Richard Nixon

There are no words that can add to the grandeur of that medal, what it means to those who receive it.

Under Mayor Washington's leadership, I anticipate that further important progress will be made toward achieving our goal of decent housing and effective community services for all the residents of our Nation's Capital.

Consultations toward a permanent solution to this problem are currently under way.

One of the required fundamental remedies has been the reduction of inflationary pressures.

I urge speedy enactment of the proposals which I have sent to the Congress.

I have recently announced the appointment of the chairman of my Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy, which will assist in this reexamination, and I will shortly announce its full membership.

We have protested against these measures as each new barrier has been raised and have on occasion been reluctantly forced to threaten or to actually take retaliatory measures.

I transmit herewith my 1969 report on the operations of the International Coffee Agreement, 1968.

Progress toward freer trade should continue.

I intend to activate the Trade Adjustment Assistance Advisory Board called for in the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to lead a broad coordinated executive effort to make adjustment assistance more effective in opening opportunities for…

Agreement with Brazil was reached April 30, 1969 on a temporary arrangement regarding the export of soluble coffee from that country to the United States.

While he was outspoken and controversial, even those who disagreed with him had great respect for his ability, integrity, and persistence.

Mrs. Nixon joins me in offering our heartfelt sympathy to them, and in expressing the hope that the memory of Walter Reuther's great achievements, with the constant help of his wife, will sustain them at this sad time.

THE TRAGIC DEATH of Walter Reuther is a deep loss not only for organized labor but also for the cause of collective bargaining and the entire American process.

He was a man who was devoted to his cause, spoke for it eloquently, and worked for it tirelessly.

For the Reuther family, the tragedy of this day is compounded by the death of Mrs. Reuther.

As Commander in Chief, I alone, am responsible for the lives of 425,000 or 430,000 Americans in Vietnam.

Mrs. Dickerson, I have studied the history of this country over the past 190 years.

We are watching these reports very closely.

We are prepared to seek not only in Paris but in any other forum a political settlement of this war.

I will look to Mr. Heard to help present to this administration the views and sentiments of the campuses around the country.

I would like to try as best I can to do that. It is not easy.

I would hope that the experience that we have had in that respect could be shared by the National Guards, which, of course, are not under Federal control but under State control.

Our side will attend next week.

As far as his views are concerned, I will, of course, be interested in his advice.