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At the same time, Mr. Nixon said, “We have problems of hunger in this country, and there are problems of hunger in all countries, rich and poor, around the world.
“But the problems of hunger in this country are, in terms of magnitude, nothing compared to what the problems are in countries that simply do not have the enormous productivity that we have.”
“And so, as we look around the world and as we think of the future of the world and what is going to happen, we realize how much American agriculture can contribute.” The President said he referred not only to export markets but to “the knowledge that we are able to share with other people which may make a difference in these next 10, 15, 25 years, a difference as to whether millions of people all over the world will grow up without enough to eat at all, or whether they may have a better chance than they would otherwise have to survive.”
In the course of his remarks President Nixon had high praise for Secretaryy of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin, saying that “when I appointed him, I wanted a man who would speak for the farmers and for American agriculture to the White House rather than the other way around. He has done that. Beneath that very pleasant and disarming exterior of his is a very strong and persuasive and determined mind. And in these matters that come before us and the high decisions that have to be made at the White House with the legislative leaders, in the Cabinet, on the budget and other matters, I can assure you that agriculture has a very strong advocate.”
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