Sep 19, 1966
So, as a reminder of our meeting, I am asking Dr. Martin Essex, the national chairman of the school savings program, to give each of you a savings stamp album bearing one stamp--and my signature.
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Sep 19, 1966
There will be some who say that we are pressuring you and threatening you and intimidating you.
Sep 19, 1966
It provides a very modest rate increase to put the entire parcel post system on a sound financial footing.
Sep 19, 1966
I now call upon all Americans to demonstrate the spirit of wholehearted cooperation that is needed to make the program an unqualified success.
Sep 19, 1966
I want to express to you my gratitude and to say to you that someday I hope we’ll come back here and take note of our achievements and what has been done.
Sep 19, 1966
America today is experiencing a 'mail explosion' that is without precedent.
Sep 19, 1966
I hope that you and young people all over America will support the savings bond program.
Sep 19, 1966
It revises our archaic weight and size limitations on packages that we send through our mails.
Sep 19, 1966
This program helps all of us who enjoy freedom at home to defend that freedom around the world.
Sep 19, 1966
The ZIP Code has done more than any other recent innovation to move our postal service out of the age of the horse and buggy.
Sep 19, 1966
World trade in 1965 surpassed all previous levels, enriching the lives of peoples around the globe.
Sep 19, 1966
The steady growth and freer flow of world trade are essential to full prosperity at home, economic growth and stability in the industrialized countries, and progress in the developing world.
Sep 19, 1966
If they use it and they use it well, we will be able to speed their mail.
Sep 19, 1966
And it will help the government to contain costs—costs that, ultimately, are borne by the taxpayers.
Sep 19, 1966
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period of October 10 through October 15, 1966, as National ZIP Code Week.
Sep 19, 1966
I am convinced that the ZIP Code has done more than any other recent innovation to move our postal service out of the age of the horse and buggy.
Sep 19, 1966
The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.
Sep 19, 1966
The United States will continue to exert every effort to assure that these negotiations yield extensive reductions in restraints on trade in all classes of goods, including agricultural products.
Sep 19, 1966
Record levels of United States foreign trade contributed greatly to this advance, and the American people shared fully in its benefits.
Sep 19, 1966
We welcome this 'mail explosion,' for it is a sure sign of our national prosperity.
Sep 18, 1966
I believe that the Commission is to be congratulated on having arrived at so equitable and satisfactory a solution.
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