I am confident that I speak for the people of all the United States when I extend to you felicitations and warmest congratulations on this historic occasion.

This is a happy moment for an ex-schoolteacher from Cotulla, Texas.

It will end when the other side is willing to take equivalent action as part of a serious effort to end this war and bring peace to the people of Southeast Asia.

Today more than 4 out of every 10 that age are still in school or college.

By February 1965 it was unmistakably clear there was armed attack in the most literal sense: South Viet Nam was almost lost to that armed attack.

I shall never retract or retreat or amend that commitment.

And in that month, on the recommendation of the National Security Council, I decided that we had to 'meet the common danger' by bringing our air power to bear against the source of the aggression.

So, I wish the Office of Education many, many more happy birthdays.

Our wonder--our very great wonder--is for the human spirit, that having endured infinite wrongs, can yet hold to its faith in the dignity of life.

Freedom is not enough.

So, I think it would be good if we started asking ourselves what kind of a celebration we are going to have in 1988.

Well, we have raised our sights somewhat since then.

I take no satisfaction from the number of infiltrators killed on their way to South Viet Nam, from the number of trucks or of boats or of railroad cars destroyed or the tons of supplies destroyed.

You cannot work with these two men without catching some of their enthusiasm, some of their passion for education, and some of their dedication to making this a better land in which to live.

We are no longer satisfied simply with free public education.

When I became President and surveyed the problem faced by our nation, I reserved judgment on the decision which General Taylor forecast in 1961 we might have to make.

I have asked the Deputy Attorney General and the Acting Attorney General, Mr. Clark, to serve as Attorney General.

It is a problem for his father.

I will take any questions you have.

That is what we try to do with these things.

This plan would transfer from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary of Transportation authority to approve the surrender of certain ship documents.

Public order is the first business of government.

The Executive Order implements the action of the United Nations Security Council reflected in its Resolution No. 232, adopted on December 16, 1966, on which the Representative of the United States voted affirmatively.

A principal objective there is to provide the maximum deterrent to people who believe aggression pays with a minimum cost to us and to them.

He did feel obliged to protect his credibility.