Richard Nixon: “Direct Federal assistance to the arts is being sharply increased.”

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

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

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

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…