Richard Nixon

Since war broke out again on October 6, bringing tragedy to the people of Israel and the Arab nations alike, the United States has been actively engaged in efforts to contribute to a settlement.

I have, therefore, instructed White House Counsel not to seek Supreme Court review from the decision of the court of appeals.

The purpose of the Foundation is not to alter the role of private patronage in the arts and humanities, but rather to supplement, stimulate, and extend that role.

I am pleased to be able to say that Chairman Sam Ervin and Vice Chairman Howard Baker of the Senate Select Committee have agreed to this procedure.

This request is necessary to permit the United States to follow a responsible course of action in two areas where stability is vital if we are to build a global structure of peace.

I am pleased to sign today S. 795, a measure extending for 3 years the authorization for the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.

It would also have resolved any lingering thought that the President himself might have been involved in a Watergate coverup.

I am also requesting $200 million emergency assistance for Cambodia.

I am therefore requesting that the Congress approve emergency assistance to Israel in the amount of $2.2 billion.

Our actions there have reflected my belief that we must take those steps which are necessary for maintaining a balance of military capabilities and achieving stability in the area.

Government has a vital role to play in encouraging the arts and humanities in our national life.

Thus far, Israel has attempted to obtain the necessary equipment through the use of cash and credit purchases.

We must give even greater attention to the protection and renewal of our forest resources.

We must find better and more efficient ways to use our timber supply, ways which are consistent with our environmental values.

We must improve the technology for reclaiming and recycling forest products.

Forest protection does not limit our resources but 'on the contrary, gives the assurance of larger and more certain supplies.'

I ask that public attention be directed through appropriate activities and ceremonies to the importance of forest products in American life and to the responsibility we have for protecting and using them in the most intelligent manner…

I explained to the Foreign Ministers that in our first 4 years we had the opening to China, we had a new relationship with the Soviet Union, and of course, we brought an end to the war in Vietnam.

I again urge the Congress, in considering my request for authority to grant normal tariff treatment to these countries, to work with me in framing an authority which preserves these gains.

As legislative deliberation continues, I look forward to working with the Congress on this bill in a spirit of constructive partnership.

Arrests of drug traffickers and pushers are rising, while drug-related crimes in our major cities have begun to decline.

I again urge every American to commit himself whole-heartedly, beginning now, to this supremely important humanitarian cause.

Improved law enforcement is reducing illicit narcotics supplies.

We have taken major new initiatives to give strong momentum to closer multilateral cooperation and to develop a fairer and more efficient framework for the conduct of international economic relations.

We can eliminate drug abuse as America's public enemy number one.