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THE PRESIDENT'S READING COPY RADIO ADDRESS: EDUCATION Wednesday, October 25, 1972 Good afternoon. I want to talk to you today about an issue that has tremendous impact on present-day America, and that will play a decisive role in shaping the America of the future education. Americans today are the freest, best educated people in the world. We must keep it that way, and one of the surest means is to keep our educational system strong. Money, of course, is part of the answer. Under this Administration the Federal Government has increased its contribution to education by over 70 percent, from $9 billion in fiscal year 1969 to $15.7 billion in the budget for fiscal year 1973. But money is only part of the answer. Too often over the years, the American taxpayer has seen millions of tax dollars poured into education programs that did not work because not enough thought and planning went into them. Much of the