We are pleased to come here this morning to sign and submit to the Congress the budget that we are sending up today.

Inflation need not be the price of social progress; nor should it be a cost of defending freedom.

You people have a passion for anonymity.

The rate of advance in the new programs has been held below what might have been proposed in less troubled times.

We have tried since the beginning of this fiscal year to get the managers of our Government to reduce expenditures wherever they possibly could, to eliminate what we thought could be termed 'fat' programs that were obsolete or outmoded.

We passed out 5 billion 3—600 million more than last year.

I will miss your wisdom and sturdy good sense.

Today, I want it to shine on you, and I came here to tell you that on behalf of the American people, the Congress, the other branches of the Government, that we respect you and we recognize the many sacrifices you have made to bring about…

We must give them the support they need in fulfillment of the commitment so accurately stated in your letter--\the determination of our Government to resist the terror and aggression which deny the people of South Vietnam the right freely…

For a month we have held our hand in an important area of military action.

I am grateful for your strong support of our effort to move the war in Vietnam to the conference table.

I call upon individual skiers, sports organizations, community leaders, and other interested citizens to arrange appropriate observances of National Ski Week and to join in the effort to improve our ski facilities and to improve the skill…

I am most happy to honor that request, and do hereby proclaim the period from January 21 through January 30, 1966, as National Ski Week.

And because of the fight that you started many years ago, 19 million Americans will be eligible to receive new hope and new security when the program begins on July 5, and 19 million Americans have another reason, another cause to bless…

I come back to Independence to be with one of the world's most persistent searchers for peace in the world.

I urge that Congress act promptly to provide these needed funds.

This record can be maintained—and improved—only if the nation's boating organizations, Federal and State agencies, and the boating industry continue their efforts to inform the public of the importance of safe boating practices.

Until peace comes, or if it does not come-- we will give our fighting men what they must have: every gun, every dollar, and every decision--whatever the cost or whatever the challenge.