We are ready now, as we have always been, to move from the battlefield to the conference table.

We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat.

Defense expenditures in the years ahead must continue to be guided by the relentless pursuit of efficiency and intelligence of economy.

That remains our policy.

This Order shall be effective as of July 27, 1965, and, together with the Council established by Section 1, shall terminate on January 1, 1966, or on such earlier date as may hereafter be prescribed.

You carry with you the gratitude of an advancing nation, and you take with you the appreciation and the friendship of your President.

The Secretary, in reviewing plans and programs under Section 4 of this Order, shall transmit his comments to the Administrator within thirty days, or such other period as may be agreed upon, after receipt of such plans and programs.

Grants made by the Administrator for acquisition of land or interests therein for recreational purposes under Title VII in areas outside of urbanized areas shall be for projects which are consistent with planning and programming required…

Once he wrote in his excellent book on excellence these words: 'The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have…

Today there is written, or there is about to be written into law, a plan for hospital and medical care for the elderly, and an elementary and secondary education bill that has dissolved an old and thorny debate and begins the towering task…

Grants made by the Secretary for the acquisition of land in urbanized areas and other urban places for outdoor recreation under the Conservation Act shall be for projects which are consistent with the comprehensive statewide outdoor…

Tony Celebrezze's first duty was always service to his neighbors.

My Nation is ready.

I shall send to the Senate today, to become the new Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the name of John W. Gardner.

The Administrator, in reviewing plans under Section 3 of this Order, shall transmit his comments to the Secretary within thirty days, or such other period as may be agreed upon, after receipt of such plans.

I am prepared today to announce to you Secretary Celebrezze's successor.

I SEND my greetings to the members of the Disarmament Committee as they renew the most important task on earth.

Urbanized area means an area which is an urbanized area according to the most recent decennial census together with such additional adjacent areas as the Secretary and the Administrator jointly determine to be appropriate for the…