Richard Nixon: “As we give to one another, in the spirit of Christmas, let us give of ourselves.”

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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 have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

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…