12/05/1961
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"I am proud to stand here, although I am not a candidate for office, and in all good faith ask you to give us some people who in 1963 and '64 will build a strong America upon which the world depends."
"For the first time, committed itself to being first in 1961 and 1962."
"So I hope you'll come along in Indiana and send to the United States Senate Birch Bayh."
"I hope you send him back because he is a distinguished Congressman and, more important than that, he is a distinguished American who stands for the best that is in this country."