The President's News Conference
01/26/1969
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The NIE will be a new research institution within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with a Presidentially appointed Director...
White House has no involvement in this particular incident.
The Conference approved forming a $100 million United Nations environmental fund which I personally proposed last February.
The Conference overwhelmingly approved the U.S. proposal for a moratorium on commercial killing of whales.