Richard Nixon

Wild horses and burros merit man's protection historically--for they are a living link with the days of the conquistadors.

I find it imperative to call to the attention of the Congress the fact that longshoremen in nearly all of our ports are working only because of Taft-Hartley injunctions, and that these have limited duration.

If a renewed stoppage does occur, an emergency could develop while the Congress is in recess.

I remind the Congress, therefore, to consider fully the implications of the absence of any statutory means to deal with any further emergencies.

A renewed work stoppage on our west coast is possible--and legal under present law-as early as Christmas Day.

President Nixon underscored the contribution that vigorous implementation by the United States of measures to restore domestic wage-price stability and productivity would make toward international equilibrium and the defense of the new…

President Pompidou and I have just concluded our very extensive discussions.

I can only characterize the meetings by saying that, as was the previous case when I have met with the President, our discussions were not only candid and frank but, above all, they were constructive.

President Pompidou and I agreed, at the conclusion of our meeting, that our joint statement that has been issued to the press and some brief oral statements that we made would be the only statements we would make at this time.

The fact that we met--the President of France and I--under such pleasant circumstances, I am sure, contributed to the fact that our meeting was, we believe, a very successful meeting.

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to express, on my part, on behalf of all of the American party, our very deep gratitude to the Prime Minister of Portugal and to the Government of Portugal and to the people of this city and of this island for…

Mrs. Nixon and I join his family and the Nation at large in mourning the passing of this gifted American.

THE DEATH of General David Sarnoff is a great loss not only for America but for the world.

As you return to private life, I am sure that each and every one of your many friends and associates here would want to join me in thanking you for a job superbly done and in wishing Lucile and you the happiness you so richly deserve.

Few men have given so much and so willingly to their country as you have for the past thirty-five months--and few have discharged their responsibilities with such distinction and excellence.

Your wise counsel in vitally important national security questions has been of immense value to Mel Laird and to me, and I want you to know that these exceptional accomplishments have earned for you the Nation's gratitude.

It is with the deepest regret that I accept your resignation, as you have requested, as Deputy Secretary of Defense, effective December 13, 1971.

I AM extremely gratified that the Senate has now confirmed both Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

I am confident that they will fill those vacancies with a distinction worthy of the Court, and worthy of the men whose seats they fill.

We honor today the Marine Corps, and we honor its Commandant and a splendid Marine family.

I would also like to add that General Chapman is a Marine in the truest sense.

Enactment of this bill means an increase in exemptions for all individual taxpayers and deductions as well for many of them, especially for low--income persons.

The act also helps meet the special needs of working parents, by providing them with generous new deductions for the cost of child care.

I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of this Nation, and their local and National Government officials, to observe Wright Brothers Day, December 17, 1971, with appropriate ceremonies…

It means an average saving of $200 for every new car buyer--a fact which has already produced a gratifying upsurge in auto sales, and has thus provided a major stimulus to the economy as a whole.