One agency should assume leadership in our clean water effort.

The Red Cross has never failed us. We cannot fail it now.

Our policy, since I became President, has been to hire and to promote on the basis of ability alone.

Visitors to the Nation's Capital are increasing every year.

We are about to take a major step toward that goal.

Our economy is crying out for their services.

An Advisory Committee would be established to assist the Secretary in designing and administering the program.

The time has come for the American woman to take her rightful place in American society.

The bill does not foreclose any specific course of action, but will make it possible to move ahead toward accomplishing our basic objective.

To meet this need I am transmitting, for the consideration of the Congress, the attached bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Visitor Center in the District of Columbia.

The underutilization of American women continues to be the most tragic and the most senseless waste of this century.

We should all remember the nurses, doctors, and countless volunteers who stand watch around the clock in hospitals, tents, shelters--wherever there is human need or suffering--here and in Vietnam this very minute.

You ladies honor your sex and your Government and your professions by your accomplishments.

We are very pleased to welcome you to the White House today.

We owe it the goodness of our hearts and the labors of our hands.

The prime attraction of Washington is the presence here of the Federal Government.

We should all remember Hurricane Betsy--and how the Red Cross rescued thousands from the brink of that disaster.

No dollar sign can measure the priceless service they provide.

This is particularly a Federal concern.

I hope that the Congress will give early and favorable consideration to this legislation.

At this very minute, somewhere in America, our Red Cross is helping with a personal tragedy--easing a community crisis--tackling and solving the problems and emergencies of life.

The Red Cross has never failed us.

I want to apologize to you for being late on account of conditions that I could not control.

At this minute, in these difficult hours, I am deeply grateful for the Red Cross.

We can be justly proud of what Washington offers to those who come here.