Existing Federal authority to abate water pollution is unnecessarily time-consuming, complex in procedure, and limited in jurisdiction.

The Clean Rivers Demonstration Program I recommend has four requirements:

The science that has increased our abundance can find ways to restore and renew an environment equal to our needs.

I have recommended a budget and fiscal policy which, in the best judgment of my advisers and myself, will allow us to sustain solid expansion without overheating the economy.

We are delighted you are back.

But we cannot restore--once it is lost--the majesty of a forest whose trees soared upward 2,000 years ago.

We think you performed a most useful and constructive service.

The right to clean air--and the duty not to befoul it.

The spiraling cost of land acquisitions by the Federal Government, particularly for water resource and recreational purposes, is a matter of increasing concern.

The right of easy access to places of beauty and tranquility where every family can find recreation and refreshment-and the duty to preserve such places clean and unspoiled.

The strength of America can never be sapped by discussion.

We seek to create that climate, at home and abroad, where unlettered men can learn, where deprived children can grow, where hopeless millions can be inspired to change the terms of their existence for the better.

The years of experience that you have devoted to public life in Minnesota, and in the United States Senate in a position of leadership and as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, have certainly served you in good stead in your…

So let me assure you and my fellow Americans tonight that I will do everything in my power to defend both.

Today, we are certain that pollution adversely affects the quality of our lives.

I want to publicly thank Ambassador Averell Harriman for being available and making the contribution he did in connection with this mission.

As a mark of respect to the memory of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, it is hereby ordered, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Proclamation 3044 of March 1, 1954, that until interment the flag of the United States shall be flown…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5234 of Title 10 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows.

To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5234 of Title 10 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows:

Starting with the family and community, we must together extend to every American those rights of freedom and opportunity that are the wellspring of America's strength.

The provisions of section 5232 (b) of Title 10 of the United States Code relating to the number of officers serving in the grade of lieutenant general are hereby suspended until June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the…

I hope the men and women of each Department and Agency will, in their own way, pursue this vital purpose during Brotherhood Week--and throughout the year.

Men are dreaming and planning of projects that will some day enable us to mitigate the awesome and terrible forces of hurricanes and tornadoes.

Weather and climate modification is becoming a reality.