Today, we are taking another large and forward step in this direction.

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, we have been systematically polluting our air.

Well, to those of you here in this room-members and leaders of both parties--this morning I join you in saying that together we intend to rewrite that chapter of history.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (f) of Section 303 of the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964, and as President of the United States, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 11248 of October 10, 1965, is amended…

I am asking our very able Vice President to convey to you my greetings and best wishes for a most successful conference.

In our modern age, when the marketplace has become more complex, more impersonal, and more national in character, consumers must be kept adequately informed.

American consumers today are benefiting from the longest peacetime expansion in history.

I believe the time has come to bury forever the myth that furthering the interest of the consumer must be at the expense of the producer.

My stay in the hospital does not diminish my deep interest in affairs of the consumer.

It is the time to look ahead.

I have stressed to you before the vital importance of your mission, but this is something that cannot be repeated too often.

Greater truth in packaging will help protect consumers.

I am directing the Council of Economic Advisers to conduct a thorough recheck immediately to see that all establishments are keeping faith and passing all excise tax reductions to the consumers.

This is an attack from which we cannot turn back, for to do so would be to condemn thousands of our fellow citizens to lives of degradation and despair.

Unity in purpose and effort holds the key to our future successes.

We cannot tolerate poverty in good conscience or in the interest of the future growth and prosperity of our great Nation.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Peace Corps Act...it is ordered as follows:

The Captain of the Port may cause to be inspected and searched at any time any vessel, waterfront facility, or security zone, or any person, article, or thing thereon or therein, within the jurisdiction of the United States, may place…