Richard Nixon: “They are critical to the success of the Nixon Doctrine and to our efforts to achieve a peaceful solution in the Middle…”

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.

It is only a beginning, always.

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

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.