So it is with a great deal of pride and pleasure and hope for the future that we enact into law today by signing these bills some of the most far-reaching conservation measures that a farsighted nation has ever coped with.

It has been an administration worthy in every way of the grand tradition of justice on which American liberty rests.

But preoccupation with world problems should not obscure situations like Antarctica where this country and others work together harmoniously to construct the prototypes of peace.

This milestone measure will help us to honor that commitment.

Victory in the war on poverty requires more than jobs.

I believe that we have a commitment to assure every American an opportunity to live in a decent home, in a safe and a decent neighborhood.

The Treaty provides for freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica and for carrying on undiminished the cooperation started during the International Geophysical Year.

We reject the thought of our families living in a faceless, regimented, monotonous America.

Our success is not the success of Government alone, or labor alone, or business alone.

This Congress deserves, I believe, very special commendation for the foresight and the courage that it has shown in meeting our problems here at home and in our own country, with our own people.

It prohibits nuclear explosions in Antarctica and the disposal there of radioactive waste.

I want to thank all the Members of the Congress who have come here this morning, and applaud their efforts in passing this most constructive and helpful piece of legislation that is designed to benefit all Americans.

Looking ahead, this measure assists local communities in enforcing housing codes so blight does not develop or persist in the future.

It provides new support for greater success in the future.

Men and nations alike tend to concentrate their energies on unsolved problems.

Thus the Antarctic Treaty to which the Senate of the United States gave its advice and consent to ratification on August 10, 1960, serves not only as a pact guaranteeing freedom of scientific inquiry in the Continent of Antarctica but…

I know that the Ivy League takes a dim view of recruiting athletes.

We committed the Federal Government to use all practical means to create and maintain conditions under which there would be afforded useful employment opportunities for those that were able and willing and seeking work.