Lyndon Johnson: “This should be a helpful step in improving the overall small business program.”

In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.

Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.

Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…