The President's Remarks at a News Briefing by Members of the Special Railroad Board on Their Final Recommendations.
SENATOR MORSE and the other members of his board, set up pursuant to a resolution of Congress, have just made a report contemplated by that resolution. Senator Morse will be glad to review the details with you.
Senator Saltonstall, another member of the board, had an engagement he could not cancel in Massachusetts today. He had the chairman speak for him in this connection.
We have a unanimous report from the board. This is one of the finest products that any board has produced. I am very proud of the public service that has been rendered by each of these men. They have given willingly and patriotically of their time to serve the public interest.
The President, on behalf of all the people of this country, is proud of their product. We are very grateful.
Note: The President spoke at 5:40 p.m. in the Fish Room at the White House.
The board's report, dated September 15, 1967, is entitled "Report and Determination of the Special Railroad Board Established Pursuant to Public Law 90-54" (24 pp., processed).
The text of the news briefing which followed the President's remarks is printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 3, P. 1310), as is the text of a news conference held by Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon following his appointment as chairman of the board (vol. 3, P. 1034). Appointment of the other members was announced by the President in his news conference of July 18 (see Item 312).
See also Items 170, 172, 174, 188, 194, 207, 310, 311.
As printed above, this item follows the text released by the White House Press Office.
Lyndon B. Johnson, The President's Remarks at a News Briefing by Members of the Special Railroad Board on Their Final Recommendations. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237691
