Richard Nixon

I have decided to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals for the period from May 1 to December 1.

I am in full support of the letter and the spirit of that reorganization, and my administration will continue to work to strengthen the city government's hand in managing its own affairs more effectively.

I have visited Vietnam many times, and, speaking now from that experience and as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, I feel it is my duty to speak up for the two and a half million fine young Americans who have served in Vietnam.

We are earnestly pursuing this worthy objective.

One American dying in combat is one too many.

It is clearly time to stop tying the city's hands, and squandering the Congress' valuable time, by holding on Capitol Hill minor powers that belong in the District Building.

Revenue sharing' of a sort has been a way of life in the District of Columbia for many years, as it properly should be in view of the Federal presence in the District.

I have also asked the Congress to enact the Ports and Waterways Safety Act, which would increase the Coast Guard's authority to protect against oil spills, and the Wholesome Fish and Fishery Products Act, which would provide for the…

It is my hope that the Senate, as part of this effort, will soon give its advice and consent to the international oil spills conventions and amendments which were transmitted last May.

Washington should embody the essence of what is best in America.

The atrocity charges in individual cases should not and cannot be allowed to reflect on their courage and their self-sacrifice.

I have today approved Secretary Morton's sending to the Congress a new Administration bill which proposes what I consider a fair and equitable settlement.

We are glad that we speak tonight, not just of Latin America but of Canada and the Caribbean, the whole American family, la familia americana.

The economic development of all of Alaska, Native and non-Native communities alike, depends on the just resolution of this long-deferred issue.

I do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our American merchant marine on May 22, 1971, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes and other suitable places.

To enable State and local authorities to do this more effectively, I am proposing today a new system of Special revenue sharing as a means of providing Federal financial assistance for elementary and secondary education.

Nothing ever happens as fast as a President would like, no matter how much power you think he has.

That is the personal message I would convey to you tonight.

My proposal for special revenue sharing for education is designed to overcome these problems by substituting a basic new approach to providing Federal assistance.

The people of the United States have no differences with the people of Peru.

I promised that an Alaska Native Claims bill would be submitted, to resolve equitably the Native claims in that State.

The new bill being submitted by Secretary Morton, developed in close consultation with representatives of the Alaska Federation of Natives themselves, provides for a cash payment of $500 million.

The education of our children transcends partisan politics.

No President has ever been better represented than I am today.

I have directed that the policy on abortions at American military bases in the United States be made to correspond with the laws of the States where those bases are located.