I have come tonight to ask this Congress and this Nation to resolve that issue: to meet our commitments at home and abroad-to continue to build a better America--and to reaffirm this Nation's allegiance to freedom.

Today Congress has put some of those tools in our hands.

I learned just a few days ago while I was already here in Asia that our Congress had acted on this proposal and passed a new law, the first step--the International Education Act.

We have been successful, finally, in obtaining action by the 89th Congress which will permit full U.S. participation in this multinational effort.

One of my most vivid memories is of the day--in 1935, when I had not yet become a Member of Congress, but was working there--when I stood in the Speaker's office urging the Congressman I worked for to say 'yes' to the social security roll call when it was to be voted on a few minutes later in the House.

One of the first contributions I made in the legislative field when I came to Washington was when we passed the first minimum wage bill through the Congress of the United States.

I think that we will have to see what the Congress appropriates, what our review indicates.

I believe the answer to that problem is a simple one and that Congress has given it in the law itself.

The landmark legislation that's passed by this Congress will in time, in my judgment, change the face of this entire Nation.

There is another lesson I learned in Congress-the need for leaders in every branch of public and private life to work together, for parties to seek common objectives.

The White House and the Congress can give only a part of the leadership this Nation requires and demands.

We are very hopeful that the Congress will agree with us on the wisdom of our proposals and in due time will act upon them.

In my transportation message to the Congress, I said, 'America lacks a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move conveniently and efficiently' across the country.

I urge the Congress to respond to this magnificent offer by adopting the measure I am forwarding today.

I commend to the consideration of the Congress legislation enabling the Smithsonian Institution to accept this gift on behalf of all our people.

I have the honor to transmit to the Congress a summary of the Federal Government's 'National Atmospheric Sciences Program' for Fiscal Year 1967.

This bill that the Congress has sent me gives the Small Business Administration the authority to carry out our program for the coming year.

In recognition of these facts, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 22 of May 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 30), has requested the President to proclaim annually the third Friday of May of each year as National Defense Transportation Day.