Because of your impeccable honesty, your wisdom, and your frank and courageous presentation of your professional opinions, citizens in every walk of life have come to know and respect you during your long period of public service.

Any person who is certified by the Director of ACTION as having served satisfactorily as a full-time ACTION Community Volunteer shall be eligible for noncompetitive appointment to the Civilian Career Service.

I said, what can we do to help you, and that is the way I want to be your President.

You serve without pay, but you carry tremendous responsibilities for the betterment of America.

You and the entire Federal Aviation Administration are to be commended for your dedicated service on the aircraft noise problem.

Mrs. Nixon joins me in mourning the loss of a former House colleague, longtime friend, and dedicated public servant whose death bereaves all Americans.

John Chafee, without question, is a man who was born to be in public service.

And we can expect that the important and diligent service they are presently providing for the American people will also continue as they move into full time occupations.

In obtaining the services of Ambassador Eisenhower for this assignment, the public can be certain of wise and vigorous leadership.

They provide an occasion for us to thank these dedicated professionals for doing an often thankless job so superbly.

His long life brimmed over with magnificent achievement and dedicated service to this country which he loved so well.

He was devoted to his country, and in his service to both party and country he earned the high admiration of men and women from both sides of the political aisle.

As you leave public office, you can do so with the knowledge that you have served your President, your country, and your fellow citizens with the highest skill and devotion, just as you did for more than five years under President Eisenhower.

As you return to private life, I am sure that each and every one of your many friends and associates here would want to join me in thanking you for a job superbly done and in wishing Lucile and you the happiness you so richly deserve.

Few men have given so much and so willingly to their country as you have for the past thirty-five months--and few have discharged their responsibilities with such distinction and excellence.

Secretary Kennedy has served this Nation in a selfless and, in my view, admirable and completely devoted way.

Your entire career has exemplified the best American traditions of public service.

You have served our country selflessly, ably, and with a profound sense of devotion for more than three decades, and have been an active helper to at least four Presidents.