Richard Nixon: “It is essential that Japan also participate and contribute, not as a subsidiary partner, but as an equal partner.”

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.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

It is only a beginning, always.

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.