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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.
The relations between our two Governments are friendly, but those relations are even more friendly, Mr. President, because the personal relations between the two men who serve as President of our two countries are friendly on a personal…
Mr. President, as you near the end of your term, I think you should be very gratified by the crowds that were on the streets today.
I think it is significant that this is the first country in Latin America to which I have been able to make a state visit.
Our biological and toxin programs will be confined to research for defensive purposes, strictly defined.
The United States has renounced any use of biological and toxin weapons.
It is my hope that the Institute will develop a fresh approach to support new and experimental efforts by private organizations to contribute to social and institutional development, particularly in the areas of education and agriculture.
I have also directed that $10 million of economic assistance funds be transferred to the Institute to finance its initial operations.
The skill, the wisdom and the seasoned judgment you have brought to your responsibilities here deserve a special accolade from all of us who have had the privilege of working with you.
As you prepare to return to Southern California, I want you and Doris to know that the best wishes of the Nixons and of your many other friends here will be with you throughout the years ahead.
The United States has renounced the first-use of lethal and incapacitating chemical weapons.
It will be separate from existing government agencies and it will not have personnel permanently assigned abroad.
I consider it essential that the United States now become a party to this Protocol, and urge the Senate to give its advice and consent to ratification with the reservation set forth in the Secretary's report.
It is with deep regret that I accept your resignation effective, as you have requested, on August 31, 1970.
In my State of the Union message this year, I made the point that \we can fulfill the American Dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams.
Price and wage controls simply do not fit the economic conditions which exist today.
I have no objection to this provision insofar as it provides for the establishment of cost-accounting standards.
Conceivably, this aspect of the bill could be justified theoretically on the ground that the establishment of those standards will facilitate the congressional function of oversight of Federal expenditures.
Were it not for the need to extend the basic law, I would withhold my approval of S. 3302.
I urge the Congress to move promptly to enact the amendments necessary to provide a sound Defense Production Act.
I urge the Congress to take prompt action, as I have done, to put the public interest ahead of the special interests.
I HAVE SIGNED S. 3302, which extends the Defense Production Act until June 30, 1972.
I request the Congress to enact an amendment as soon as the House returns from its recess to place the functions of the Board in the executive branch.
It is an arbitrary limit which could interfere at some future time with the effective conduct of defense production activities.
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