John Kennedy actually said...

"What unites labor, what unites this country, is far more important than those things on which we may disagree."

"It's no accident that Communists concentrate their attention on the trade union movement."

"I'm hopeful that we can be associated with that movement."

"The Democratic Party has been realistic enough to recognize the kind of problems which are coming over the horizon in the years ahead, and has had programs and policies to meet them."