John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think the commandants have made very clear what our view is of the action which has been taken.”

This is the worst attack on foreign aid that we have seen since the beginning of the Marshall plan.

It symbolizes, I believe, this highway, first of all, the partnership between the Federal Government and the States, which is essential to the progress of all of our people.

I regard it as serious.

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