John Kennedy actually said...
The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by him for this purpose, any of the Secretaries of the military departments of the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard are hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President until February 28, 1963, by section 1 of the Act of October 3, 1962 (Public Law 87-736) to order, without the consent of the persons concerned, any unit, or any member, of the Ready Reserve of an armed force to active duty for not more than twelve consecutive months, provided there are not more than 150,000 members of the Ready Reserve thereby on active duty (other than for training) without their consent at any one time.
10/22/1962