In the last 10 years alone, because of this kind of leadership, infant deaths have been cut 50 percent.

The strength of our Nation depends upon this diversification, the fact that we are different.

The worst single domestic problem that I face--and it's also faced by your Governor and your mayor and the Congress--is unemployment.

Compared to the Republican administrations before him, the rate of increase in government spending has been cut in half.

I admire his quiet determination and tenacity.

He's a man who can't be bought.

Brendan Byrne has these characteristics. One is courage.

You've got a Governor who looks to the future with great confidence in you and in this State.

Agencies should establish cooperative data collection programs with State and local governments wherever practical to eliminate duplicative reporting.

Making government work better is not the most dramatic or exciting subject, but there are a few things that we can do during this administration to assure the American people that this important subject is being resolved as successfully as…

We have very great concern about the status of human rights in Uruguay.

Today, I'm proud to be able to announce a concentrated attack on redtape and confusion in the Federal grant-in-aid system.

I am directing that all Federal agencies take steps to simplify and streamline their administrative procedures consistent with OMB directives.

I will nominate Robert S. Rochlin, of Chevy Chase, Md., to be an Alternate Representative of the United States to the 21st session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Not as far as I know.

We have followed in the footsteps of President Oduber and his predecessors in our own insistence on publicizing the deprivation of human rights in this hemisphere.

We have great hopes that rapid progress might be made in alleviating this problem.

My hope is that under his leadership the relationships can be improved very soon.