I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon…

I further urge all students in our country to acquaint themselves fully with their own student government associations and to play a constructive role in contributing to their success.

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

I also call upon appropriate community organizations to cooperate with the Customs Service in recognizing 185 years of mutually beneficial relationships.

A number of provisions authorize spending for unneeded equipment and could thus inflate defense spending unnecessarily at a time when we all should recognize the need to avoid waste.

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

As far as what the President personally knew and did with regard to Watergate and the coverup is concerned, these materials--together with those already made available--will tell it all.

A strong America is essential to maintaining world peace.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

These Regulations are simplified, completely revised versions of the 1958 Regulations and will make it easier for the international business system guided by the Regulations to keep apace with rapidly advancing telecommunications…

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.

In my economic address on May 25 of this year, I called for the establishment of a Cost of Living Task Force to monitor wages and prices.

While I continue to oppose mandatory wage and price controls, it is essential that wages and prices be carefully watched, that labor and management be constantly aware of public concern in this area, and that Government have the…

Therefore, I am today transmitting a legislative proposal to establish a Cost of Living Task Force.

Earlier this year, before the expiration of the legislation authorizing the Cost of Living Council, I proposed to the Congress that a residual group within the Executive Office of the President be authorized to monitor wages and prices, as…

I invite all those who have come to see the need for this proposal to join as bipartisan co-sponsors in this vital step in our fight against inflation.

In accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution 67 of the 90th Congress, I am pleased to transmit this annual report describing the current and planned activities of Federal agencies participating in the World Weather Program.

The United States will soon begin continuous viewing of storms over much of the earth's surface through the use of two geostationary satellites.