Richard Nixon: “I have signed an Executive order [11639] directing the Civil Service Commission to issue instructions to executive…”

My mother was a saint.

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.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

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