Lyndon Johnson: “The sea-level canal investigations continue to be of great importance to the United States.”

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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

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.