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.

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 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 gratified to learn that the Commissioners have already started surveying the mental health problems and needs of the District and developing a comprehensive community mental health plan.

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 authorize a foreign government to construct and operate a radio station at the seat of government is hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning.

There would appear to be no better place for these forward-looking programs to be started than in the Nation's capital.

Action must also be taken to improve the care, the training, and the rehabilitation of those who are already afflicted by retardation.

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

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

We have the knowledge and the capacity to relieve great suffering and to rehabilitate untold numbers of our fellow citizens affected with mental disabilities.

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.

It is hereby amended by substituting for Section 3 thereof the following:

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

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

The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

Most American children enjoy excellent health.

The logic and value of a National Service Corps has been demonstrated by the work and success of our Peace Corps overseas.

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.

Our young persons are caught in cross-currents of population growth and technological change which hold great danger as well as great promise.

Americans are seeking the out-of-doors as never before--about 90 percent participate annually in some form of outdoor recreation.

I suggest that all departments and agencies administering loans, loan guarantee and insurance programs (including related grant programs) be guided by the principles outlined in the Report in administering their present programs and…

A high rate of investment in education is essential for our national economic growth, our scientific advancement and our national security.

The need for an aggressive program to provide for our outdoor recreation needs is both real and immediate.

The growth of our cities, the development of our industry, the expansion of our transportation systems--all manifestations of our vigorous and expanding society preempt irreplaceable lands of natural beauty and unique recreation value.