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the John F. Kennedy Space
Center.
Tomorrow Is Ours
His brief TV-radio address
from his White House office
appeared to have a twofold
purpose-to strengthen public
confidence that the reins of
Government are in firm hands
and to further the spirit of
national unity produced by Mr..
Kennedy's assassination.
"A great leader is dead" Mr..
johnson said. "A great Nation
must move on.
Yesterday is not ours to
recover. but tomorrow is ours
to win or lose.
I am resolved that we shall
win the tomorrows before US,
So 1 ask you to Join me in that
resolve, determined that from
this midnight OF tragedy, we
shall move toward a new Amer
lean greatness"
Good Job Expected
Mr.. wilkins. after a 45-min-
ute get acquainted" meeting
with Mr.. Johnson at the White
House, said:
I'VE of the NAACP have
every expectation that out of
his own convitions he will do
a good job on this issue"
Mr.. wilkins said his discus
sions with Mr.. johnson ranged
over the wide field of civil
rights. but did not get very
specific.
He said Mr.. johnson did not
stress his support for President
Kennedy's civil rights bill, but
I think he made that support
very clear in his speech yester-
day and his speech Wednesday
to Congress"
Mr.. wilkins said he offered
the full support of his group
to the new President. He said
he made the visit at Mr.. john
sons invitation.
Rusk Is Caller
Mr.. johnson had a later
meeting with Secretary of De-
Tense Mcnamara, Central In
telligence Agency Director John
A. McCone and McGeorge
Bundy, special assistant to the
President for National Security
Affairs.
Secretary Of State Rusk, who
has conferred with Mr.. John
son numerous times since he
assumed the presidency a week
ago, was another caller. Chair
man Glenn T. Seaborg of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
Charles Horsky, who served
President Kennedy as an ad-
wiser on metropolitan Wash
ington affairs. were scheduled
for conferences during the
afternoon.
MIR. johnson also had ap-
pointments with the Pakistan
foreign minister, Zulfiqar
Bhutto. and Gen. Abdul Nasu-
ton, Indonesian defense min
lister.
In his speech last night, Mr.
Johnson said that since last
Friday when a sniper's bullet
ended President Kennedy's life
and thrust the burdens of the
highest office in the land upon
him, Americans have turned
to the good, to the decent
values of our life" and these
have saved u.s."
Dedication to Ideals
He urged all Americans to
join him in the work that ]
most want us to do"-to "ban-
ish rancor from our words and
malice from our hearts, to close
down the poisoned spring of
hatred and intolerance and
fanaticism; to protect our
unity North and South, East
and West; to hasten the day
when bias of race, religion and
region is no more"
Urging a renewed dedication
to American ideals, he urged
"banishing from our land any
injustice or intolerance, OPP
preston to any of our fellow
Americans whatever their
opinion, whatever the color of
their skins"
He pledged "the best within
me to work for a new Ameri-
can greatness, a new day when
peace is more secure. and JUS
tice is more universal, when
freedom is more strong in every
home Of all mankind"
Earlier yesterday the Presi-
dent held several conferences
with top advisers and attended