It does not mean that we are going to have a labor Government.

I say to you tonight that the Arkansas delegation in the Congress has made great contributions to the welfare of all of our people.

And no man had more vision, more courage, more optimism, more faith, or did more to help build modern America than Robert S. Kerr.

There are two philosophies at each others throat in the world--the Democratic philosophy and the Communist philosophy.

I want to say on behalf of all the people of this Nation that we, the people of the United States, are deeply in the debt of the people of Oklahoma for the quality of the men that they send to the United States Congress.

And this is the partnership we are going to continue between the Government and the people as long as I am your President.

Polluted water is wasted water, and America cannot afford this waste.

You are lucky enough and you are fortunate enough and you are blessed enough today to live in the most powerful nation in all the world.

Peace between nations, and progress in Oklahoma, may seem like very different things.

And as long as I am your President, your Government is going to devote full energy in developing all of these resources, and one of them that we are now developing is the Arkansas River.

I ask each of you to look back to your own lives.

The truth is simple and the truth is this: Our beloved Nation was never stronger than it is this hour tonight.

I want to tell you as long as I am President, I intend to keep our defenses the best in all the world.

I have devoted much of my 30 years of public career to the conservation of America's natural resources.

We don't want our American boys to do the fighting for Asian boys.

And I think that you know in your heart that that is right.

We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able to stay in the labor market.

So a system of public education, every dollar invested in education today, brings a return of 10 to 12 percent in national wealth, and that is a pretty good return on a dollar invested--10 to 12 percent.

Your Commission, I know, has been guided throughout by a determination to find and to tell the whole truth of these terrible events.

I have commended that rule, Mr. Johnson, to my staff here at the White House.

He works by a rule that is wise for us all: be quick; be quiet; be on time.

You have today submitted to me the report of the Commission which I appointed on November 29 last to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Twenty years ago, in 1944, he produced America's first production jet.

I have given instructions for the prompt publication of this report to the American people and to the world.

His record of design achievement in aviation is both incomparable and virtually incredible.