Lyndon Johnson: “No words of mine can add luster to the splendid triumph in which you have just shared.”

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

I believe deeply in your cause and I believe in you.

This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.

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.