It appears that we will actually have a cash surplus this year.

We are very hopeful that the Congress will agree with us on the wisdom of our proposals and in due time will act upon them.

Our policies are moving forward according to schedule.

We are studying all the indicators.

Our policy is devoted to that end.

I am gratified that the transition has gone so well.

That is because of this system we have that our forefathers figured out.

We shall not do so now.

We are not in Vietnam to dictate what form of government they should have.

It should not be too great a hardship to stretch out the filling of vacancies and, in some cases, even to forgo replacing a portion of those who leave their positions in your agency.

It is not my intention to defer or eliminate the essential; for example, travel for law enforcement, or for necessary supervision of field establishments, are costs which--if the activities are to be carried on efficiently-must be borne.

So some of us seem to be a little bit frustrated.

In operating your agency, I want you to keep in mind that there is really no such thing as a small businessman.

We have made progress in these 35 years.

I urge the Congress to respond to this magnificent offer by adopting the measure I am forwarding today.

Will you please report to me, through the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the specific steps you have taken to provide top level control of your department's purchases during the remainder of the fiscal year, in the context of…

Wasteful purchasing and inventory practices are an affront to the taxpayer and cannot be tolerated.

I am asking each of you personally to do whatever is necessary to insure that in your department or agency:--orders for supplies, materials, and equipment are kept to the minimum needed to carry on essential, approved programs.