It has been my deep and continuing concern to assure that each American receives from his Government the fastest, most efficient and most courteous service.

The United States warmly appreciates your fixing the date to coincide with the Fifth Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress as a tribute to the memory of President Kennedy.

I take this opportunity to express again my deep personal interest in individual and collective efforts to give greater impetus to our vital Alliance for Progress.

The task of government is to serve the public.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 25, 1965, as National Parkinson Week.

I confidently believe that the developments of the Space Age will bring the beginning of the longest and greatest boom of abundance and prosperity in the history of man.

I am confident that the Congress will cut through the propaganda of fear and mistrust to provide shelter for the families who need it now-today.

I also call upon the communications media, the medical and health professions, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of Parkinson's disease to unite during that week in public dedication to such…

Thousands of American families need this housing now--today.

We proposed to help these private builders provide housing for the elderly, the poor, and the handicapped, so that they might live with safety and dignity.

I invite the Governors of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to issue similar proclamations.

The national interest demands that the matter not stop there.

Thousands of poor children who should grow up in a world of safety and decency and promise are being treated with indifference by an affluent nation.

Next January I shall once more ask for the initial $30 million necessary to make bricks and mortar out of a promise.

Private enterprise and public well-being depend on them.

We who have raised up hopes have a duty to bring them to tangible reality.

Beauty belongs to all the people.

This bill will enrich our spirits and restore a small measure of our national greatness.