Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson,President of the United States of America, and presiding officer of the Smithsonian Institution, hereby...

I want to express to you my personal gratitude.

I also invite the people of the United States to honor the memory of Leif Erikson on that day by holding appropriate exercises and ceremonie...

That new legislation is but a beginning and there is still much to be done.