Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I also urge appropriate State and local officials, as well as public and private organizations, to join in the observance of this milestone ...

I hope that you of the IPA will go out into the hinterland and rouse the masses and blow the bugles and tell them that the hour has arrived ...

I think this is needed for the protection and promotion of peaceful trade, as well as for the welfare of the Hemisphere.

You have earned this medal, and you have earned with it the respect and the gratitude of the entire Nation.