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.

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.

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.

Too little attention has been given to this objective in certain sectors of the Federal Government

I am confident of your support of this important effort

The National Commission for Industrial Peace is hereby abolished.

the day is gone when concern for the land, the air and the water was sole province of the conservationist, the wilderness enthusiast, the bird watcher, and the environmental scientist.

Let us, individually and collectively, fervently pray that Vietnam was, indeed, the last---our last war.

This day is witness to the fact that the bravest of the brave still rise from among our people.

many minority businesses are particularly vulnerable

an important objective of my Administration will be assistance to disadvantaged minorities

It is a very wonderful occasion paying tribute and honor to two very gallant and wonderful soldiers in the very highest and the very best traditions of the United States military service.

Your strong backing of this objective is essential to a meaningful Federal effort

His gallantry, disregarding his own pain and injuries, is in the highest tradition of self-sacrifice and courage in our military service.

It is, of course, a great blessing that the last American soldier is home from the battlefields of Vietnam.

Peace is still our most precious and enduring goal.

I know that George Mahon has done a super job.

He is one man that I have found in my years in the Congress and elsewhere who, in all sincerity and with deep conviction, did put his country above his party.

I certainly would pin that label on George Mahon.

I am proud to say to George and his lovely wife Helen that I consider them among the very best friends that I have ever had in the Government of the United States.

Texas, we all know, has been known for its bigness.

I commend the Congress on this responsible approach to reducing inflationary pressures.

I strongly believe that these and the other amendments to the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act will go a long way toward improving the working conditions of our Nation's migrant farm workers.