We must not, and will not, at this juncture, permit our strength to be sapped by inflation.

In Class III-A shall be placed any registrant who has a child or children with whom he maintains a bona fide family relationship in their home and who is not a physician, dentist or veterinarian, or who is not in an allied specialist…

One of the strongest links between this Government and its citizenry has been the United States Savings Bond program.

There is much in the less-developed world that causes us deep concern today.

Private participation in AID programs is at an all-time high.

Foreign aid has become a smaller burden on our resources.

We have made progress toward the establishment of an Asian Development Bank, and accelerated plans for development of the critical Mekong River Basin.

Now today, I am asking Mr. Shriver to give full time to the war on poverty.

Foreign assistance has become a smaller factor in our balance of payments.

I want you to explore all the techniques available to modernize our postal service and make certain that they are being used to provide the American people with the best postal system in the world at the lowest possible cost to the…

I have said in the past, and I repeat now, that I want you to provide this country with the finest mail service it has ever known, while managing the Post Office Department efficiently and prudently.

I approve your recommendations to improve postal service by increasing post office window hours and by restoring six-day parcel post delivery service.

I therefore intend to seek the necessary funds from the Congress to restore the postal services that were curtailed in 1964.

I believe that during 1965 the dual aims of the Agreement--adequate supplies of coffee to consumers and markets for coffee to producers at equitable prices--have been met.

I am also confident that the Congress will view with satisfaction the spirit of international cooperation that has increasingly come to characterize the operation of this Agreement.

I have reached a decision today that I am now delighted to announce to you and to the country.

To bring together a staff of experts, assemble the outstanding men in this country without regard to politics or party, but only with regard to serving the needs of this Department of Housing and Urban Development.

I recommend that we prosecute with vigor and determination our war on poverty.