John Kennedy actually said...

Few days ago, Colonel Glenn came to the White House and visited me.

The Advisory Panel on Federal Salary Systems, chaired by Mr. Clarence Randall, in its recent report called it 'not only equitable but valid ...

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

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