We want the countries in that area to have the opportunity to develop in peace.

Our machinery and equipment industries cannot digest the demands currently thrust upon them.

I recommend that the Congress suspend until January 1, 1968, the use of accelerated depreciation on all buildings and structures started or transferred on or after September 1, 1966.

In the next 40 years, we must completely renew our cities.

For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do.

I cannot give you a scroll or a medal bearing your new title.

And I hope that history will record this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls, and the ideologies that separate us all, and has found response in the hearts of the Russian people.

Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country.

It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story which Americans share with the people of the Soviet Union.

You artists have served that purpose and served it well.

I am delighted to congratulate our newest national treasures tonight, and to welcome all of you to the White House.

Whenever a claimant or beneficiary requires an attendant other than an employee of the Veterans' Administration for the performance of travel specified in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the travel expenses of such attendant may be allowed in the…

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize or approve the payment of the actual necessary expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, of any claimant or beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration traveling to or from…

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize or approve in lieu of actual necessary expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, payment of an allowance of not more than five cents a mile to any claimant or beneficiary of…

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize or approve such payment to the claimant or beneficiary, or, in his discretion, to the person who or the organization which has actually paid the expenses of such travel, including…

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 1, 1966, as National Civil Air Patrol Day;

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this order.

Executive Order No. 11142 of February 12, 1964, is hereby superseded.