John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I do hereby urge the citizens of the United States to honor our American Merchant Marine on Wednesday, May 22 1963, by…”

I regard it as serious.

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

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.

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