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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.
I also invite and urge all local election officials throughout the United States to join with private citizens and citizen organizations, as well as newspapers, radio and television stations, to publicize registration arrangements during…
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning September 6, 1964, as College Students Registration Week, 1964; and I urge that a special effort be made during this…
In the months and years ahead, I look forward to an ever closer relationship between our countries: to cooperation for the economic and social benefit of our peoples; and to the fulfillment of our solemn commitments to freedom and peace.
The peoples of our two great countries understand that fact; history would not forgive us if we did not understand it and act upon it.
We must subordinate our loyalty to any group to a greater loyalty and commitment to the moral principle upon which this Republic was founded, that is, to freedom and to justice and to the brotherhood of man.
The struggle for freedom in South Vietnam is closely related to the struggle for freedom everywhere.
I send my very warm thanks for your message of solidarity on the attacks by North Vietnam on United States naval vessels.
Brazil and the United States, I believe, have entered a new era of understanding and comprehension.
The Nurse Training Act of 1964 is the most significant nursing legislation in the history of our country.
Done at the City of Washington this fourth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-ninth.
During this week I urge all Americans to give recognition to the value of highway transportation to their own activities and to our national welfare.
So the Nurse Training Act of 1964 is recognition of the new needs of the profession, as well as the growing needs of all of our people.
Far too many people today suffer needlessly, or go without the attention they require, simply because we do not have enough well-trained nurses.
The best of health for all Americans is a primary national goal for all of us.
To set a satisfactory pace for our Nation's growth, we must commit ourselves to the challenge of full participation by all—the handicapped and able-bodied alike.
I do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 4, 1964, as National Highway Week in recognition of the importance of highway transportation to the social and economic progress and defense of our Nation; and I urge the Governors of the…
Proclamation No. 3298 of June 3, 1959, as amended, entitled 'Immigration Quotas,' is further amended by the addition of the quota for the Kingdom of Tonga.
I also ask appropriate officials of the Federal, State and local governments, as well as public and private organizations and the general public, to join in this observance.
The Nurse Training Act of 1964, which we have met this morning to finally sign and complete, represents the response of an enlightened Congress to the urgent need.
Our hopes for the handicapped can be realized if the employers of this Nation will but consider all job applicants, regardless of handicaps, solely on the basis of their qualifications to do the job.
This is truly a notable achievement toward raising the standards of health care in the United States.
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