Richard Nixon

Consequently, I checked and found, and with the cooperation of the Marine Corps, that they did not need the total of 18 miles of beach which they presently occupy.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fifth.

This is apart from parklands. This is land which is used by, controlled by [the Federal Government], and denied to the public, as far as their use is concerned.

There is no doubt in my mind that the Nation earnestly wants and needs the reforms in welfare that we seek.

I asked that a survey be made of all properties held by the Federal Government, properties held by the Department of Defense, by the GSA, by the Veterans Administration, by the Department of the Interior.

We have arranged on a temporary basis to lease 3 miles of beach, the best beach, right in this area.

We have the opportunity to support the aspirations of young Americans.

The Chairman of the Civil Service Commission will continue to provide the leadership and necessary guidelines for all aspects of our Federal Summer Employment Program for Youth.

Your general goal should be to employ one needy youth for every 40 regular employees on your payroll.

I have proposed a bold new effort to bring us closer to the goal we seek.

But I also know that this search can be quickened by great strides.

If we can now achieve that great goal, we will have lifted from the human family forever the pain, the suffering and the unbearable fear of that most dreaded of all diseases.

I have asked for an additional $100 million this year to press toward the conquest of cancer.

This Nation may stand on the threshold of one of the greatest triumphs in human history—the conquest of cancer.

Just as the whole world could benefit from this effort, the whole Nation must be behind it.

We are here today for the purpose of presenting the Medal of Freedom to Mr. Sam Goldwyn.

When I think of the enormous contribution he has made to the motion picture industry, to entertainment in America and in the world, I can think of no man who more deserves the Medal of Freedom than Mr. Sam Goldwyn.

It may be that the movie producers of today are learning what Sam Goldwyn practiced throughout his life: the making of great movies that the whole family could go to see.

He proved that you could have a movie that was good box office, that was entertaining, that was exciting, that was not square, that was not dull, and still that was not dirty.

I am also determined that we must and will make full use of the most valuable resource we have as a nation--the skill, the dedication, and the imagination of its people, such as you on the SST team, who have made our advances possible in…

This message on Government reorganization is the result of 2 years of study within the Administration.

The reason I fought so hard to keep the SST project alive was that I believe deeply that America must remain in the vanguard of scientific and technological progress--the kind of progress your team represents, and to which you have been…

Each time I fly in Air Force One---a Boeing plane--I am reminded of the role Boeing has played in making America the world's leader in commercial aviation.

But I am determined that America must and will continue pushing outward the horizons of the unknown.

This not only has historical significance but that it is imperative in terms of making our Government work better in this last third of this century.