May 1, 1974
This overall course of action, if it has the support of the Congress and the people, will reduce the rate of inflation.
Richard Nixon
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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.
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May 1, 1974
Our continuing goal is to liberate the entire economy so that it will grow and adapt, free of controls or the threat of controls.
Apr 30, 1974
I, Richard M. Nixon,President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1974, as National Arthritis Month.
Apr 30, 1974
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth.
Apr 30, 1974
In addition to returning career Civil Service Cost of Living Council employees with Federal reemployment rights, we must provide an opportunity for those Council employees who are serving under Emergency Indefinite status to remain in the…
Apr 30, 1974
I am directing each Federal agency to participate in this placement effort by giving the highest attention to filling agency vacancies quickly with qualified Cost of Living Council employees who will be referred by the Council or the Civil…
Apr 30, 1974
I urge the people of the United States and educational, philanthropic, scientific, medical, and health care organizations and professionals to provide the necessary assistance and resources to discover the cause and cure of arthritis and…
Apr 30, 1974
Given the extraordinary sacrifice, contribution, and outstanding work this staff has provided the American people, it is incumbent upon us to make a substantial effort to recognize and retain those Cost of Living Council people who desire…
Apr 30, 1974
Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the month of May 1974, as Older Americans Month.
Apr 30, 1974
It is my desire that departments and agencies receive returning career employees with reemployment rights at the same salary and grade obtained while serving at the Council, to the maximum extent possible.
Apr 30, 1974
To provide for an orderly transition from mandatory controls, I am issuing this Executive Order to be effective only from May 1, 1974, through June 30, 1974.
Apr 29, 1974
The future of the American economy is not through more controls, but less controls.
Apr 29, 1974
You can spend your way into inflation, but you sure can't spend your way out of inflation.
Apr 29, 1974
Our freedoms survive because no man or woman is beneath the protections of the law.
Apr 29, 1974
It is fitting that each year we observe a day in which we reaffirm our devotion and respect for the institution of law, without which other human institutions would fall.
Apr 29, 1974
And the law retains its value and force because every person knows that no man or woman is above the requirements of the law.
Apr 29, 1974
More production is going to come through policies that all of you are familiar with.
Apr 29, 1974
I can assure you today that, looking at the world scene, the prospects for building world peace are good.
Apr 23, 1974
The people of the United States join me in extending our deepest sympathy to the people of Austria
Apr 23, 1974
In my judgment, these amounts represent the minimum which the United States can prudently afford to invest if we are to maintain the present degree of international equilibrium and advance our efforts to construct a durable peace with…
Apr 23, 1974
A strong bilateral U.S. foreign aid program can be fully effective, however, only if it is complemented by continued, active multilateral assistance efforts.
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