Lyndon Johnson: “We will not succeed until every citizen regards the suffering of neighbors as a call to action.”

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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…

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