April 8 Remarks in San Antonio at the signing of the Medicare extension bill [2 releases] 8 Letter to Secretary Gardner requesting a progress report on preparations for launching Medi care 10 Statement by the President upon signing bill authorizing an official residence for the Vice President II Statement by the President in response to a report of the Vice President's task force on summer domestic programs II Statement by the President on the 1966 youth opportunity campaign 13 List of the official delegation and schedule of activities for the visit to Mexico City [2 releases] 14 Statement by the President upon signing bills authorizing disposals from the stockpiles of platinum and bauxite 14 Remarks upon arrival at the International Airport in Mexico City 15 Remarks in Mexico City at the dedication of the Abraham Lincoln statue [2 releases] 15 Remarks to the staff at the American Embassy in Mexico City 15 Joint statement following informal discussions with President Diaz Ordaz of Mexico 18 Statement by the President upon signing bill relieving certain Explorer Scouts from duties on imported band uniforms 19 Press statement following the President's meeting with the Secretary General of SEATO 19 Statement by the President on the first privately owned facility for reprocessing fuel from nuclear powerplants. 19 Statement by the President upon signing resolution supporting U.S. participation in food relief for India 20 Memorandum on cost reduction in the Federal Government 20 Announcement of disaster relief funds for American Samoa 20 Announcement of request for the reallocation of certain appropriations 20 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting bill encouraging the substitution of private for public credit April 20 Citation accompanying Medal of Honor (posthumous) awarded to Pfc. Milton L. Olive III, USA 21 Remarks upon presenting the Medal of Honor (posthumous) to the father of Milton L. Olive III [2 releases] 21 Letter to the President from Milton B. Olive, Jr. 22 Announcement of forthcoming meeting of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy 22 Letter to new members of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy 22 Announcement of report of the National Commission on Community Health Services 22 Remarks at a retirement ceremony for Toinette M. Bachelder of the White House staff 22 Remarks in response to the report of the National Commission on Community Health Services 22 Remarks upon proclaiming National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week 22 Remarks in Baltimore at the celebration of the bicentennial of American Methodism 25 Special message to the Congress transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1966: Public Health Service 25 Announcement of members of Board of Trustees, United Planning Organization (National Capital area) 25 Telegram on the death of Louis A. Johnson 26 Announcement of retirement of Charles W. Yost as Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the U.N. 26 Statement by the President upon announcing the appointment of the National Commission on Architectural Barriers to Rehabilitation of the Handicapped 27 Remarks at the swearing in of Robert L. Bennett as Commissioner of Indian Affairs [2 releases] 27 Announcement of presentation of Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Award 27 Remarks on presenting the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Award to Dr. Ali Javan and Dr. Theodore H. Maiman 27 The President's toast at a dinner for Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag of Denmark April 28 Special message to the Congress proposing further legislation to strengthen civil rights 29 Memorandum on cost reduction in the Federal Government 30 Remarks to the recipients of the 1966 National Civil Service League Awards May 2 Remarks at the signing of the Small Business Act Amendments of 1966 [2 releases] 3 Remarks at a ceremony commemorating Poland's national and Christian millenium [2 releases] 4 Remarks at a meeting of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy 4 Remarks upon signing order establishing the President's Council and the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty [2 releases] 5 Statement by the President on the increase in the 1967 wheat acreage allotment 5 Remarks at a meeting with Federal enforcement officials to deal with the problem of organized crime 5 Memorandum on the Federal Government's drive against organized crime 6 Statement by the President upon signing bill authorizing disposal from the molybdenum stockpile 6 Statement by the President on the demonstration cities program on the occasion of the nomination of two Assistant Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development 7 Statement by the President upon establishing the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower 7 Statement by the President on the need for a treaty governing exploration of celestial bodies 9 Message to the Congress transmitting first report of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children 9 Announcement of transmittal of first report of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children 9 The President's telephone greetings on the 82d birthday of Harry S. Truman May 10 Remarks upon presenting the Big Brother of the Year Award to the Rev. William F. Graham 10 Remarks to reporters at the conclusion of a Security Council meeting on Vietnam 10 Statement by the President following the transfer of the Water Pollution Control Administration to the Department of the Interior II Remarks at the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University II Letter to the U.S. national chairman for United Nations Day II Announcement of establishment of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation II Statement by the President upon signing bills providing for the