Now we will see what happens to the prices next time.

On the other hand, a major setback was the United Nations failure to take strong and speedy international legal action to combat international terrorism and provide adequate protection for diplomats—measures advocated by the United States and other concerned nations.

Both fairness and decency require that we act now-this year--to raise the minimum wage rate.

The problem of rising food costs is still with us and will continue to be with us.

We took the lead in seeking new arrangements and institutions to deal with worldwide social and technological concerns.

Under the burden of this well-intended but impractical requirement, thousands of such establishments would be forced to curtail their growth, lay off employees, or simply close their doors altogether.

We have put at the highest priority moving toward making some progress toward the settlement of that dispute.

Let us start, Miss Thomas, with the third part of the question. It is easier to remember the end of the question than the first.

I have a brief announcement that I think will be of interest not only to our listeners and to you but also to the Congress.

We are doing everything that we think should be done and that can be done, to stop the inflation without bringing on a recession, and that is the name of the game.

The audit gave the lie to the reports that were carried, usually in eight-column heads in most of the papers of this country.

This great effort will be destroyed in the event that the Congress reduces the Federal budget for defense in a substantial amount.

As far as the third question, no, I have not talked to Governor Connally as reported, and I have not talked to him for the past several weeks.

I own no stocks and no bonds--I think I am the first President in this office since Harry Truman--I don't own a stock or a bond.

In the years ahead the growing interdependence of nations will inevitably require international institutions to be even more effective in dealing with this new agenda.

Within this framework I hope all Americans will continue to appreciate and analyze, soberly and realistically, the benefits they and all peoples gain from international cooperation—within the United Nations and other institutions—to meet the challenges of the modern world.

Efforts are also underway to cope with the problems of population growth and with the hijacking of aircraft and other forms of international terrorism.

We must harmonize highway transportation with our environment so that we can more fully enjoy the blessings of nature and the works of man.