Today I have signed an Executive Order 'Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Present and Former Officers and Employees of the Foreign Service.'

We are proud of what your actions tell us of your generation.

You children have a great and a very strong Nation--a Nation which wants nothing from any other nation on earth, but which earnestly wants all mankind to enjoy the blessings of freedom, of peace, of justice, of good health, of good…

In no other area of governmental activity is it more vital to our national interest to develop and retain a corps of well-qualified men and women.

You have shown the good citizenship of which we are all very proud, and I am pleased to tell you that the whole Nation is proud of you.

There is hereby established the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women

There is hereby established the interdepartmental Committee on the Status of Women

Our ability to seize the opportunities and to use our vast resources to further the aims of the United States foreign policy must in large measure rest on the dedication and capabilities of people involved in our foreign activities.

Annually the Committee, after consultation with the Citizens' Advisory Council, shall transmit a report to the President concerning the status of women

When we know what is right, when we know what is just, when we know what is true, then we just must stand up for it, whatever the consequences.

Providing for the Appointment in the Competitive Service of Certain Present and Former Officers and Employees of the Foreign Service.

We are working steadily with the enlightened Members of the Senate and the Congress and the Cabinet here with me this morning to build and to strengthen the social security system.

We believe that older Americans have earned and deserve peace of mind, not pain and panic, when misfortune strikes.

I'm delighted to meet with you today and to present to you the 20-millionth recipient of social security benefits, your first social security check.

In this country we all believe that every man wants dignity and a decent life, and not a dole.

I believe that most Americans are looking forward with me to the day when these great measures are signed into law.

We will do, though, what must be done and we will do only what must be done.

South Viet-Nam has been attacked by North Viet-Nam. It has asked our help.