Richard Nixon: “The revitalization of rural America is one of the important objectives of my administration.”

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

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.

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