Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"Nothing is more important than what we seek to do today and that is to give national recognition to the outstanding achievement in science and technology."

"I would hope that in establishing preferences a Nation that was really built by immigrants, immigrants from all lands, that we could ask those who seek to immigrate now: What can you do for our countr..."

"The complex fabric of today's society demands that we give increased attention to science and technology."

"So instead of using the test of where the immigrant was born, I would hope that we could apply a somewhat more nondiscriminatory test."