I want you to know that I am thinking about my many, many good Michigan friends gathered in Detroit.

One of the most important of our Republican concepts is to reverse the concentration of power in Washington.

You have a fine Governor. Bill Milliken has done an outstanding job.

I must reemphasize that the Council should not be a steppingstone back to mandatory wage and price controls.

Our candidates for the Congress are worthy of your full support.

It is time for all of us to get down to hard work.

I am gratified to sign the legislation authorizing me to create such a council.

It would also be unrealistic to expect this Council to bring any immediate relief from inflation.

The transition is going very smoothly.

This new Council on Wage and Price Stability will provide us with one means of identifying and exposing some of the causes of inflation.

I think that is a great trend in exactly the right direction.

It is tough, demanding work, but it is accomplishing our great goal.

I simply cannot accept a provision that would risk exposure of our military or intelligence secrets and diplomatic relations.

I have doubts about the appropriateness of diverting the direction of litigation from the disclosure of information to career-affecting disciplinary hearings about employee conduct.

I must take care to avoid seriously impairing the Government we all seek to make more open.

I share your concerns for improving the Freedom of Information Act.

I appreciate the time you have given me to study the amendments to the Freedom of Information Act.

I am concerned with any provision which would reduce our ability to effectively deal with crime.

Neither the best interests of Government nor the public would be served by subjecting an employee to this kind of personal liability for the performance of his official duties.

I intend to go more than halfway to accommodate Congressional concerns.

This is an objective I can support as long as the means selected do not jeopardize our national security interests.

I believe now is the time to preclude the Freedom of Information Act from disclosing information harmful to the privacy of individuals.

Administrative burdens are not by themselves sufficient obstacles to prevent progress in Government.

No one expects this bill to bring substantial immediate relief to the housing market, but over the long haul it should provide the foundations for better housing for all Americans.

It is probably . . . the most important legislation on community development since the passage of the Housing Act of 1949.