Richard Nixon: “Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May…”

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.

Time is now of the essence with regard to the trade bill.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…