Lyndon Johnson: “One of the handicaps we have is the appropriation bills came the latter part of the year.”

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

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…

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.

I believe deeply in your cause and I believe in you.