The President's News Conference
12/17/1963
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The wilderness bill preserves for our posterity, for all time to come, 9 million acres of this vast continent in their original and unchangi...
This is a very happy and historic occasion for all who love the great American outdoors, and that, needless to say, includes me.
It prohibits nuclear explosions in Antarctica and the disposal there of radioactive waste.
We reject the thought of our families living in a faceless, regimented, monotonous America.