Evening star., 1960-10-20
NIXON TEXT
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By Vice President NIXON In
Association Of Business Econ
/. TO mobilize all our human
resources. we must make equal
ity Of opportunity q living real
ity for our Negro citizens and
those Of other minority groups.
Tremendous untapped re-
sources for the economy can
be released by eliminating the
barriers Of racial discrimination
that now deny these citizens
fun opportunity to develop and
use their talents.
2. To stimulate our national
scientific effort in opening new
vistas for economic activity. the
next Congress. as / have al
ready indicated in my paper on
science, should authorize the
National Science Foundation to
take the leadership in sponsor
ing a major new effort for basic
research. This program should
be conducted through a group
|of basic research institutes
established comparatively with
our universities. A sound pro-
gram can aid the basic research
man, who is one Of our most
precious national resources, in
his efforts to achieve the break
throughs upon which the rest of
our science and technology de-
pend.
Asks Wider Opportunities
IS. To find and develop tall
ent in America and thus avoid
the waste Of a potentially supe-
rior scientist, engineer. teacher,
minister or doctor, we need to
intensity our efforts in educa-
ton. We must widen oppor-
tunities for all, improve the
quality of educational effort
and enhance the status Of our
teachers. To that end / have
proposed a national program
in support Of education empha-
sizing such elements as college
scholarships, tax credits or de-
ductions to cover tuition and
other costs of higher educa-
ton, aid in school construc-
tion to provide needed facilities
and to help make local funds,
thus freed, available for raising
teachers salarieS-this to be
accomplished without compro-
missing local control Of our
schools.
4. To stimulate the growth
potential of our economy, we
should reform our tax system
to enhance personal incentives
and speed the investment In
new plants and equipment that
makes jobs and spurs produc-
tivity. In this time of chal-
lenge to the American economy
taxes designed in an earlier
time, and still in the law, tc
punish success are not only
obsolete, they hobble tht
economy's advance. A ta1
system moving toward some
revision in personal and cor.
porate rates. reform in depre.
citation allowances, a broadel
base for excises at a rate vel
below those now in effect, anC
protection OF. State and munici.
pal revenues-these and Other
changes would contribute sub.
stantially to a better environ.
ment for economic growth.
Resource Development
5. To provide the base fol
rapid economic progress, we
must develop to the full the
water. land and power resources
with which this Nation is SC
abundantly blessed. It means
a maximum national effort,
in which Government at all
levels and private enterprise
work closely together as a team
But one thing it does not mean
and that is making Of this
challenging task a Federal
monopoly.
6. To supply the indispens.
able food and fiber needs of q
growing economy, we must re.
build our farm programs tt
make a national asset of the
matchless ability of our farmer.
to produce and to do so in {
way that fairly rewards oul
farm families in providing thi.
abundance. We can have
plenty-in- freedom. We reject
the appalling alternative Offered
by the opposition-a compre.
j hensive blueprint for planned
scarcity that would require
drastic cutbacks in farm mar.
keting and production, unpre.
cedented controls on the farmer
,. and sharply higher food cost
in the cities and towns.
4 Z. To permit our cities Il
serve as impulse-centers anc
not choke-points for economi,
growth, I believe we need {
dynamic Nrban renewal pro
gram. motivated locally and as
/ sisted federally. 1t should b,
based on a market area ap.
proach that contemplates 6
long-range land-use and trans.
portation plan. AS a part ot
this effort, we need to fostel