveret Wauchope for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic. October 2 – President Bush announces the nomination of Gordon H. Mansfield for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. October 3 – President Bush attends the welcoming ceremony for President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari at the South Portico. October 3 – President Bush signs H.R. 1529. The legislation establishes the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri. In a statement, President Bush notes the life of Ulysses S. Grant as well as his own disappointment with Congress not accepting "the Department of the Interior's recommendation that performance of a formal new area study precede establishment of this Historic Site." October 3 – President Bush attends the signing ceremony for the Mexico-United States Environmental and Trade Agreements in the Roosevelt Room. October 6 – President Bush announces the nomination of Ruth V. Washington for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of The Gambia. October 6 – President Bush issues a memorandum on the 1990 census to the Secretary of the Commerce and Director of the Office of Personnel Management. October 6 – President Bush announces the nomination of Robert P. McMillan for membership on the Board of the Panama Canal Commission. October 6 – President Bush undergoes minor surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital to "remove a mucoid cyst of approximately one centimeter in diameter from the third digit on the middle finger of his right hand." October 6 – President Bush insists his recent hand surgery was minor and defends the administration as it pertains to its policy toward Panama while in the