Lyndon Johnson: “These are tragedies which summon our compassion.”

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.

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, 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…