Respect for the rights of others is peace.

El Chamizal stands as a shining example of how such matters should be settled.

Reason, understanding, and good will have achieved a settlement of which both our peoples can be proud.

A relocated Rio Grande means a new boundary; a new boundary means new bridges linking our two countries.

This is the final act of a long drama.

The monument which the people of Mexico have already erected on this site will stand forever as a symbol of good will between our two nations.

Let this monument, and this place, stand as testimony to the world of what two nations, working together, can accomplish.

We will continue to honor all of our commitments.

Though we have followed our separate stars, we meet here today as two neighbors strong and prosperous, at peace with one another.

At 12:01 this morning, the boundary between Mexico and the United States changed at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.

May these links between our two countries, like the Chamizal itself, stand as testimony to the world of how good neighbors conduct their affairs.

But we cannot abandon them simply because the price is high or the going is rough.

We thus lay to rest a century-old dispute.

The Joint Administrative Task Force which you established has met the goal.

The needs of our people are urgent.

These recommendations have my full support and approval.

But this is only a start.

There is no way to make up for lost time to poor families without adequate housing, to the unemployed who need training to get a job, to those who need the social services which can be provided by a neighborhood center.

I truly believe this effort is an important step forward in Inter-Agency cooperation.

President Johnson reiterated his desire for a continued high level of trade and stressed his opposition to protectionist restrictions.

I commend the work of the Task Force in identifying ways and means to streamline procedures.

I hope that the American people, and the peoples of all countries, will continue to support UNICEF to the limits of their ability, both through their private efforts and through their governments.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, in honor of this great humanitarian enterprise, do hereby proclaim October 31, 1967, and October 31 in each subsequent year, as National UNICEF Day.

Red tape means higher costs, wasted motion and frustration for our States and cities.

I am pleased to note that your decisions will cut average processing time for 42 programs by 51 percent, with individual program improvements ranging from 24 to 72 percent.