And this is a classical example of what a member of a minority party can do.

No international gathering ever met anywhere for a more important purpose.

Too many blind people are condemned to a life of frustration because we have been willing to accept as fact that they can do no more.

We cannot, we will not, we just must not delay it any longer.

So, today, we have come here to proclaim October 15th as 'White Cane Day.'

Water is a prime necessity, for only if we have water can our growing populations ever be fed.

We hope that this study will be a model for future cooperation among neighbors in all the regions of the world that are suffering from water shortage.

I have not been willing to accept that fact, and as long as I hold this Office of the Presidency I am going to try not to accept that fact.

Here on earth, God's work must truly be our own.

In the decade ahead we must accomplish more--much more--than in the decade past.

We have reached a point... where very serious consideration must now be given to the pressure of individual, industrial, agricultural needs upon the water resources of this Nation.

Well, now we are going to balance the ledger.

THANK YOU so very much.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 20, 1965, as National Day of Prayer, 1965.

Few nations have been so favored by Almighty God, and it is altogether fitting that a day be set aside for this purpose.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 15, 1965, as White Cane Safety Day.

A President belongs to a party and the party has to help him get elected.

Tonight, as we balance history's ledger, I want to say of the 89th Congress: 'An inspired group of dedicated Americans, representing a sense of national purpose, have written for the United States a new chapter in greatness.'