Lyndon Johnson: “So I challenge each of you here today, and each of you within the sound of my voice, to try to accept this as your own…”

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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.

Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.