In many cases grants are more appropriate and simpler to administer than contracts.

This places a great responsibility upon you.

As I understand it, the British have accepted those who are political refugees; those who are not they have been forced to turn back because Hong Kong is so crowded.

In addition to supporting research, grants to universities are vitally important because of the close relationship which research bears to graduate education and to the development of an adequate supply of trained scientists and engineers.

So you are very welcome to the White House, and I want you to know we are very grateful to all of you for coming down to see us.

I think the misunderstandings have been straightened out.

Well, I read the statement and I gathered they were opposed to it.

Well, as we have said, there is no evidence that the Billie Sol Estes fraud has cost the United States Government any money.

Not the proposal we sent.

And I want to thank all of you, and also especially thank those who for so many years, and quite anonymously, have served on these boards in their communities.

So I want to congratulate all of you and express our thanks to you.