I fully support these efforts to eliminate discrimination based on race or sex.

The housing industry needs a shot in the arm, and this bill, I think, can be extremely helpful in this area.

As a Republic dedicated to liberty and justice for all, this Nation cannot deny equal status to women.

I thank them on behalf of all of you and many, many millions of others throughout our country.

It is a great privilege to be here on this landmark day in the field of housing legislation.

This bill will help to return power from the banks of the Potomac to people in their own communities.

We will resist temptations to restore the red tape and excessive Federal regulation which this act removes.

I transmit herewith the Treaty on Extradition between the United States of America and Australia.

The time for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment has come just as surely as did the time for the 19th Amendment.

We, the American people, are the beneficiaries.

That document right there will, I think, write new pages of history in community development and housing production.

This new Treaty represents a substantial modernization with respect to the procedural aspects of extradition.

I think we can say without any reservation that the move from the narrow programs of the past in community development to programs that are very broad gauged will give a real impetus to local decision making, local action, and local…

The Treaty will make a significant contribution to the international effort to control narcotics traffic.

I further urge Americans to consider the essential role of women in our society and their contribution to our economic, social and political well-being.