Lyndon Johnson: “I have said, as plainly as I know how, what I hope for America, what I hope for you and your family and for generations…”

Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.

This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.

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.