The reform which I proposed would have required people who receive food stamps to share with taxpayers the cost of recent real increases in benefits.

It is my very firm conviction that we must not fight recessionary problems with inflationary cures.

I will not let the American agriculture run out of gas.

With this kind of tremendous enthusiasm, good will, and cooperation among all of us, we will make America the place that we want it to be: free, strong leadership throughout the world.

I feel, as I am sure you do, that they deserve the unvarnished truth.

The ones that I have met with have pointed out to me that owing to the softness in the construction industry, they as Governors will be able to accelerate work on our highway system at lower cost than in the recent past.

We have to work together to make America a better and better place to live.

The United States will not bring about lower world oil prices without some evidence of seriousness of our intentions.

I call on you for a rebirth of that great American spirit.

Jim, I wish you the best, and I know you have taken a pay cut, but you will make up in energy the loss of compensation.

I was looking over Jim's long and very beneficial record.

I expressed my warm appreciation for this invitation, and reiterated my hope that the visit would be possible later this year.

The United States Government was pleased to be able to offer 300,000 tons of wheat under PL 480 Title I for immediate delivery.

You can be very proud of this outstanding record.

I am particularly grateful for your vital work in shaping and guiding to enactment the Pension Reform Bill of 1974.

I want to take this opportunity to tell you how sincerely grateful I am for your outstanding service to our Nation.

I wish to compliment Bill on the job that he did, again, during a period of great difficulty.

Prompt, complete, and accurate responses to all official inquiries made by Census officials are of great importance to our country.

I urge the Congress to consider the enclosed bill carefully and pass it promptly.

We must strike a balance between our desire for environmental protection and our need to increase domestic coal production.

I propose a toast to you, Prime Minister and Begum Bhutto, to the ideals and to the hopes they personify.

We want to maintain and to strengthen that relationship and that friendship that has been most important between your country and ours.

We must not be lulled into a belief that inflation need no longer be a major concern of economic policy.

The energy problem will not wait; besides, it is a big part of our economic problem.

The only practical and effective way to achieve energy independence, therefore, is by allowing prices of oil and gas to move higher.