John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “To ensure that prompt use is made of the new authority as soon as funds are available, I am today issuing an Executive…”

I regard it as serious.

I think it would be unwise to attempt to negotiate it out here.

And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.

We are not planning to trade with Red China in view of the policy that Red China pursues.