Description

President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, leans over to discuss the benefits of water desalination with his science advisor, Donald Hornig, also seated.

Original caption: "Desalting Discussion President Johnson and his science adviser[sic], Dr. Donald F. Hornig, confer Aug. 5 at the White House. The President instructed Dr. Hornig to push ahead with water desalting programs 'as if you knew you were going to run out of drinking water in the next six months.' Johnson already has suggested desalination as a possible aid in meeting the northeast's drought-caused water shortage."

Used in: Technology Review, May 1968, p. 11.