The President's Committee shall facilitate the development of maximum employment opportunities for the physically and mentally handicapped.

I want to emphasize today that we are changing the name of this Committee from 'Physically Handicapped' to 'Handicapped.'

I am a great believer in the contribution which the union movement can make, not only in this country in maintaining a progressive economy, but also the contribution which the union movement can make around the world.

The Chairman of the President's Committee shall on behalf of the President direct the Committee and its functions.

I stated to the AFL-CIO national convention that the efforts which the AFL-CIO have made around the world to strengthen the free democratic trade union movement, I believe, represented one of the great contributions in the struggle against…

Indeed, I am quite ready to participate personally at the Heads of Government level at any stage of the conference when it appears that such participation could positively affect the chances of success.

Executive Order No. 10640 of October 10,1955, is hereby superseded.

The question is rather one of timing.

I agree with the statement which you have made in your letter that there exists a better basis than has previously existed for successful work by the conference.

I WANT to welcome you all here this morning.

I welcome you here individually and also because you represent an outstanding American organization, and also because of your distinguished president, whom I regard as one of the outstanding leaders of the American labor movement today.

We are most anxious that the ties of friendship which have bound together two countries which are divided by so much water and land, Saudi Arabia and the United States, will remain strong.

I know I speak for us all in welcoming you to this country, Your Majesty.

I can assure you that your visit here and the opportunity that I had to see you in Palm Beach I believe has strengthened relations between us, and also between our countries, and I consider that to be in the security of both, in these very…

It is a source of satisfaction to welcome you here again.

Your Majesty, you are most welcome here.

King Saud and the President are confident that this additional opportunity to become better acquainted personally can only result in greater mutual understanding between Saudi Arabia and the United States.

His Majesty King Saud and President Kennedy held official conversations at the White House, during which Saudi Arabian-American relations and international affairs were discussed in a spirit of frankness and cordiality.