Our own security is heightened because we are joined with you in ANZUS.
Lyndon Johnson
The Public Record
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.
I have asked Secretary Gardner to pump some young blood into that conference.
To be most effective, regional planning must be a responsibility of the area's State and local governments acting together to solve mutual problems of growth and change.
Our Government has placed itself firmly behind all of these hopes and aspirations for human progress.
It should not be a Federal function, although the Federal Government should support and advance it.
Mr. Prime Minister, as you come this morning to this house on your long-awaited visit, I wish to tell you--and, through you, to tell your wonderful people--that we shall not fail.
The first thing that I read every morning are the battle reports from Vietnam.
The reorganization plan will improve existing organizational arrangements of and promote more effective and efficient planning for the National Capital Region.
The free peoples of Asia shall be given their chance to shape the destiny of their own region.
We also know that behind the struggle against aggression in Vietnam a vital, free Asia is rapidly emerging.
The situation that existed in 1952 has been changed by two major developments.
Now the dream of an Asian Development Bank is a reality, binding up the peoples from Teheran to Seoul in a great common enterprise.
Stability and power come from free men and free nations working together on behalf of the people.
Annual savings of at least $25,000 should result from the reorganization plan.
I want you to know that I follow the exploits of 4,500 Australians fighting there with the same interest and concern as those of our own men.
You in Australia know that in Vietnam we are meeting a challenge which just must be met.
I want to commend Secretary Gardner, Mr. Cohen, and the Surgeon General for what they have done.
The electronic computer is having a greater impact on what the Government does and how it does it than any other product of modern technology.
Americans must have the right to live their lives without discrimination because of race, color, religion, or sex.





