And I think we must do more.  I propose: 

—­New powers for the Federal Trade Commission to stop those who defraud and who swindle our public.

—­New safeguards to insure the quality of fish and poultry, and the safety of our community water supplies.

—­A major study of automobile insurance.

—­Protection against hazardous radiation from television sets and other electronic equipment.

And to give the consumer a stronger voice, I plan to appoint a consumer counsel in the Justice Department—­a lawyer for the American consumer—­to work directly under the Attorney General, to serve the President’s Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs, and to serve the consumers of this land.

This Congress—­Democrats and Republicans—­can earn the thanks of history.  We can make this truly a new day for the American consumer, and by giving him this protection we can live in history as the consumer-conscious Congress.

So let us get on with the work.  Let us act soon.

We, at every level of the government, State, local, Federal, know that the American people have had enough of rising crime and lawlessness in this country.

They recognize that law enforcement is first the duty of local police and local government.

They recognize that the frontline headquarters against crime is in the home, the church, the city hall and the county courthouse and the statehouse—­not in the far-removed National Capital of Washington.

But the people also recognize that the National Government can and the National Government should help the cities and the States in their war on crime to the full extent of its resources and its constitutional authority.  And this we shall do.

This does not mean a national police force.  It does mean help and financial support: 

—­to develop State and local master plans to combat crime,

—­to provide better training and better pay for police, and

—­to bring the most advanced technology to the war on crime in every city and every county in America.

There is no more urgent business before this Congress than to pass the Safe Streets Act this year that I proposed last year.  That law will provide these required funds.  They are so critically needed that I have doubled my request under this act to $100 million in fiscal 1969.

And I urge the Congress to stop the trade in mail-order murder, to stop it this year by adopting a proper gun control law.

This year, I will propose a Drug Control Act to provide stricter penalties for those who traffic in LSD and other dangerous drugs with our people.