The advantages of local control, so dramatically evident in this particular case, could be experienced on a regular basis in all of our communities if the revenue sharing programs which I have recommended to the Congress were put into effect.
Statement About an Explosion in East St. Louis, Illinois, and the Use of Planned Variations Funds
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I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.
In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.
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.
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