Richard Nixon: “TO STOP a crippling national railroad strike, which would work severe hardship on millions of Americans and impede an…”

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 firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

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

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.