Raynors HCA 2018-10
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Typed Letter Signed “RN” as President, 1 page, 6.75” x 9”. The White House, Washington, D.C., January 29, 1973. To Congressman C.W. (Bill) Young (R-Florida). Receipt stamping in upper right. Blind embossed with the presidential seal at top center. Fine condition. In full, “As the House and Senate begin to consider the budget for the coming fiscal year, I thought you might like to see a copy of the radio speech I made Sunday before sending my annual budget message to the Congress. Unless we want another dangerous inflationary spiral, we face a choice: either to hold the line on spending at the levels I have recommended, or to raise taxes. My speech explains the principal reasons for my budget proposals, and I would appreciate your giving it your thoughtful consideration as you prepare for the debates which lie ahead of us …” A copy of Pres. Nixon’s radio address on Sunday evening, January 28, 1973, is present. Not the copy sent to Young, included is “‘The New Budget’ Charting a New Era of Progress” online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Wooley, The American Presidency Project. Nixon’s address, in part, “Good evening: At noon tomorrow, I will send to the Congress one of the most important documents I will sign as President--my budget proposals for the coming fiscal year. This budget will not require higher taxes. It will not drive prices higher. And it will give us the chance I spoke of in my Inaugural Address--to make our new era of peace a new era of progress … In the campaign last fall, I promised I would not propose any new tax increases. By keeping a tight lid on spending, my new budget keeps that promise … We can be thankful that, with the war in Vietnam now ended, this is a true peacetime budget in every sense of the word ...” Republican Charles William (Bill) Young (1930-2013) represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions which nominated Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ford in 1976, and Reagan in 1984. Young served as Chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee for six years, during the last two years of the Bill Clinton presidency and G.W. Bush's first term as President, 1999-2005. At the time of his death, he was the longest serving Republican in Congress.
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