I would find it inexcusable if this legislation were to die as a result of delay and procrastination.
Trade is necessary so that developing countries can pay back various forms of outside assistance.
Let us turn outward to view the complex picture of international trade.
Trade is vital, essential, critical to that program.
The health of our domestic economy and the strength... of our international economic relations are deeply involved.
The world today looks to the United States of America for leadership.
I call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning December 10, 1974, as Human Rights Week.
This vital bill, the trade reform bill, has been pending before Congress for nearly 2 years.
We must pass the trade reform act--now.
You will be missed here at the White House.
Your certain support and wise counsel were, throughout those early, critically important days, a constant source of stre...