John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I want to express our very warm welcome to all of you.”

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

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.

I regard it as serious.

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.