Richard Nixon: “While the Veterans Administration can and does attend to the physical needs of these men, the VIP program will let them…”

I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.