The United States will participate in the meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council (IA-ECOSOC) at Buenos Aires on March 13 if that date is concurred in by most of the member states.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of this Nation, and their local and national government officials, to observe Wright Brothers Day, December 17, 1965, with…

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.

We must explore every path in our quest to provide the best possible service for our individual citizens.

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 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.

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.

Private enterprise and public well-being depend on them.

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 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.

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…

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

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

The national interest demands that the matter not stop there.

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.

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

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

This bill will bring the wonders of nature back into our daily lives.