Lyndon Johnson: “I shall be counting upon your strong support to see that these attacks do not prevail.”

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.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that the following described land reserved by the Act of September 1, 1959, be designated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park area of…

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

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.