Gerald Ford

I accept your resignation as Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

This legislation will enhance the safety of public drinking water supplies in this country.

I AM pleased to have signed the Safe Drinking Water Act (S. 433).

Let us be encouraged by counting the blessings we have gained from those who have met similar challenges in the past.

Let us work together to ensure that the good which we have achieved will be strengthened and preserved for our children and future generations.

We regard it as important that all parties concerned should be better informed of their respective interests and concerns.

We must adopt consistent economic policies in order to be effective in avoiding unemployment while fighting inflation.

The cooperation between France and NATO is a significant factor in the security of Europe.

The personal contact and discussion in this meeting had demonstrated accord on many questions.

We reaffirm the continuing support of the United States for efforts to achieve European unity.

We must combine our efforts with those of our friends and our allies if we are to meet the challenges of the last quarter of the 20th century.

I am more confident than ever that working together we will continue to develop comprehensive programs to meet all our Nation's needs.

The friendship of our two countries spans the oceans as well as the centuries.

The Senate has demonstrated a willingness to set aside party differences when the interests of our Nation are at stake.

Thanks to their strong, bipartisan efforts we are now in a position to launch a trade program that will strengthen our economy.

We are especially grateful to the leaders of both parties.

This is an opportunity for us to become personally acquainted and to discuss the serious issues which confront our two countries.

I am confident that our nations will reaffirm the tradition of Franco-American cooperation in great endeavors.

Thank the United States Senate for approving the foreign trade bill.

The announcement by Pope Paul VI that Elizabeth Bayley Seton will be canonized in 1975 is a milestone in our Nation's diverse spiritual history.

You and your family have Mrs. Ford's and my warmest best wishes for every success and happiness in the years ahead.

It is with deepest regret that I accept your resignation as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.

I congratulate them on this most joyous occasion and wish them well in their future endeavors.

Your sweep and scope have been across the board.

Mother Seton's singular honor is a tribute to all American women who have entered the religious life to serve in schools, hospitals, and charitable work.