This session of the Congress has been the most productive and the most constructive in all American history.

I say to you tonight that the Arkansas delegation in the Congress has made great contributions to the welfare of all of our people.

I want to say on behalf of all the people of this Nation that we, the people of the United States, are deeply in the debt of the people of Oklahoma for the quality of the men that they send to the United States Congress.

Our tax cut, which you helped us pass through the Congress, was a part of this policy.

I know, from what Congressman Wayne Hays of Ohio has told me, how much the parliamentarians have done to plan to ensure that this great instrument of the defense of freedom will flourish and continue to keep the peace.

The Nurse Training Act of 1964, which we have met this morning to finally sign and complete, represents the response of an enlightened Congress to the urgent need.

I have sent a message to the Congress, asking for favorable action on these proposals at an early date.

The choice is up to us all, to you here in Chicago, to those of us in Washington; depends on the will of the people and the will of the Congress.

I am transmitting herewith, for the consideration of the Congress, draft legislation carrying out these principles, providing equality of opportunity among carriers, removing artificial barriers to the realization of the inherent advantages that each mode of transportation possesses, and assuring the protection of the antitrust laws against any destructive competition.

I urge that the Congress give prompt consideration to these proposals.

I have recently set forth my views on the subject in a Special Message to the Congress on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation.

I urge the Congress to enact at the earliest opportunity the Youth Employment Act which is so vital to the welfare of our young people and our Nation.

I earnestly hope that the Congress will give early and favorable consideration to this proposed legislation.

Where can they get a government, a President, a Congress, which will be responsible, progressive, which will strengthen the United States, strengthen our influence around the world, strike a blow for the cause of freedom, build this country until it is stronger?

I run for the office of the Presidency after 14 years in the Congress with full recognition of the responsibilities of that office.

I believe that the next President of the United States and the next Congress are going to have to deal with three sets of problems, all of them different.

These are the traditional issues, old but still new, and I believe that the next President and the next Congress must meet their responsibilities in this field.

We are talking, however, about two sets of problems which are familiar, with which we dealt in the past, the solution of which is easy, to get a President and a Congress that believe in progress.