Liberty is the symbol for the goal we seek; loyalty is the symbol of our common purpose in its pursuit.

It is fitting and appropriate that being so associated with his spirit, it should also carry his name.

I do hereby proclaim that the Cumberland National Forest in the State of Kentucky, as defined by Proclamation 2227 of February 23, 1937 (50 Stat. 1818), is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson,President of the United States of America, do, in conformity with that action, call on the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities in memory of Sir…

I am convinced that we must reexamine on a broad scale our nation's use of health manpower.

So I plead with every American to go and talk to your neighbors, because there are 1,300,000 of them that are going to miss the boat; there are 1,300,000 of them who should get their rights under the law now.

That is what Medicare is all about.

I don't think that we must ever be satisfied in this growing, adventuresome country of America with the status quo.

And in order to do that, they must sign up.

We are never going to stop trying to find new ways to make Medicare sensitive to what our people need.

It is imperative that we secure the new legislation which I have requested of the Congress--to modernize our hospitals and nursing homes, to train new types of health personnel, and to develop a partnership in health with the states and…

So social security benefits which are the main source of their income still need to be increased, and they will be increased in the years ahead.

Whatever time is allotted us, we have tried to remove disease from the skins and the bodies of our people, and we have tried to find food to give them nourishment and to give them strength.

I want you to spare no effort to raise that percentage as high as possible.

The launching of Medicare is a historic undertaking.

You can now have self-respect and still provide for your medical bills and your medicine, your nursing care, and things of that kind.

That is what I would like to do.

I thought that some of our sophisticated folks might say this morning that Henry was introducing too many people.