https://www.population-security.org/rockefeller/001_population_growth_and_the_american_future.htm
Commission on Population Growth and the American Future 726 Jackson Place, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20506
March 27, 1972
To the President and Congress of the United States:
I have the honor to transmit for your consideration the Final Report, containing the findings and recommendations, of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, pursuant to Sec. 8, PL 91-213.
After two years of concentrated effort, we have concluded that, in the long run, no substantial benefits will result from further growth of the Nation’s population, rather that the gradual stabilization of our population through voluntary means would contribute significantly to the Nation’s ability to solve its problems. We have looked for, and have not found, any convincing economic argument for continued population growth. The health of our country does not depend on it, nor does the vitality of business nor the welfare of the average person.
The recommendations offered by this Commission are directed towards increasing public knowledge of the causes and consequences of population change, facilitating and guiding the processes of population movement, maximizing information about human reproduction and its consequences for the family, and enabling individuals to avoid unwanted fertility.
To these ends we offer this report in the hope that our findings and recommendations will stimulate serious consideration of an issue that is of great consequence to present and future generations.
Respectfully submitted for the Commission,
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Chairman
Nixon’s reply…
…While I do not plan to comment extensively on the contents and recommendations of the report, I do feel that it is important that the public know my views on some of the issues raised.
In particular, I want to reaffirm and reemphasize that I do not support unrestricted abortion policies. As I stated on April 3, 1971, when I revised abortion policies in military hospitals, I consider abortion an unacceptable form of population control. In my judgment, unrestricted abortion policies would demean human life. I also want to make it clear that I do not support the unrestricted distribution of family planning services and devices to minors. Such measures would do nothing to preserve and strengthen close family relationships.
I have a basic faith that the American people themselves will make sound judgments regarding family size and frequency of births, judgments that are conducive both to the public interest and to personal family goals--and I believe in the right of married couples to make these judgments for themselves…
Twenty eight months after expressing his opposition to unrestricted abortion policies to being infused into the American culture, Nixon resigned. Eleven days after the resignation, Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller for VP.
Watergate. Riiight.
Wow. Thank you. I’ve never seen that.
Man.
Great Dot Connection, MurrietaMadman- Here’s more for the Timeline:
1) JD Rockefeller3 Population GRowth Commission Report: March 27, 1972
2) Richard Nixon’s written response to Rockefeller’s Population Commission Report: May 5, 1972
3) Watergate Break-in to the DNC Headquarters: June 17, 1972
3) Nixon wins in a landslide with 60.7% of the Popular Vote and 520 Electoral Votes to McGovern’s 17 : November 7 1972
4) Nixon is sworn into office: January 20, 1973
5) Roe v Wade SCOTUS Decision: January 22, 1973
6) Spiro T. Agnew resigned as Vice President: October 10, 1973 - Gerald Ford chosen to replace Agnew
7) WAtergate Hearings: February 7, 1973 -June 27, 1974
8) Nixon resigns: August 8, 1974
9) Gerald Ford becomes President: August 9, 1974
10) Nelson Rockefeller, brother of John D Rockefeller3, becomes VP: December 19, 1974
Pretty slick ...