Richard Nixon: “I am returning, without my approval, H.R. 17809, a bill which would fix in law the pay practices applied to Federal…”

A strong America is essential to maintaining world peace.

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.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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