Mr. Speaker. it was my great privilege on September 22 to attend the White House ceremonies at which President Johnson signed a proclamation designating October 12 as Columbus Day. In his remarks on that occasion the President spoke most eloquently of the significance of immigrants to the growth and development of this Nation. and the important changes in our immigration laws which were approved in this Congress. His statement should be meaningful to every American. for. as he has noted: Every citizen in this land is the descendant of men who were once foreigners--who were once strangers from afar. I place in the RECORD at this point the text of the Columbus Day. 1966. proclamation and the Presidents remarks upon signing it:
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