I spent some time discussing fiscal matters with the Secretary of the Treasury yesterday.

A decent world ruled by just law is not a vain dream.

It is a great pleasure to have the leadership that we have present with us here this morning.

There is hereby established the Vietnam Service Medal with suitable appurtenances.

And by faithfully honoring our agreements, by faithfully keeping our treaties to which we are party, we seek to assure substance for the dream of a world that is ruled by law.

The Vietnam Service Medal may be awarded posthumously.

There is no more courageous person, no better and finer human being, and no man with a greater sense of justice and fairness and feeling of equality for all human beings, wherever they live, whatever their color, or whatever their…

We hated to see him leave the legislative halls, but we are glad to see him preside in the temples of justice.

I don't know of anyone that is missed more from Washington than this wonderful Thornberry family.

And it is up to you to make that education equal to our towering expectations of the America that we love and the America that is to come.

The time for talking and dreaming and philosophizing and writing platforms is gone, and the time for doing things instead of talking about them is here.

And, as I said earlier, together we are not just going to talk and dream.

I will propose a National Teachers Corps to enlist thousands of dedicated teachers to work alongside local teachers in city slums and in areas of rural poverty where they can really serve their Nation.

The day of the talkers is gone.

In every corner of this world in which we live, not only our democracy but the idea of democracy itself is today being challenged.

For the process of learning is not a carefully defined and isolated segment of a person's life.

And finally--and very importantly, Mr. Magnuson--that the Congress be requested to appropriate--Mr. Mahon--the necessary funds to initiate the next phase of the program.

The four manufacturers--Boeing Company, Lockheed Aircraft Company, General Electric Company, Pratt & Whitney Division of United Aircraft Corporation--be invited to continue in this phase of the program.