Richard Nixon

I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim April, 1972 to be National Check Your Vehicle Emissions Month.

Now Washington, D.C., instead of being an example of lawlessness, is one of the safest cities in this country.

In view of this encouraging response, I have concluded that I should establish a national committee to advise me of ways in which this program can be further expanded and enhanced and of other ways in which the environmental…

The Committee shall perform such other related functions as the President may, from time to time, specify.

Today, more than 2,500 high schools, including schools in each of the 50 States, are actively involved in this program.

The rate of crime in the District of Columbia has been cut in half in the past 3 years.

All we can do is ask you to cut it in half again by next year.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to welcome this team to the United States.

We know, too, that in the course of your contest there will be winners and losers.

The big winner, because of this people-to-people contact that you are initiating between our two peoples, will be friendship between the people of the United States and the people of the People's Republic of China.

Friendship between our two great peoples will mean a better chance for peace for all the world.

It is with very great pride and pleasure that I have signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States, for this agreement bears witness to all the world of great concerns which unite our two countries

The greatest mistake a traveler in Central America and South America and, for that matter, the Caribbean can make, is to assume that it is just one great part of the world that is very much alike.

The United States is and will remain your friend, your champion, no matter what difficulties present themselves, in your countries, in ours, or any place on earth.

We will deal realistically with governments as they are, not seeking to impose our political structure on other nations.

In recent years, as we know, the quality of the Great Lakes' water has been declining, with ominous implications for 30 million Americans and 7 million Canadians who live near their shores

This agreement represents an important beginning, one which has been made possible by the cooperation of our two national governments and of State and Provincial governments as well

We will continue to give a special priority to our unique relationships with Latin America.

Canada is bounded 'on the north by gold, on the west by the East, on the east by history--and on the south by friends.'

It is time for Canadians and Americans to move beyond the sentimental rhetoric of the past.

Better relations among all nations require restraint by great nations--both in dealing with each other and in dealing with the rest of the world.

Neither visit is directed against anyone--adversary or ally. Both are for the betterment of everyone--for the peace of all mankind.

A true community must be a living entity in which the individuality of each member is a source of pride to all members, in which the unity of all is a source of strength to each, and the great community of the Americas cannot be complete…

The ability of our two nations, Canada and the United States, to preserve the frontiers of friendship, to walk in the ways of freedom, and to pursue the works of peace provides example and encouragement to all who seek those same…

It is very important that that be noted in Japan, too. [Laughter]