Such a time is still far off, but perhaps not so far off as we thought only a few years ago.

That increased effort is noted in this report.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

In those words from that dear mother are to be found the greatness of this Nation and also the strength of its President.

I wish I could tell you all that I feel in my heart.

As long as we believe, our strength is in our faith in God and He will never fail us.

In private prayer at unusual moments, I have found courage to meet another day in a world where peace on earth is still only an empty dream.

I am pleased to return again to our annual prayer breakfast and to be among so many of my old friends.

The past is prologue.

So, my countrymen, in those words from that dear mother are to be found the greatness of this Nation and also the strength of its President.

I believe that with all my heart, but in these troubled times I am sustained by much more than my own prayers.

A year ago today I wrote you of my desire to improve the Federal Government's employee safety programs.

Our burdens are heavy and will grow heavier.

The first is poverty.

I am not describing a distant Utopia, but I am describing the kind of education which must be the great and the urgent work of our time.

The second barrier is racial discrimination.

I should now like to receive by May 1, 1966, from the head of each executive department and agency a summary report of developments in 1965.

We also want school breakfasts for children who would otherwise start their day with empty stomachs.