John Kennedy actually said...
I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quotas of the quota areas hereinafter designated have been determined in accordance with the law to be, and shall be, as follows:
Context
Proclamation 3503—Immigration Quotas
10/22/1962