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 are a rich nation and can afford to make progress at home while meeting obligations abroad--in fact, we can afford no other course if we are to remain strong.

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

You people have a passion for anonymity.

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…

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

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…

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

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.

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

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 urge every American who uses our waterways to reexamine his boating habits during this Week and decide what he can do, individually and together with his countrymen, to reduce accidents and prevent the needless waste of lives on the…

I am deeply grateful to you for coming here to the White House this morning and presenting me with this beautiful Book.

I believe the Resolution is right, and I believe the course we follow is necessary.

The Attorney General, and the designees specified by him, shall fulfill the obligations assumed by the United States pursuant to Article XXIV of the Treaty in the manner and form therein prescribed.

You have been a source of solace in time of war--and a force for enlightenment and progress in time of peace.

But until there is a response--and until the aggression ends--we must do all that is necessary to support our allies and our own fighting forces in Vietnam.