Lyndon Johnson

This, the 15th annual report of the National Science Foundation, reflects another year of scientific growth and progress, and I am pleased to commend it to the attention of the Congress.

It is the story of change--to master change.

Mail is the vital link that bridges vast distances, bringing warmth and news and, most important, easing the pain of separation.

We must achieve a better understanding of our environment and our place in that environment.

As I have said many times before, I am determined that our troops in Vietnam shall have all the guns, planes and equipment they need.

I continue to be guided in these matters by the resolution of the Congress approved on August 10, 1964--Public Law 88-408-by a vote of 504 to 2.

I hereby proclaim the week beginning March 6, 1966, as Save Your Vision Week

The philosopher Rousseau said: 'As soon as the public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their person, the State is not far from its fall.'

I believe there is no greater calling and no greater challenge to any young person today than public service, serving the public of your country.

Item 943.10 (reflecting, with modifications, Proclamation No. 3212 which effected the increased rate of duty) is deleted from the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States.

The thing that I have wanted most to do when I left public office would be to try to inspire and to promote young people's interest in government.

Proclamation No. 3212 is terminated.

I began my life as a schoolteacher.

We have told them, we have told them time and time again, that we prefer words to bullets, that we would much rather negotiate and talk than fight.

I say to you today, that your generation has a rendezvous with tomorrow.

Between 1964 and 1965, an estimated 2.2 million persons moved above the poverty line.

The quality of American life increasingly depends on the physical, economic, aesthetic, and social qualities of our urban centers.

Poison kills only where there is no antidote.

The avoidance of war and particularly nuclear war is the central, common concern of all mankind.

My country is dedicated to this end.

We were in the midst of the greatest upsurge of economic well-being in the history of any nation.

For this reason, we must press on with our work in Geneva.

We are prepared to sign such a treaty, making it applicable to nuclear and nonnuclear countries alike.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 20, 1966, as National Poison Prevention Week.

My confident answer to each of these questions is YES.