05/26/1965
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"They are the necessities of a nation devoted to the improvement of man's estate."
"This is the action I recommend today."
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (30 F.R. 9353), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:"
"Our people must be given the opportunity to know, even for short periods of time, the wonders of God's creation expressed in earth's wilderness areas."