Richard Nixon

The price freeze was successful.

I am pleased to submit to the Congress Part I of a two-part study of Railroad-Highway Safety in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-458).

For those who have maintained that the freeze was intended as a plum to business, let me point out that corporate profits declined during the freeze.

This inequity must and will be remedied.

I request that any definite legislative action on this subject be deferred until Part II of the Report has been transmitted to the Congress.

Railroad-highway grade crossing safety is not a simple issue.

It is not reasonable or responsible to make national policy in a way that sees the American labor force as somehow distinct from the larger American society.

The actions I have been discussing today demonstrate the Government's response to the challenge of expanding health manpower.

The chief provisions of these two new acts are as follows: 1. Per Capita Assistance.

I have always believed, and today reaffirm my belief, that the Capital area must have the balanced, modern transportation system which they will comprise.

To avoid any possible misconceptions, I wish to emphasize that section 601 of this act--the so-called Mansfield Amendment-does not represent the policies of this Administration.

It is because section 601 of this bill will not in fact alter this policy that I have signed it into law.

But beyond any question, the effort is worth making: for at the present rate of occurrence, more than 4 million of the 142 million children whom demographers estimate will be born in America between now and the year 2000 would grow up…

To launch this coordinated national effort at reducing mental retardation and ministering more effectively to its victims, I am today initiating a review process throughout the Federal Government.

Unlocking the door to new opportunities for today's institutionalized retarded is an equally worthy challenge, and it is possible in the immediate present.

We believe, however, that we have found the pattern here that may succeed and that will succeed as Judge Boldt puts it.

We believe we can have freedom and have that freedom without the irresponsibility of inflation.

I think that we can say now that with the decision of the Pay Board with regard to a 5½ percent increase in wages during the next year, with the decision of the Price Commission, which aimed to the goal of between 2 and 3 percent on the…

A program of total control, wage and price controls across the board with a huge bureaucracy, would have been one answer.

Only through balanced growth in both our rural and urban areas can we weather this gathering storm.

I would not like to leave the impression that we see the possibility of some striking breakthrough in negotiations in the near future.

I do not think it would be helpful to indicate at this time what we will discuss with regard to Indochina when our visits to Peking and Moscow take place.

Air power, of course, as far as our use of it is concerned, will continue to be used longer than our ground forces.

I have nothing to announce on that at this time.

That is our goal, Mr. Lisagor.