Richard Nixon

All of these instances of failure have involved transportation industries.

I think you can probably add, too, that this really quantum breakthrough in knowledge had a very dramatic effect in the thinking of the people of not only this country but the people of the world, particularly the scientific community.

As we examine the laws which presently cover the transportation industry, however, we find that interference has often been excessive and protection has often been inadequate.

I recommend that the emergency strike provisions of the Railway Labor Act be discontinued and that railroad and airline strikes and lockouts be subject to a new law--one which draws upon our experience under the Taft-Hartley Act.

But this is the only award that I know of that is a one-time award, and presented only to the three men that are here.

Executive Order No. 11035 of July 9, 1962, is hereby superseded.

The nation cannot tolerate protracted work stoppages in its transportation industries, but neither should labor contracts be molded by the Federal government.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

It is to repair the deficiencies of existing legislation and to better protect the public against the damaging effects of work stoppages in the transportation industry that I am today proposing that Congress enact the Emergency Public…

Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes.

The award was created for the three pioneers in this field.

Labor disputes in other transportation industries--maritime, longshore, and trucking--are now subject to the emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, legislation which I helped write in 1947.

The tariff concessions on sheet glass in Part I of Schedule XX to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall continue to be modified in part as provided for in paragraph 2 below

I share this conclusion--but I believe it advisable to limit its application at present to the transportation field.

Early in my Administration I pledged that I would submit a new proposal for dealing with national emergency labor disputes.

The first is that health and safety of the nation should be protected against damaging work stoppages.

Past events and recent experiences demonstrate the failure of these provisions.

We want to congratulate all of you.

We have representatives of the Senate and House here.

I would emphasize what you said, that this is most unusual, because the President has the responsibility to present many awards, the Medal of Freedom and others, and they are always distinguished people.

After this breakthrough, then came the breakthrough in space and everything else.

The taxpayer's dollar deserves to be treated with more respect.

We are quite direct.

No government program should be permitted to have a life of its own, immune from periodic review of its effectiveness and its place in our list of national priorities.

I urge the Congress to make the hard, responsible decisions that the Congress is charged to make.