Richard Nixon

The enactment of this bill is necessary to provide an important additional means of restraining inflation and aiding the American consumer.

We are the strongest and most prosperous nation in the world.

Meat prices must not go higher.

We shall insist that North Vietnam comply with the agreement.

A strong United States is not a threat to peace.

On this day, let us honor those who made this achievement possible: those who sacrificed their lives, those who were disabled, those who made every one of us proud to be an American as they returned from years of Communist imprisonment…

I immediately initiated a program to end the war and win an honorable peace.

Let us honor them with the respect they deserve.

We have prevented the imposition of a Communist government by force on South Vietnam.

For the first time in 12 years, no American military forces are in Vietnam.

I know it was not easy for you to do so.

I therefore propose creation of a single, comprehensive Federal agency within the Department of Justice to lead the war against illicit drug traffic.

I ask full Congressional cooperation in its establishment.

I therefore recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Convention submitted herewith and give its advice and consent subject to a declaration for which provision is made under Article 16(2), as explained in the…

Now we must have the tools we need to finish the job.

To give new emphasis to this serious problem, and to encourage the determination of the American people to meet it, I also ask the medical and health professions, the communications industries, and all other interested persons and groups…

I am confident that this reorganization plan would significantly increase the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government.

The proposed reorganization is a necessary step in upgrading the effectiveness of our Nation’s drug law enforcement effort.

This Administration has declared all-out, global war on the drug menace.

The major responsibilities of the Drug Enforcement Administration would thus include: development of overall Federal drug law enforcement strategy, programs, planning, and evaluation.

These statistics demonstrate that we are well on our way.

No heroin or cocaine is produced within the United States; domestic availability of these substances results solely from their illegal importation.

Everything that can effectively be done to find better ways of detecting, treating, and ultimately preventing cancer must be done so that we can substantially reduce its impact.

We must fight it with all of the resources at our command.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the month of April, 1973, as Cancer Control Month, and I invite the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the…