John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I want to express my thanks to all of you for an important assignment.”

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

We are not planning to trade with Red China in view of the policy that Red China pursues.

It symbolizes, I believe, this highway, first of all, the partnership between the Federal Government and the States, which is essential to the progress of all of our people.

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.