Thus shall we raise the hopes and enrich the lives of people throughout the world.

The day of peace will eventually come—a day when all nations will be able to live in their own way, free from threat and fear.

Our goal in Southeast Asia is a very simple one.

And tonight we welcome you as a guest in our home.

Gaping needs must be met in health, in education, in job opportunities, in housing.

So today we welcomed you as a guest in our country.

I welcome you here--and I welcome the opportunity to sign this bill into law.

We should not continue to press on the accelerator.

For our part, I can assure you, Mr. Chairman, that just as we shall never shirk our responsibilities, so shall we never fail in our efforts to find a secure and just peace.

Inflation imposes a cruel and unjust tax on all the people.

Prudent economic policy requires timely well-considered action in the national interest.

In the next 40 years, we must completely renew our cities.

Therefore, except for the $600 million, every dollar spent on Great Society programs was secured by reducing or eliminating outmoded programs.

And not a single one of those needs can be fully met until we rebuild our mass transportation systems.

Several million Americans ought to be, and I think will be, very grateful to this 89th Congress for this legislation.

They have affirmed the right of every man to get to his job in a reasonable time, at a reasonable cost.

It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story which Americans share with the people of the Soviet Union.

I cannot give you a scroll or a medal bearing your new title.

Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country.

And I hope that history will record this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls, and the ideologies that separate us all, and has found response in the hearts of the Russian people.

For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do.

You artists have served that purpose and served it well.

I am delighted to congratulate our newest national treasures tonight, and to welcome all of you to the White House.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 111 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as amended by the Act of June 18, 1966 (Public Law 89-455), it is hereby ordered as follows:

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this order.