President Nixon pledged additional assistance and vigorous support for international relief efforts.

President Nixon noted the importance which the United States attaches to Pakistan's stable development and reviewed for the Prime Minister plans for future assistance.

President Nixon reiterated the United States' warm support for the process of reconciliation underway in South Asia.

President Nixon welcomed Prime Minister Bhutto's recent statement pledging efforts to control narcotics traffic and progressively to eliminate poppy cultivation.

It is now up to the Congress to replace the vetoed bill this year with a new bill which will bring the minimum wage in line with the increased cost of living while doing so in a way that helps to check inflation and that protects jobs for low-income workers.

I do hereby proclaim 'Clean Up America Month,' and ask our Nation's attention to the Johnny Horizon '76 environmental awareness and action program for America's 200th birthday and related Bicentennial activities.

President Nixon reaffirms his pledge to cooperate fully with the House and Senate to achieve speedy passage of this urgently needed legislation.

I urge representatives of business, industry, labor, government, civic groups and other citizens to join together to demonstrate the significant results that can be realized when Americans translate their concerns into affirmative action.

I recommend that the Senate give prompt consideration to the convention and consent to its ratification.

This bill would have been inflationary and would have penalized the workers who can least afford it by jeopardizing employment opportunities for low wage earners and the unemployed, especially nonstudent teenagers.

I woke quite early this morning, at 7:30, and it was raining, and all of the splendid honor guards that had trained for weeks for your arrival were gone.

Now as you arrive at 10:30 today, the skies have cleared, and so your country, which has had the ravages of floods--you now see clear skies.

Pakistan and the people of Pakistan have always been very close to my heart.

I can only say that it is a friendship that will continue in the years ahead.

The employer who hires the handicapped is not only helping them; he is also helping himself and his country.

Our hearts have gone out to you in the difficult times through which Pakistan has passed over the past few months--and years, for that matter.

Pakistan and the United States of America have been friends since the time that Pakistan became an independent nation.

And I can add this: that the independence and the integrity of Pakistan is a cornerstone of American foreign policy.