08/03/1977
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"Because of Doctor Jonas E. Salk, our country is free from the cruel epidemics of poliomyelitis that once struck almost yearly."
"Martin Luther King, Jr. was the conscience of his generation."
"I will nominate Louis A. Lerner, of Chicago, Ill., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Norway."
"Both of these proposed levels are substantially in excess of my current budget request for 1978."