Richard Nixon

Further improvements will take time—and during that time it is essential that financial pressures should not impair or reduce available services.

Proposed legislation to effect the revenue increases which I have recommended here will be sent to the Congress shortly.

It is in accordance with both general principle and specific law, then, that I make the following recommendations:

It is my firm hope that by providing additional incentives for the movement of private capital and assistance into the disadvantaged areas of our country, this administration will accelerate the establishment of minority business…

And with the ready assistance of groups such as yours, I am convinced that we will achieve this goal.

Giving minorities a bigger and better piece of the action" in our private enterprise system has been a major thrust of this administration's program during its first 90 days.

Dear Mr. President: My warmest congratulations go out to you and your people on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of the State of Israel.

Adversity has been your challenge as you have pressed forward in the face of overwhelming odds toward progress and well-being for your citizens.

So on this anniversary, as I share your satisfaction in the continuing achievements of your nation, I also join with you--and with all men of goodwill---in the fervent hope that peace may soon accompany the prosperity you enjoy.

But as so many peace-loving men and women throughout the world, I, too, am deeply disturbed and saddened by the conflict that has marred the great success you have attained.

As Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, I am naming Don Rumsfeld, Congressman from Illinois.

In my view, despite his relatively young years, he has the experience, he has the judgment, but as he has demonstrated by this decision, he has the courage to handle this immensely important assignment.

I herewith transmit the Annual Report for 1968 of the National Capital Housing Authority.

It is pioneering in the use of the 'Turnkey' method.

I have an announcement to make today that has already been, as usual, anticipated by the press.

The housing needs of low income families in the Nation's Capital still exceed the supply.

The Authority make important progress toward its goal of providing safe, clean, and economical housing for the low income families of this city.

The fact--and I think the singular fact--that he was willing to give up a seat in the Congress to assume this responsibility gives great promise to what he will be able to do.

The Authority is beginning to place greater emphasis than it has in the past on working with the private sector.

This, to me, displays unusual courage, and it is an indication of his great dedication to this problem, the problem of finding the answers to poverty in America.

Senator [Hugh] Scott and others from the State of Pennsylvania will back me up when I make that statement.

I think the point I particularly wish to emphasize is that her appointment is based solely on merit and qualification for the job.

She didn't dodge that question, as do some of us, and, as is said, do most women.

This is not a threat; it is simply a statement of fact.

The problems with regard to a proper response are quite obvious: the question as to what reaction we could expect not only from the party against whom we respond but other parties that might be involved.