Lyndon Johnson: “We declared our firm determination to make every effort to increase the broad area of understanding.”

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

Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.

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…