Lyndon Johnson: “I am today naming a council of distinguished Americans to prepare for the conference on 'To Fulfill These Rights' which…”

Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.

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

Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.

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…