Lyndon Johnson: “I want this Nation to lead the effort to close this gap--not in the next 50 years but in the next 5 years.”

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

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

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 of America, do proclaim that the following described land reserved by the Act of September 1, 1959, be designated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park area of…