Lyndon Johnson: “Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America do hereby designate September 17, 1964…”

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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.

They--and you--are a credit to your generation.

It is the living and the eternal theme of the United States of America--a Nation that has been made great by an infusion and mingling of all the cultures of the world.