Richard Nixon: “MRS. NIXON and I wish to express our deep personal sorrow at the death of Edgar Eisenhower.”

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.

As far as what the President personally knew and did with regard to Watergate and the coverup is concerned, these materials--together with those already made available--will tell it all.

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

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.