disposal of excess stockpiled commodities 12 Statement by the President upon receiving a report on crime in the District of Columbia 12 Remarks on presenting scholastic achievement awards to three blind college students 12 Remarks at a congressional dinner held in the National Guard Armory [2 releases] 13 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting a summary of the national atmospheric sciences program, fiscal year 1967 13 Remarks on signing supplemental appropriations bills providing funds for the National Teacher Corps and the rent supplement program 13 Memorandum on June buying by Federal agencies 13 Announcement of consolidation in the Treasury Department of jurisdiction over blocked foreign assets 17 Memorandum on the charging of fees for Government services 17 Announcement of budget amendments for civil works construction and for special international exhibits 17 Remarks upon accepting on behalf of the Nation the Joseph H. Hirshhorn fine arts collection [2 releases] 17 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House proposing establishment of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden May 17 Message to the Congress transmitting 1965 report on Federal disaster relief assistance 17 Remarks at a Democratic Party dinner in Chicago 18 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting the national oceanographic program for fiscal year 1967 19 Statement by the President upon the death of Theodore Francis Green 19 Remarks at the swearing in of Bernard L. Boutin as Administrator, Small Business Administration [2 releases] 20 Remarks at a ceremony marking the transfer of the Water Pollution Control Administration to the Department of the Interior [2 releases] 20 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House requesting increased borrowing authority for TVA 20 Memorandum further restricting employment in Federal agencies and travel by Federal personnel 20 Remarks by telephone to the convention of the United Automobile Workers [2 releases] 21 Announcement of the signing of an agreement relating to plans for a National Sculpture Garden on the Mall 21 Announcement concerning Operation Medicare Alert 21 Announcement of allocation of disaster relief funds, Louisiana 21 Announcement of allocation of disaster relief funds, California 23 Remarks to members of the International Labor Press Association [2 releases] 24 Announcement of Secretary of Defense's report to the President on the share of small business in prime contracts 24 Announcement of Small Businessman of the Year Award 24 Statement by the President announcing a national planning conference on the education of disadvantaged children 24 Letter from the Secretary of Commerce transmitting progress report on highway safety improvement projects May 24 Memorandum on the Government's joint financial management improvement program 24 Progress report from the Secretary, HEW, on plans for implementing the Medicare program 26 Remarks upon signing a bill to reduce freight car shortages 26 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House transmitting proposed Election Reform Act of 1966 26 Remarks at a reception marking the third anniversary of the Organization of African Unity [2 releases] 27 Letter to the Governor of Alaska on the completion of the last major step in the transition to statehood 28 Announcement of selection of the Presidential Scholars of 1966 28 Statement by the President on the fifth anniversary of the food stamp program 28 Report from the Secretary of Commerce on the Appalachian highway program 30 Remarks at a Memorial Day service in Arlington National Cemetery [2 releases] 31 Announcement of request for additional funds for Peace Corps programs June I Remarks to the delegates to the White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights" [2 releases] 1 Statement by the President following the landing of Surveyor I on the moon 2 Statement by the President upon transmitting to the Senate the International Labor Organization's Convention 122 relating to employment policy 2 Memorandum from the Acting Administrator of General Services on the establishment of the first Federal Information Center 2 Message to Provisional President García-Godoy following the election in the Dominican Republic 3 Remarks to members of the Governors' Conference subcommittee on traffic safety [2 releases] 3 Announcement of White House meeting of medical leaders to prepare for the beginning of Medicare June 3 Remarks to members of the National Council of Senior Citizens [2 releases] 4 Statement by the President on the fifth anniversary of the Central American Common Market 4 Statement by the President upon signing bill authorizing conveyance to Utah of lands bordering the Great Salt Lake 4 Letter to the President transmitting a report on the possibility of water desalination in the Northeast 7 Remarks in response to emergency board report on the airlines labor dispute 7 Remarks at the ceremony honoring the Presidential Scholars of 1966 [2 releases] 8 Remarks to student winners of a contest sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association [2 releases] 8 Statement by the President on the death of test pilots Joseph A. Walker and Carl S. Cross 8 Statement by the President upon sending to foreign nations prints of lunar photographs made by Surveyor I 9 Remarks to graduates of the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy [2 releases] 9 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the need for a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 9 Remarks of welcome to President Schick of Nicaragua on the South Lawn at the White House [2 releases] 9 The President's toast to President Schick 10 Announcement of disaster relief funds for Kansas 10 Remarks after a meeting with representatives of the American Bankers Association in connection