Special Message to the Congress on Rural Development.
01/31/1972
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In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental program...
Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.
We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.
I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.