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 program demands much hard work and much hard thinking.

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.

So, on this occasion today here in the Cabinet Room, we are marking the 15th year of the award of the Young American Medals.

I have complete and absolute faith that young Americans of the present will be equal to the demands that destiny might make of them.

It is the consistent, determined, and daily purpose of this Nation's leadership that the young people of our nations may live out their lives in a peaceful world.

This is, first of all, a very tangible and valuable realization of the promise and potential of man's exploration of space.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows—Section 1.

And I would express the hope that all nations may become willing to join in such great enterprises for the good of mankind.

I expect, therefore, that the agencies of the Government will take the lead in adopting the ZIP Code system, including the presorting of quantity mailings.

Our system in this land is the most successful that any nation has ever known.

What this Congress has done to meet the responsibility of educating America's youth would of itself assure its rank high in history.

We liberals have talked about that bill for many years, but this year we Democrats are going to pass it.

This 89th Congress has leadership--good, strong, wise, experienced, progressive Democratic leadership of the very highest quality.

So no wonder this 89th Congress will leap into history as the most effective and the most rewarding Congress in the history of our Nation.

I am enjoying this night much more than you really know.

So long as peril remains we shall remain prepared.

We want to walk and to work at the side of mankind to help him overcome poverty and disease and ignorance and bias and fear.