
Pollution touches us all. We are at the same time polluters and sufferers from pollution.
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Pollution touches us all. We are at the same time polluters and sufferers from pollution.

We are at the same time polluters and sufferers from pollution.

We will need to watch unfolding events closely, and to remain flexible in our tax and other policies so that we can change quickly if the need should arise.

The task of managing economic policy so as to achieve high employment without overheating will always be difficult.

We must remove or control nutrients that cause excessive growth of plant life in streams, lakes and estuaries.

Their resolution was reflected in the Employment Act of 1946.

The Clean Rivers Demonstration Program I recommend has four requirements:

It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

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

Each evening when I retire, I take up-from a bedside table--reports from the battlefront and reports from the capitals around the world.

I ask that you report to me periodically on your accomplishments so that we can join in encouraging public discussion of your plans and in taking steps that others may benefit from your experience.

The last 20 years have demonstrated that the Employment Act was neither dangerous nor visionary.

Federal financial assistance will be necessary if the Clean Rivers Demonstration Program is to succeed.

I believe in the President's freedom to attempt to persuade.

We must take this opportunity to make our Capital a more attractive and inspiring place in which to live and work.

The right to clean water--and the duty not to pollute it.

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.

We must take steps to control the damage caused by waters that 'heat-up' after cooling generators and industrial engines.