I do command all persons engaged in such acts of violence to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith.

The Secretary of Defense is hereby authorized and directed to call into the active military service of the United States, as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this order, units or members of the Army National Guard and of the Air National Guard to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders.

The Secretary of Defense is authorized to delegate to one or more of the Secretaries of the military Departments any of the authority conferred upon him by this order.

I have directed the troops you requested to proceed to O'Hare Field and to Glenview Naval Air Station.

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to take all appropriate steps to disperse all persons engaged in the acts of violence described in the proclamation, to restore law and order, and to see that the property, personnel and functions of the Federal Government, of embassies of foreign governments, and of international organizations in the Washington metropolitan area are protected against violence or other interference.

The cause for which he struggled has not fallen.

I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

The heart of America grieves today.

The most immediate is to enact legislation so long delayed and so close to fulfillment.

I urge the members of the House of Representatives to rise to this challenge.

President Johnson expressed his appreciation for the spirit of cooperation which is the bedrock of these relations and assured President Tubman of the importance which he places on a strong relationship with Liberia.