Richard Nixon: “India has lost a great statesman.”

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.

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

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.

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