Lyndon Johnson actually said...
SEC. 2. Under regulations of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force are authorized, for their respective services, to prescribe the issue of special allowances and such special or supplemental rations, defined by component, quantity, or monetary value, as they may consider appropriate.
Context
Executive Order 11339—Delegating Certain Authority of the President With Regard to Army and Air Force Rations
03/27/1967