My belief that offsetting cuts in other programs can be made--although they may be painful--together with my belief that older Americans need and deserve increased benefits, permits me to sign this measure.
Statement on Signing a Bill Extending Temporary Ceiling on National Debt and Increasing Social Security Benefits.
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I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.
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