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President Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon
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Excerpt from 1970 Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union (January 22, 1970)
The automobile is our worst polluter of the air. Adequate control requires further advances in engine design and fuel composition. We shall intensify our research, set increasingly strict standards, and strengthen enforcement procedures-and we shall do it now.
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Street litter, rundown parking strips and yards, dilapidated fences, broken windows, smoking automobiles, dingy working places, all should be the object of our fresh view.

Documents

Date	Document	Details
30 July 1970 publication date	Tax Recommendations of the President Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, Draft Bills, and Other Material Relating to the President's Recommendations for (1) Extension of Excise Taxes on Automobiles and Communication Services; (2) Accelerated Payment of Gift and Estate Taxes; and (3) Imposition of a Tax on Lead Additives Used in Gasoline	Congressional Report ( PDF) 21.5MB · 36 pages Publisher: U.S. House of Representatives Topic: President Richard Nixon<
9 September 1970 publication date	Summary of the President's Tax Recommendations for (1) Extension of Excise Taxes on Automobiles and Communication Services; (2) Accelerated Payment of Gift and Estate Taxes; and (3) Imposition of a Tax on Lead Additives Used in Gasoline	Congressional Report ( PDF) 3.3MB · 8 pages Publisher: U.S. House of Representatives Topic: President Richard Nixon

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
13 August 1969	Presidential Proclamation 3922: National Highway Week, 1969 Americans today own more than 80 million passenger cars and drive each of them an average of 9,600 miles a year—or three times the distance from Portland, Maine, to San Diego, California.	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
29 June 1970	Presidential Proclamation 3991: National Highway Week, 1970 The Interstate System of highways, frequently called the greatest public works program in mankind's history, was begun in 1956 and over 70 percent of the mileage is now open to traffic.	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
6 May 1971	Statement About Agreements With Panama and Colombia To Complete the Pan American Highway	President Richard Nixon
12 August 1971	Presidential Proclamation 4072: National Highway Week, 1971 When the Erie Canal opened in 1825 it quickly acquired the slogan “A Cent and a Half a Mile, a Mile and a Half an Hour.”	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
17 August 1971	Statement About Rescission of Price Increases by Automobile Manufacturers	President Richard Nixon
29 September 1971	Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Reports on Highway, Traffic, and Motor Vehicle Safety Programs	President Richard Nixon
19 November 1971	Message to the Congress Transmitting Part I of a Two-Part Study on Railroad-Highway Safety.	President Richard Nixon
20 April 1972	Presidential Proclamation 4124: National Check-Your-Vehicle Emissions-Month, April, 1972 The task of cleansing our environment calls for individual effort on the part of all Americans.	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
4 August 1972	Statement About Signing a Bill Providing Emergency Highway Repairs Following Tropical Storm Agnes and the South Dakota Flood	President Richard Nixon
8 September 1972	Presidential Proclamation 4151: National Highway Week, 1972 America's recent growth patterns have paralleled to a large degree the growth of our great national highway system. This is not a coincidence.	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
21 October 1972	Statement About Signing the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act	President Richard Nixon
13 August 1973	Statement on Signing a Highway and Mass Transit Bill.	President Richard Nixon
4 September 1973	Presidential Proclamation 4239: National Highway Week, 1973 Since the United States was established, nearly two centuries ago, highways have been our Nation's lifelines.	Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Richard Nixon
30 October 1973	Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Reports on Highway, Traffic, and Motor Vehicle Safety Programs.	President Richard Nixon
2 January 1974	Statement on Signing the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act	President Richard Nixon