Richard Nixon

Ordinarily, of course, Indian land claims are being, and should be, settled by cash award, but this case has exceptional circumstances which the Attorney General has described.

I am equally pleased to note that the Yakima Tribe itself has pledged by tribal resolution to 'maintain existing recreation facilities for public use' and to 'recognize the dedication of that portion included in the Mt. Adams wilderness…

I am certain this critical public support will be forthcoming.

We are going there for substance, very important substantive talks.

This is our goal, and it is one that all of us will be working toward on this trip.

In a comprehensive opinion, Attorney General Mitchell reviewed the unintentional but mistaken actions of 1907 and ruled that the executive order [Proclamation 725] of that time did not constitute a 'taking' of the land by the Government in…

The Attorney General has advised me that, in these exceptional and unique circumstances, the land was not taken by the United States within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment and that possession of this particular tract can be restored to…

The Indian Claims Commission has ruled that the Yakima Tribe has a rightful claim, but rather than accept cash compensation, the tribe, with the permission of the Commission, sought to have the land itself restored.

Any balance sheet of the performance of the United Nations must take these activities into account.

One, of course, is arms limitation.

At that point I expressed a very dim view of summitry unless it was well planned in advance.

Everybody in this Government has worked extremely hard on this trip over the past months--some for years.

I would not like to suggest and would not suggest that we are going to discuss, 'Let us go to the Moon together, let us go to Mars together.'

A third area that is worth your watching is the area of cooperation in space.

They indicate that the United Nations and its affiliated agencies are working to build the foundations for a better world.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 24, 1972, as United Nations Day.

The second area is the area of trade.

There should be no doubt that the Federal Government has an appropriate and critical role to play in encouraging better design

We need a new approach to the delivery of social services-one which is built around people and not around programs.

This is one more effort by my Administration to make government more sensible, more responsive and more effective at the local level.

A compassionate government unwittingly created a bureaucratic jungle that baffles and shortchanges many citizens in need.

If we bring this about, we shall not only be providing better social services--we also shall be taking a giant step toward the restoration of the people's confidence in the common sense performance of their government.

I am confident he will do so.

He shares his father's abiding belief that the strength of a democracy rests heavily upon an informed and active citizenry.

This application of computer technology across the board should lead to a much more manageable classification system and greatly enhance the flow of information to the public.