John Kennedy actually said...

We can no longer defer the necessary corrective measures or continue the existing lack of standards;

Some years ago, as a Marine pilot, he raced the sun across this country--and lost.

But this is the new ocean, and I believe the United States must sail on it and be in a position second to none.

The pay schedules I am recommending will regularize and generally enlarge the differences in salaries between successive grade levels,