Richard Nixon: “Once this study is completed, we will be able to take action on the problem of ocean dumping.”

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.