Richard Nixon: “This effort to meet the drug menace directly on the streets of America--an effort which I promised in my message on the…”

A number of provisions authorize spending for unneeded equipment and could thus inflate defense spending unnecessarily at a time when we all should recognize the need to avoid waste.

I have never been a quitter.

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

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