Richard Nixon

Please, just putt with it.

I simply want to say to you, I believe we can.

I, therefore, am very proud to be part of this people.

It has the Presidential Seal on it, and it has my name written on it, a signature.

I am very proud to be in my mother's land here in the heart of Indiana.

Drug abuse, I have said recently, is America's public enemy number one.

H.R. 1 offers the Nation, at last, a way out of the present welfare morass.

Disraeli once said that 'the health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.'

H.R. 1 also heralds a new day for older Americans.

It is a good country.

It is very important that a President of the United States speak to this organization.

We cannot afford to delay any longer in our efforts to remedy the failures of the Nation's welfare programs.

On that score, let me just speak as a layman.

H.R. 1 represents a heartening step forward in building up levels of opportunity for our most valued asset---our children.

On July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service will begin operation as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, July 1, 1971, as National Postal Service Day.

This Administration is working with a Congress of the other party.

The property tax at the present time in the United States is the most unpopular tax.

The American involvement is ending. American casualties are going down.

I will predict flatly that in this session of the Congress welfare reform in some form will pass.

I will predict flatly that in this session of the Congress revenue sharing in some form will pass.

Revenue sharing is the only hope of stopping the rise of property taxes.

Immediate action must be taken to place the leadership of our drug abuse effort under a single official who will coordinate existing Federal drug abuse programs and activities, and develop plans for increasing our future efforts.

A primary objective of the Office would be the development of a reliable set of social indicators which accurately show the nature, extent, and trends in the drug abuse problem.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim July 21, 1971, as World Law Day.