Richard Nixon

One of our major problems, incidentally, I might say, is, as you were just talking about the trade bill, Wilbur Mills' incapacity.

Extension of Federal minimum wage and overtime standards to State and local government employees is an unwarranted interference with State prerogatives and has been opposed by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

The problem of rising food costs is still with us and will continue to be with us.

The United States participated actively in these cooperative efforts to help safeguard peace and lessen world tensions, to foster economic and social progress, and to cope with a wide array of legal and technological problems.

Given the fast pace of political, social, and technological change in recent years, it is not surprising that the record of accomplishments was uneven and there were setbacks as well as successes.

That is the thing you were mentioning this morning.

Even though we recognized the limitations of the United Nations in solving or even abating many political disputes, we supported its participation where appropriate to reconcile such disputes, to curb international terrorism and outbreaks…

The Cabinet is at 10, and you should be ready for that--I consider this, incidentally, an important press conference--and you can also go into these tax matters and all the prospects in that field and so forth.

The Secretary will have a press conference tomorrow before he leaves for talks at the Tokyo meeting.

We took the lead in seeking new arrangements and institutions to deal with worldwide social and technological concerns.

Both fairness and decency require that we act now-this year--to raise the minimum wage rate.

Surgeons always want to cut, but nevertheless, I remember when he sat in a chair the other day, one of those straight chairs, that is when be told me about his--when he lectured John Kennedy on the fact.

We are doing everything that we think should be done and that can be done, to stop the inflation without bringing on a recession, and that is the name of the game.

As far as the third question, no, I have not talked to Governor Connally as reported, and I have not talked to him for the past several weeks.

I own no stocks and no bonds--I think I am the first President in this office since Harry Truman--I don't own a stock or a bond.

We have put at the highest priority moving toward making some progress toward the settlement of that dispute.

I have a brief announcement that I think will be of interest not only to our listeners and to you but also to the Congress.

Let us start, Miss Thomas, with the third part of the question. It is easier to remember the end of the question than the first.

This great effort will be destroyed in the event that the Congress reduces the Federal budget for defense in a substantial amount.

The audit gave the lie to the reports that were carried, usually in eight-column heads in most of the papers of this country.

In the years ahead the growing interdependence of nations will inevitably require international institutions to be even more effective in dealing with this new agenda.

I urge all Americans to join in this effort, to make use of public transportation and carpools wherever possible, and to otherwise save motor fuel.

We must harmonize highway transportation with our environment so that we can more fully enjoy the blessings of nature and the works of man.

We need to create new arrangements to control new technologies for the common good.

Within this framework I hope all Americans will continue to appreciate and analyze, soberly and realistically, the benefits they and all peoples gain from international cooperation—within the United Nations and other institutions—to meet…