John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So I want to express my great pleasure in awarding this to you, which you very richly deserve for a whole variety of…”

I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.

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.

No, we are going to bring back several hundred before the end of the year.

They may be facts which some would prefer to forget, but if the United States of America, and particularly the Northeast United States, these 15 States, are going to move ahead and provide a better life for the people of Delaware and the…