And I'm confident that if there is good will on both sides, that there can be a lessening of tensions.

I hope that this will not be made, as it's indicated, a party issue on which every Republican will then vote against us and we will find ourselves with a very close vote on a matter which has the first chance of bringing some order out of…

This is not a matter-as it goes to basic national feelings, personal feelings.

We are going to, as I said before, by the 6th of July come forward with the quicker depreciation write-offs under schedule f for $1,200 million.

I strongly urge the flight engineers to meet their public responsibilities, to reconsider their action, and to either submit this case to arbitration or agree with the carriers on some other means of settling this dispute without any…

But it is not going to.

This is a matter which is being considered in this Government, and also being considered with other governments.

The important point is that they recognize and the Government recognizes, and every group recognizes, the necessity, as I have said, of attempting to work out economic policies which will maintain our economy at an adequate rate of growth.

Today I have signed S. 107, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Interior to construct the San Juan-Chama Reclamation Project, and the Navajo Irrigation Project.

I share your view that the reports from Laos are very encouraging.

President Kennedy agreed in principle to instruct his representatives to work out in conjunction with the Panamanian representatives arrangements under which the U.S. Government will withhold the income taxes of those Panamanian and…

We must continue also to do our best to persuade all concerned in Laos to work together to this same end.

I am especially pleased to approve this bill because I regard this legislation as the forerunner of additional authorization for western water resources development now pending in the Congress.

You can count on the continued and energetic efforts of the Government of the United States toward this end.

The San Juan-Chama Reclamation Project will provide water supplies needed to permit continued economic growth and development and stabilize an existing agricultural economy in the Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico.

These projects will provide major benefits to the West, and to the Nation as well as to the communities directly involved.

I emphasized the importance of water resources development to the Nation, and expressed this administration's commitment to a sound and orderly program of new projects to meet accumulated needs.

These developments represent investments in the Nation's future that will provide major dividends in the years to come.

CONGRATULATIONS on your decisive primary victory.

Confidence demonstrated by so great a number of South Carolinians is a great source of satisfaction to all of those who work with you here in the Capital for South Carolina and the country.

The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project will assist the Navajo people in making full use of their own resources to achieve a higher standard of living by providing employment opportunities in irrigation farming.

For the new decade, new tools have been forged to implement the changes in program emphasis toward economic and social progress through self-help, long-range development, and a shift from grant assistance to loans.

We must continue, therefore, to carry forward an effective military assistance program to sustain the safeguards and defensive arrangements necessary for the peaceful development of the free world.

Mr. President, rain or shine, you are most welcome here.

I want to congratulate the parents who were willing to let their sons leave home and go to work and work hard.