Lyndon Johnson: “I may do that in the morning, and I don't want to take the bloom off the rose.”

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

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

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

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…