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ROSE WOODS CONFIDENTIAL (Safire/Huebner/Koch/Price) RP 5th Draft January 19, 1971 STATE OF THE UNION Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, my colleagues in the Congress, our distinguished guests and my fellow Americans: I take a very special pleasure this evening in welcoming the members of the 92nd Congress -- both those who are returning, and those newly elected. [Albert ad lib] This 92nd Congress has a chance to be recorded in history as the greatest Congress since the Continental Congress met nearly two centuries ago. This new Congress has a chance -- a chance few Congresses have had - - to turn America in a new and dramatically promising direction. In the past year, we have been preparing the way for this. The war in Vietnam at last is ending -- and ending in a way that gives us a genuine chance to enjoy a full generation of peace. Here at home, we are finally bringing under control the worst inflation in over 20 years. We have begun a massive campaign to restore and protect our natural environment -- a campaign that will be expanded - to undo the damage we have done, and to replenish this good earth. We have begun to restore freedom from fear in America. DETERMINED TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING E.O. 12065, Section 6-102 CONFIDENTIAL By MH. NARS, Date 9/1/81