The four manufacturers--Boeing Company, Lockheed Aircraft Company, General Electric Company, Pratt & Whitney Division of United Aircraft Corporation--be invited to continue in this phase of the program.
Lyndon Johnson
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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.
And finally--and very importantly, Mr. Magnuson--that the Congress be requested to appropriate--Mr. Mahon--the necessary funds to initiate the next phase of the program.
I ask that the appreciation of the Nation be extended to the men of the Secret Service, and to their families, for the spirit and standards of selfless service which have won the esteem and respect of the Nation during the century of the…
The FAA Administrator be authorized to enter into contracts with the airframe manufacturers to undertake detailed airframe design work and tests over the next 18 months.
So, on this occasion today here in the Cabinet Room, we are marking the 15th year of the award of the Young American Medals.
I have complete and absolute faith that young Americans of the present will be equal to the demands that destiny might make of them.
It is the consistent, determined, and daily purpose of this Nation's leadership that the young people of our nations may live out their lives in a peaceful world.
And I would express the hope that all nations may become willing to join in such great enterprises for the good of mankind.
This is, first of all, a very tangible and valuable realization of the promise and potential of man's exploration of space.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows—Section 1.
I expect, therefore, that the agencies of the Government will take the lead in adopting the ZIP Code system, including the presorting of quantity mailings.
So no wonder this 89th Congress will leap into history as the most effective and the most rewarding Congress in the history of our Nation.
Congressman, I learned after I had been here only a few days that there are two kinds of horses in the Congress--the showhorses and the workhorses.
We liberals have talked about that bill for many years, but this year we Democrats are going to pass it.
For 20 years now--20 years of trial and testing--the purpose of this Nation has never wavered for a moment.
This Congress will be remembered by these measures--and by many more--which add to the health and the happiness and the vitality of our people as well as the prosperity of our system.
This 89th Congress has leadership--good, strong, wise, experienced, progressive Democratic leadership of the very highest quality.
We want to walk and to work at the side of mankind to help him overcome poverty and disease and ignorance and bias and fear.
What this Congress has done to meet the responsibility of educating America's youth would of itself assure its rank high in history.





