Lyndon Johnson

America's teachers are not only making democracy work, they are helping it to flourish and to triumph, and they deserve our gratitude.

So, Mrs. Dayton, you receive my congratulations.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including Section 201(a) (2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, do proclaim that

Through the teacher's hands pass all members of every profession.

I call upon all Federal, State and local governments, in partnership with private and voluntary organizations, to join in community effort to give meaning to the theme of this special month: A NEW DAY FOR THE OLDER AMERICAN.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do, in conformity with that Act, hereby invite the several States of the Union and appropriate foreign countries to take part in Interama.

This review demonstrates that freeways, which the District must have, can and will be located and constructed in ways that reflect all significant community needs and values.

Programs proposed by this Administration and enacted into law by the 89th Congress are being launched and expanded in the largest effort on behalf of the aging in our history.

A basic goal of an enlightened society must be to provide opportunities which enable older people to keep and strengthen their independence and dignity.

Let us make this month memorable by the dedicated efforts of each citizen to provide those benefits and opportunities within community programs which will add satisfaction and dignity to the lives of aging Americans.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the month of May 1966 as Senior Citizens Month.

We can declare a new day for older Americans.

This program, I think, will help us reach that goal.

I would answer all your questions in one sentence, that there is not any information that I could give you that would add to what you have read in the papers.

I want it done in my time.

I would like to have a million and a half children who have no school lunch at all to have a school lunch before a rich man's child gets milk at a subsidy.

The world's wealthiest nation can never be satisfied until we are the world's healthiest.

It will not only be self-satisfying to those of us who have a part in it, but it will be financially responsible and productive.

The quota quantity amount for cheddar cheese, and cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processed from, cheddar cheese specified in item 950.08 of part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States is increased…

We are learning to think of good health not as a privilege for the few, but as a basic right for all.

There is a very adequate free flow of information out there, and everything that is reported to this Government in that field is pretty well known to you either simultaneously, by the time I get it, or maybe sometimes a little ahead of me.

If we are intense--and the slang expression is 'hipped'--on any subjects around here, it is food for our bodies, for our children, and education for their minds and health for their physiques.

This gives me a chance, again, to especially express the appreciation of the President and the people of this Nation to the distinguished artist, Mr. Gregory Peck.

I don't want him to play any position too long, because he gets too familiar with you all--and familiarity breeds contempt.

I think that they are entitled to more consideration in Government employment than they have received.