Sixteen years ago an event occurred in Korea that changed the shape of Asia and the world.

I think your grandchildren will read in their history books that the 89th Congress passed more legislation for the greatest good for the greatest number than any Congress in the history of this Nation.

You are on the rim of a new era.

Marine biologists tell us that the oceans could support an annual catch of 400 to 500 million pounds of fish and that is a very important source of animal protein.

You hear enough of the bad, you read enough of the bad, and you see enough of the bad on television, that you ought to know something about the good.

President Johnson pledged his continued strong support for this policy.

We in America love and cherish our liberty and our independence and our freedom, and we do not try to impose it upon other people.

We have fallen in love with your country and with your people.

It is now possible to take this important step in meeting one of the pressing problems of mankind.

But in Korea in 1950--as in Vietnam today--we acted to stop the aggression.

I am glad that I have ended my Pacific journey here in this wonderful new State of Alaska.

When we are greatly divided there is danger, but in unity there is strength.

Side by side we fought with you to protect your right to be sovereign and independent.

On a June morning in 1950, we woke up to learn that a Communist army had smashed into the Republic of Korea without warning or provocation.

My Korean friends, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the warmth of your welcome.

The second is the Fish Protein Concentrate Act, which will mean so much to your people.

Every day and every hour and every mile was worth it.

President Johnson expressed his warm admiration for the significant achievements of the Korean Government and people in increasing agricultural production, industrial output, savings, and domestic revenues over the past 18 months.

The seven nations there agreed to four goals: to be free from aggression; to try to resist an aggressor.

We are glad to be back home.

An effective Korean Government--engaged in a democratic dialog with a vigorous opposition--is transforming your country into a modern nation and into a democratic state.

So I am returning to my country to tell my people that those who are nearest the demilitarized zone, that those who are nearest the borders the aggressor has crossed, that those who are closest to aggression itself fear it the most and are…

I intend, in a few minutes, to sign two bills that are very important to Alaska.

And we are going to be successful.

I think that would be a pretty good idea if the old men could get the job done.