Lyndon Johnson

And I believe that we just must give a spur and an incentive and a desire for people to embrace rural life in America.

Tonight, as we balance history's ledger, I want to say of the 89th Congress: 'An inspired group of dedicated Americans, representing a sense of national purpose, have written for the United States a new chapter in greatness.'

A President belongs to a party and the party has to help him get elected.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 20, 1965, as National Day of Prayer, 1965.

I urge that we pray for God-given vision and determination to make the sacrifices demanded by our responsibilities to our fellow men in our own Nation and in other lands of this world.

So the bill that we are signing into law today is, we think, going to help bring these new water systems into being.

I am so happy that some of the wives of the Members of the House could be here.

I thank you also for this very splendid scroll expressing your support for the Appalachia program.

This job cannot be done, however, just by the Government alone.

Now we are moving behind the planning stage.

For people who yearn to learn more about us, the American pavilion is like a large picture window through which they can look and see for themselves.

We are planting trees by the rivers of water, and in the words of the Psalm, 'They will bring forth fruit in their season.'

These exhibitions are a vital adjunct to our country's unceasing pursuit of peace, freedom and human dignity for men everywhere.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of November 19 through November 25, 1965, as National Farm-City Week, and call upon citizens throughout the Nation to participate…

I commend the report to the thoughtful scrutiny of the Congress.

We just must make that vision come true.

We believe that the people are going to win.

So, the future in that area of the country rests in your hands.

I request that leaders of civic associations, youth and women's clubs, farmers' organizations, business groups and labor unions, and all consumers join in this observance in appreciation of the important contributions that the farmer makes…

I urge that such programs place emphasis on the responsibilities of rural and urban citizens in the war against poverty, in the creation of new jobs and new sources of income, in improving educational, medical, and other community…

Lady Bird and I are most grateful for these beautiful carvings, for this lovely rug, for these other examples of the craftsmanship and the artistry for which Tennessee, that great State, is so justly famous.

We are going to have an exhibit in the memento room at the University of Texas Library, where we will have these on display for children of Tennessee and other States who may from time to time visit that library.

I urge the Department of Agriculture, land-grant colleges and universities, the cooperative extension service, and all appropriate Government officials to cooperate with national, State, and local organizations in carrying out programs to…

We cannot close the dark corridor of pain through which sufferers must pass.

You in the Congress have given us more than leadership: you have given our people a gift of hope.