Lyndon Johnson: “Our Government has placed itself firmly behind all of these hopes and aspirations for human progress.”

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

I believe deeply in your cause and I believe in you.

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…

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