Richard Nixon: “I pledged 2 weeks ago that the Federal Government would take action to alleviate these conditions.”

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

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.