The United States will continue to exert every effort to assure that these negotiations yield extensive reductions in restraints on trade in all classes of goods, including agricultural products.

If we can't, we will take other measures. It may be more costly.

And it will help the government to contain costs—costs that, ultimately, are borne by the taxpayers.

We have passed 65 good, solid pieces of legislation.

Record levels of United States foreign trade contributed greatly to this advance, and the American people shared fully in its benefits.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the period of October 10 through October 15, 1966, as National ZIP Code Week.

This is the real meaning of ZIP Code.

I am convinced that the ZIP Code has done more than any other recent innovation to move our postal service out of the age of the horse and buggy.

We would like to voluntarily do it.

America today is experiencing a 'mail explosion' that is without precedent.

I hope that you and young people all over America will support the savings bond program.

We tried it voluntarily and some of our big corporations reduced $200 million, $300 million, and $400 million.

I want to express to you my gratitude and to say to you that someday I hope we’ll come back here and take note of our achievements and what has been done.

If we can voluntarily cut down on our plant investment, we may be able to avoid taking other more stringent steps.

I now call upon all Americans to demonstrate the spirit of wholehearted cooperation that is needed to make the program an unqualified success.

We shall do everything in our power to build in future years on the substantial progress in these directions achieved in 1965.

Buy a stamp, or, Buy a certificate, or, Buy a bond to help us spread so that all of us will be lenders to our Government, instead of just a few and so that we can, to some small measure, not have to pay exorbitant rates for our money.

I hope that you will fill up this album-and many more.