Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I have this year recommended to the Congress a 13 % increase--from $409 million to $462 million--in appropriations to support marine science...

The resources of the oceans can help us meet many of the challenges that face our nation and the world today.

I urge the Congress to provide the necessary funds to support these important efforts.

This was the key issue dealt with in Ambassador Goldberg's statement to the twenty-first General Assembly in the general debate in September...