John Kennedy actually said...

"The cost to the national interest of an extended nation-wide rail strike is clearly intolerable."

"Congress acted promptly and effectively; and the Supreme Court (Wilson vs. New, 243 U.S. 332, 333, 342, 1917), emphasizing the fact that the nature of the railroad industry required both employers and..."

"The United States cannot afford to renounce responsibility for support of the very fundamentals which distinguish our concept of government from all forms of tyranny."

"No responsible government could accept the present situation with complacency."