Now we have turned our attention, in a way, to Latin America, but we turn it somewhat late and we turn it with some of our resources exhausted.

I commend the report for your consideration in connection with the budget request and the need for new legislation to stimulate research in the field of water resources at the colleges and universities.

I fully subscribed to the view expressed in the covering memorandum by Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Chairman of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, that the study represents an important step in the development of a coordinated…

I am especially glad to present this first National Medal of Science to one of the pioneers who has helped make all of this new and exciting age possible.

It is hard to visualize what the world would be like without aircraft and jet propulsion, or without the vision we have, just entering the realm of reality, of exploring space.

I am pleased to transmit herewith a report on the water resources research activities of the executive branch of the Government.

It is my hope that the District will proceed in initiating plans and action on its own accord for the broad spectrum attack necessary to make progress against mental retardation.

The authority to assign radio frequencies to Government agencies is hereby delegated to the Director of the Office Of Emergency Planning.

I am asking the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to be of every possible help to the District in this important endeavor.

It is my earnest hope that the District of Columbia will be a leader in adopting and demonstrating the new concepts in the treatment of mental illness.

Mental retardation is the second devastating mental disability which we must vigorously attack--and here, too, a comprehensive community-centered approach is necessary.