Hunger, malnutrition and famine have been averted.

Our 60 million acres now diverted to conservation uses represent the major emergency reserve that could readily be called forth in the critical race between food and population.

It destroys hope.

Certainly the welfare and happiness of all our people must be the continuing quest of science and government.

This transfer will benefit both the Department of Justice and the Community Relations Service in the fulfillment of their existing functions.

One man alone with his conscience-whether in the laboratory, or the study, or the classroom, or on the street corner--is to be jealously guarded from the thousand who, believing him wrong, would deny his right to search and his right to…

I propose that the United States lead the world in a war against hunger.

I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1966, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, and providing for reorganization of community relations functions in the area of civil rights.

It saps the body.

Our food aid programs have brought over 140 million tons of food to hungry people during the past decade.

The productive capacity of American agriculture can and should produce enough food and fiber to provide for: 1. domestic needs, 2. commercial exports, 3. food aid to those developing countries that are determined to help themselves, 4…

That an abundant harvest is not only a gift of God, but also the product of man's skill and determination and commitment.

That hunger and want--anywhere--are the eternal enemies of all mankind.

That agriculture is an essential pursuit of every nation.

Placing the Community Relations Service within the Justice Department will enhance the ability of the Justice Department to mediate and conciliate and will insure that the Federal Government speaks with a unified voice in those tense…

I urge Congress to consider and debate these suggestions thoroughly and wisely in the hope and belief we can from them fashion a program that will keep free men free, and at the same time share our leadership and agricultural resources…

The present distribution of Federal civil rights responsibilities clearly indicates that the activities of the Community Relations Service will fit most appropriately in the Department of Justice.

One new element in today’s world is the threat of mass hunger and starvation.