Lyndon Johnson: “I am freer tonight than I was when I was that boy’s age, because we didn’t have groceries on the table and we were…”

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

This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.

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…