Richard Nixon

Our society's greatest resource is its youth.

It establishes a good foundation upon which we can respond to African needs and build that relationship of cooperation and understanding which we desire.

The development of skills is most effectively achieved through a program combining employment with education or training.

You know of my keen personal interest in relations with the African countries.

Your thoughtfully prepared policy statement on Africa is wholeheartedly approved.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do call upon the people of the United States, and upon all patriotic, civic and educational organizations to observe Friday, May 1, 1970, as Loyalty Day, with…

The Federal Government is continuously concerned with building an effective workforce, and veterans constitute a major recruiting source.

I also call upon appropriate officials of the government to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on that day as a manifestation of our loyalty to the Nation which that flag symbolizes.

I believe we now have a special opportunity to maintain and to expand our present relationships and am pleased that you and your staff have made so complete and positive an examination of the paths that are available to us.

We have both felt the spirit and dynamism of this continent and its people.

Veterans, by virtue of their military service, have lost opportunities to pursue education and training oriented toward civilian careers.

You may count on my full support in the fulfillment of this program.

The Federal Government, as an employer, should reflect its recognition of this obligation in its personnel policies and practices.

This Nation has an obligation to assist veterans of the armed forces in readjusting to civilian life.

The White House Service Certificate is hereby reestablished as the Presidential Service Certificate, to be awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard who…

I am proposing an extensive strengthening and expansion of that law.

The Presidential Service Badge may be awarded to any member of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the White House Office or to military units and support facilities under the administration of the Military Assistant to the President by…

Federal investigations and prosecutions would begin only after the Attorney General has determined that intervention by the National Government is necessary in the public interest.

It is time to deal with them for what they are.

The anarchic and criminal elements who perpetrate such acts deserve no more patience or indulgence.

Our purpose is rather to assist State and local governments in their efforts to combat the multiplying number of acts of urban terror.

Under existing law, the transport of explosives across State lines is, under some circumstances, a Federal crime.

I have consistently expressed my opposition to any compulsory busing of pupils beyond normal geographic school zones for the purpose of achieving racial balance.

It is the duty of every person over eighteen years of age to answer all questions in the Census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the home occupied by him or his family.

I ask all Americans to extend full cooperation to the 1970 Decennial Census of Population and Housing.