President Johnson commended the land reform program, initiated by President Macapagal this year, as holding out renewed hope to the Philippine people for the solution of the land tenure problems which, for decades, had beset a major sector of its economy.
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the President of the Philippines.
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Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…
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.
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.
I hope to some day be able to come there and see you in your own land, in your own atmosphere.
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