with the student loan program [2 releases] 13 Remarks upon presenting the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service 13 Special message to the Congress transmitting Reorganization Plan 4 of 1966 relating to the National Zoological Park 13 Statement by the President on announcing his intention to renominate Lawrence J. O'Connor, Jr., to the Federal Power Commission 14 Remarks upon signing bill authorizing a powerplant at the Grand Coulee Dam [2 releases] June 14 Remarks at the graduation ceremony of the Capitol Page School [2 releases] 14 Memorandum from the Director, Bureau of the Budget, on actions to control June buying by Federal agencies 15 Remarks at a meeting with medical and hospital leaders to prepare for the launching of Medicare [2 releases] 15 Remarks to members of a goodwill delegation from Austria [2 releases] 15 Announcement concerning the Select Commission on Western Hemisphere Immigration 16 Remarks to the delegates to a conference of State legislative leaders [2 releases] 16 Statement by the President on the pacification and development programs in Vietnam 17 Remarks at the swearing in of Stanley Ruttenberg as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Manpower 17 Memorandum on ethical conduct on the part of Government officers and employees 17 Report from the Chairman, Civil Service Commission, on ethical conduct by Government officers and employees 18 The President's introductory statement at his news conference of June 18 18 Statement by the President upon announcing his intention to designate Rosel H. Hyde as Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, and to appoint Nicholas Johnson as a member 20 The President's foreword to the Science Advisory Committee report "Handling of Toxicological Information" 20 Announcement concerning a computer-based file of information on the toxic effects of chemicals 20 Letter assigning to HEW responsibility for developing a computer-based file on toxic chemicals 20 Statement by the President on savings through reduction of surplus stocks of wheat and feed grains 20 Distinguished Unit Citation awarded to the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate), USA 21 Announcement of disaster relief funds for California 21 Statement by the President upon signing five stockpile disposal bills June 21 Remarks of welcome to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia on the South Lawn at the White House [2 releases] 21 Toasts of the President and King Faisal [2 releases] 22 Remarks at the signing of the Bail Reform Act of 1966 [2 releases] 22 Joint statement following discussions with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia 22 Announcement of award of Medal of Honor to Lt. Charles Q. Williams, USA 23 Remarks and citation at the Medal of Honor ceremony for Lt. Charles Q. Williams, USA [2 releases] 24 Announcement of appropriation amendment request for Freedmen's Hospital 24 Remarks at the presentation of the Young American Medals [2 releases] 24 Announcement concerning the winners of the Young American Medals 24 Statement by the President following Senate approval of the traffic safety bill 27 Statement by the President on the Government's "Mission SAFETY-70" program 27 Statement by the President on the reorganization of the Public Health Service 27 Statement by the President following a meeting to review goals for medical research and health services 27 Statement by the President in response to report of the National Commission on Food Marketing 27 Remarks to delegates to the National Youth Conference on Natural Beauty and Conservation 28 Memorandum on the use and management of computers by Federal agencies 28 Statement by the President following House committee approval of the demonstration cities bill 28 Remarks to the press following a meeting to review plans for the inauguration of Medicare 28 Remarks to delegates to the Conference of State Commissions on the Status of Women [2 releases] 29 Summary of the President's remarks at a meeting with the National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower June 29 Special message to the Congress transmitting Reorganization Plan 5 of 1966: National Capital Regional Planning Council 29 Message to the Congress transmitting final report of the Office of Alien Property 29 Remarks of welcome to Prime Minister Holt of Australia on the South Lawn at the White House [2 releases] 29 Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Holt 29 Remarks to the YMCA Youth Governors [2 releases] 30 Letters on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Federal Food and Drug Act of 1906 30 Announcement of message to the Congress transmitting the President's annual report on food for peace 30 Message to the Congress transmitting the President's annual report on food for peace 30 Statement by the President on the inauguration of the Medicare program 30 Remarks at the swearing in of Richard Helms as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 30 "Two Threats to World Peace"-remarks in Omaha on the occasion of the sending of the five-millionth ton of grain to India [2 releases] 30 Remarks in Des Moines at a Democratic Party dinner [2 releases] July I Statement by the President upon signing bill extending the Renegotiation Act 1 Telegram to the Director of the American Hospital Association on preparations for Medicare 2 Summary of report by Special Assistant Robert W. Komer on the revolutionary development program in Vietnam 2 Statement by the President upon establishing a commission to study the draft and other systems of national service 2 List of members of National Advisory Commission on Selective Service 4 Statement by the President upon signing the "Freedom of Information Act" 4 Statement by the President announcing the establishment of a special task force on handicapped children and child development |