As a long recognized champion of these basic principles of constructive human conduct, we are very proud and quite privileged to welcome Your Majesty here to the White House tonight.

I recognize, Your Majesty, that the solutions we find for our problems will not always be the same.

The wise use of the great wealth of our subsoil demands our best efforts.

Your Majesty, Ahlan wa Sahlan: Though the pronunciation of that traditional Arabic greeting may not be fully correct, the warmth of the welcome it conveys is very real and sincere.

Differences in history, customs, traditions, and geography inevitably produce different outlooks.

Your Majesty, Ahlan wa Sahlan

We hope your stay with us will be a pleasant and profitable one.

Our meeting today gave me a deeper realization that we face many common and similar problems.

In the past, our common respect for human dignity and abiding faith in spiritual values have been the cornerstone of our relations.

As the venerable Arabic saying has it, 'Our house is your house.'

Your Majesty, we are very delighted to have you here again as the distinguished and much respected and admired leader of a great and friendly country.

The need to productively use the many chemical substances now available without endangering the environment in which we live is a critical national problem of massive dimensions.

That struggle is never-ending, and further measures are needed.

The cooperation of industry, the academic community, and all interested individuals and institutions will be essential to an effective national effort.

Accordingly, the toxicological information file to be developed by your Department must be open to all people with a legitimate need to know its contents.

We have been thinking small, instead of thinking big, about the use of our human resources.

You assume your duties with an outstanding, distinguished record--a proven record--and your country's confidence that at least your President and the Secretary of Labor believe that you are the best possible man in this country to do this…

I don't believe that there is really a manpower shortage in this country today.