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January 15, 1972 MEMORANDUM TO RAY PRICE FROM THE PRESIDENT These are some very sketchy thoughts with regard to material that could be considered for the conclusion. I don't know whether it will fit or not but you might play with it and see if you come up with anything worth considering. The leadership of America is in this Chamber. The Supreme Court, the Cabinet, The Senate, the House. All are here. We hold the future the nation, the conscience of the Nation in our hand. If we break up into a squabbling, disorganized rabble because of the pressures of an election year in the-face-d-- the historic-ehallenges--- and fail to deal with the historic challenges we face we will have failed America and the confidence of millions of Americans in their government will have been seriously shaken. That is why my call for you today is for high statesmanship. Never has the Congress had a greater opportunity to leave a legacy of profound and constructive reform for the Nation than this Congress. This can truly be a great Congress, not only because of what it does, but decause of when it did it -- during the high tensions of an election year.