The President's News Conference
09/11/1963
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For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
Paint us with all our blemishes and warts, all those things about us that may not be so immediately attractive.
I also invite the Governors of the States to provide for the observance of National Defense Transportation Day.
I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, April 14, 1962, as Pan American Day, and the per...