Richard Nixon: “Along with this we have proposed a new organizational arrangement that will vastly improve the effectiveness of the…”

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

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.

These Regulations are simplified, completely revised versions of the 1958 Regulations and will make it easier for the international business system guided by the Regulations to keep apace with rapidly advancing telecommunications…

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.