Lyndon Johnson: “So let me assure you and my fellow Americans tonight that I will do everything in my power to defend both.”

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…

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.

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