John Kennedy actually said...

Some years ago, as a Marine pilot, he raced the sun across this country--and lost.

But this is the new ocean, and I believe the United States must sail on it and be in a position second to none.

The pay schedules I am recommending will regularize and generally enlarge the differences in salaries between successive grade levels,

The Advisory Panel on Federal Salary Systems, chaired by Mr. Clarence Randall, in its recent report called it 'not only equitable but valid ...