Richard Nixon

Every appropriate step must and will be taken to identify the causes of this tragedy and to prevent future mining accidents.

I think 1971 will be known as the year of action.

I am confident that the United States will reap its full share of the benefits from closer international cooperation to achieve greater prosperity and better relations throughout the world.

Protection for the customer is essential, and has been provided here, as in the mutual fund bill [Public Law 91-547] which I recently signed.

And it assures that the widow, the retired couple, the small investor who have invested their life savings in securities will not suffer loss because of an operating failure in the mechanisms of the marketplace.

I AM SIGNING today the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970.

Just as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protects the user of banking services from the danger of bank failure, so will the Securities Investor Protection Corporation protect the user of investment services from the danger of…

Usually at an occasion like this the President stands up and says, 'I did it,' or the Congress says, 'I did it,' or the Democrats say they did it, the Republicans say they did it, or labor takes the credit, or management takes the credit.

This bill deals with that.

South Carolina has lost one of the most distinguished men in her history

As we approach 1971 we face above all the question of the release of our men.

This is only one--and not necessarily the most efficient--method of achieving our national health care objectives, and should not be fixed in law.

There are differing opinions on how best to organize and train personnel to provide comprehensive and continuing care to individuals and families.

Despite the other side's abrupt rejection of our proposals they remain in effect.

Prior to January 1970, Hanoi leaders had allowed our men to receive packages only three times.

As part of our wide-ranging diplomatic effort, I sent Frank Borman to twelve nations this past summer to enlist support for our cause.

Our Ambassadors throughout the world have used our diplomatic resources fully to help convince the other side to treat our men humanely and to release them soon.

I AM WITHHOLDING my signature from S. 3418, a bill designed to promote training in family medicine.

In my press conference on December I o, I stated that a health program will be one of the highest priority proposals I will submit to the Congress next year.

Christmas is a family time.

I firmly believe that, in this Christmas season, we can look forward with greater confidence than at any time since World War II to the prospect that our children can have, at last, what we all devoutly hope for: a generation of peace.

This Christmas we can be thankful that we are making progress toward peace.

The Executive order [11574] I am signing today will ensure that such coordination is provided and that the program is initiated promptly.

In the meantime, I am directing the immediate initiation of a new, coordinated program of water quality enforcement under the Refuse Act of 1899, an act whose potential for water pollution control has only recently been recognized.

After December 31, 1970, the provisions of clause (4) of paragraph (a) of section 1 shall have no application to imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, or finished products from Mexico.