Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I do hereby designate Memorial Day, Saturday, May 30, 1964, as a day of prayer for permanent peace

I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to arrange for the display of the flag on all Government buildings on National Maritime...

I also call upon the people of this Nation to render public and private expression of their love and reverence for their mothers on that day...

I do not intend that we should lose sight of those Americans who do not share in the general prosperity of this country.