Richard Nixon

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning January 21, 1973, as National Jaycee Week—a time for the expression of America's gratitude for the many significant…

The Department of Justice is designated as the Central Authority to receive Letters of Request coming from a judicial authority of another Contracting State and to transmit them to the authority competent to execute them.

During the period January 1, 1973, through December 31, 1973, Canadian imports under allocations made pursuant to this subparagraph (2) into Districts I—IV shall not exceed an average of 675,000 barrels per day.

Crude Oil' means a mixture of hydrocarbons that existed in the liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating processes (and are not natural gas products)…

Employees of Federal executive departments, independent establishments, and other agencies, including their field offices, shall be excused from duty for one-half day on Friday, January 19, 1973, the day preceding Presidential Inauguration…

This one-half day shall be a holiday for the purposes of Executive Order 11582, dated February 11, 1971, 5 U.S.C. 5546 and 6103 (b), and any other statute so far as it relates to the pay and leave of employees of the United States.

For the period January 1, 1973, through April 30, 1973, any person who is in the business of selling No. 2 fuel oil in Districts I—IV to be used as fuel may import such No. 2 fuel oil into Districts I—IV without reducing the quantities of…

It is hereby ordered that income tax returns made for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1967, of persons having farm operations shall be open to inspection to the extent readily available in the Internal Revenue Service (for…

This order shall not apply to those employees regularly scheduled to work on January 20, 1973, and who are entitled to a holiday on that date under 5 U.S.C. 6103 (c).

Employees of the Department of State, the Department of Defense, or other Federal departments, independent establishments, and agencies, who in the judgment of their agency heads should remain at their posts of duty for national security…

The following liquefied gases, namely ethane, propane, butanes, ethylene, propylene and butylenes, which are derived by refining or other processing of natural gas, crude oil, or unfinished oils.

As a result of the meetings that I was privileged to have with Chairman Mao and Premier Chou En-lai in Peking early in 1972, that wall of hostility is now coming down.

It is a tragedy of this century that for 20 years a great wall of hostility has separated the 800 million people of the People's Republic of China and the 200 million people of the United States of America.

Chinese-American Friendship.

And friendship is the most important gift that one group can bring to another.

I have established as the overall goal of this program a further reduction in the inflation rate to 2 1/2 percent or less by the end of 1973.

On August 15, 1971, I issued Executive Order 11615 establishing a freeze on prices, rents, wages and salaries for a period of 90 days from the date of that order and establishing the Cost of Living Council as the agency with primary…

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, particularly the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, as amended, it is hereby ordered as follows:

However, in furtherance of the goals and for the reasons set forth in my message to the Congress of this date, I have determined that to continue to stabilize the economy, reduce inflation, minimize unemployment, improve the Nation's…

Under Phase III, prior approval by the Federal Government will not be required for changes in wages and prices, except in special problem areas.

The stability of our prices depends on the restraint of the Congress.

I am therefore directing that our current mandatory wage and price control system be continued with special vigor for firms involved in food processing and food retailing.

Our anti-inflation program will not be fully successful until its impact is felt at the local supermarket or corner grocery store.

To the Senate of the United States: I am transmitting for the Senate's advice and consent to ratification the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Colombia, concerning the…

The express purpose of the Treaty is to settle long-standing questions concerning the status of the three reefs, which are located between 380 and 460 miles from the Colombian mainland.